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Flora and the Flamingo
This is an adorable wordless picture book about a little who wants nothing more than to be as graceful as the flamingo she sees. She is decked out in a yellow swimming cap and flippers with a pink bathing suit. She begins by copying exactly what the flamingo is doing…
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C. R. Mudgeon
With a title like that, who could resist this book! C.R. Mudgeon is a hedgehog who knows what he likes and likes what he knows, that is until a new neighbor moves in upstairs and his whole world gets turned around! Paprika the squirrel likes bright colors, spicy food, and…
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Crankenstein
Everyone has a Crankenstein day once in a while and this fun story can actually help parents talk to their kids about being cranky in a fun way! A Crankenstein “is a monster of grumpiness that no one can destroy! “The story tells the reader where you might find Crankenstein…
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Apps in the Library
I’ve been wrestling with this idea for awhile now, apps in the library, but I’ve finally figured out my personal viewpoint on them. For a long time it was advised to keep young children (under the age of 2) from screens, but in today’s screen-needy world, that’s almost impossible. And…
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Yes, Let’s
I wish I would have seen this book before I did a camping themed story time this summer! Yes, Let’s with its rhyming couplets and repetitive “let’s” shows how much fun spending the day outdoors can be! The illustrations are also a lot of fun with things to find and…
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Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Caldecott award winning author, Chris Raschka, again brings his beautiful watercolors to a new book for youngsters called Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle. In a field of children’s book you would think learning how to ride a bike would be a topic on everyone’s mind, but there aren’t…
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The Story of Fish & Snail
The Story of Fish & Snail written and illustrated by Deborah Freedman is a beautifully told story about friendship in a new and unique way. “Every day, Snail waits for Fish to come home with a new story.” But one day, Fish wants to be able show timid Snail a…
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The Dark
I picked up The Dark by Lemony Snicket with trepidation. Lemony Snicket write unique and interesting children’s books and I was unsure of what avenue he would take with a book about being scared of the dark. As I began reading it, I started to get a little freaked out,…
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Enchanted Library 5.0
And so it begins (really it has already begun) but today we began set and costume design for our 5th Annual Enchanted Library program. I’ve posted about Enchanted Library last year, so check it out if you are unfamiliar with the idea. This year’s theme is Mother Goose rhymes which…
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A Funny Little Bird
I found a Funny Little Bird to be full of fun, excitement, and even a good lesson on being a friend and a nice person (or bird!). The little bird in the story is almost invisible and soon becomes upset because he has no friends. But after an afternoon of…