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...
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the podunk librarian
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...
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