Hello storytimers! We have missed you! It’s not exactly the same, but Ms. Susan will be creating virtual storytime videos that will be shared on our Facebook page. Each weekly episode will premiere Monday at 6:30, starting August 31st. You don’t need a Facebook account to watch.
Our storytimes are designed for pre-schoolers, but feel free to watch at any age!
We’ve got some new activities in our window. You can do them without coming into the library. Just follow the arrows!
Jazz up your walk with this Lonsdale scavenger hunt. You can pick up a physical copy in the library if you prefer.
Book Chats:
Your library staff loves recommending books. We do it in person when we can, but since we’re seeing fewer of you and spending less time together when we do, we’ve decided to go digital. We will take a few minutes to share a few titles that we love and why we recommend them. The videos will be available on our YouTube channel and our Facebook page. Up first, Marguerite talks psychological thrillers.
Because we can’t travel abroad, check out Get Your Guide for virtual tours and experiences. There’s never been a better time to be an armchair traveler.
Family Fun:
Did you know there’s a drive-in theater just up the road in Elko New Market? Check out the details on their website.
Take the kids camping in your backyard. Make s’mores, tell ghost stories, listen to the birds. You can even break out some scouting-style crafts like whittling, making lanyards, or making leaf rubbings. (Of course, not all activities are suitable for all ages.)
Want more ideas? The Mayo Clinic has a list of safe outdoor activities.
This is it, the last week of our unusual, COVID-era summer reading program. Thanks for coming along with us on this journey. We hope to keep seeing you in the library!
Week six with Marguerite and Lois
If you’re 10 or older, check out our Alice in Wonderland Virtual Escape Room.
Harry Potter mini books instructions including video
If you haven’t already, check out our Alice in Wonderland Virtual Escape Room.
Because we couldn’t do a real-life escape room this year, we have created a virtual escape room. It can be enjoyed by one person alone or a family working together. Kids 10 and up (or maybe a little younger given how clever you readers are) can enjoy!
Big thanks to Casey’s for the donation of 50 frozen treat coupons! The first 50 kids to pick up their packets this week (starting Monday at noon) will get a free treat!
Our theme this week is everyday heroes. It’s a good time to think about who you admire and how you can be a hero yourself.
Pre-readers:
Week five with Marguerite and Penny
Five Green and Speckled Frogs song
Readers:
Week five with Marguerite and Penny
Who Was book printable lesson plans and activity sheets
Teens and Tweens:
Week five with Marguerite and Penny
Want to add to your city? Download more templates. Build Your Own City challenges
It’s week four! This week our theme is royals and knights. There are lots and lots of great books on that topic, so now’s a good time to check them out.
Pre-readers:
Week four with Marguerite and Penny
Here are some sing-along versions of this week’s songs:
Are You Sleeping, Brother John?
Readers:
Week four with Marguerite and Penny
Teens:
Week four with Marguerite and Penny
More marshmallow and toothpick building challenges
Welcome to week three! Can you believe we’re almost half-way done? This week we’re doing some projects related to mythology and tall tales. Do you have a favorite?
We do still have some week two packets. Look in the box behind week three.
Pre-reader:
Week three with Marguerite and Penny
Want to give your Little Red Riding Hood some friends?
Little Red Riding Hood, wolf & woodcutter crafts
Reader:
Week three with Marguerite and Penny
Anansi the Spider book read aloud
Anansi the Spider old time animated video
There are lots of examples of gnome and fairy gardens online. Here are a few tutorials that might be helpful if you decide to make one.
How to make a fairy/gnome garden
Teen:
Week three with Marguerite and Penny
These aren’t exactly the same as our solar distiller project, but very close:
Solar distiller from large and small bottles
Solar distiller from a bottle and a can
Solar distiller from several bottles
We hope you are all enjoying Imagine Your Story. If you’re looking for books of fairy tales, myths, talls tales, wizards, princesses and imagination, we hope you will appreciate this list by book type. These are all books we have in our library. Come in and check them out!
Barton, Chris. Shark vs. Train.
Bentley, Dawn. Ten Tiny Fairies: A Fairy Tale Counting Book.
Brett, Jan. The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale.
Runnells, Treesha. Ten Wishing Stars.
Saltzberg, Barney. Beautiful Oops!
Soman, David. Ladybug Girl Dresses Up!
Wells, Rosemary. The Itsy-Bitsy Spider.
Braun, Eric. Pecos Bill Tames a Colossal Cyclone.
Brett, Jan. Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella.
Bruchac, Joseph. The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story.
Burleigh, Robert. Flight of the Last Dragon.
DePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona: An Old Tale.
DiPucchio, Kelly. Dragon Was Terrible.
Disney. Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Forest, Heather. Stone Soup.
Garland, Michael. Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook.
Gay, Marie-Louise. Any Questions?
Hoberman, Mary Ann. Very Short Tall Tales To Read Together.
LaRochelle, David. The End.
Long, Ethan. One Drowsy Dragon.
Marshall, James. Red Riding Hood.
