Spokane Interstate Fair Visit to the Library

 

Clover, the Highland Cow (calf)

Storytime--Cedar's Adventure

Big Blue Blocks and Dino Bones

Outreach Storytime--Doris Morrison Learning Center

The Doris Morrison Learning Center had its Grand Opening on Saturday, April 22 - Earth Day!  The library was invited to have a booth and to do four (20 minute) storytimes each hour. 

Theme:  Outside!

Books

Outside, You Notice

by Erin Alladin, illustrated by Andrea Blinick

Let's Go Outside!

by Ben Lerwill, illustrated by Marina Ruiz

Look and Listen

by Dianne White, illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford

Songs and Movement

I Can Walk on Two Feet

There's a Ladybug in the Air

Two Little Blackbirds

Magnet Board

There's Something in the Garden

Little Bird, Little Bird

Additional Titles

Would You Come Too?

by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Diana Sudyka

The Whole Wide World and Me

by Toni Yuly

Hello, Puddle!

by Anita Sanchez, illustrated by Luisa Uribe

The Looking Book

by P.K. Hallinan; illustrated by Patrice Barton

Outreach Storytime--Bird Migration

West Valley Outdoor Learning Center

Little Home Bird

by Jo Empson

Forever Friends

by Carin Berger

Dino Duckling

by Alison Murray

Flannel Board

Five Little Birds

One little bird with feathers of blue,

Flew beside the ________ one and then there were two.

Two little birds singing in the tree

The _________ one came to join them and then there were three.

Three little birds wishing there were more,

Along came the _________ bird and then there were four.

Four little birds happy to be alive

Found a __________ one and then there were five.

Five little birds happy as can be

Singing beautiful songs just for you and me!

Fingerplay

Two Little Blackbirds

Hill--Jack and Jill

Sky--Low and High

Cloud--Quiet and Loud

Car--Near and Far

Pole--Fast and Slow

Magnet Board

Little Bird, Little Bird

Come out and play!

What color nest are you in today?

One of the animals at the Learning Center: Nelson...their tortoise that got to go outside because it was a sunny (a kind of warm) day out.  The masking tape on his shell tells friends just to touch his shell and not other parts of his body.

Alternative Books

Two Little Birds

by Mary Newll DePalma

North, South, East, West

by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

Display (nonfiction) Books

The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern's Migration

by Amy Hevron

Tiny Bird: A Hummingbird's Amazing Journey

by Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Wendell Minor

Summer Meals and Stories

I went to three parks this summer to read aloud books while children ate a free lunch provided by the school district. At two of the events the YMCA Day camp was there, which made reading aloud more challenging because not all of those kids actually wanted to hear the books.

JUNE
Valley Mission Park

My Pet Wants a Pet

by Elise Broach; illustrated by Eric Barday

Troll and the Oliver

by Adam Stower

Giant Pants

by Mark Fearing

Falling for Rapunzel

by Leah Wilcox; illustrated by Lydia Monks

Alan's Big Scary Teeth

by Jarvis

Terrace View Park

Big Mean Mike

by Michelle Knudsen; illustrated by Scott Magoon

A Hungry Lion or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals

by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Creepy Pair of Underwear

by Aaron Reynolds; illustrated by Peter Brown

Wolf's Coming!

by Joe Kulka

JULY
Terrace View Park

I'm Bad!

by Kate and Jim McMullan

Carnivores

by Aaron Reynolds; illustrated by Dan Santat

Don't Play with Your Food

by Bob Shea

Max the Brave

by Ed Vere

The Lion Inside

by Rachel Bright; illustrated by Jim Field

Stories and Meals in the Park

Last week I did our 2nd storytime in the park while the children ate their free lunches provided by the school district.  Kids' ages ranged from 4 to 11.  Not a huge group, and so of the kids who got lunch choose not to stay and listen to the books.

Here's what I read:

Count the Monkeys

by Marc Barnett; illustrated by Kevin Cornell

The Princess and the Pig

by Jonathan Emmett; illustrated by Poly Bernatene

Even Monsters Need Haircuts

by Matthew McElligott

That Is Not a Good Idea!

by Mo Willems

Storytime in the Park

We are trying something new this year by partner with Spokane Valley Parks and Recreations to do six storytimes in the parks.  They host daily activities at three of the area parks with a free breakfast or lunch provided by the school district.  The library will be visiting the parks twice, once in June and another time in July to read books to the kids while they eat.  Our first storytimes in the park was June 28.  Numbers for the three parks had a staggering difference in the number attending:  5, 18, 48.  I was at the park with 18 in attendance.  Here are the three books I read while the kids (ages 2-10) ate their lunch.

Troll and the Oliver

by Adam Stower

Let's Do Nothing

by Tony Fucile

The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf

by Mark Teague