What does summertime mean to you? Fun in the sun? Baseball? Barbecues? Swimming?

For me, nothing says summer like relaxing with an ice-cold glass of lemonade and a good book… about lemonade!!!

Not only is lemonade a great way to cool off on a hot summer day, it can be a fun life lesson for kids and adults alike. Whether you buy a powder mix at the grocery store or squeeze the lemons yourself, you’ll have a wonderful treat.

Here’s a recipe to try from the book Florentine and Pig by Ava Katzler:

Florentine’s Homemade Pink Lemonade with Fresh Berry Ice Cubes

Serves 6

For the ice cubes:

• A big handful of fresh berries – Strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries

For the lemonade:

• A big bottle of seltzer water
• 5 lemons
• 2 tbsp pomegranate juice
• 6 tbsp honey

Directions:

1. Pop one or two berries into each compartment of an ice cube tray. Fill with water and freeze overnight.
2. Pour the seltzer water into a big pitcher and squeeze in the juice of 4 lemons.
3. Ask an adult to cut the last lemon int chunks (with the peel still on!) and add to the seltzer.
4. Pour the pomegranate juice into the seltzer.
5. Stir in the honey and add your beautiful berry ice cubes just before you serve it to your thirsty friends.

Check out the following lemonade books at the library!

Books with Lemonade Recipes:

Who knew there were so many ways to make lemonade?

Chemistry You Can Chomp by Jessie Alkire

Slurpable Smoothies and Drinks by Kari Cornell

Snackable Science Experiments: 60 Edible Tests to Try and Taste by Emma Vanstone

The Lemonade Stand Cookbook by Kathy Strahs

Picture Books about Lemonade:

Maisy makes Lemonade by Lucy Cousins

The End by David LaRochelle

The Berenstain Bears’ Lemonade Stand by Mike Berenstain

Florentine and Pig by Eva Katzler

Chapter Books about Lemonade:

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies

Karen’s Lemonade Stand by Ann M. Martin

Dracula Doesn’t Drink Lemonade by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

Last Lemonade Standing by Carolyn Keene

Books about Lemonade Stands:

What a great way to teach children about fun, money, work, and charity.

The Lemonade Ripple by Paul Reichert

Alex’s Lemonade Stand: Charities Stated by Kids by Melissa Sherman Pearl

Be the Change: The Future is in Your Hands by Eunice Moyle and Sabrina Moyle

The Lemonade Stand: A Guide to Encouraging the Entrepreneur in Your Child by Emmanuel Modu

eBooks:

Curious George Lemonade Stand by Erica Zappy

It Began With Lemonade by Gideon Sterer and Lian Cho

Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand By Rob Scotton

When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L. B. Deenihan and Lorraine Rocha

-Kris, Youth Services Specialist

Enjoy today’s beachy story time! Pick up a craft kit while supplies last and place these books on hold through our online catalog.

Katelyn shares why she loves Hedgehugs by Steve Wilson in our latest book talk! Place your copy on hold at here and then follow the rest of the hedgehogs’ adventures!

Welcome to story time. Today’s theme is all about wishes! Let’s get started with our Hello Song!

Hello Song: Clap and Sing Hello!

We clap and sing hello.
We clap and sing hello.
With our friends at story time.
We clap and sing hello!
(Wave and sing hello; stomp and sing hello.)

Fingerplay: The Itsy-Bitsy Spider

The itsy-bitsy spider,

Went up the water spout.

Down came the rain,

And washed the spider out.

Out came the sun,

And dried up all the rain.

And the itsy-bitsy spider,

Went up the spout again.

Flannel Board: Star Light Star Bright

Star light, star bright,

First star I see tonight,

I wish I may, I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight.

Source: First School

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Book: Make a Wish Bear

Written by Greg Foley and published by Viking.

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Flannel Board: I Wish I Were

(sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Oh, I wish I were a floating butterfly, (2 x)
I’d go flutter, flutter, fly in the bright blue sunny sky,
Oh, I wish I were a floating butterfly.

Oh, I wish I were a shiny little fish, (2 x)
I’d go swimmy, swimmy, glide in the big blue ocean tide,
Oh, I wish I were a shiny little fish.

Oh, I wish I were a silver airplane, (2 x)
I’d go soar, soar, soar as my engines loudly roar,
Oh, I wish I were a silver airplane.

