Bedtime for Monsters -- 10/28/25

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.

Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
10 Spooky Pumpkins by Gus Grimly

Books:
Frankenbunny by Jill Esbaum
I Do NOT Eat Children by Marcus Cutler
Peanut Butter & Brains by Joe McGee
The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle
We're Going on a Goon Hunt by Michael Rex
Yeti, Turn Out the Light! by Greg Long

Craft: Zombie

- Template can be purchased from Etsy
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, feet, arms, head, eyes)

- Color pieces

- Glue pieces together to make zombie

Extension Activities:

- Plan a monster party.  What games would you play?  What music would you listen to?  What foods would you eat?  What would you wear to the party?

- Go over trick or treating safety rules before Halloween.

Bedtime for Monsters -- 11/1/22

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

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere

Books:

Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters by Jane Yolen

Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems

Love Monster by Rachel Bright

The Monsters' Monsters by Patrick McDonnell

Sally and the Some-Thing by George O'Connor

Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra

We're Going on a Goon Hunt by Michael Rex

When a Monster Is Born by Sean Taylor

Craft: Monster Bags

- Print template onto paper and cut out pieces (eyes, horns, teeth/hair)

- Color brown lunchbag as monster's body/head

- Color facial pieces and glue to bag to make a monster

*** Craft can be made so can be a puppet or a treat bag

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of pin the features on a monster.  Tape the outline of a monster's head onto the wall.  Then blindfold the kids and have them tape the different monster facial features to the head.

- Make some monster toast.  Place a few drops of food coloring into a small amount of milk.  Then paint a monster onto a piece of bread.  Lightly toast the bread before eating.

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Skeleton Hiccups Story Time: October 20-21, 2014

Books:
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle *
Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler *
Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie: A Revolting Rhyme
              by Judy Sierra
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Craft: Skeleton Picture
Children glued cut out bones and a skull to paper with an simple line-drawing skeleton.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about why people have / need bones.  Check out a nonfiction, informational book about skeletons and look at the pictures of the different bones in the body.
- Pick a simple recipe and make it with your child - discussing the various steps as you do them (i.e. Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie)

Notes:
This story time is not for children with fears of monsters.  While the children found Skeleton Hiccups funny, several of the children were scared by The Skeleton in the Closet and Bedtime for Monsters.  I suggest reading the books yourself before sharing with your children.

Shhhhh! Pajama Story Time: January 30, 2013

Books:
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere *
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea *
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Let's Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas
Mitchell's License by Hallie Durand *

Craft: Dinosaur Hat
Children colored two strips of cardstock (8-1/2" x 2-1/2"), added eyes and a nose, and glued together to make the dinosaurs head.  Five triangle spikes (2-1/2") were colored and glued to top.  Eight triangle teeth (1") were glued to bottom.

Craft: Driver's License
Children were given a driver's license to fill out with name and age.  They could also either glue on a photo of themselves or draw a picture of themselves.

Literacy Extension:
- Have your child come up with their own version of "Five Little Monkeys" (i.e. hippos hopping, rabbits spinning, etc.)