Do I Have to Go to a Party? -- 5/12/26

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.

Do I Have to Go to a Party? by Jonathan Fenske
No Pants! by Jacob Grant

Books:
How Do You Wokka-Wokka? by Elizabeth Bluemle
How to Party Like a Snail by Nassem Hrab
If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff
Maisy's Surprise Birthday Party by Lucy Cousins
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Jane Cabrera
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges

Craft: Puffer Fish
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (top half of fish, mouth, fins)

- Color pieces

- Glue top half of fish to a recycled cd-rom

- Glue mouth to center of cd-rom covering the point on the top half of the fish

- Glue fins to sides of cd-rom

Extension Activities:

- Ask your child to pick out the perfect party outfit.  Does it change depending on the type of party you are attending?

- Try coming up with additional "ways" to wear pants other than those listed in "No Pants!".

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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.

I Do NOT Eat Children by Marcus Cutler
Nothing Scares a Dinosaur by Jonathan Fenske
Do I HAVE to Go to the PARTY? by Jonathan Fenske

Books:

Dog vs. Strawberry by Nelly Buchet

The Guessing Game by Catherine Rayner

I Am Wriggly by Michael Rosen

Why Won't You Sleep?! by Adam Wallace

The Wrong Book by Drew Daywalt

Craft: Puffer Fish

- Print out template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color and cut out pieces (body, fins, spikes)

- Glue fins to side of body

- Glue spikes around top of puffer fish's head

Extension Activities:

- All three books this week deal with fears in some way (monsters, night time fears, social anxiety).  Discuss things you and your child fear.  How do you deal with those fears?  What are some coping mechanisms?

- Nothing Scares a Dinosaur is a beginning reader book.  Have your child read any sight words in the book.  How many words can they identify?  Are there any words they can sound out with phonics?

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