Storytime at the Hen House
Join IFL Children's Librarian Val as she reads stories every Tuesday and Thursday from her home. There might be random visits from the house chickens during story-time who love to listen to the stories while they snack on their cheese. Story-time will be 15-30 minutes and all ages are welcome to join!
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Today we're going to read a traditional fairy tale because it is Tell a Fairy Tale Week! I picked the story of our favorite diminutive hero (No...not Antman :) ), "Tom Thumb," from the Children's Treasury of Traditional Fairy Tales illustrated by Margaret Tarrant and published by Gallery Books in New York.
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Our last story about Random Acts of Kindness. It's One Winter's Day by M. Christina Butler, illustrated by Tina Macnaughton, and published by Good Books. Let's also make a Kindness Rock so that we can make someone's day for them when they see it.
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Today is Fat Tuesday! We'll celebrate and make a mask for our own Mardi Gras festivities! And we'll also read a story for Random Acts of Kindness Week. Our story will be: Because of You by B.G. Hennessy, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, and published by Candlewick Press. Enjoy your day!
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To end our week of African American History week, let's read about a great woman who became the first African American to become the Librarian of Congress. This book is part of a new collection of biographies on Women Leading the Way. This particular biography is written by Kate Moening and published by Bellwether Media.
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We are celebrating Black History Month this week! Our first story is by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, and made possible for us by Joanna Cotler Books. It's a story very dear to the author as you will discover!
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It's our first February Storytime! Did you see Punxsutawney Phil this morning predict six more weeks of winter? I think we get six more weeks of winter even when he doesn't see his shadow!
This is Girls and Women in Sport week since tomorrow is National Girls and Women in Sports Day. Today, we'll read "Peppa Plays Soccer," which is produced and published by Scholastic, Inc. -
It's Puzzle Week!! January 29th is National Puzzle Day, so that's our theme for this week. Today, we'll read a book that really gets our brains working!. Eye Count: A Book of Counting Puzzles by Linda Bourke and published by Chronicle Books out of San Francisco. Oh...the girls are NOT enjoying this rain either!
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It is Winnie the Pooh week! Sunday, the 17th was National Winnie the Pooh Day, so let's have a whole week of Pooh! Today's sstory is "Winne the Pooh's A to Zzzz," by Don Ferguson, illustrated by Bill Langley and Diana Wakeman, and published by Disney publishers. Let's learn the alphabet with Pooh!
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On with the celebration of Hat Day! How about the story of the "Scarecrow's Hat!" Our story is by Ken Brown and published by Peachtree in Atlanta.
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Friday is National Hat Day! What a great time to show off our strange hats! I have mine on. Do you? Let's read "The Magic Hat," by Mem Fox, illustrated by Tricia Tusa, and published by Harcourt, Inc.
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Let's Celebrate Life this week! Actually, it IS National Celebration of Life Week so let's read some stories about all the different life that can be found on Earth this week! Our first story will be a new book, "A Walk in the Forest," by Maria Dek and published by Princeton Architectural Press in New York. Enjoy the celebration!!