Oh, I wish I were a tall, tall leafy tree, (2 x)
I’d be a place to rest for the birdies in their nest,
Oh, I wish I were a tall, tall leafy tree.

Oh, I wish I were a green and speckled frog, (2 x)
I’d go croaky, croaky, croak as I jump into the brook,
Oh, I wish I were a green and speckled frog.

Oh, I wish I were a bright and shining star, (2 x)
I’d go twinkle, twinkle, spark in the nighty nighttime dark,
Oh, I wish I were a bright and shining star.

Source: cfkidslibrarian

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Book: I Wish You More

Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld and published by Chronical Books.

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Flannel Board: Four Stars

Four little stars winking at me.

One shot off and then there were three!

Three little stars with nothing to do.

One shot off, and then there were two!

Two little stars afraid of the sun.

One shot off, and then there was one!

One little star alone is no fun.

It shot off, and then there was none!

Source: Storytime Katie

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Book: Something Extraordinary

Written by Ben Clanton and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

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Flannel Board: A Tiny Little Star

There’s a tiny little star

Way up in the sky,

A tiny little star,

Up so very high.

She twinkles brightly

Through the night,

But during the day

She’s out of sight.

Source: Harford County Public Library

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Craft: Dandelion

Kit Supplies:

• white yarn
• green pipe cleaner
• folded index card

Home Supplies:

• scissors

Instructions:

1. Use the folded index card or cut a rectangle shape out of the paper plate, approximately 2×3 inches. (I used about 1-1/2×3 inches)
2. Wrap the white yarn around the rectangle 40 – 50 times. Snip the end. Length does not matter.
3. Place the green pipe cleaner under the bunch of yarn. With one side of the pipe cleaner left longer than the other, twist the pipe cleaner 3 to 4 times very tightly around the bunch.
4. Slide the bunch of yarn off the rectangle. Wrap the long side of the pipe cleaner around the base of the bunch of yarn and pinch it tightly so that it holds the yarn in place.
5. Cut the loops. Trim the yarn to the desired length.

Source: In the Bag Kids’ Crafts

Goodbye Song: We Wave Goodbye like This

We wave goodbye like this.
We wave goodbye like this.
We clap our hands for all our friends.
We wave goodbye like this.

(Repeat)

– Kris, Youth Services Specialist

Good morning and welcome to story time. I’m Miss Sharon and today I’m going to read some of the new books we have gotten in the library. We always have a great selection!

Song: The More We Get Together

The more we get together, together, together,
the more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
Cause your friends are my friends,
and my friends are your friends,
the more we get together the happier we’ll be!

Source: Supersimple A Place To Learn and Grow

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Book: Not Quite Narwhal

Written and illustrated by Jessie Sima.

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Flannelboard: I Took My Frog to the Library

Adapted from the book I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric A. Kimmel

I took my frog to the library, but he jumped on the checkout desk and scared the librarian!

I took my chicken to the library, but she laid an egg by the computers.

I took my pelican to the library, but he hid a book in his beak!

I took my snake to the library, but she shed her skin all over the picture books!

I took my giraffe to the library, but he tried to read over everybody’s shoulder.

I took my hyena to the library, but he laughed so hard during story time that nobody could hear the story!

I took my elephant to the library.  She was very well behaved.  She stacked her books neatly.  She asked the librarian questions.  She listened to the story and laughed in all the right places.

But my elephant is very big!  SO BIG! She wrecked the library!  The bookshelves fell over!

The librarian said, “You are always welcome at the library, but please leave your animals at home.”

So whenever I go to the library… my frog stays home, my chicken stays home, my pelican stays home, my snake stays home, my giraffe stays home, my hyena stays home, and my elephant reads to them!

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Book: What if Pig?

Written and illustrated by Linzie Hunter.

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Flannelboard: Five Little Books

Five little books at the library
Five little books as great as can be
Along comes (insert name) with their library card

To take one home and read

Four little books at the library
Four little books as great as can be
Along comes (insert name) with their library card
To take one home and read

Three little books at the library
Three little books as great as can be
Along comes (insert name) with their library card
To take one home and read

Two little books at the library
Two little books as great as can be
Along comes (insert name) with their library card
To take one home and read

One little book at the library
One little book as great as can be
Along comes (insert name) with their library card
To take one home and read

Credit: What Happens In Storytime

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Book: Llama Glamarama

Written by Simon James Green and illustrated by Garry Parsons.

