Last Storytime of Summer

Well, I had a lot of fun today with Eric Litwin's books and songs today. We read Pete the Cat. We danced to his songs- The Fun Thing, Mr. Eric's Jumping Song and Super Silly Tango.

We went outside and had a freezy treat and played with bubbles and chalk! Hope all my LLFs and BLFs enjoyed storytime this summer!

Lapsitters- Friends

Friends- library friends, new friends, old friends, family friends...we can never have too many friends!

We read stories about friends- Forever Friends by Carin Berger and Little Quack's New Friend By Lauren Thompson.

We sang songs- The More We Get Together and Make New Friends.

We danced to "If You're Happy and You Know It!

I hope all my library friends had fun!

Storytime- Folktales

Hola, Amigos! Bailar conmigo! Come and dance with your library friends!

We had fun trip-trapping across the bridge while the mean troll growled, "Who's crossing my bridge?".

Our volunteers did and AWESOME job pulling out the ENORMOUS turnip.

We learned to be careful when we are granted 3 wishes and never to cry wolf, wolf, wolf!

It was HOT, HOT, HOT today in storytime!! Hope you had fun!

School Collection

You have a WONDERFUL resource available to you at the Franklin Public Library- the School Collection!

This is a unique collection of parenting, child development, curriculum supportive, educational and parenting materials. It's for the parents that would like to have additional educational resources to utilize at home. It's for the homeschool family, the teachers, the student and new parents that are navigating all the ins and outs of parenting!


The collection is located in the first aisle of the ADULT NON-FICTION section. A lot of our families spend most of the time at the library in the Children's Area and don't know about this collection. We don't have space to house in the Children's Area, unfortunately. There are books, workbooks, DVDs, software, magazines, kits and more!

So, please take a look over there on your next visit!

Books from My Childhood

I often have moms come in and look for picture books that they remember from their childhood. They want to share them with their children. Today, I saw two books from my childhood that many people aren't familiar with but are very familiar with the authors.

Pretzel by the creators of Curious George, Margret and H.A. Rey!

The Witch Next Door or The Witch's Christmas by Norman Bridwell, the Clifford the Big Red Dog creator!



Stop, Drop and Roll!

To practice fire safety at home, make this simple prop. Tape red, orange and yellow crepe paper to a gift wrap tube. Have your children roll on the floor as you repeat this little ditty...

 

Sung to: "Hot Cross Buns"

Stop, drop, and roll,
Stop, drop, and roll,
If your clothes ever catch on fire,
Stop, drop, and roll.

We did this in a Safety Storytime and had a lot of fun!

Happy 4th of July!

Today, we celebrate our independence! Stop in the library this week to get a book about the Declaration of Independence and what it means! Or a book about the 4th of July!


The library is always your source for information!


Wishing all my BLFs and LLFs enjoy the day!