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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!

  • Time for Storytime!! Today let's finish our week of National Book Award winners off right! Let's read the 2019 Pura Belpre Award winner, "Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno played the Piano for President Lincoln," by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael Lopez, and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. And our craft will follow that piano theme!

  • Time for another Storytime at the Hen House!! We are reading and learning about books that have won National Awards this week. Our first title is, What is Given from the Heart, written by Patricia C. McKissak, illustrated by April Harrison, and published by Schwartz Wade Books. It's wonderful story about the kind things we can do for other people in need.

  • It is World Kindness Week, so let's discover how we can be kind to one another! We'll read, "The Kindness Quilt," by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace and published by Marshall Cavendish Children Corp. Afterwards, let's work on our own kindness quilt like the one that Minna and her classmates put together.

  • Tomorrow, November 11th, is Veterans Day. Let's learn a little history behind this holiday in Veterans Day by Jacqueline S. Cotton and published by Children's Press. In our craft time, we'll make a red, white, and blue banner in honor of those who served and are serving in our military. (I'll post a video of the girls separately-internet woes once again!).

  • Learning more about election Day!! What do you know about the women's suffrage movement? Let me tell you some things when we read one of our new books, "Around American to Win the Vote: Two Suffragists, a Kitten, and 10,000 Miles," by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by Hadley Hooper, and published by Candlewick Press. We'll then paint an Election Day eagle to remind us of one of our most important duties of citizenship! Get out your paints today!

  • Time for our storytime! Let's learn a little more about election Day shall we? Let's read, "Duck for President," by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin, and published by our friends at Simon & Schuster.

  • Our second day talking about the upcoming holiday, Halloween. Let's learn why some people celebrate October 31st as Halloween by reading, "Celebrate Halloween: With Pumpkin's, Costumes, and Candy," by Deborah Heiligman who consulted Dr. Jack Santino for information. The book is made possible for us by the National Geographic Society. We'll then move back to the craft table where we will make some decorations fit for the ghouls and goblins of the day!

  • It's Halloween week! Yay!! Are you ready?? Today let's read two Halloween stories. The first is, Halloween by Harry Behn, illustrated by Greg Couch and published by North-South Books of New York. Then, we'll go on to Five Little Pumpkins made available for us to read from Fisher-Price Books. Enjoy our spooky stories!

  • Whew! Boy, I need a break from staring at the computer for three days straight! Here we are-back for storytime! Today, let's just take a walk! Look at the leaves, smell fall, and relax. I need that. After our nature walk, we'll make a cute and easy pumpkin from an old paperback book. Let's go!

  • Our last day of Indigenous People's week! We are reading another brand new book. One that is part of our Black Lives Matter Collection. "We are Grateful," by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac, and published by Charlesbridge, teaches us a little about Cherokee culture and language. Our Cree Cup and Pin Game craft today is from one of our own craft books here in the library, "American Indian Crafts Kids Can Do, by Carol Gnojewski and published by Enslow Publishers. Oh...and the girls say, "Hi!!"

  • We are celebrating Indigenous People's Day all week! Today we will read a brand new book, just delivered this morning!! That book is "Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story," written by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, and published by Roaring Brook Press. After we read, I'll let you know what we need for our craft on Thursday. Hope you enjoy the girls pecking around their run, looking for worms after the rain!

  • October is smiling! Let's read, "October Smiled Back," written by Lisa Westberg Peters, illustrated by Ed Young, and published by Henry Holt and Company. When we get done reading, we'll work on a smiling felt Jac-O-Lantern!

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