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Song: Skinnamarink

Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Put your left elbow in right hand, wave)
Skinnamarinky Doo (Right elbow in left hand, wave)
I (Point to eye)
Love (Cross your arms over your heart)
You! (Point to audience)
Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Left elbow in right hand)
Skinnamarinky Doo (Right elbow in left hand, wave)
I (Point to your eye)
Love (Cross arms in front of heart)
You! (Point to audience)
I love you in the morning (Cross arms above your head)
And in the afternoon (Cross arms around your chest)
I love you in the evening (Cross around your tummy)
And underneath the moon! (Cross arms above head again)
Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Left arm in right hand, wave)
Skinnamarinky doo (Right arm in left hand, wave)
I (Point to your eye)
Love (Cross arms in front of heart)
You (Point to audience)
Too (Show two fingers)
Boo boop we doo! (Wave and kiss!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix_LyeuYbcI

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Craft: Craft Stick Picture Frame

Pick up a craft kit from the library while supplies last!

Included in kit:

• Template
• Craft sticks
• Glue dots
• Assorted fun foam shapes
• Magnet

Directions:

• Place two vertical sticks on the template.
• Glue 2 horizontal sticks on top of the vertical strips.
• Glue 2 more vertical sticks of top.
• Decorate with fun foam shape.

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Closing Song: Thanks for Coming

(Tune: Oh My Darling Clementine)
Thanks for sitting, thanks for listening,
Thanks for coming here today!
Now that story time is over
Hope you have a lovely day!

Source: Literary Hoots

– Miss Sharon, Youth Services Specialist

There’s a lot for kids to be nervous and/or excited about on the first day of school: different routines, strange names and faces, lots of noise, and new rules. Little kids tend to approach the start of the school year in a very different manner from middle school and high school kids, partly because they don’t have as much personal experience to help guide themselves through the process. Books like these can help them figure out what to expect and how to deal with problems that might come up. Even if your little one is already looking forward to their first day, they’ll enjoy these back-to-school stories.

First Day of Preschool:

Preschool Here I Come by David Steinberg

Ming Goes to School by Deirdre Sullivan

The Night Before Preschool by Natasha Wing

I Love You All Day Long by Francesca Rusackas

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes

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First Day of Kindergarten:

School’s First Day of School by Adam Rex

A New School Year: Stories in Six Voices by Sally Derby

The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes

Pirates Don’t Go to Kindergarten by Lisa Robinson

Edda: A Little Valkyrie’s First Day of School by Adam Auerbach

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Transferring to a New School:

Goodbye, Friend! Hello, Friend! by Cori Doerrfeld

First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg

Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School by David Mackintosh

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes

The Truth About Dragons by Jaime Zollars

– Cindy Thomas

Hi, everyone! My name is Miss Haley, and I’m so happy you’re joining me today for bilingual story time at Fondulac District Library. Bilingual is a word that means more than one language, so that means we’ll be singing songs and reading books in English and Spanish today. Are you ready? Let’s go! ¡Vamos!

Song: Good Morning / Buenos dias

Tune: Frère Jacques

English Lyrics:

Good morning

Good morning

How are you?

How are you?

Very well, thank you

Very well thank you

And you?

And you?

Spanish Lyrics:

Buenos dias

Buenos dias

¿Como estas?

¿Como estas?

Muy bien, gracias

Muy bien, gracias

¿Y usted?

¿Y usted?

Credit: Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel

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Song: Open, Shut Them / Abre, cierra

English Lyrics:

Open, shut them

Open, shut them

Give a little clap, clap, clap

Open, shut them

Open, shut them

Put them in your lap, lap, lap

Creep them, crawl them,

creep them, crawl them

right up to your chin, chin, chin

Open wide your little mouth, but…

Do not put them in!

Credit: Jbrary YouTube Channel

Spanish Lyrics:

Abre, cierra

Abre, cierra

Da una palmadita, -ta

Abre, cierra

Abre, cierra

Mantenlas juntitas, -tas

Sube, sube, sube, sube

Hasta la barbilla, -lla

Abre la boquita pero…

¡No metas los dedos!

Credit: NCO Bilingual Storytime

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Felt Board Activity: Five Green and Speckled Frogs

English Song Lyrics:

Five green and speckled frogs

Sat on a speckled log

Eating the most delicious bugs

Yum, yum!

