Halloween Books

Miss Smith Reads Again! by Michael Garland

Miss Smith is a second grade teacher and Zack can't wait to go to school each day. When Miss Smith reads from her incredible storybook the stories literally come to life around them. In this book she reads the Lost World where they trek through the jungle and then they meet up with a Tyrannosaurus Rex. The class has to split up and run and when they meet up again they are missing Miss Smith. So they have to find her so she can finish the story and get them home. Very fun read with colorful illustrations.

Charlie and Lola

This year's pick for Books to Bridge the Region is I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child.

It's a cute read about how Lola is a picky eater. She will not eat carrots, peas, potatoes, mushrooms, and many other things. She will never not ever eat a tomato. So Charlie her brother decides to trick her. Carrots become orange twiglets from Jupiter, peas are green drops, mashed potatoes are cloud fluff, fish sticks are ocean nibbles, and tomatoes are moonsquirters. So Lola wants to eat them and moonsquirters aka tomatoes are her favorite. Very cute. And there is also a video on it as well in Charlie and Lola Volume One. Check it out. Your kids will love Charlie and Lola.

Cool Kids

The month of September was Cool Kids Have a Library Card. Children with a library and children applying for a library card received a prize and were entered into a drawing. In celebration of Cool Kids month Miss Karin and Miss Carol planned a really fun program. They had the Wii set up to play, board games, golf, and craft tables. They made paper bag hats and glasses out of toilet paper rolls. Of course there were snacks.

Toddler Story Time

Mother Goose on the Loose

Here are some pictures from this summers MGOL programs.

Recommend Reading

Miss Karin used these books for her pre-school and Mother Goose on the Loose story times and she said the kids really enjoyed them.

Gooey Jellyfish by Natalie Lunis
Pip Squeak by Sarah Weeks
Fancy Nancy Every Day is Earth Day by Jan O'Conner
Secret Seahorse by Stella Blackstone and Clare Beaton
Come Here Cleo! by Caroline Mockford
Zoe's Hats A book of color and patterns by Sharon Lane Holm
Corduroys Day by Don Freeman
Maisy Dresses Up by Lucy Cousins
Knick Knack Paddy Whack by SteveSongs
The Usborne Nursery Rhyme Tresury by Dubravka Kolanovic
Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Frogs by Martin Schwabacher
Taddy the Toad by Jane Burton
Frogs by Nic Bishop
Froggy Rides a Bike by Jonathan London
Horray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins
Tale of a Tadpole by Karen Wallace
Diego and the Baby Sea Turtles by Lisa Rao
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout! by Teri Sloat
Turtle Bay by Savior Pirotta
Swimming by Leo Lionni
Little Hands Fingerplays and Action Songs by Emily Stetson and Vicky Congdon