Fifth Avenue Fun!
by StoryLaura
We are going bananas next week at the Tuesday 10 am and Wednesday 11 am storytimes at the Downtown Library. A journey to Grandpa’s with a single banana turns into quite an adventure. So does the fall down the hole into mouse country in the Roly Poly Rice Ball!
Storytimes & Playgroups Are Back!
by shannon riffe
After a short summer break, Storytimes and Playgroups return on September 8 to Traverwood, Pittsfield, Malletts Creek and Downtown. Playgroups consist of fifteen minutes of stories, rhymes, and songs followed by open playtime for babies up to 2 years old. Storytimes are open to children 2 - 5 years old. The complete listing of times and locations can be found on our Events page. Come join us for stories and fun!
Kid Bits - Tiny Folks
by ryanikoglu
Tiny Magic Folk were at Ms. Rachel's Storytime this week. You can find her stories and more in the following books:
Alice The Fairy by David Shannon
The Wizard, The Fairy, and the Magic Chicken by Helen Lester
The Woman Who Flummoxed The Fairies retold by Heather Forest
Butterfly Eyes is poetry and pictures of miniature field life
The Bootmaker And The Elves is an "Old West" retell of a German classic .
The Inch High Samurai a bilingual fairytale in Japanese and English, of a miniature Samurai adventure.
Chicken Bits - Poultry
by ryanikoglu
Ms. Rachel did Chicken stories for week #6. Of course there are more where those came from.
Rosie's Walk or on DVD in Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It is great for toddlers to pick out Rosie the chicken in each picture as she tours her chicken yard.
Look Out Suzy Goose is another good toddler tale of sequence.
Big Chickens shows "four big chickens" they are braver than they think.
The Perfect Nest
Chicken Little is a NEW version illustrated by the father and daughter Emberley, an illustrator dynasty.
Chicken Chasing Queen Of Lamar County is a young girl's campaign to catch a feisty chicken on grandma's farm. A funny, developed story for kids who like to "bite into a real tale" of humor and "meat".
Kid Bits - Do You Know About Monsters?
by ryanikoglu
Ms. Rachel is inviting monsters to Storytime this week. You can meet monsters at the Library, or bring them home with you. Look for:
Go Away Big green Monster helps you get control over monsters.
The Hungry Thing needs to be fed.
The Gunniwolf is a classic "survivor" tale.
Your Pal Mo Willems Presents Leonardo The Terrible Monster.
Where The Wild Things Are is where you can go for a Rumpus.
and Go To Bed Monster!.
PreK Bits - We're Going To The ZOO
by ryanikoglu
We're going to the zoo in Storytime with Ms. Rachel. Ann Arbor is a one hour drive from two excellent zoos. You can visit the Detroit Zoo and Toledo Zoo this summer. While you're traveling you can share these stories and songs:
Sing "Going To The Zoo" with Peter Paul And Mary, or Raffi. Read Tom Paxton's words in Going To The Zoo.
The Baby Beebee Bird keeps all the animals up at night.
Night Shift shows all the jobs that work through the night.
Lion discovers the Zoo is where he is the MOST Happy Lion.
I Want To Be A Zookeeper tells about the job.
Baby & PreK Bits - FARM
by ryanikoglu
Ms. Rachel is doing FARMS this week in Preschool Storytime and Baby PlayGroups.
For the youngest children:
Farmer Doogie has plenty to do each day.
Follow a Hen on her walk around the farm in Rosie's Walk.
Sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" along with Victor Johnson in the CD Country Blues for Kids.
For kids who like more of a story:
The farm is a noisy place in Too Much Noise.
Thunder Cake is what you make when a huge thunder storm is coming. You can get the recipe in the book.
Year at Maple Hill Farm is a wonderfully illustrated, highly-detailed view of what farms do. It is a great read-share book to spend luxury lap-time with.
PreK Bits - Rabbits and Leopards
by ryanikoglu
There are surprises for Leopard and Rabbit this week in Ms. Rachel's Storytime. You can find the stories she tells and more as follows.
Who's In Rabbit's House was written by Verna Aardema and illustrated by the Leo & Diane Dillon.
Rabbit Ears has a DVD version with more African stories.
Leopard's Drum was written and illustrated by Jessica Souhami.
Anansi And The Moss-Covered Rock was written by Erik Kimmel and illustrated by Janet Stevens.
You can find plenty of African Folklore in the Library Catalog too.
PreKBits - BarnYard Banter
by ryanikoglu
Ms.Rachel is doing FARM theme this week. You can read her stories or try some others.
Golly Gump Swallowed A Fly is out of print, but you can find I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly at the Library.
The Three Little Pigs classic by Paul Galdone; Another version by James Marshall; and a DVD version by Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics Three Little Pigs.
There's A Cow In The Cabbage Patch where all the animals are in the wrong homes on the farm until ... dinner time!
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! wants to get the rabbits out of the garden.
or pick your own farm story from the Catalog list.
PreK Bits - Gardens
by ryanikoglu
Ms. Rachel's doing garden stories this week. Follow the theme with these books for little gardeners.
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater
Tops And Bottoms a rascally rabbit tale by Janet Stevens
Frog And Toad Together by Arnold Lobel
City Green by Dyanne DiSalvo-Ryan
Muncha Muncha Muncha by Candace Fleming
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
or find your own treasures in the catalog using subject + gardens fiction.
Let it rain and shine.