Halloween -- 10/31/23

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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Happy Owl-Oween by Laura Gehl
We're Off to Find the Witch's House by Richard Krieb

Books:
10 Spooky Pumpkins by Gris Grimly
Bears and Boos by Shirley Parenteau
Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin
Dino-Halloween by Lisa Wheeler
Halloween Good Night by Rebecca Grabill
Jungle Halloween by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
Minerva Louise on Halloween by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht

Craft:  Craft Stick Mummy
- Color a jumbo craft stick as the mummy's body making sure to color eyes
- Wrap two white pipe cleaners around craft stick (wrapping so can still see eyes) for the mummy's bandages

Extension Activities:

- Before going trick or treating discuss safety issues with your child. (i.e. crossing streets, staying in a group, stranger danger, etc.)

- Use the candy from trick or treating to practice counting and sorting.  Sort the candy into different types and have your child count the pieces.  See which type they have the most, least, etc?

Pumpkins -- 10/24/23

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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Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo
Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas
Ten Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage

Books:
Five Little Pumpkins by Iris van Rynbach
How to Help a Pumpkin Grow by Ashley Wolff
The Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet
Pick a Perfect Pumpkin by Robin Koontz
Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht
The Pumpkin Fair by Eve Bunting
Pumpkin Heads by Wendell Minor
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree

Craft:  Paper Plate Pumpkin
- Tear a piece of orange paper into pieces (about 1")
- Tear a piece of black paper into smaller pieces (about 1/2")
- Glue orange pieces to a paper plate
- Cut out a rectangle from green paper and glue to top of plate for stem
- Glue black pieces on top of orange to make a jack-o-lantern face

Extension Activities:
- Visit a pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin.  
- Roast some pumpkin seeds to eat as a snack.  Experiment with different spices to flavor the seeds.  (Visit Roasted Pumpkin Seeds - Kid Food Explorers for various recipes.)

Leaves -- 10/17/23

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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Fall Leaves Fall by Zoe Hall
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

Books:
If You Find a Leaf by Amiee Sicuro
A Leaf Can Be by Laura Salas
Leaf Jumpers by Carole Gerber
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
Lucky Leaf by Kevin O'Malley
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro
A Very Big Fall by Emmy Kastner

Craft: Leaf Necklace
- Print template (at left) onto cardstock or heavy paper.  (You should be able to fit two sets of the template onto one regular letter size paper.)

- Cut out leaves  (We used three leaves per necklace.)

- Color leaves

- String leaves onto a 30" piece of curling ribbon along with pony beads

- Tie string into necklace

Extension Activities:

- Go on a leaf hunt.  See how many different types of leaves you can find.  Can you name what kind of leaves they are?  If not, the library has books on leaf identification.

- Grab some fallen leaves from outside and see what you can make out of them (i.e. Leaf Man).

Apples -- 10/10/23

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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Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
The Starry Giraffe by Andy Bergmann
Apples for Little Fox by Ekaterina Turkhan

Books:
Apple Cake by Dawn Casey
The Apple Pie That Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson
Chicka Chicka 1-2-3 by Bill Martin Jr.
Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda
Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg
Ten Apples Up On Top! by Theo LeSieg

Craft:  Apple Tree

- Cut out a circle for a tree top and color it green

- Glue red sequins to the circle for apples

- Color clothespin as trunk

- Clip clothespin to bottom of tree top

Extension Activities:

- Visit an apple farm or orchard to go apple picking.

- Taste test several different kinds of apples to see which is your favorite.

Autumn -- 10/3/23

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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When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey
In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes

Books:
Hungry Bunny by Claudia Rueda
I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli
I See Fall by Charles Ghigna
In November by Cynthia Rylant
Mouse Loves Fall by Lauren Thompson
Mr. Pumpkin's Tea Party by Erin Barker

Craft: Fall Puzzle

- Print template at left onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color picture

- Cut along lines to get a 16 piece puzzle

Extension Activities:

-  Discuss typical fall weather with your child.  Ask them to point out clothes in their closet that would be appropriate to wear during fall season weather.

-  Make a fall wreath.  Have your children go through magazines and cut out pictures that remind them of fall.  Glue them around the edges of a paper plate and write "Hello Fall" in the middle.

Virtual Story Time: If You Find a Leaf -- October 2023

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.) 

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If You Find a Leaf by Aimee Sicuro

Books: (Autumn)

Crow Not Crow by Jane Yolen

In November by Cynthia Rylant

It's Fall by Linda Glaser

My Autumn Book by Wong Herbert Yee

The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright

Sweater Weather by Matt Phelan

Extension Activities:

- Go on a nature walk / autumn scavenger hunt.  Try to find different things related to the autumn season. (ex - leaves of different colors, squirrels, acorns, animal tracks, etc.)

- Create a picture based on a found fall leaf like in the book If You Find a Leaf.

- Visit a pumpkin patch or go apple picking at a local orchard.