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.

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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.  

Template --

Old Mikamba Had a Farm (Around the World) Singalong Story Time: June 25-26, 2018

Books:
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora *
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis *
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant

Craft: Giraffe
Children colored a giraffe body and head.  The body was then glued to a used cd-rom.  The head was glued to a jumbo craft stick which was in turn glued to the body for the giraffe's long neck.  Two clothespin were added for the giraffe's legs.

Literacy Activities:
- A Penguin Story introduces color into Antarctica.  Extend the story by asking your child to come up with objects of particular colors that could be included into the story.  (i.e. gray whales, red flags, etc.)
- Pick a country to learn about.  The library has lots of books for kids to learn about various countries.

Let's Pretend! Story Time: November 2-3, 2015

Books:
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas *
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco
I'm a Frog! by Mo Willems *
My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

Craft: Frog Mask
This is a very simple mask made from the ring of a paper plate.  The center of the plate is cut out.  Two large circle eyes are glued to the colored plate along with a red paper tongue that can be curled.

Literacy Extensions:
- Play a game of pretend with your child.  Call out different animals for your child to pretend to be.
- After reading Emma Kate, discuss which is the imaginary friend -- the little girl or the elephant.  Point out the visual clues given throughout the book.

Colors Story Time -- Red: April 14-15, 2014

Books:
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis *
The Red Lemon by Bob Staake
Red, Red, Red by Valeri Gorbachev *
That's My Dog! by Rick Walton *

Craft: Sunset Picture
The children completed a coloring page of a sunset before gluing on red tissue paper squares to make a red sunset.

Literacy Extensions:
- See how many things your child can list that are the color red.
- Talk about how certain foods such as grapes and tomatoes come in different colors (i.e. The Red Lemon)