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Then there were four green speckled frogs

Glub, glub

(Count down from 5 to 1)

Credit: Jbrary

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Book: The Whale in My Swimming Pool

Written and illustrated by Joyce Wan and read with the permission of Macmillan Publishers.

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Book: And Then Comes Summer & Entonces llega el verano

Written by Tom Brenner, illustrated by Jaime Kim, and read with the permission of Candlewick Press.

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Song: The Waves on the Beach

English Lyrics:          

The waves on the beach go up and down,

up and down, up and down,

The waves on the beach go up and down

All day long

The crabs on the beach go snap, snap, snap.

The sand on the beach goes swish, swish, swish.

Credit: Jbrary

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Song: Vamos a la mar / Let’s Go to the Sea

English Lyrics:

Let’s go to the sea, tun, tun,

To eat a lot of fish, tun tun,

Fried and barbequed, tun, tun,

In a wooden dish, tun, tun.

Let’s go to the sea, tun, tun,

To eat a lot of fish, tun tun,

A shiny red-mouthed, tun, tun,

In a wooden dish, tun, tun.

Spanish Lyrics:

Vamos a la mar, tun, tun,

A comer pescado, tun tun,

Fritito y asado, tun, tun,

En sartén de palo, tun tun.

Vamos a la mar, tun, tun,

A comer pescado, tun tun,

Boca colorada, tun, tun,

En sartén de palo, tun tun.

Credit: Alina Celeste

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Book: Paletero Man

Written by Lucky Diaz, illustrated by Micah Player, and read with the permission of Harper Collins Publishing.

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Craft: Make Your Own Paletas (Popsicles)!

Pick up a craft kit at the library while supplies last.

Included in kit:

• One piece of cardboard
• Two popsicle sticks
• Four paper paleta shapes
• One bag of pom poms
• One bag of sequins

Supplies needed at home:

• Glue
• Coloring utensils
• Scissors

Instructions:

1. (Adult supervision/assistance recommended) CUT out all four paleta
2. TRACE two of the paleta shapes onto the cardboard. We’ll be making two paletas
3. (Adult assistance recommended) CUT the paleta shapes out of the cardboard.
4. COLOR the four paper paleta I chose two designs so I could have the same paleta design on each side, but you can do four designs if you want!
5. GLUE one popsicle stick to any side of each cardboard paleta
6. GLUE the paper paleta shapes onto the cardboard paleta
7. (Optional) GLUE pompoms and sequins to one or both sides of your paletas. You may need to let one side dry before you apply glue and decorations to the back side.
8. PLAY! You can set up a popsicle stand and hand out delicious, cold treats just like the Paletero

Credit: Creating Creatives

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Song: The Goodbye Song

English Lyrics:

Goodbye

So long

To you

My friend

Stay well

And fine

Til we meet

Again

Spanish Lyrics:

Adios

Adios

A ti

Mi amigo

Cuídate

Muy bien

Nos vemos

Otra vez

Credit: Burlington Specials

More Children’s Books About Summertime and Cold Treats:

Bilingual Books:

• Summer = Verano written by Ailie Busby and illustrated by Teresa Mlawer

• What Can You Do With a Paleta? = ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta? written by Carmen Tafolla and illustrated by Magaly Morales

• Veo el Verano = I See Summer written by Charles Chigna and illustrated by Ag Jatkowska

• Señorita Mariposa written by Ben Gundersheimer (Mister G) and illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero

• In Summer = En Verano written by Susana Madinabeitia Manso and illustrated by Emily Hanako Momohara

• Agua, Agüita / Water, Little Water written by Jorge Tetl Argueta, illustrated by Felipe Ugalde Alcántara, and translated by Gabriela Baeza (Also includes a Nahuat language translation!)

English Books with Spanish Versions:

• If You Want to See a Whale & Si quieres ver una ballena written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Erin E. Stead

• Sun & Sol written and illustrated by Carol Thompson

• Lola Plants a Garden & Lola planta un jardin written by Anna McQuinn, illustrated by Rosalind Bearshaw, and translated by Carlos E. Calvo

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Mango Languages App:

Did you know that we have an app available on our that can help you and your child learn a new language? It’s called Mango, and you can sign up for free using your library card number. Check it out by clicking here!

– Miss Haley, Youth Services Assistant

Good morning and welcome to story time. I’m Miss Sharon and today is all about COLORS!

