Penguins -- 1/14/25

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.

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If You Were a Penguin by Wendell Minor
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis

Books:

Baby Penguins Everywhere by Melissa Guion

Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant

Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Penguin by Polly Dunbar

Pierre the Penguin: A True Story by Jean Marzollo

Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Craft: Penguin with Book

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (penguin card, book cover, flippers)

- Color pieces

Bend wings along dotted lines and glue to either side of penguin

- Fold book cover slightly along the spine line and glue flippers to hold book

Extension Activities:

- Pretend to be penguins and waddle to walk.  Maybe have a penguin walk race.

- Visit the penguin exhibit at the zoo.  

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The Alphabet: PQ -- 3/29/22

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available for a week before a new online Story Time is posted.

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Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley

Books:
Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman
Hello, Puppy! by Jane Cowan-Fletcher

Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant

The Night Pirates by Peter Harris

Perfectly Percy by Paul Schmid
Queen Panda Can't Sleep by Susanna Isern
Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin
Shorty & Clem by Michael Slack

Craft: Q is for Quail

- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color and cut out pieces (Q body, head, wing, tailfeather, feet, beak, and plume)

- Glue tailfeather to bottom of body along the Q's tail.

- Glue the head to the top of the body opposite the tail.

- Glue the plume and beak to the head.

- Glue the wing along body's back between head and tailfeather.

- Glue feet to bottom of body.

Extension Activities:

- Act out the rhyme Five Little Ducks with your child making sure to incorporate the "quacks".

- Get a little messy with some paints.  Finger paint a picture with your child.

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Building Block Award Nominees Story Time: September 26-27, 2016

Books:
Dad's First Day by Mike Wohnoutka *
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley *
Ragweed's Farm Day Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy *

Craft: Penguin
Our craft this week was based on the picture at right.  The kids colored cardstock cutout body, tummy, wings and feet before gluing them together to make a penguin.

Literacy Extensions:
- Dad's First Day is a great introduction to empathy for kids.  Talk about feelings and how different people might feel in particular situations.
- After reading Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups learn what penguins really like to eat.  There are several books on penguins at the library.

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