Creative and Crafty Saturdays

Father's Day Craft

Stop in to the Children's Services department on Saturday, June 14th during library hours for a Creative and Crafty Saturday dedicated to dads! We will be making "Shirt and Tie" cards to celebrate Father's Day.
It's the perfect way to show any dad how much you appreciate them!

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.

We Have Chrysalises!

Our Painted Lady caterpillars have been growing and growing and growing, and have now all formed their chrysalises. During the chrysalis stage, caterpillars make their transformation from a crawling caterpillar to a fluttering butterfly. Be sure to visit Children's Services to see
with your own eyes this amazing stage in the life cycle of the Painted Lady butterfly!


This is a close-up view of one of the chrysalises.










This is the view of the inside of our butterfly tent, with several chrysalises on display.

Fun With Stickers!

Do you love stickers? If you do, then Fun with Stickers is for you! We'll meet today at 2 pm in the Children's Services department to make some stickerific creations.

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.

A Child's Book Review: I'm Dirty!

I'm Dirty! by Kate & Jim McMullan was reviewed by 3-year-old Robert:

I love this book. I love that he likes to dig.

Submit your child's book review to me via email and you may see it in a future "A Child's Book Review" blog post.

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.