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Nov 15, 2018

Story Time: Turkeys

For our last Story Time before Thanksgiving, we read The Very Stuffed Turkey by Katharine Kenah and Binny Talib (a little long for my...

Nov 12, 2018

Give Thanks Passive Program

Give Thanks-these blank folding cards came from Oriental Trading. I set them up as a passive program, where patrons could use them to...

Nov 8, 2018

Story Time: Fall Animals

I planned this Story Time around the cute "Nerdy Fall Critter" craft from Oriental Trading. We read Kevin Henkes's Old Bear, Mouse's...

Nov 7, 2018

Thanksgiving Book Display

Gobble Up a Good Book. And I used this tutorial on Youtube to make a book turkey. Much easier than it looks. Bonus: it was made from a...

Nov 6, 2018

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Bulletin Board

"Hungry For A Good Book" in Caitlyn font. I bought green paper lanterns from Hobby Lobby, but added another sloppy coat of light green,...

Nov 1, 2018

Story Time: Squirrels

We started with David Ezra Stein's Ol' Mama Squirrel, which I was worried might be a little lengthy for my group, but it turned out fine....

Oct 25, 2018

Story Time: Halloween Party (Monsters)

Every year we have a Halloween Story Time where the kids (and me!) wear their costumes. (You can also check out the 2017 or 2016...

Oct 23, 2018

Frankenstein Bash

I wanted to do something for the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein, but for kids. That turned into a Halloween, cartoon-y version. Here's...

Oct 12, 2018

2018 Literary Pumpkin Carving Contest

This was our third year doing a Literary Pumpkin Carving Contest (see previous post here). And, unfortunately, the worst turn out we've...

Oct 9, 2018

Balloon Ghosts

We were invited to Dewey Lake's first annual Harvest in the Park. They asked us to set up and provide candy for trick-or-treaters as well...