I love little kitty her fur is so warm, and if I don’t hurt her she’ll do me no harm. Ms. Rachel did cat & dog stories in Storytime this week at Malletts Creek Branch. Here are some picture books for young kitty lovers and their readers.
Katie Loves The Kittens by John Himmelman
The Cat’s Meow by Warren Kimble
Feathers For Lunch by Lois Ehlert
Kittens First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Bad Kitty and Bad Kitty Gets A Bath by Nick Bruel
And you can browse for more cat stories in the web catalog.

We’ll be honkin’ and hootin’ at the Tuesday 10 am and Wednesday 11 am storytimes at the Downtown Library next week, with funny feathered friends like Owl and Suzy Goose, who sets off to find peace and quiet but is totally unaware of the trouble that lurks behind.

The "Letter Box" featured "I" this week .... "I" is for Inupiaq ... and "I" is for Inuksuk ... and "I" is for igloo too.
Ms. Rachel told "A Whale of a Tale" in Preschool Storytime this week when there was not a bit of blubber left in the igloo for the little boy to eat. It is an ageless tall tale from Inupiaq tradition. Other titles that may be of interest would be:
Kumak's Fish and Kumak's House by Michael Bania.
Make Your Own Inuksuk "silent messengers" on the tundra.
Polar Lands.
Over In The Arctic: Where The Cold Winds Blow by Marianne Berkes.

Ms. Rachel is doing mitten stories for Preschool Storytime this week. You can find these books in our collections.
A Hat For Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke.
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale retold and illustrated by Jan Brett.
The Mitten: An Old Ukrainian Folktale illustrated by Alvin Tresselt.
The Mitten a new version by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock.
Mountain Of Mittens by Lynn Plourde.

Both Mouse and Gecko learn how to get along and share in this small world, at the Tuesday 10 am and Wednesday 11 am storytimes at the Downtown Library next week.

Ms. Rachel told Asian stories this week at Malletts Creek Branch. Storytime included The Real Story Of Stone Soup from China, and "Grateful Statues" from Japanese Children's Favorite Stories. You can learn more about Jizo which is the Buddhist protector of children, women, and travellers. You can see images of statues too.

We’ll give a nod to our tiny but clever furry friends with some mousey stories at the Tuesday 10 am and Wednesday 11 am storytimes at the Downtown Library next week.

Coyote and Wolf get into all kinds of mischief at the Tuesday 10 am and Wednesday 11 am storytimes at the Downtown Library next week. We are kicking off the winter storytime season with two of our favorite characters!

I am really looking forward to silly singing and storytelling with my talented banjo buddy, Noah Haiduc-Dale, on December 29 at 10 am at the Downtown Library. We have a ridiculous story/song involving lots of snorts, clucks and quacks, to get the whole family in on the act. Noah has been entertaining us this past session at storytime and we love to march and dance to Jim Gill songs!

Put your fur and ears on and prepare for Bears. Ms Rachel is doing Bears this week in Preschool Storytime. There are sooooooo many bears to go around. Here are just a few.
Bears On Chairs and how to share.
Time To Sleep in book and on DVD by Rabbit Ears Productions.
You can find We're Going On A Bear Hunt in a book/CD Kit that will lead you on the hunt. You can also hunt bears in Arabic Language and in Urdu.
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear is a classic jump-rope rhyme.
Happy Bear Days to you!!