Dinosaurs (Go to School) -- 7/28/26

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.

Dinosaur vs. School by Bob Shea
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Books:
Can I Bring My Pteradactyl to School, Miss Johnson? by Lois Grambling
Dino-School by Lisa Wheeler
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen
My Teacher Is a Dinosaur! by Bill Canterbury
Tiny T.Rex and the First Day Oopsies by Jonathan Stutzman
What the Dinosaurs Did at School by Refe Tuma

Craft: Pteradactyl

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, wings)

- Color pieces

- Fold wings at line and glue to either side of body

Extension Activities:

- Start preparing your child for the start of school.  Talk about the activities they will be doing as well as their expected behavior.  If possible, see if you can take a tour of the school they will be attending in the fall.

- We have been reading dinosaur books for two months.  See how many of the books they remember reading.  Which one was their favorite?  Which ones did they not care for?

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Dinosaurs -- 7/14/26

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.

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe & Amy Tuma

Books:
Chill Chomp Chill by Chris Ayala-Kronos
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen
The Stompysaurus by Rachel Bright

T Is For Terrible by Peter McCarty
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Craft: Standing Dinosaur

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, legs)

- Color pieces

- Fold legs in half and then cut along dotted line

- Slide body into slit in legs to stand

Extension Activities:

- Have fun with building and wrecking.  Build a block tower as tall as you can before wrecking it.

- Design a Dinosaur Trap that would be able to keep dinosaurs from making trouble.

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Virtual Story Time: America 250 -- July 2026

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.

John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith

Books:
America the Beautiful by Katherine Lee Bates
Fireworks by Matthew Burgess

Liberty's Journey by Kelly DiPucchio

My America by Karen Katz
On the Fourth of July by Maggie Rudd

The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller

Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant

You're a Grand Old Flag by George M. Cohan

Extension Activities:

- Learn more about American history.  Pick a time frame of American history and check out related books from the library.  There are a lot of great children's information history books at the library.

- Visit the St. Louis Arch and the Museum Under the Gateway Arch to learn more about American history.

- Learn about the history of the American flag before having your child(ren) design their own American flag using the same colors and symbols. 

Dinosaurs (Are Extinct) -- 6/30/26

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.

Edwina: The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran

Books:
The Dinosaur in the Garden by Deb Pilutti
Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones by Susan Lendroth
How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman
Penny & Pip by Candace Fleming
T.Rex by Vivian French

Craft: Dinosaur Skeleton

- Draw a simple dinosaur outline onto colored cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out dinosaur

- Glue whole and cut Q-tips to dinosaur as its skeleton

Extension Activities:

- Make a dinosaur fossil by making imprints in playdough.

- Visit a science museum to look at dinosaur skeletons.

Dinosaurs (and Goldilocks) -- 6/23/26

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.

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

Books:
#Goldilocks by Jeanne Willis
Goatilocks and the Three Bears by Eric S. Perl
Goldie and the Three Hares by  Margie Palatini
Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jim Aylesworth

Craft: Triceratops Crown
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (head, strips)

- Color pieces

- Glue pieces together into crown

Extension Activities:

- Have fun changing up the Goldilocks story.  Replace the characters, food, furniture and see how it would change the story.
- Click HERE for a link to several activities from Harper Collins to go along with Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs.

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