Mysteries in the Stacks: Pete the Cat & the Missing Cupcakes -- 5/21/24

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.

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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly & James Dean
The Case of the Missing Donut by Alison McGhee

Books:

Franklin the Detective by Sharon Jennings

The Missing Pairs by Yvonne Ivinson

Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake by Eoin McLaughlin

Where Are My Books? by Debbie Ridpath Ohi

Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox

Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont

Craft: Cupcake Magnet

- Print out template on cardstock or heavy paper

- Color pieces (cupcake and icing) before gluing together

- Optional:  Glue on sequins for sprinkles

- Optional: Add a magnet to the back

Extension Activities:

- Bake a batch of cupcakes with your child.  Have them help measure ingredients, stir, and decorate the cupcakes.

- Hide some items around the house for your child to find.  Give them simple clues if they need help finding the items.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Transportation) Sing-Along Story Time: June 4-5, 2018

Books:
Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone *
McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger *
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean *
Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera *

Craft: Ship in a Bottle
The kids were given a bottle with a boat cutout to color.  They then glued on blue sequins and ocean-themed sequins for decoration.


Literacy Extensions:
- See how many different types of transportation your child can list.  Give them clues if needed.
- Visit the Transportation Museum in Kirkwood to view the different types of transportation.

Colors Story Time -- Yellow, Week 2: March 31-April 1, 2014

Books:
Banana! by Ed Vere
Come Along, Daisy! by Jane Simmons *
Dig! by Andrea Zimmerman *
Dimity Duck by Jane Yolen
Dream Weaver by Jonathan London
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean *

Craft: Paper Plate Duck
We made the duck as pictured except we only used on paper plate instead of adding the half plate as a head and we only glued on one beak instead of both the top and bottom.  The pieces beak, wings and feet were from yellow paper and was glued onto a small paper plate.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss simple good manners with your child (i.e. Banana!)
- Work on rhyming words.  See how many words your child can rhyme with the world "yellow".