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Story Time (Online) – Tea Time

You are cordially invited to join Miss Alice for a simply scrumptious story time. This story time will feature delightful cups of tea in a few choice books, songs, and a craft fit for a king (of lizards, that is).

Song: Hello, Friends

(using ASL, to the tune of Goodnight, Ladies)

Hello, friends! Hello, friends!

Hello, friends! It’s time to say hello!

Song: Open Them, Shut Them

Open them, shut them, open them, shut them.

Give a little clap, clap, clap!

Open them, shut them, open them, shut them.

Put them in your lap, lap, lap!

Creep them, creep them, slowly creep them,

Right up to your chin, chin, chin!

Open wide your little mouth,

But do not let them in!

Fingerplay: Ten Little Fingers

I have ten little fingers, and they all belong to me. (point to self)

I can make them do things. Do you want to see? (point to eyes)

I can squeeze them up tight. I can open them up wide. (squeeze hands shut, then open them)

I can put them together. I can make them all hide. (clap, then hide hands behind back)

I can make them jump high. I can make them jump low. (wiggle fingers above head, then reach down)

I can fold them up quietly and hold them just so. (fold hands and place on lap)

Book: Trouble

Written by Katherine Battersby and read with permission from Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Song: One Little Red Fish

One little red fish swimming in the water, (hold up one finger, then put hands together to make fish)

Swimming in the water, swimming in the water.

One little red fish swimming in the water,

Bubble bubble bubble bubble pop! (swirl hands in the air upwards and clap above head)

Two little blue fish…

Three little yellow fish…

Rhyme: Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey. (imitate eating from a bowl)

Along came a spider that sat down beside her (imitate a spider crawling down)

And frightened Miss Muffet away! (shout and make a scared face)

Book: Bear Meets Bear

Written by Jacob Grant and read with permission from Bloomsbury Children’s Books.

Song: I’m a Little Teapot

I’m a little teapot, short and stout. (rock back and forth)

Here is my handle, here is my spout. (put one hand on your hip, and hold up your other arm like you’re asking a question so it looks like a spout)

When I get all steamed up, hear me shout, (keep hands in place and rock back and forth)

“Tip me over and pour me out!” (tip to the side of your arm being a spout)

Book: Tea Rex

Written by Molly Idle and read with permission from Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Craft: Dinosaur Bowtie Craft

Kids will get two dinosaur coloring sheets they can color and cut out, and two colorful bowties they’ll be able to fancy up and glue on their dinosaurs. Available from the library while supplies last.

Song: I am Special

(to the tune of Frere Jacques)

I am special, I am special, (point to self)

You can see, you can see. (point away from self)

Someone very special, someone very special, (hold hands out in questioning motion)

That is me, that is me. (point to self)

– Miss Alice, Youth Services Manager

Beth Weimer2021-07-22T12:49:31-05:00July 22nd, 2021|

Story Time (Online) – Painting

Welcome to story time. Today’s theme is all about paint! Let’s get started with a song!

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.

Source: dltk-teach

Scarf Song: Rainbow Color Song

(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

First comes red and orange too

Shiny yellow, green, and blue

Purple ends the pretty rays

Only seen on rainy days

First comes red and orange too

Shiny yellow, green, and blue

Source: Jbrary

Flannel Board: White Rabbit’s Color Book

Written by Alan Baker and published by Kingfisher.

Source: Sunflower Storytime

Book: Blue Goose

Written by Nancy Tafuri and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Flannel Board: Paintbrushes

Five little brushes went out to paint.
One painted white, then ran away in fright.
The second painted red and jumped under the bed.
The third painted green then fled the scene.
The fourth painted black than ran around back.
The fifth painted yellow and felt so mellow,
He invited everyone back to begin again!

Source: AnnesLibraryLife

Book: Sky Color

Written by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Candlewick Press.

Scarf Song: Wave Your Scarf Up and Down

(Tune: London Bridge)

Wave your scarf up and down,

up and down,

up and down.

Wave your scarf up and down,

wave your scarf.

Verses: left and right…

fast and slow…

high and low…

around and around

wave it goodbye

Source: Jbrary

Flannel Board: Mr. Pine’s Purple House

Written by Leonard Kessler published by Purple House Press.

