Penguins -- 1/14/25

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.

Click HERE for this month's online Story Time.

If You Were a Penguin by Wendell Minor
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis

Books:

Baby Penguins Everywhere by Melissa Guion

Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant

Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Penguin by Polly Dunbar

Pierre the Penguin: A True Story by Jean Marzollo

Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Craft: Penguin with Book

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (penguin card, book cover, flippers)

- Color pieces

Bend wings along dotted lines and glue to either side of penguin

- Fold book cover slightly along the spine line and glue flippers to hold book

Extension Activities:

- Pretend to be penguins and waddle to walk.  Maybe have a penguin walk race.

- Visit the penguin exhibit at the zoo.  

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Penguins Story Time: January 13-14, 2020

Books:
Baby Penguins Everywhere! by Melissa Guion
If You Were a Penguin by Wendell Minor *
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley *
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Waddle! Waddle! by James Proimos *

Craft: Folded Penguin
Kids colored a penguin face/belly before gluing it to a larger blue circle to make the penguin body.  They could then glue on a strip of orange paper for a scarf if they liked.  The sides of the circles were then folded in to make the penguin's wings.  (Note: If you want a chubby penguin, don't fold in the wings.)

Extension Activities:
- Practice letter recognition by asking your child to point out all the letter "P"s on the page as you are reading.
- Visit the Penguin and Puffin House at the zoo.


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