Fairies Story Time -- 2/28/23

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.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time

Alice the Fairy by David Shannon
Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story by Cori Doerrfeld

Books:
Come to the Fairies' Ball by Jane Yolen
Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat by Deborah Underwood
Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child by Bob Graham
The Tooth Fairy Wars by Kate Coombs
The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken by Helen Lester

Craft: Fairy
- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color pieces (head, wings, coffee filter dress, jumbo craft stick body)

- Fold coffee filter in half and glue craft stick to center

- Wrap coffee filter around craft stick and glue in place to make dress

- Twist pipe cleaner around craft stick towards top of dress to make arms

- Glue head to top of craft stick

- Glue wings to back of craft stick under the head

Extension Activities:

- Fairies are often characters in fairy tales.  See how many fairy tales your child can name that feature a fairy in the story. (i.e. Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc.)

- Make edible fairy magic wands to eat for a snack.  Dip a pretzel rod into icing and then cover icing with sprinkles.

Template --

Mother Goose Rhymes & Songs, Week 4 - May 28, 2013

Books:
Little Bunny Foo Foo by Paul Brett Johnson *
Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story by Cori Doerrfeld
Mary Had a Little Lamp by Jack Lechner
Old Mother Hubbard by Jane Cabrera
Over in the Meadow: A Counting Rhyme by Olive A. Wadsworth
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges *
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Shell! by Lucille Colandro *

Craft: Bunny Goon
This craft was taken from the Paul Brett Johnson version of Little Bunny Foo Foo where he is turned into a goon at the end of the book.  The kids were given a bunny cutout to color and decorate with paper scraps, making it into a goon.

Literacy Extenders:
- Find other versions of There Was an Old Lady by Lucille Colandro.  See if you can come up with your own version.
- Talk about manners and how we should treat other people after reading Little Bunny Foo Foo.