Source: Abby the Librarian

Craft: Craft Stick Easel

Kit Supplies:

Craft Sticks
Color Pages
Watercolor Pallets

Home Supplies:

Glue

Instructions:

Glue 2 craft sticks into an inverted V shape. This will become the two front legs of your easel.
Glue the rear leg to the 2 front legs, as shown.
Glue easel shelf onto the front legs.
Let the glue dry.
Your easel is now complete!

Use it to display all of your favorite masterpieces!

Source: Craft Project Ideas

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

Beth Weimer2021-07-16T13:40:57-05:00July 16th, 2021|

#FDL: Culinary Arts Month

July is culinary arts month. Fondulac District Library has an awesome selection of cookbooks. Check out some of our newest ones here.

Teatime at Grosvenor Square: An Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of Bridgerton

Food and drink recipes inspired by Netflix’s hit show Bridgerton and Julia Quinn’s bestselling novels. Finger sandwiches, pastries, roasts, desserts, cocktails, and more! From the magnificent macaron towers to the heavenly fruit-topped trifles, the food of Bridgerton steals the show. Teatime at Grosvenor Square brings you 75 tempting recipes inspired by those candy-colored treats and opulent feasts. Now you can create a spread of delicate finger sandwiches, captivating canapés, and bite-sized sweets scrumptious enough to impress Queen Charlotte herself! Plus, you’ll find a few recipes worthy of a Bridgerton family supper.

Easy Meal Prep: The Ultimate Playbook for Make-Ahead Meals

Want to sit down to incredibly tasty, nutritious, homecooked meals every single day? Who doesn’t! But who has the time? Now you do, with this meal-planning guide and cookbook that will help you get yummy dishes on the table in minutes. Whatever your goal — eat better, spend (and waste!) less, get out of a dinner rut — some simple meal prep can make it reality.

The No-Fuss Family Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Everyday Life

A new collection of easy, family-friendly recipes, from popular chef and television personality Ryan Scott. This collection comes straight from his home kitchen’s regular rotation into yours. Reflecting Ryan’s colorful personality and practical approach, the recipes are kid-friendly and packed with clever hacks and pro tips for getting meals on the table (and cleaning up) quickly.

Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health

The beloved Top Chef star revolutionizes healthy eating in this groundbreaking cookbook—the ultimate guide to cooking globally inspired dishes free of gluten, dairy, soy, legumes, and grains that are so delicious you won’t notice the difference. Everyone’s Table features 200 mouth-watering, decadently flavorful recipes carefully designed to focus on superfoods—ingredients with the highest nutrient-density, the best fats, and the most minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants—that will delight and inspire home cooks.

One-Bowl Meals: Simple, Nourishing, Delicious

Whether for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and complete with protein, fresh fruits or vegetables, and grains, a one-bowl meal checks all the boxes—delicious, nourishing, casual, filling, seasonal. And in the hands of Maria Zizka its possibilities are even more exciting, with thirty brilliant combinations organized by base—oatmeal, chia, or yogurt for breakfast, and grains, noodles, or greens to build mains. Plus, there are tips, tutorials, and substitution rules of thumb throughout, including how to customize your bowl to make it vegan, gluten-free, or protein-forward.

-Annotations from the publishers

–Post by Susie Rivera, Reference Specialist

#FDL is a weekly update on all things Fondulac District Library and East Peoria.

Susie Rivera2021-08-03T10:26:02-05:00July 16th, 2021|

FDL Reads: The House in the Cerulean Sea

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Reviewed By: Alice Mitchell, Youth Services Manager

Genre: Fantasy

Suggested Age: Teens and Adults

What is This Book About? As a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, Linus investigates orphanages for magical children to determine if they’re well taken care of, and he is good at his job. Perfectly by-the-book. After all, it would be against the rules to get attached to the children. His life is quiet but lonely.

His routine is disrupted when Extremely Upper Management decides that Linus is the perfect caseworker for a month-long investigation of the highly classified Marsyas Orphanage, where six very dangerous children reside. The children, including a gnome, were-Pomeranian, and a six-year-old Antichrist, are nothing like Linus expected, and the thoughtful, secretive caretaker Arthur Parnassus is just as much of a surprise as his wards. Linus’ understanding of the world and his role in it is quickly challenged in brilliant ways by the surprising people on Marsyas Island.

