All About Animals- It's Fall Story Time at Ozark Regional Library!

Want to read about ducks who ride bikes?  Dance the Bunny Hokey Pokey?  Make a paper chain snake?  Well, get ready, because Fall Story Time for Toddlers and Preschoolers starts Tuesday, September 4!

Our theme this fall is All About Animals, and each week, I'll be visiting Ozark Regional's eight library branches with a box full of supplies- hello to ten weeks of stories, music, games, activity tables, and craft projects.  Some things to look forward to: creating cute coffee bears in week one, having a water table duck race in week five, and making paper cup horse weather vanes in week seven!

You can find a complete story time schedule in the left-hand column of this blog or at the library's website under the "Programs and Events" tab.  If you're more of a paper person, you can also stop by your local library in person to pick up a colorful, printed calendar of events.

Stay tuned for info and pictures from our first week of fall story time; we hope to see YOU there!

Keep reading!

Shaen

Nonfiction Picks

Book cover images and summaries from Goodreads.

Ten True Tales: Titanic Young Survivors by Allan Zullo- This book contains ten authentic stories of children who survived the disastrous 1912 sinking of the Titanic.

Lewis and Clark on the Trail of Discovery by Rod Gragg- A "museum in a book," this fascinating volume contains re-creations of original documents such as diary entries, letters, maps, and sketches-all meticulously reproduced so that the reader can actually handle and examine them.

The Beckett Official Price Guide to Basketball Cards, 2010 by Dr. James Beckett- Written by the leading authority on sports card values, this fully-updated manual is the most trusted source for organizing and pricing basketball card collections.

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Shaen

Easy Reader Picks

Book cover images and summaries from Goodreads.

New Car Design by Peter Economy- See what it takes to create a new car - beginning with the first drawing and ending with new cars rolling off the assembly line and onto the street. The book also includes rare images and interesting information about some of the first cars ever made.

Amazing Eggs by Fran Hodgkins and Wendy Smith- Enter the fascinating world of eggs and hatchlings Birds hatch from eggs, and so do reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insects. Even the dinosaurs came from eggs In this nonfiction title, readers will learn about some of the most amazing animals on the planet and how their lives begin - hatching from an egg.

 About Dinosaurs by Sindy McKay- This book is sure to make dinosaurs more popular than ever It explores the lives of many of these ancient creatures and explains why there aren't any more dinosaurs-except perhaps modern birds Plus, with its shared-reading format, the book makes dinosaurs more accessible to younger children.

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Shaen

Picture Book Picks

Book cover images and summaries from Goodreads.

Animal Masquerade by Marianne Dubue- Come one, come all to the animal masquerade! The lion is going as an elephant, the elephant as a parrot, and the parrot as a turtle! Each costume gives way to another, yielding new surprises on every page, and revealing a menagerie of familiar and unusual animals. 

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen- With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo and David Small- On a momentous visit to the aquarium, Elliot discovers his dream pet: a penguin. It's just proper enough for a straight-laced boy like him. And when he asks his father if he may have one (please and thank you), his father says yes. Elliot should have realized that Dad probably thought he meant a stuffed penguin and not a real one...

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Shaen

 

Board Book Picks

Book cover images and summaries from Goodreads.

Baby's Best Friend by Rachel Hale- Babies and best cuddly animal friends make an irresistible combination in this new board book from beloved photographer Rachael Hale!

Little Football by Brad Herzog- Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game's simplest, most basic elements.

First 100 Words by Roger Priddy- Features 100 everyday words for children to learn and help build their vocabulary.

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Shaen

 

Graphic Novel Picks

Well, summer has nearly ended, and fall hasn't quite begun.  Since children's and teen programming is paused at the library for the month of August (we have to clean up from summer and prepare for fall, after all!), over the next several weeks, I'll be posting a handful of "Book Pick Lists" with suggestions for recommended reading.  What better way to fill those lazy dog-days than with a good book- or two... or three..?

Graphic novels are usually quick reads you can wrap up in a jiff, so I'll start you out with three of our favorites here at the library!

Book cover images and summaries from Goodreads.

Annie Sullivan and the Trails of Helen Keller by Joseph Lambert- The Center for Cartoon Studies presents a wholly original take on the story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller in the fifth book of the award-winning series of graphic novel biographies.

Babymouse: Cupcake Tycoon (Babymouse series, #13) by Jennifer and Matthew Holm-  The school library is having a fund-raiser, and Babymouse is determined to raise the most money and WIN the GRAND PRIZE! Or... er, to help the school! The competition is fierce, but Babymouse will stop at nothing to get what she wants, even if it means outselling every last kid in school... including her nefarious nemesis, Felicia Furrypaws.

Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Peterson- In this sequel to Mouse Guard: Fall 1152, the Guard face a food and supply shortage threatening the lives of many through a cold and icy season. Saxon, Kenzie, Lieam, and Sadie, led by Celanawe, traverse the snow-blanketed territories acting as diplomats to improve relations between the mouse cities and the Guard. This is a winter not every Guard may survive. 

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Shaen

Fall 2012 Schedule Correction

Oops!  I noticed an error in the upcoming Fall Story Time schedule I'd like to correct.  I originally had the Ironton Library's first story time planned for Monday, September 3rd... but then I realized that Monday was actually Labor Day and a holiday on which all Ozark Regional libraries are closed!  So, mark your calendars- NO story time at Ironton on Sept. 3rd; instead, Ironton's first story time session will be on Monday, Sept. 10th.  Story time will be held on the normal times and days for Sept. 4-7 for all other Ozark Regional branches listed.

If you have any questions, feel free to call the Ironton Library at 573.546.2615, or send us a message at the Youth Department email address!

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Shaen

July Contest Winners!

 

Congratulations to all of our July contest winners!  We had a bunch of great entries for both the coloring contest and the "My Favorite Book" contest, so it was difficult to choose our final prize-winners.  Prizes for the contests included a glow-in-the-dark Frisbee, a glow-in-the-dark inflatable beach ball, a boomerang, an erasable puzzle maze game, a bike-rack water bottle, a nylon backpack, a star bubble wand, and a tie-dye kit.


Winners will be featured in an upcoming edition of the local newspaper, so keep your eyes peeled over the next few weeks.  Thanks again to all who entered the contests!

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Shaen

Wrapping Up Dream Big- READ!

Thanks to all the kids and families who made our Dream Big- READ Summer Reading Program 2012 such a success!  Not all of the numbers are in yet, but I know we had great program attendance and summer reading club participation across the Ozark Regional system.  We also had lots of outstanding entries for our July Contest Month, and I'll be revealing the winners of the Coloring Contests and "My Favorite Book" Contests in the next few days!

And don't forget about fall programming- the library doesn't stop when school starts!  This year, our theme for Toddler/Preschool Story Time is "All About Animals", and we have lots of fun activities planned, like dancing the Bunny Hokey Pokey and making paper chain snakes!  Story time programming begins the first week of September; pick up a paper copy of the story time schedule at the front desk of your local library, or check out the online version by clicking the schedule image in the left-hand column of this blog.

Soak up the rest of the summer, and keep reading!!

Shaen