Picture Book Genres: Things That Go -- 7/19/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger

Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz

Books: (Transportation, Vehicles, Construction Equipment)

Backhoe Joe by Lori Alexander

Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone

Digger Dog by William Bee

Freight Train by Donald Crews

I'm Dirty by Kate McMullan

The Little Ice Cream Truck by Margery Cuyler

Snakes on a Train by Kathryn Dennis

Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach

Twinkle Twinkle Little Car by Kate Dopirak

What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kti Dotlich

Craft: Airplane

- Cut out a 1-1/2" x 8-1/2" strip of heavy paper or cardstock

- Color before pinching the ends of the strip together and gluing to make the plane's body

- Cut out two 1" x 4-1/4" strips of heavy paper or cardstock

- Color both strips of paper

- Fold one strip of paper in half and then fold up the ends about 1" from original fold.

- Glue the folded strip to the pinched end of the plane's body for the tail

- Glue the other strip to towards the top front of the plane's body for the wings

- Optional: Draw eyes onto front of plane.

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of car bingo.  Fill out a bingo grid with color and types of vehicles (car, bus, truck, etc).  Then mark off as you see the different types.  The first to get a full line wins.

- Take a field trip to the National Museum of Transportation.  

Virtual Story Time: Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz -- 9/15/20

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.

Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz

Books:  (Construction Vehicles)

B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC by June Sobel

Construction Countdown by K.C. Olson

Demolition by Sally Sutton

The Diggers Are Coming! by Susan Steggall

Job Site by Nathan Clement

Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney

The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen Savage

Roadwork by Sally Sutton

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Craft: Monster Truck

- Print and cut out template of truck on heavy paper

- Color truck

- Glue two CDs to truck for wheels

Extension Activities:

- This week's book is based on the popular children's song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".  Sing the original with your children asking them to come up with animals for the verses.

- Visit a car or transportation museum to see the different vehicles.

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Building Block Award Nominees Story Time - Week 4: September 25-26, 2017

Books:
Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz *
Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman *
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman *

Craft: Gorilla
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children colored a rectangle head with mouth and eyes, two ears, and a craft stick before gluing all the pieces together.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn more about wolves and bunnies by checking out some books at the library.  See if your child can come up with ways they are similar and ways they are different.
- Extend the book Still a Gorilla by having your child act out the story.

Notes:
The children voted this week for their favorite book for the Building Block Award.  You can vote online through the link on the Missouri Library Association's Building Block Award webpage.  Voting goes through December 31, 2017.


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