Halloween -- 10/29/24

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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Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin
The Night Before Halloween by Natasha Wing

Books:

The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey

How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? by Jane Yolen

Mouse's First Halloween by Lauren Thompson

Pug & Pig: Trick-or-Treat by Sue Gallion

Six Creepy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle

Craft: Frankenstein's Monster

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper.

- Cut out pieces (head, hair) and color

- Glue hair to head

- Cut four strips of green paper

- Glue to head for arms and legs

- (Optional) Fold or curl arms and legs

Extension Activities:

- It is a St. Louis area tradition to tell a joke to get candy while trick or treating.  Practice telling jokes with your child in preparation.

- Make a batch of Witch's Brew drink for Halloween night by mixing lime sherbet, lemon-lime soda, and pineapple juice.  Click HERE for the recipe and for fun, spooky add-ins.

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Wolves -- 10/22/24

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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Wolf Is Coming! by Joe Kulka
Brenda Is a Sheep by Morag Hood

Books:

Big Wolf & Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme

Full Moon Pups by Liz Garton Scanlon

I Am Strong by Mario Ramos

A Well-Mannered Young Wolf by Jean Leroy

Wolf Won't Bite! by Emily Gravett

Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman

Wolves by Emily Gravett

Craft: Wolf Mask

- Print template (at left) on cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out wolf's head and color

- Cut out eye holes

- Option 1:  Punch holes on both sides of mask and tie string or yarn through holes to be able to tie mask to face

- Option 2: Glue a large craft stick to the back of the mask for a mask you can hold

Extension Activities:

- Read different versions of the folktales The Three Little Pigs and Red Riding Hood for more wolf stories.

- Visit Activities for Kids | Wolf Conservation Center to learn more about wolves or for wolf-themed activities and printables for kids.

Bats -- 10/15/24

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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I Am Bat by Morag Hood
Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darris Lunde
My New Friend Is So Fun! by Mo Willems

Books:

The Bat by Elise Gravel

Bat Jamboree by Kathi Appelt
Batty by Sarah Dyer

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Superbat by Matt Carr

Craft: Bat

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, two wings)

- Color pieces

- Glue wings to side of bat's body

Extension Activities:

- Create a bat sensory bin using dry rice and dried bow tie pasta (bats).  Have kids search out and try to pick up the "bats" with tongs to practice hand-eye coordination.

- Make a bat out of a coffee filter and clothespin.  Color the clothespin as the bat's body.  Color the coffee filter for the wings.  (You could use washable markers on the coffee filter and spritz with a little water for some science fun.) Fold the coffee filter in half and then clip with the clothespin for the wings.

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Spiders -- 10/8/24

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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Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
Spider on the Floor by Raffi

Books:

Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

Dreamweaver by Jonathan London

I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani

Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt

A Spider Named Itsy by Steve Light

Craft: Spider

- Print template (at left) onto cardstock or heavy paper and cut out

- Cut 8 strips of paper (1/2" x 4")

- Color spider's body and fold along dotted line so head stands up

- Glue legs to spider's body

Extension Activities:

- Have a spider race using pompoms for the spiders.  Use straws to see who can blow their spider across the finish line first.

- Have your child make a spiderweb.  Cut out the center of a paper plate and hole punch holes around the edges of the plate.  Have your child string yarn or curling ribbon through the holes around the plate to make a spider web.

Building Block Award Nominees: Week 4 -- 10/1/24

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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I Am Stuck by Julia Mills
My Dad Is a Tree by Jon Agee

Books:
A Bear, A Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom
The Best Bad Day Ever by Marianna Coppo
A Good Place by Lucy Cousins
I Am Stuck by Julia Mills
I Was Born a Baby by Meg Fleming
Mister Kitty Is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli
My Dad Is a Tree by Jon Agee
NO Is All I Know! by Chris Grabenstein
Problem Solved! by Jan Thomas
Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton

Craft: Turtle

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out turtle

- Cut along solid line on shell

- Color turtle

- Fold shell over so solid line is underneath shell going to dotted line and glue in place so shell "pops" up

Extension Activities:

- I Am Stuck is about a turtle that is stuck on his back.  Have your children pretend to be different animals and see how they would become "unstuck".

- Take a nature walk to look at different types of trees.  Note the animals (birds, insects, etc) that live in those trees.

- Visit https://molib.wildapricot.org/Building-Block-Award for information on voting for your favorite book for the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award.  Or email aheld@jeffcolib.org with the title of your favorite book.

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Virtual Story Time: Spooky Stories -- October 2024

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.

Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle

Books:
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere

A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

I Want to Be in a Scary Story by Sean Taylor

There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers

Extension Activities:

- Discuss different fears with your child.  Come up with strategies to deal with these fears.

- Have a scavenger hunt with your child.  Hide several plastic spiders throughout an area and ask your child to find them.

- Hold a "scary" movie marathon with child appropriate movies.