Opening Song: The More We Get Together

The more we get together, together, together,
the more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
Cause your friends are my friends,
and my friends are your friends,
the more we get together the happier we’ll be!

Source: Supersimple A Place To Learn and Grow

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Song: Colors We Know

(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

Red and orange, green and blue,

shiny yellow, purple too!

These are the colors that we know,

way up high in the great rainbow.

Red and orange, green and blue,

shiny yellow, purple too!

Source: Everything Preschool

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Book: The Crayons Box that Talked

Written by Shame DeRolf, illustrated by Michael Letzig, and read with the permission of Random House Books for Young Readers

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Fingerplay: Four Little Crayons

Four little crayons standing in a row (hold up 4 fingers)

The first one said, “I’m red, you know!” (wiggle each finger as you talk about it)

The second one said, “I’m green like a tree.”

The third one said, “I’m blue like the sea.”

The fourth one said, “I’m orange as the sun.”

The crayons all said, “Being crayons is fun!”

Four little crayons, happy as can be, (hold up 4 fingers)

Coloring pictures with you and me! (point to person and then self)

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Flannelboard: Mary’s Many Color Lambs

Mary has a little blue lamb, little blue lamb, little blue lamb,

Mary has a little blue lamb, whose fleece is blue as sky…

Mary has a little green lamb, little green lamb, little green lamb.

Mary has a little green lamb whose fleece is green as grass.

Mary has a little red lamb, little red lamb, little red lamb.

Mary has a little red lamb whose fleece is red as strawberries.

Mary has a little yellow lamb, little yellow lamb, little yellow lamb.

Mary has a little yellow lamb whose fleece is yellow as the sun.

Mary has a little purple lamb, little purple lamb, little purple lamb
Mary has a little purple lamb, whose fleece is purple as…grapes!

Mary has a little pink lamb, little pink lamb, little pink lamb
Mary has a little pink lamb, whose fleece is pink as…bubblegum!

Mary has a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb,

Mary has a little lamb, whose fleece is white as snow.

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Book: Monsters Love Colors

Written and illustrated by Mike Austin and read with the permission of Harper Collins.

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Flannel: Butterfly Colors

The first to come to the garden bed
Is a lovely butterfly of brilliant RED.
Then in comes another and that makes two.
Fly right in, my friend of BLUE.
“The garden is fine, the best I’ve seen,”
says the butterfly of softest GREEN.
Our garden needs a sunny fellow,
Fly on in, butterfly with wings of YELLOW.
Little friend of PURPLE, fly in too.
The garden is waiting for a color like you.
ORANGE, orange, you’ve waited so long.
Fly right in, where you belong.
Butterflies, butterflies, you’re such a sight!
Flying together – what a delight!

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Book: I’m Feeling Macaroni and Cheese

Written by Tina Gallo, illustrated by Clair Rossiter, and read with the permission of Simon Spotlight.

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Song: Skinnamarink

Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Put your left elbow in right hand, wave)
Skinnamarinky Doo (Right elbow in left hand, wave)
I (Point to eye)
Love (Cross your arms over your heart)
You! (Point to audience)
Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Left elbow in right hand)
Skinnamarinky Doo (Right elbow in left hand, wave)
I (Point to your eye)
Love (Cross arms in front of heart)
You! (Point to audience)
I love you in the morning (Cross arms above your head)
And in the afternoon (Cross arms around your chest)
I love you in the evening (Cross around your tummy)
And underneath the moon! (Cross arms above head again)
Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Left arm in right hand, wave)
Skinnamarinky doo (Right arm in left hand, wave)
I (Point to your eye)
Love (Cross arms in front of heart)
You (Point to audience)
Too (Show two fingers)
Boo boop we doo! (Wave and kiss!)

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Craft: DIY Color Project

Included in Kit:

• Colored paper
• Pipe cleaners
• Mini cupcake liners
• Craft sticks
• Pom poms
• Jewels
• Google eyes

Supplies Needed at Home:

• Glue
• Scissors
• Your imagination!

Using the supplies in your kit and your imagination, make your own colorful project(s)!

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Closing Song: Thanks for Coming

(Tune: Oh My Darling Clementine)
Thanks for sitting, thanks for listening,
Thanks for coming here today!
Now that story time is over
Hope you have a lovely day!

Source: Literary Hoots

Join Miss Haley next week for a bilingual story time!

– Miss Sharon, Youth Services Specialist