Book Clubs in Person!

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Book clubs are in person in April!  Stop by to pick up a copy of April’s books so you can join us at the library! These book clubs are for adults only.

Books with Bite is reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.  The club meets April 8th at 6:30 pm at the library.

Fiction and Friends is reading The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis.  The club meets April 22nd at 6:30 pm at the library.

Springtime Storytime!

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DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR TAKE HOME CRAFTS FOR THE WEEK! This week you will be making a beautiful Spring flower!

For Storytime we read “When Spring Comes” by Kevin Henkes, and “In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb” by Marion Dane Bauer.

 

Yay! Spring has finally arrived! There is so much happening in nature right now!

One of the best things you can do with your child to celebrate Spring is to go for a nature walk. Notice the buds on the branches of trees, flowers beginning to bloom, perhaps even baby birds in a nest!

When you get home have your child draw what they discovered!

  • Another fun idea is to use broccoli to paint flowers. Just pour out some paint onto a paper plate and then dip the broccoli in the paint. Smoosh the broccoli onto paper, and ta-da! You just made a beautiful Spring flower!
  • Make coffee filter butterflies! Paint a regular coffee filter with bright and fun colors. Let it dry completely. Then gather the filter in the middle and pinch it so it looks as if there are wings. Take a pipe cleaner and fold it in half. Place it over the filter so the bended part of the pipe cleaner is where you have the filter pinched. Twist the pipe cleaner so that it holds the filter in place, with wings on either side. The remaining part of the pipe cleaner is the antennae!
  • Head on over to https://theimaginationtree.com/15-spring-activities-for-kids/ for more great Spring art activities for you and your children to enjoy!

 

St. Patrick’s Day & Rainbows at Storytime!

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DON’T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR TAKE HOME CRAFTS FOR THE WEEK! This week we’ll be making magical Leprechaun Lookers to help you find a leprechaun!

For Storytime we read “How to Catch a Leprechaun” by Adam Wallace, & “Rain Before Rainbows” by Smriti Prasadam-Halls.

  • A fun indoor/outdoor activity to celebrate St. Paddy’s Day is to grab your homemade Leprechaun Lookers and go on a treasure hunt! Tape “leprechaun footprints” (picture of four-leaf clover) for your children to find around the house or yard that leads them to a pot of chocolate gold coins!
  • Play musical shamrocks! This game is just musical chairs but with shamrocks! Cut or print out some large shamrocks and place them in a circle around the floor. Turn on some Celtic or Irish music and go in a circle until the music stops. If you stop on a shamrock, you are still in the game, but if you don’t land on a shamrock, you are out of luck!

 

Check out this link for some more fun ideas! https://myboredtoddler.com/st-patricks-day-activities-toddlers/

Here’s another good one: https://kidactivities.net/st-patricks-day-games-fun-ideas/

Have fun!