Summer Reading/Nature Program
READY FOR AN ADVENTURE? WE’LL CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 30YOU ARE WELCOME EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T SIGNED UP This program is made possible by a grant from the Davis Family Foundation.
Story Hour/July 1
Slithering Snakes! That’s what Claire is reading at Story Hour this Wednesday. And after, the library will be crawling with … paper snakes! Claire will give the children strips of colored paper, a tail, a head, and a tongue. They’ll curl and glue the strips, then adorn their creations with Read more…
Story Hour/June 24
Watch out for alligators! At Story Hour this week, Claire is reading If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON’T! After, the children will make their own alligators out of colored popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and sharp white teeth! This Wednesday, from 10:30 to 11:30 Read more…
Story Hour/June 17
This week at Story Hour, the children are making Father’s Day cards using their hands for the duck’s body. They’ll add a head, beak, and paddle feet. The inside of the card will be blank so they can create a design or a note to Dad with markers, stickers, crayons, Read more…
Hula Hoop with Nettie Loops
Nettie Loops at the library! A professional hula hoop artist and author, Nettie will read her book Hoop Girl and Loopy A Day at the Beach. This will be followed by a fun and interactive hoop performance and a hands-on hooping workshop. Children will learn hoop tricks and have a Read more…
Story Hour/June 10
At Story Hour this week, it’s all about snails and their mucus, so snails are what they’re going to make, says Claire. First, they’ll read Snails Are Just My Speed by Kevin McCloskey. Then, she’ll hand out paper plates cut in the shape of a snail. The children will attach Read more…
Book, Plant, & Yard Sale
Saturday, June 6,
9 am – 1 pm
Story Hour/June 3
This week at Story Hour, Claire and the kids will read Missing Molly by Lisa Jahn-Clough and make some popsicles. They’ll get to decorate both sides of a blank popsicle on a stick with crayons, markers, pompoms, and stickers. Who doesn’t love a popsicle! Wednesday, June 3, from 10:30 to Read more…
Story Hour/May 27
At Story Hour this week, Claire will read The Rainbow Snail by Karin Akesson. Then, beginning with a blank page except for a lovely blue cloud, the kids will dip Q-tips in paint to make raindrops and crayon paint sticks for grass, stems, and flowers. Such beautiful gardens they will Read more…