DiNovember: Week 4 -- 11/26/24

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.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake
Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very First Chicken by Douglas Rees

Books:
Bigger Than You by Hyewon Kyung
The Dinos on the Bus by Peter Millett
Dinosaurs Don't Have Bedtimes! by Timothy Knapman
How to Be a T. Rex by Ryan North
I'm Bad! by Kate McMullan
T is for Terrible by Peter McCarty

Craft: Standing Dinosaur

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color and cut out pieces

- Fold legs in half and cut along dotted line to make slits

- Slip the folded legs onto bottom of dinosaur's body to make it stand

Extension Activities:

- After reading Tyrannosaur Wrecks, have a discussion with your child about how the wrecks in the beginning of the book are different than the ones at the end.  What makes them different?  Why would reactions to those wrecks be different?

- Hold a dance party to go along with reading Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna the Very FirstChicken.  Ask your child to dance like different kinds of dinosaurs.  Make sure to include the Chicken Dance.

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Virtual Story Time: Dinosaurs -- 6/1/21

Join us weekly for an online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.  The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.


Click HERE to view the latest video.


Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe & Susan Tuma
Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran

Books:  (Dinosaurs)
Crunch the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap
Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea
Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
I'm Big by Kate McMullan
The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Craft:  Dinosaur Hat
- Cut out two 2-1/2"x11" strips from green paper.  Glue into one long strip.
- Draw eyes and nose onto large strip to make head.
- Cut out five large triangles (around 3") from red paper.  Glue to top of long strip over facial features as spikes.
- Cut out eight small triangles (around 1") from white paper.  Glue to bottom of long strip under facial features as teeth.
- Glue long strip into circle to make a headband.


Extension Activities:
- Learn about different types of dinosaurs.  There are a lot of great nonfiction books on dinosaurs at the library.  Try to pick your favorite dinosaur.
- Visit the St. Louis Science Center to learn more about dinosaurs.
- Pretend play by pretending to be dinosaurs.  Ask your child to do different kind of dinosaur walks.

Virtual Story Time: Our Favorite 2020 Picture Books, Part 2 -- 12/8/20

Join us weekly for an online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.  The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.

Click HERE to view the latest video. 

Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake

Where's Baby? by Anne Hunter

Books:  (Family)

Another Brother by Matthew Cordell

Bear With Me by Max Cornell

Dino Duckling by Alison Murray

Dozens of Cousins by Shutta Crum

Hiking Day by Anne Rockwell

The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin

Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis

Ol' Mama Squirrel by David Ezra Stein

Pancakes in Pajamas by Frank Asch

Yes, Let's by Galen Goodwin Longstreth

Craft:  Fox

- Color front and back of small paper plate.

- Fold sides of paper plate and glue to make a triangle.

- Color, ears, eyes, and ears before gluing to plate to make fox's face.

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of hide and seek with your child.  A variation of this would be to have you hide the fox craft and have your child find it.

- Have fun with measurements.  Let your child measure how tall family members are with a tape measure.  Or ask them to tell you the members of your family from tallest to shortest.