Baby and Toddler Storytime

Don't Miss the Fun!

Join us for our Babies & Books and
Toddler Time every Friday morning!

Babies & Books - every Friday at 10am

Toddler Time - every Friday at 10:30am and 11am

Vroom! Vroom! The Race is On!

Join us tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. for Smart Start Preschool Storytime. We'll be reading about race cars!

If you can't make it to storytime, check out Sputter, Sputter, Sput! by Babs Bell. This brand new book is all about what happens when you run out of gas.

Baby and Toddler Storytime

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Don't miss the fun at Babies & Books and Toddler Time every Friday morning!

Babies & Books - every Friday at 10am
Toddler Time - every Friday at 10:30am and 11am

Picnic in the Plaza

Join us in the plaza tomorrow Saturday, August 1st at 12:00p.m. for a Picnic in the Plaza!

Weather permitting, we could make it a date if you bring your brown bag lunch and a good book. We will be testing your knowledge and you luck with book trivia and bingo

Don't forget to pack your picnic blanket and some sunscreen!

Don't Catch These Bugs!

Learn all about germs...and how to avoid them tomorrow at Smart Start Preschool Storytime at 10:30 AM.

We'll play a great sneezing game with pretend germs and do a hand-washing experiment.


Pictured at left: Streptococcus pyogenes (sore throat), Shigelia dysenteriae (stomach ache), Rhinovirus (common cold), (cough), Bordetella pertussisOrthomyxovirus (flu).

Ballet Dreams Storytime

This morning's Ballet Dreams storytime was so much fun! We read Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird, Over in the Meadow at the Big Ballet by Lisa Shulman, and Ballerina! by Peter Sis. We danced the entire List of Dances with Jim Gill and we Put Our Hands Up in the Air with Hap Palmer. After the stories and songs, Lucia Rogers from The Fort Wayne Ballet taught us the five ballet positions, showed us jumps, leaps and arabesques. She also answered all of our questions about ballet and then she posed for photos with us. See the rest of the ballet-tastic photos here!

Summer Reading Program Events

This week in Children's Services at the Main Library:

• Tuesday, July 22nd @ 2pm - Indiana Insects presented by Fox Island
• Wednesday, July 23rd @ 10:30am - Smart Start Storytime Ballet Dreams with a special guest from the Fort Wayne Ballet
• Wednesday, July 23rd @ 2pm - Indiana Insects presented by Fox Island
• Thursday, July 24th @ 10:30am - Team Read
• Thursday, July 24th @ 2pm - Indiana Insects presented by Fox Island
• Thursday, July 24th @ 6:30pm - Paws to Read
• Friday, July 25th @ 10am - Babies & Books
• Friday, July 25th @ 10:30am & 11am - Toddler Time
• Friday, July 25th @ 2pm - Fabulous Fridays Book Party - James and the Giant Peach
• Saturday, July 26th - All Day - Creative & Crafty Saturday
• Saturday, July 26th - 9am to 1pm - Visit Children's Services at the Barr Street Market to do the bookworm boogie!
  
• Saturday, July 26th @ 1pm - National Ice Cream Month Celebration

The summer reading program ends on Friday, July 25th @ 6pm - don't forget to pick up your gifts before then. If you haven't signed up yet, it is not too late. Visit any library branch or click here.

Where Are the Butterflies?

On June 30, Children's Services released their Painted Lady butterflies, after an entire month of watching them grow from tiny caterpillars into beautiful butterflies! Here are a few photos, in case you missed the program. To see more photos, click here to go to ACPL's photostream on Flickr.

Piggies!

Join us tomorrow, July 11, for some piggy songs, piggy stories, and piggy fun at our Baby & Toddler Storytimes! Here's a classic rhyme you can do with your youngster:

THIS LITTLE PIGGY
This little piggy went to market,
This little piggy stayed home,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none,
And this little piggy cried WEE! WEE! WEE! all the way home!

Click here for more fun "piggy" stories you can find at the Allen County Public Library.

Babies & Books: Every Friday, 10:00 a.m.
Toddler Time: Every Friday, 10:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Puppet Show!

(Rufus the Dog and Pete the Rat)

Thursday, July 10th
10:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.

Be sure to join us as The Roz Puppets present two favorite fables!
This is a program for families with children of all ages,
so come out and enjoy this terrific performance with the family .

Groups must pre-register for this event by calling the Children's Services Department at 421-1220

Summer Reading Program Events

Events in Children's Services at the Main Library this week:

• Monday, June 30th @ 7pm - Butterfly storytime and release
• Tuesday, July 1st @ 7pm - Buggy Movie
• Wednesday, July 2nd @ 10:30am - Smart Start Preschool Storytime - Nature Walk
• Thursday, July 3rd @ 10:30 - Team Read
• Thursday, July 3rd @ 2pm & 7pm - Bead Creations
• Thursday, July 3rd @ 6:30pm - Paws to Read
• Friday, July 4th -& Saturday, July 5th - Library Closed
  

You still have plenty of time to "Catch the Reading Bug" and join the summer reading program!

