Fall 2014 displays

Arts & Crafts

Library Card Signup Month

Movies with their books

Worth Reading 

Halloween display

Displays update

The obligatory Summertime display

We have very few teen biographies, so on one hand, I don't want these to circulate or the display will be bare, on the other hand that would defeat the purpose of promoting the collection.

These Legos have been a real hit.  I was worried that people would touch them (they are very delicate) but people behaved themselves and they stayed intact.  They are moving to Central next.

Some of the recent storytime crafts.  They really dress up the bare walls and serve as a great way to promote storytime. 

Mr. Clown liked the circus storytime.

Getting behind on posting displays

The children's area is showing signs of Spring.

As part of the reading program, teens are encouraged to put sticky notes on books before they return them so others can see what they thought.  Only I have been participating in this activity so far.

January 2014 Displays

Barbara Park, author of the wildly popular Junie B. Jones series died a few months ago, so I thought it appropriate to do a tribute.  The photo in the center is the author surrounded by facts about her.  Not sure how many folks read the facts, but the books moved like crazy.

Obligatory March MLK display - I printed out one of his speeches (which someone actually asked for a copy of) and the books were all connected by multi-colored people cutouts holding hands.

February displays

Some time in February is Fairy Tale Day....I think we'll display it for a whole month.

December 2013 Children's Display

More Displays

It was definitely time to change out Amelia Bedelia.
Goal:  Promote the library collection...Only a couple of books were left in the display case! 
YAY!  Mission accomplished!

  
50th Anniversary of JFK assassination

 

Thanksgiving

Some displays...Fall 2013

  Banned Book Week

   Today is a great day to learn something new.

  Fall into a good book

Happy 50th birthday,
Amelia Bedelia!

  And as a bonus, an easy fall craft.

Did you know....

...that November is National Drum Month?  

Me, either, but we are making shaker drums at storytime.

Some of the last few crafts...

For the dogs

Though I am not actually doing the storytimes at this branch, I am assisting with crafts.  Here is the one that will be used with the Dogs & Cats theme.

Cups are attached with brads so the heads move. 

Other supplies needed:
Glue sticks
Markers/crayons - for whiskers & feet
Dog and/or cat ears
Tongues
Arms
Googlie eyes - I used marker only to save on supplies
Pom-pom nose
Fish for cats, bones for dogs

The cups were a bit difficult to fasten together, so parent or volunteer help would be beneficial ahead of time.  I smashed the mouth a bit so it wasn't just round.

I don't get to see the kids' final projects, but I'd bet they are cute!

Story time with the monkeys

What a fun story time!

Of COURSE we did "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed" and "5 little monkeys swinging in tree..."

I introduced some real moneys as well as Curious George and the "Christelow "Five Monkeys" series.

They call me names.

Since I have been at my branch, the library patrons have been calling me names.  Besides the profanities (usually because I don't have an available computer), here is what I have been called.

• Lifesaver
• Beautiful
• Miss Awesome
• Miss Ohio
• Miss Helpful

But the best thing that anyone has ever said to me was:

"You need a teardrop cuz you a KILLA!"

That one took me a minute, but I finally accepted it for the compliment it was meant to be.

xoxo  my patrons  xoxo
Gotta love 'em.

Halloween Story Time

Book suggestions:
Boo, Bunny!  By Kathryn Galbraith
What a Scare, Jesse Bear  by Nancy White Carlstrom
Monster Mash  by David Catrow
Berenstain Bears & the Haunted House  by Jan & Mike Berenstain
*It’s Halloween Night!  By Jennifer O’Connell
*What’s in the Witch’s Kitchen?  By Nick Sharratt
*Night of the Pumpkinheads  by Michael Rosen
   (use this for pumpkin carving ideas only)
*Clifford Glow in the Dark Halloween  (filed in HOLIDAY under GLOW)
*There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer (EBY has Big Book)

Rhyme/fingerplay suggestions:
Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh, my it's getting late"
The second one said, "There are witches in the air."
The third one said, "But we don't care."
The fourth one said, "Let's run, let's run!"
The fifth one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?"
 
Then Woooooo went the wind
And OUT went the lights.
And five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.

Owl’s Eyes
See my big and scary eyes? (Make a mask with hands)
Get ready for a big surprise….BOO!

Flutter, Flutter Little Bat
Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you're at.

Swooping through the darkest night -
You find your way without a light.

Flutter, flutter little bat,
How I wonder where you're at!

Riddles
Q. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
A. He didn't have the guts!

Q. What do ghosts serve for dinner?
A. Ice Scream!

Q. Why don't skeletons like parties?
A. Because they have no body to dance with!

This right here...

...is what it's all about, folks.

Story Time with the Spiders

Book Suggestions:

Anansi and the Talking Melon  by Eric Kimmel
Itsy Bitsy, the Smart Spider by Charise Harper
The Very Busy Spider  by Eric Carle

Activities:

Besides making the spider hat, we will played spider games, such as the spider crawl, "Itsy-bitsy Spider" with a partner, and we spun a web by tossing a ball of white yarn.