Blue -- 7/1/25

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

The Big Blue Spot by Dave Holwitz
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Peter Peck

Books:

Blue Boat by Kersten Hamilton
The Blue Table by Christopher Raschka

The Blue Umbrella by Emily Ann Davison
Blueberry Mouse by Alice Low
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
One Blue Gnu by Danna Smith

Craft: Bird with Birdhouse
- Color pieces (bird, wooden stick, birdhouse)

- Fold roof down to make overhang and glue at top point so stays in place

- Roll wooden strip into loop and glue

- Glue loop to birdhouse next to "hole"

- Glue bird to loop

Extension Activities:

- Have your child squeeze blueberries into water to create an edible paint.

- Create a blue sky picture by adding star stickers to blue paper.

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Virtual Story Time: Color Our World -- July 2025

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Color the Sky by David Elliott
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Books:

Dr. Seuss's Book of Colors by Dr. Seuss

Green on Green by Dianne White

Mix It Up by Herve Tullet
The Rainbow Snail by Karin Akesson

Red Sings for Treetops by Joyce Sidman

Remixed: A Blended Family by Arree Chung

Extension Activities:

- Have fun decorating cookies or cupcakes with different colored icing.  Let the kids mix their own colored icing using food coloring and plain white icing.

- Play a game of I Spy using color clues.

- Ask your child to organize things by color (ex - their clothes in the closet, books on a shelf, etc).

Green -- 6/24/25

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

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Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Little Green Donkey by Anuska Allepuz

Books:
The Croaky Pokey by Ethan Long
A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan
Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Green Beans by Elizabeth Thomas
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Craft: Caterpillar
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, head)

- Cut along straight black lines to get legs

- Color pieces (back and front)

- Fold legs so every other leg is folded backwards or forwards

- Glue head to front of caterpillar

Extension Activities:

- Go on a leaf scavenger hunt.  How many different types of green leaves can you collect.  Can you identify them?  If not, check out a leaf identification book from the library.

- Have a green food taste testing.  Try different green foods such as kiwi, grapes, green beans, broccoli, asparagus, cucumbers, pickles, etc.

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Yellow -- 6/17/25

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel
Counting to Bananas by Carrie Tillotson

Books:
5 Little Ducks by Denise Fleming
I Am Not a Chair by Ross Burach
The Little School Bus by Margery Cuyler
This Is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer
Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach
Yellow Copter by Kersten Hamilton

Craft: Bee

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, wings)

- Color pieces

- Roll strip of paper (body) and glue in place to make bee's head

- Glue on wings to bee's back

Extension Activities:

- Make Banana Pops to eat.  Peel a banana and slide onto a craft stick.  Dip the banana in yogurt, chocolate, or peanut butter.  Roll the banana in nuts, sprinkles, mini chips, etc.  Freeze.

- Hold a Rubber Ducky Race at your local pool.  Give each child a rubber ducky and see which one crosses the pool first.

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Orange -- 6/10/25

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle

Books:
Beware of Tigers by Dave Horowitz
Carrot & Pea by Morag Hood
Hello, Little One: A Monarch Butterfly Story by Zeena M. Pliska 
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
Ten Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage

Craft: Clownfish

- Print template (above) onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out clownfish

- Color clownfish

- Cut orange paper into small pieces.  Glue pieces to stripes of clownfish

Extension Activities:

- Hold a taste testing of orange foods -- oranges, canteloupe, carrots, sweet potatoes, cheez-its, cheetos, goldfish crackers, etc.

- Plant a carrot top.  Cut off the top of the carrot and trim away the leaves.  Place the carrot top in a small container on top of a layer of pebbles.  Let your child pour water in up to the carrot.  Wait for it to start to grow roots and then transplant to dirt.