Amy Krouse Rosenthal Story Time -- 3/21/23

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.

Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Books:
Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Don't Blink! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Uni the Unicorn by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Craft: Planted Kiss
- Draw a stem and leaf onto a piece of paper
- Cut out small hearts from colored paper and glue onto paper as flower
- Glue on sparkles to make your "kiss" grow

Extension Activities:

- Do some cloud watching with your child.  See if you can find any shapes in the clouds.
- Plant some flowers or other seeds with your child.  Ask them to take care of them under they grow.

Green Story Time: March 16-17, 2020

Books:
The Croaky Pokey by Ethan Long
Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
Snip Snap! What's That? by Mara Bergman *
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox *

Craft: Shamrock Necklace
The kids colored a shamrock cutout which was then strung onto a length of curling ribbon along with beads to make into a necklace.

Extension Activities --
- Where Is the Green Sheep is a great lead in to going on a scavenger hunt.  Ask your child to find items of different colors throughout your house.
- Learn about St. Patrick's Day.  There are several books at the library that can be checked out or search online for kid friendly websites and videos.

Love & Hate Story Time: February 11-12, 2019

Books:
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
I Loathe You by David Slonim
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
Love and Kisses by Sarah Wilson *
Pigs in Love by Teddy Slater *

Craft: Heart Person
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The kids colored a large cardstock heart with a face on it.  They then glued on four strips of accordian-folded paper for arms and legs.

Extension Activities:
- Make homemade valentines to give out to family and friends. 
- Little Pea talks about foods we love and hate to eat.  Have your child make a list of foods they love and hate.


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Colors Story Time -- Green: March 17-18, 2014

Books:
The Croaky Poky by Ethan Long *
A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan
Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley *
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
Snip Snap! What's That? by Mara Bergman
Ten Lucky Leprechauns by Kathryn Heling *

Craft: Paper Plate Leprechaun
Children colored a face onto a small paper plate and a leprechaun hat before gluing the hat and red strips of paper to the plate as whiskers. 

Literacy Extensions:
- See how many green foods your child can list.  Discuss why they do or do not like them. (i,e.. Little Pea)
- Practice rhyming with your child.  Have them try to come up with several words that rhyme with "green".