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.