On April 21, our Kids’ Writing Workshop for ages 8-12 met to do some poetry in honor of National Poetry Month. We started with a poem template based on a poem by George Ella Lyon called “Where I’m From”: Where I’m From I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. […]
Pigs: Toddler Storytime
Published on :For our third Toddler Storytime of the spring session, we read books about pigs. Books We Shared Our first book, Pigs and a Blanket by James Burks, tells a story of two little pig siblings who both love their blanket… but they love each other even more. Our second book, Piggies […]
Pigs: Infant Storytime
Published on :For our third Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about pigs. Books We Shared Our first story, Piggies by Don and Audrey Wood, pictures of pigs dancing and being silly as a metaphor for all the things our fingers can do. Our second book, Pepo and Lolo are […]
Naptime/Bedtime: Toddler Storytime
Published on :For our second Toddler Storytime of the spring session, we read books about naptime/bedtime. Books We Shared Our first story, Everyone is Yawning by Anita Bijsterbosch, was a lift-the-flap book that showed all kinds of animals’ mouths as they yawned. Our second book, Shhh! This Book is Sleeping by Cedric Ramadier […]
Naptime/Bedtime: Infant Storytime
Published on :For our second Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about naptime/bedtime. Books We Shared Our first story, Everyone is Yawning by Anita Bijsterbosch, was a lift-the-flap book that showed all kinds of animals’ mouths as they yawned. Our second book, Shhh! This Book is Sleeping by Cedric Ramadier […]
Eggs: Preschool Storytime
Published on :For our Easter Weekend Preschool Storytime, we read books about eggs! Books We Shared Our first story, A Friend for Bo by Elisabeth Zuniga, tells about a cute bunny rabbit who tries to make friends with an egg, but finds his new friend isn’t much good at talking, playing or anything […]
Eggs: Toddler Storytime
Published on :For our first Toddler Storytime of the spring session, we read books about eggs. Books We Shared Our first story, Egg by Kevin Henkes, showed four eggs, one of which isn’t hatching, but it’s about to yield a big surprise! Our second book, Except If by Jim Averbeck, continued the theme […]
Eggs: Infant Storytime
Published on :For our first Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about eggs. Books We Shared Our first story, Egg by Kevin Henkes, showed four eggs, one of which isn’t hatching, but it’s about to yield a big surprise! Our second book, Except If by Jim Averbeck, continued the theme […]
New-Release DVDs at Central Library
Published on :We have new DVDs at Central Library, although many of the stories have been around a long time. The Jungle Book, The BFG, and Pete’s Dragon have all been made into classic movies, and Pinocchio is a 1940 classic just recently released on DVD. But they’re not all old news. […]
Bunnies: Preschool Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Big Bad Bunny by Franny Billingsley — This book starts out a bit odd because it almost seems there are two separate stories. There’s this fearsome “Big Bad Bunny” character we follow through the forest as he goes scritch with his claws and ka-splash with his feet, […]