Colors- Week #9

Spring Story Time (Week #9)

Weekly Theme: The Color Black

Books: Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman, The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist and Julia Gorton, Freight Train by Donald Crews

Activity: searching for black spider erasers in a white "web" of yarn

Craft: firefly chalk pictures

Pictures of the ninth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen

Colors- Week #8 Photos

Our brown and gray activity table for Week
Eight included two puppets, a much-loved
paperback copy of Koala Lou by Mem Fox,
and color sorting shape cards.

Our two story time book picks for the week
included Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do
You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle
(we had lots of fun making all the animal sounds
to go along with the pictures) and Monkey and
Me by Emily Gravett. 

We did a flannelboard story- Mouse
Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh- for our
activity.  Check out that sneaky snake
trying to grab a mouse!

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Shaen

Colors- Week #8

Spring Story Time (Week #8)

Weekly Theme: The Colors Brown & Gray

Books: Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett, Koala Lou by Mem Fox and Pamela Lofts, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle, and Shark Vs. Train by Chris Barton and Tom Lichtenheld

Activity: "Mouse Count" flannelboard activity

Craft: textured monkey pictures

Pictures of the eighth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen

Colors- Week #7 Photos



Our white activity table included a pair
of fuzzy stuffed rabbits, a picture book
about polar bears (and other animals!),
white alphabet cubes, and a paper
snowball toss game.

Some of our book picks for the week:
White is for Blueberry by George Shannon
and Laura Dronzek and Little White Rabbit
by Kevin Henkes.

A few of the colorful rabbits (with white
cottonball tails) the kids designed at
our Steelville branch.

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Shaen

Colors- Week #7

Spring Story Time (Week #7)

Weekly Theme: The Color White

Books: Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld, Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes, and White Is For Blueberry by George Shannon and Laura Dronzek

Activity: searching for lost clouds

Craft: cotton-tail rabbit pictures

Pictures of the seventh week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen

Colors- Week #6 Photos

Our purple activity table included colored
mice (pick out the purple ones!), purple shaker
eggs for music play, foam alphabet letters,
and two picture books to browse: Rainbow
Fish by Marcus Pfister and Lousy Rotten
Stinkin' Grapes by Margie Palatini.

Two of our story time book picks for
Week #6: I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean
by Kevin Sherry and Gladys Goes Out to
Lunch by Derek Anderson.

We learned about the principle
of color mixing for our activity.
Red + Blue= Purple!

Working on painting grape "jam"
(aka purple paint mixed with
grape gelatin powder) on
paper toast.  Messy, but fun!

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Shaen

Colors- Week #6

Spring Story Time (Week #6)

Weekly Theme: The Color Purple

Books: Gladys Goes Out to Lunch by Derek Anderson, Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, and I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

Activity: purple paint sensory bags

Craft: "grape jam" paintings

Pictures of the sixth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen

Sports Picks

Are you an athlete (or just a fan of sports stories)?  Check out these winning titles, and one of them is sure to fit the bill.  Tip: If the book you want isn't on the shelf at your library, go to the front desk and ask to fill out a request slip, and we'll have the book sent to your library as soon as possible.

Cover images from Goodreads.

Stupendous Sports Stadiums by Michael Sandler
You have a front-row seat to some of the world's most amazing and awe-inspiring sports stadiums!

Aftershock by Bernard Ashley
This book offers a peek into 1950s London, where a young, Greek immigrant boy's life complicates his love of football.

The Day Roy Riegels Ran the Wrong Way by Dan Gutman
Gutman shows that even professional athletes can make mistakes in this picture-book retelling of the antics of the 1929 Rose Bowl.

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Shaen

Humor Picks

With April Fool's Day just past, are you looking for a lighthearted read?  These books run the gamut, from sweetly funny to flat-out hilarious.  Tip: If the book you want isn't on the shelf at your library, go to the front desk and ask to fill out a request slip, and we'll have the book sent to your library as soon as possible.

Cover images from Goodreads.


Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet by Kirk Scroggs
Sixth grader, Danvers Blickensderfer, is a middle schooler obsessed with the Muppets.  When he spontaneously turns into his hero, Gonzo, madcap adventures- and lots of hilarity- ensue.

Ten by Lauren Myracle
In the first lighthearted book of the Winnie Perry series, Winnie navigates friendships, family, and more in her last year of elementary school.

What's So Funny?: Making Sense of Humor by Donna M. Jackson
This book is all about the fascinating science of how our brains receive- and perceive- all things funny!


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Shaen