Butterfly Release Storytime

This Monday, June 30, at 7:00 p.m., we will be celebrating the release of our fabulous Painted Lady butterflies into the evening sky with stories and songs. It's been fascinating to watch the transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. You still have time to pop into Children's Services to view the butterflies before their release!

Meet Daisy Duck

Waddle on down to Children's Services this Wednesday, June 18 at 10:30 AM and 2:00 PM to practice your quacking and meet the darling duck, Daisy, from Jane Simmons' books.

Parents, bring your cameras to capture Daisy and your little duckling on film. 

Summer Reading Program Events

This week in Children's Services at the Main Library:

• Monday, June 16th @ 2 pm - 3 "R"s - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
• Tuesday, June 17th @ 10 am - Parent and Child Computer Class: Wiki Week (Registration Required)
• Tuesday, June 17th @ 2 pm - Mark's Ark Animal Showcase
• Wednesday, June 18th @ 10:30 am & 2 pm - Meet Daisy Duck!
• Thursday, June 19th @ 2 pm - Friend of the Sun
• Friday, June 20th @ 10 am - Babies & Books
  
• Friday, June 20th @ 10:30 am & 11 am - Toddler Time
• Saturday, June 21st All Day - Creative & Crafty Saturdays
  

Don't forget to sign up for the Summer Reading Program! This year there is a program for adults too. Ask for more information at your library.

Get Moving!

Things will be hopping at our Baby and Toddler Storytimes tomorrow morning! We'll read action-packed stories and we'll sing songs that will get us all moving. Why not try some with your baby or toddler? Activities like these help reinforce the Early Literacy concept of Print Motivation: a child's interest in and enjoyment of books. A lifetime of reading begins with enjoyment of reading as a child!


Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug,
by Linda Lowery









Toddlerobics,
by Zita Newcome









Wiggle Waggle Fun:
Stories and Rhymes for the Very Young,
by Margaret Mayo








Join us for Babies and Books, Fridays at 10:00 a.m.
and Toddler Time, Fridays at 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Summer Reading Program Events

Events this week in Children's Services at the Main Library:

• Tuesday, June 10th @ 2 pm - Fun with Stickers!
• Wednesday, June 11th All Day - Letter G Play Day in the Early Learning Center
• Wednesday, June 11th @ 10:30 am Smart Start Preschool Storytime - Goofing Around with the Letter G
• Thursday, June 12th @ 10:30 am - Team Read (Registration required)
• Thursday, June 12th @ 10:30 am & 2pm - Stories and Song with Yurtfolk
• Friday, June 13th @ 10 am - Babies & Books
• Friday, June 13th @ 10:30 & 11 am - Toddler Time
• Friday, June 13th @ 2 pm - Fabulous Friday Book Party: Doreen Cronin's Diary Books
• Saturday, June 14th All Day- Creative and Crafty Saturdays: Make a Father's Day Craft!
  

You still have plenty of time to sign up for the summer reading program! Click here or visit any location of the Allen County Public Library.

My Senses!

At Baby and Toddler Storytime yesterday we read stories and sang songs about our five senses -- seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. Here are some of the books we read -- why not check them out to read with YOUR little one?

Where Is Baby's Bellybutton?
by Karen Katz









I Hear,
by Helen Oxenbury










Walking Through the Jungle,
by Julie Lacome








Teddy Bears, Teddy Bears
by William Winburn








If you have young children, ages birth through 3 years old, join us Friday mornings!
Babies and Books: 10:00 a.m.
Toddler Time: 10:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Fritz!

We had a very special visitor in Children's Services this afternoon. Fritz, the GermanFest dog, stopped by to sign up for the summer reading program and dance the chicken dance! Check out more photos of Fritz here.
If you would like to sign up for the summer reading program, click here or stop by any location of the ACPL. If you would like to dance the chicken dance, join us for Smart Start storytime tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m. for more GermanFest fun!

Our Caterpillars Have Arrived!

Come to the Main Library during the month of June to watch our Painted Lady caterpillars transform into beautiful, fluttering butterflies! Housed in their own special butterfly habitat, you can stop by several times during the month to see how they change. While you're here, check out some books about butterflies and caterpillars from out Butterflies Booklist to learn more about the amazing life cycle of butterflies and moths. We'll be releasing our butterflies during an extra-special Butterfly Storytime on Monday evening, June 30, at 7:00 p.m.

See you at the Library!

Join us for storytime!

Grownups, grab your favorite preschooler! Kids, grab your favorite adult! Come downtown to the Library and join us for storytime today at 10:30. We'll be reading books all about "Good Bugs in the Garden." We'll also have lots of bug books you can check out to read together at home.