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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Beach -- 4/7/26

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.

Just One Wave by Travis Jonker
Crabby Crab by Chris Raschka
Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske












Books:
Beach by Elisha Cooper
Big Family Beach Day by Nina Crews
Chu's Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman
Duck & Goose Go to the Beach by Tad Hills
Here Comes the Ocean by Meg Fleming
Sandy Feet! Whose Feet? Footprints at the Shore by Susan Wood
Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle



Craft: Starfish
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out starfish
- Color starfish
- Fold starfish so lap over each other and smile is one line and glue into place
- Fold legs along dotted lines so starfish will sit a little flat
- Optional: Glue on sparkles




Extension Activities:
- Have fun making waves in either a small kids play pool, bathtub, etc.  Try dropping different items to see how they make different types of waves.
- Try to walk like crabs.  Sit on the floor with legs bent and hand behind you on the floor.  Lift up onto your hands and legs.  Try walking sideways like a crab.  Maybe try racing each other.


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Monday, November 10, 2025

I'm My Own Dog -- 11/10/25

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.

Click 
HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj
Cowy Cow by Chris Raschka












Books:
Buddy and the Bunnies in Don't Play With Your Food by Bob Shea
Flat Cat by Tara Lazar
Hamster Sitter Wanted by Tracy Gunaratnam
Pet This Book by Jessica Young
That's My Dog! by Rick Walton
Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland



Craft: Hamster
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces (body, legs/arms)
- Color pieces
- Fold body along dotted lines and then roll and glue end of body to just behind the head to make it stand
- Glue legs to bottom of hamster
- Glue arms to sides of hamster




Extension Activities:
- Visit a pet store to learn more about the different types of pets and how to care for them.
- Make a pets mural by letting your child cut out pictures of animals they think would make good pets from old magazines and then gluing them to a piece of paper.


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