| Dial-A-Story
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Christmas is over and it is time to get back into your weekly routine. Try making Dial-A-Story part of your routine.
Dial-A-Story is a short fable or folk story that your child can listen to on your home phone. Just call 660-827-7838, put the phone on speaker and your child can listen to the story. Story changes each Monday(or Tuesday if closed for a holiday). |
| FEBRUARY PRESCHOOL STORY TIME
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Preschoolers, age 3-5, are invited to join Mrs. Amy in the Children's Department on Friday mornings at 9:30 am for Storytime. We will be singing, reading books and doing crafts together.
February storytime themes will be: Feb 3 - Spring? Feb 10 - Valentine's Day Party, Feb 17 - The Tooth Fairy, Feb 24 - Silly Stories, March 2 - Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss.
All children 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. |
| FEBRUARY TODDLER TIME
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Toddlers, age 2-3 who are not in preschool, are invited to join Mrs. Amy in the Children's Department on Thursday mornings at 9:30 am. We will be singing songs, reading books and doing a craft each week.
February storytimes will be: Feb 2 - Groundhogs Day, Feb 9 - Valentine's Day Party, Feb 16 - Your Teeth, Feb 23 - TEN, March 1 - Dr. Seuss Day.
Children under the age of 5 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. |
| WINTER READING GRAND PRIZES
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Preschool/Kindergarten - Collection of Mo Willems, Gerald the Elephant and Piggie books and toys.
1st - 3rd Graders - Collection of Rob
Scotton's Splat the Cat books, toy and DVD.
4th - 6th Graders - Digital Camera and case.
7th - 12th Graders - Portable DVD player. |
| FEBRUARY CHILDREN'S BOOK CLUB
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Children in Kindergarten to 3rd grade are invited to join Mrs. Amy in the Children's Department on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm to read stories and do crafts.
February themes will be: Jan 31 - Bo Diddle & Boy Blue, Feb 7 - Bo Peep, Feb 14 - Happy Valentine's Day, Feb 21 - Patty Cake and Peter, Feb 28 - Dumpty Solves the Mystery |
| WINTER READING STARTS JANUARY 17TH
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"Pop into the Library for a Carnival of Fun"
Sign up in the Children's Department starting January 17, 2012 for our Winter Reading Program. Check out books, read, fill out your log sheet and turn it in for a chance to win one of four Grand Prizes. Spin the prize wheel for each log sheet you turn in to get smaller prizes.
All Winter Reading logs must be turned in by 9:00 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Grand Prize winners will be called on February 15, 2012. |
| MISSOURI BUILDING BLOCK WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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By a landslide "Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes" by Erick Litwin, illustrated by James Dean was the winner of the 2011 Building Block Award. The book received more than 40% of all votes!
Second place went to "Interrupting Chicken" by David Ezra Stein and third place to "Silly Tilly" by Eileen Spinelli. |
