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.

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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.

The Alphabet: TUV -- 4/19/22

 Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available for a week before a new online Story Time is posted.

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle
Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera

Books:
Bug in a Vacuum by Melanie Watt
Do You Believe in Unicorns? by Bethany Murguia
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems
Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
What Uncles Do Best by Laura Numeroff

Craft: V is for Vulture
- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock
- Color pieces of vulture (V body, head, feet)

- Cut out pieces

- Using scissors, make small snips along outer sides of V for feathers

- Glue feet at bottom of V body

- Glue head as shown in picture





Extension Activities:

- Play a game of Twister.  It is a great way to teach colors, left/right, and following directions.
- Do some drawing with the letter.  See what all they can turn a "U" into (i.e. umbrella, cup, etc.)

- During a trip to a grocery store, ask your child to identify the different vegetables they see in the produce area.  


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Tigers Story Time -- 7/19 (Outdoors) & 7/20 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.


It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle
Beware of Tigers by Dave Horowitz

Books:

Fear the Bunny by Richard T. Morris

Little Lost Tiger by Jonathan London

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Song of the Circus by Lois Duncan

A Tiger Called Tomas by Charlotte Zolotow

Tiger Pups by Tom Harvey

The Tiger's Egg by Nele Bronner

The Tiptoeing Tiger by Philippa Leathers

Craft: Tiger Mask

- Cut the inner part of a paper plate out so you have just the outer ring.  Color the ring as the tiger's face.

- Cut out and color two eyes and a nose to glue to the top part of the face.

- Cut out eight long triangles to glue to the inside of the ring for teeth.

- Cut out approximately 30 (total) black and orange rectangles to glue around the outside of the ring for the tiger's stripes.

Extension Activities:

- Tigers are commonly orange and black.  Ask your child to name other things that are orange and black (i.e. construction cones, monarch butterflies, etc.).  Maybe go on a scavenger hunt to find items that are those colors.

- Visit the zoo to view and learn more about tigers.

Tigers Story Time: February 26-27, 2018

Books:
Beware of Tigers by Dave Horowitz
Cats Are Cats by Valeri Gorbachev *
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle *
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Craft: Tiger Paper Bag Puppet
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The main different we made was that instead of all the individual facial features, the children were given one face (including eyes, nose, stripes, ears, etc) to color and glue onto the bag.  They also got to paws to color and glue onto the bag.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn more about tigers.  Check out a nonfiction book about tigers from the library to learn more about them.
- Go on a field trip to the zoo to view the tigers.


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David LaRochelle Story Time: June 12-13, 2017

Books:
1 + 1 = 5 and Other Unlikely Additions by David LaRochelle
The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle *
The End by David LaRochelle
How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans by David LaRochelle
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle *
Moo! by David LaRochelle *

Craft: Tiger Puppet
The Kids colored a cardstock tiger's head before gluing on black paper strips for the stripes.  The head was then glued to a jumbo craft stick to turn into a puppet.

Literacy Extensions:
- The End tells a story from the end to the beginning.  See if your child can "re-tell" the story backwards after reading him a book.
- Use Moo! to talk about punctuation and how different punctuation changes the way you read a line.


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T - Turtles & Trains: May 4-5, 2015

Books:
10 Turkeys in the Road by Brenda Reeves Sturgis
Clickety Clack by Amy & Rob Spence *
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle *
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson *
Turtle Island by Kevin Sherry
Whoosh and Chug! by Sebastien Braun

Craft: Bouquet of Tulips
The children were each given four tulip heads to color and glue to craft sticks.  They were then placed into a mini-styrofoam  cup.  They could write their name or a short message for Mother's Day that was then placed on the cup.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Tap the Magic Tree, learn about different types of trees.  Check out a tree identification book at the library before going on a nature walk and trying to identify the different types of trees in your neighborhood.
- Play with sounds.  Both Clickety Clack and Whoosh and Chug! feature sounds made by different objects.  Make a game of coming up with the sounds made by different objects.

Building Block 2013 Nominees Story Time: September 16-17, 2013

Books:
Find a Cow Now by Janet Stevens *
I'm Bored by Michael Ian Black *
It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle *

Craft: Flamingo
Children were given a flamingo body cut out of cardstock to color.  They could then choose a piece of pipe cleaner to bend in half and tape on as legs.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk with your child about how they know what certain animals are like in Find a Cow Now.
- Figure out what you can do with a potato that might be fun (I'm Bored).