Book on down to story time

What do two dogs, one big hen, animal bites, and hands have in common? They are all fun books available through the McMinnville Public Library, of course! In Just One Bite By Lola Schaefer we learn how much eleven animals can eat in just one bite, life size. Hungry fox watches hen get bigger and bigger from the hill top, but will fox be too late? Check out Hungry Hen By Richard Waring to find out the answer. Mister Bud has a good doggy schedule, so how will he cope when another dog joins the household? Say Hello To Zorro! By Carter Goodrich is doggy fun. A rhyming book about hands, Hands Can By Cheryl Willis Hudson, shows all the amazing things hands can do: clap, wave, mold, and plant. You'll be inspired by the great photographs too.

Story Time
is every
Tuesday
morning
at 10:00 a.m.
Book on down
and join the fun.

-Carol

A Roaring Good Time

Pelican meets a strange new animal in the jungle, but gets hippopotamuses name wrong when he goes to spread the news in the jungle of his arrival. Hippopotamus will have several funny belly laughing names by the time elephant hears of this strange new animal. Snarlyhissopus By Alan MacDonald will make your sides hurt.

One morning all the animals in the jungle wake to find that they have the wrong voices. Rooster roars like a lion, Elephant hisses like a snake, and Snake squawks like a parrot! You won't forget the book, The Giraffe who Cock-a-Doodle-Doo'd By Keith Faulkner.

Smiley Shark loves to smile, but everyone is afraid of his big sharp teeth. When all his fish friends are caught in a net though, they need Smiley Shark's help and a big smile might just be the answer. Smiley Shark By Ruth Galloway.

As the sun was setting over the rain forest, the little bug yawned. That made the parrot yawn. And that made the snake yawn. Who will yawn next...? Read, The Big Yawn By Keith Faulkner, to find out.

I will have new picture books for story time next week (Tuesday, April 26th), so join us for books, giggles, and crafts!

-Carol

Spilling the beans about Story Time

It's amazing what you can do with just some dried beans, glue and paper. These were the materials we used on Tuesday to create one of a kind artwork. We have some amazing artists here at Story Time and it appears they can work with just about any material I give them- way to go story time crafters!

We also enjoyed National Geographic Kids Oceans By Johnna Rizzo. Puffer fish, green sea turtles, jumbo jellyfish, and great white sharks- you'll find everything under the ocean and more.

Making friends can be difficult sometimes, so what colorful lengths will black crow go to make friends? Read Crow By Leo Timmers to enjoy this tale about one lonely crow and his three potential friends.


Big is big, right? Well, big might depend on viewpoint and in Thomas Docherty's book Big Scary Monster, one "big " blue monster learns that point of view can change your status and demeanor.

Three mice find three jars of paint, causing a lot of color commotion. You'll learn just what happens when three white mice mix red, yellow, and blue in Ellen Stoll Walsh's book Mouse Paint. You can say this story is saturated in fun.


Join the fun every Tuesday morning. I look forward to seeing you :-)


-Carol

Paperlicous!

We have been in experimental mode over at Emergent Reader Story Time. On my search for crafts, we have been using a range of materials for craft making: a first for me was making paper sculptures out of strips of paper, tape, and cardboard for a base. The kids really got into making their sculptures and so did the adults!


Will Alfred ever love his nose? Alfred is a French bulldog that is having issues with his nose, but there just might be an answer to his dog gone nose problem. Read Alfred's Nose By Vivienne Flesher for doggy fun.

Join the fun every Tuesday morning at ten o'clock at the McMinnville Public Library. Creative minded, book loving preschoolers always welcomed!

-Carol