You know how busy Ms. Travis always is during tornadoes and hurricanes! We're not sure if we're going to open Monday, so keep your books and your powder dry, and stay safe!
Don't CHICKEN OUT from our storyhour this Friday! Or DUCK out on these good times! Visit us at Squidoo Chicken and Duck Storytime for a complete list of chicken and duck booklists with readaloud tips, songs, activites and a shaker egg craft.
Books: Pop-Up Book: Animal Opposites by Horacek. Gorgeousity. Great attention getter. Caldecott Winner and a true Gripping Tale: Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. Although I admired the beautiful pictures in this book as much as anyone, I never thought I'd be using it for a storytime. But the very traditional tale worked out perfectly. Because it's a wordless book, it really lends itself to prediction -- prediction is all there is! What are those men unloading? A net! (A gasp goes up.) The kids ALL listened, even 20 month old Peter. This works year after year. Fun Read: I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry. I love this cute, funny tale, and so did the kids. Very short, repetitive text as the squid cruises by all the smaller critters. The kids had a great time calling out the different sea creatures on each page -- shrimp, crab, etc. The poor bragging giant squid came to a bad end in the end -- in the belly of a giant whale. Sophie's Big B...
PLUS: We're making Oobleck in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday. And I know how much you all just loooove oobleck. Here's my recipe: The day before mix up 2 cups of 20 Mule Team Borax with two quarts of hot water. Shake well before using. Andrew actually had to break the lumps up for me. Recipe: 1 T glue, 1 T of the sodium borate solution you just made, food coloring, and 2 tsp water. Call 391-2828 x 2 for an appointment. Or just come. It's a Big -- well, really little, Dog Party!!! These unbelievably cute pooches will be waiting at Gulf Beaches Library at 4:00 pm on Friday, March 1 for you to read them a story. Maybe you remember Rico, dressed like Senior Snow Man there on the right. His new compadre is the lovely Chinese crested powderpuff Bella. Technically, Bella really is a powderpuff. She had two options at birth; she could have been hairless, like the famous Chinese crested dog, Sam . He was the winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest . Who you calli...
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