McCourt, Lisa. Granny’s Dragon.
Moncure, Jane Belk. A Dragon in a Wagon.
Pichon, Liz. The Three Horrid Little Pigs.
Prelutsky, Jack. The Wizard.
Ray, Jane. The Apple-Pip Princess.
Rubin, Adam. Dragons Love Tacos.
Soman, David. Ladyburg Girl and Bumblebee Boy.
Steptoe, John. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale.
Thomas, Shelley Moore. Take Care, Good Knight.
Tolhurst, Marilyn. Somebody and the Three Blairs.
Tucker, Kathy. The Seven Chinese Sisters.
Underwood, Deborah. Interstellar Cinderella.
Willems, Mo. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs.
Blackaby, Susan. The Ugly Duckling.
Conlon, Mara. Dragon’s Pancake Party.
Disney. Welcome to Royal Prep. (Sofia the First)
George, K. Spark.
Kilgras, Heidi. Cinderella’s Countdown to the Ball.
Low, Alice. The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches.
Meadows, Daisy. Pet Fairies series.
Neubecker, Robert. Days of the Knights.
Schwartz, Alvin. Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore. J ER 398.25 S
Winkelman, Barbara Gaines. Pinocchio’s Nose Grows.
Baker, E.D. The Frog Princess.
Barnhill, Kelly Regan. The Girl Who Drank the Moon.
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl series.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread.
Ferris, Jean. Twice Upon a Marigold.
French, Jackie. My Dad the Dragon.
George, Jessica Day. Dragon Slippers.
Hale, Shannon. The Princess in Black.
Healy, Christopher. The Hero’s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom.
Krulik, Nancy E. Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo series.
Levine, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.
Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia series.
Meadows, Daisy. Jewel Fairies series.
Norton, Mary. The Borrowers.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic Tree House series.
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon.
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.
Rodda, Emily. The Key to Rondo.
Ryder, Chloe. Princess Ponies series.
Shulman, Polly. The Grimm Legacy.
Sutherland, Tui. Wings of Fire.
Kibuishi, Kazui. Amulet series.
O’Neill, Katie. Princess Princess Ever After.
Ostertag, Molly. The Witch Boy.
Powell, Martin. The Elves and the Shoemaker: A Grimm Graphic Novel.
Sell, Chad. The Cardboard Kingdom.
Sutherland, Tui. Wings of Fire: The Graphic Novel series.
Adeyemi, Tomi. Children of Blood and Bone.
Albert, Melissa. The Hazel Wood.
Amerie. Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy.
Cho, Kat. Wicked Fox.
Delaney, Joseph. Last Apprentice series.
De Lint, Charles. The Blue Girl.
Froud, Brian. Good Fairies: Bad Fairies.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart.
Green, Sally. Half Bad.
Hartman, Rachel. Seraphina.
Meyer, Marissa. Cinder.
Myers, Edward. Storytelling.
Riggs, Ransom. Tales of the Peculiar.
Van Risseghem, Kristin D. The Masquerade, an Altar & a Fairy.
Finch, Mary. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. J 398.2 Fi.
Goble, Paul. Buffalo Woman. J 398.2 Go.
Hamilton, Sue. Monsters. J 001.94 Ha.
Kerns, Ann. Wizards and Witches. J 133.4 Ke
London, Martha. Gnomes. J 398.2 Lo.
Myths and Legends of North America: Canada and the Northern United States. J 398.2 My
Resnick, Jane Parker. Original Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm. J 398.2 Re OVERSIZE.
Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin. J 133.4 Wi OVERSIZE.
Zelinsky, Paul O. Rumpelstiltskin. J 398.2 Ze.
Our all virtual summer reading program continues. This week our projects are about storytelling and make-believe.
We still have a limited number of week one packets so if you couldn’t make it in last week, come on in. We have ordered more supplies, so if you need a supply packet of crayons, scissors and glue stick, they will be available soon. Remember, you will use these supplies all summer long and then they are yours to keep.
Pre-reader:
Week two with Marguerite and Penny
Baa Baa Black Sheep on YouTube
Two Little Blackbirds on YouTube
Reader:
Week two with Marguerite and Penny
Not exactly the same as our project, but similar enough to be useful if you’re looking for inspiration: Making a maze with straws on YouTube
Teen:
Story Layers project from the Hirshhorn Museum
Welcome to Summer Reading Program 2020!Remember that we are not doing in-person programs this year. Refer to previous entry for more details. Instead, each week there will be a new packets of worksheets, coloring pages, crafts and activities for pre-readers, readers, and teens.
Feel free to drop by the library whenever is convenient for you and pick up your packet from the entryway. A few notes:
Pre-reader:
Week one with Marguerite and Penny
Reader:
Week one with Marguerite and Penny
Fire-Breathing Paper Roll Dragon Video
Note that this demo uses a hot glue gun. If you choose to do so, please use a hot glue gun only with adult supervision.
Teen:
Week one with Marguerite and Penny
Rabbit too easy? Try this:
