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the podunk librarian
Aug 22, 2019
Story Time: The Kissing Hand
It's my last Story Time as the Children's Services Librarian at my current library! :( So this special The Kissing Hand Story Time was my...
Aug 15, 2019
Story Time: Giraffes
For a giraffe-themed Story Time, we read The Starry Giraffe by Andy Bergmann and Abigail by Catherine Rayner. I also had Giraffes Ruin...
Aug 9, 2019
Hot Air Balloon Bulletin Board
Reading will take you EVERYWHERE hot air balloon with flying books bulletin board The hot air balloon is from poster board and...
Jul 23, 2019
Moon Landing Watch Party
I got the fun (and easy!) idea from the Programming Librarian Interest Group on Facebook to hold a Moon Landing Watch Party, showing the...
Jul 15, 2019
Make Your Own Kaleidoscopes
Another craft for our Summer Reading Program was kaleidoscopes. These were kits from S&S Worldwide, with added washi tape, markers, beads...
Jul 11, 2019
Alien UFO Craft
Another Summer Reading Program craft this year was making UFOs out of paper bowls and aluminum foil. I found plenty of inspiration on...
Jul 7, 2019
Stranger Things Watch Party
I wanted to do a Stranger Things event at the library when Season 2 came out, but it was around Halloween, and the only busier time for...
Jun 25, 2019
Galaxy Slime
I put off the slime craze for as long as I could. In fear of the mess and the crowd, but also because I have no slime experience and I...
Jun 19, 2019
Outer Space Suncatchers
Besides our annual Tie-Dye Day, our first Summer Reading event this year was painting suncatchers. I found some Outer Space Suncatchers...
May 31, 2019
A Universe of Stories Book Display
This year's Summer Reading Program theme is A Universe of Stories, so I wanted to showcase some of our space books to fit the theme (and...
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