Favorite Picture Books of 2025 -- 12/30/25

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.

Calling All Bears! by Diana Murray
The Bear and the Hare at the Fair by Em Lynas

Books:
Bear Feels Sad by Karma Wilson
The Bear Out There by Jess Hannigan
Oh Dear, Look What I Got! by Michael Rosen
On All Fours by Gaetan Doremus
Short Dog, Long Dog: A Book of Opposites by Anna Hrachovec


Craft: Bear Headband
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces (face/ears and 2 extra strips)
- Color pieces
- Glue, tape, or staple strips together to fit child's head


Extension Activities:
- Learn about different types of bears.  Check out one of the nonfiction bear books from the library or visit the zoo.
- Take a field trip to a local amusement park.  What rides do you like?  What rides do you not like?

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April is Punny: Tongue Twisters -- 4/9/24

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 to view this month's Virtual Story Time.

The Cat and the Hat and the Rat by Em Lynas
Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss

Books:

A Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily Jenkins

Orangutan Tongues by Jon Agee

Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes by Brian Cleary

There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake by Loren Long

Craft: Fox in Socks

- Print out a fox template from the internet onto cardstock or heavy paper and cut out

- Cut out four sock shapes from cardstock or heavy paper

- Color pieces (fox, socks)

- Glue socks to fox for feet and hands

Extension Activities:

- Limber up your tongue by seeing if you and/or your child can roll it.

- Practice tongue twisters with your child.  Start with an easier one such as Peter Piper and work your way up to harder tongue twisters.