Celebrating Authors: Mo Willems -- 3/31/26

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.

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems

Books:
Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems
That Is NOT a Good Idea! by Mo Willems

Craft: Pigeon

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out and color head

- Color a craft stick as Pigeon's neck and legs

- Color a mini cupcake liner that is folded in half as Pigeon's wing

- Glue head to top of craft stick

- Glue wing near bottom of craft stick leaving room for legs

Extension Activities:

- Which kind of pet would be best for Pigeon?  Investigate different types of pets.  Check out pet books from the library or visit the local pet store for more information.

- Learn simple drawing skills from Mo Willems by watching his Lunch Doodles video series on YouTube.

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Building Block 2013 Nominees Story Time: September 9-10, 2013

Books:
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj *
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems *
(Each week we will be reading 2-3 of the ten 2013 Missouri Building Block Award nominee books.)

Craft: Cat Face
For this week's craft, we made the cat face of the craft pictured.  My original thought was to make it into the mask, but thought cutting out all the eye holes would be too time-consuming.  So instead we just made the face.  Several of the kids commented that they were going to either attach a craft stick to the face to make it into a puppet or either cut out the eye holes to make it into a mask when they got home.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about manners and the importance of saying "please" and "thank you" to go with The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
-  Discuss how various animals might behave and act out those behaviors like the cats in Cat Secrets.

Mo Willems Story Time: June 17-18, 2013

Books:
Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems *

City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems *
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems *
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems *
That Is Not a Good Idea! by Mo Willems
What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems

Craft: Walrus
This craft goes with the book The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!.  It looks fairly similar to the photo above other than we used a small paper plate for the body and we did not glue whiskers onto the walrus.  I also drew the face a little differently.

Literacy Extensions:
- See how many different ways you can say the same phrase to convey different emotions (i.e. - "more balls" from Can I Play Too?)
- Retell a favorite story by switching out some of the characters with another type of animal (i.e. - changing bears to dinosaurs like in Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs)