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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Beach -- 4/7/26

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.

Just One Wave by Travis Jonker
Crabby Crab by Chris Raschka
Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske












Books:
Beach by Elisha Cooper
Big Family Beach Day by Nina Crews
Chu's Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman
Duck & Goose Go to the Beach by Tad Hills
Here Comes the Ocean by Meg Fleming
Sandy Feet! Whose Feet? Footprints at the Shore by Susan Wood
Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle



Craft: Starfish
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out starfish
- Color starfish
- Fold starfish so lap over each other and smile is one line and glue into place
- Fold legs along dotted lines so starfish will sit a little flat
- Optional: Glue on sparkles




Extension Activities:
- Have fun making waves in either a small kids play pool, bathtub, etc.  Try dropping different items to see how they make different types of waves.
- Try to walk like crabs.  Sit on the floor with legs bent and hand behind you on the floor.  Lift up onto your hands and legs.  Try walking sideways like a crab.  Maybe try racing each other.


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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Building Block Award Nominees: Week 4 -- 9/30/25

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.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Simon and the Better Bone by Corey R. Tabor
Bear's Lost Glasses by Leo Timmers
Just One Flake by Travis Jonker









Books:
Bear's Lost Glasses by Leo Timmers
Dig Dig Dinosaur by Professor Anjali Goswami
I Live in a Tree Trunk by Meg Fleming
Just One Flake by Travis Jonker
Mr. Fox's Game of No by David LaRochelle
Peg Gets Crackin' Jo RenfroPloof by Ben Clanton
The Quiet Forest by Charlotte Offsay
Simon and the Better Bone by Corey Tabor
Towed by Toad by Jashar Awan




Craft: Snowflake
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces (snowflake arms)
- Glue arms together in center to make snowflake shape
- Decorate snowflake by coloring or gluing on sparkles




Extension Activities:
- Click HERE to vote for your choice for the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award.  (Voting will be open through December 31, 2025.)
- Set up a bone scavenger hunt for your child(ren).  Print and cut out bone shapes and then hide them around your house for your child(ren) to find.


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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

It's Snowing! -- 2/4/25

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.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Just One Flake by Travis Jonker












Books:
Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root
A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Tim Hopgood
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley



Craft: 3-D Snowflake
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces (snowflake picture, strips)
- Color picture
- Fold strips in half and glue between snowflake's arms to give it dimension





Extension Activities:
- Make some paper snowflakes.  You can make the traditional paper snowflakes or to get perfect circular snowflakes make them out of coffee filters.
- Make some edible snowflakes out of pretzel sticks and marshmallows.


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