My Review: This cozy book about the family you create for yourself will uplift your spirits and leave you filled with hope. The themes of acceptance and understanding will resonate with a great many people. Linus gradually growing closer to all of the children is perfectly paired with his sweet love story with Arthur. While Klune doesn’t shy away from topics of racism and child welfare, hearing about it from the perspective of the children keeps the tone light and humorous. Readers will look forward to cuddling into the couch to fall in love with shy Sal, hilariously over-dramatic Lucy, aspirational bellhop Chauncey, and the rest of the family during their trip to Marsyas Island with all the magic it possesses.

Three Words that Describe this Book: comforting, genuine, side-splitting

Give This A Try if You Like… Pushing Daisies (TV), Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way, The Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’Neill, Howl’s Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones

Rating: 5/5, but only because we can’t go higher

Find it at the library!

About FDL Reads

FDL Reads is a series of weekly book reviews from Fondulac District Library.

Susie Rivera2021-07-27T15:13:26-05:00July 14th, 2021|

#FDL: Book Giveaway

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin

Life is short. No-one knows that better than seventeen-year-old Lenni living on the terminal ward. But as she is about to learn, it’s not only what you make of life that matters, but who you share it with. Dodging doctor’s orders, she joins an art class where she bumps into fellow patient Margot, a rebel-hearted eight-three-year-old from the next ward. Their bond is instant as they realize that together they have lived an astonishing one hundred years. To celebrate their shared century, they decide to paint their life stories: of growing old and staying young, of giving joy, of receiving kindness, of losing love, of finding the person who is everything. As their extraordinary friendship deepens, it becomes vividly clear that life is not done with Lenni and Margot yet.

An Unlikely Spy by Rebecca Starford

Evelyn Varley has always been ambitious and clever. As a girl, she earned a scholarship to a prestigious academy well above her parents’ means, gaining her a best friend from one of England’s wealthiest families. In 1939, with an Oxford degree in hand and war looming, Evelyn finds herself recruited into an elite MI5 counterintelligence unit. A ruthless secret society seeks an alliance with Germany and, posing as a Nazi sympathizer, Evelyn must build a case to expose their treachery. But as she is drawn deeper into layers of duplicity—perhaps of her own making—some of those closest to her become embroiled in her investigation. With Evelyn’s loyalties placed under extraordinary pressure, she’ll face an impossible choice: save her country or the people who love her. Her decision echoes for years after the war, impacting everyone who thought they knew the real Evelyn Varley. Beguiling and dark, An Unlikely Spy is a fascinating story of deception and sacrifice, based on the history of real people within the British intelligence community.

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They’ve only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to Office Darling, and Nella is left in the dust. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW. It’s hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there’s a lot more at stake than just her career. A whip-smart and dynamic thriller and sly social commentary that is perfect for anyone who has ever felt manipulated, threatened, or overlooked in the workplace, The Other Black Girl will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last twist.

Rock the Boat by Beck Dorey-Smith

When Kate Campbell’s life in Manhattan suddenly implodes, she is forced to return to Sea Point, the small town full of quirky locals, quaint bungalows, and beautiful beaches where she grew up. She knows she won’t be home for long; she’s got every intention (and a three-point plan) to win back everything she thinks she’s lost. Meanwhile, Miles Hoffman–aka “The Prince of Sea Point”–has also returned home to prove to his mother that he’s capable of taking over the family business, and he’s promised to help his childhood best friend, Ziggy Miller, with his own financial struggles at the same time. Kate, Miles, and Ziggy converge in Sea Point as the town faces an identity crisis when a local developer tries to cash in on its potential. The summer swells, and white lies and long-buried secrets prove as corrosive as the salt air, threatening to forever erode not only the bonds between the three friends but also the landscape of the beachside community they call home. Full of heart and humor–and laced with biting wit–Rock the Boat proves that even when you know all the back roads, there aren’t any shortcuts to growing up.

-Annotations from the publishers

–Post by Susie Rivera, Reference Specialist

#FDL is a weekly update on all things Fondulac District Library and East Peoria.

Susie Rivera2021-08-03T10:26:10-05:00July 8th, 2021|

Story Time (Online) – Balloons!

Good morning and welcome to story time. I’m Miss Sharon. Today’s story time is all about balloons! Let’s get started with our opening song.

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

Book: Perfectly Percy

Written and illustrated by Paul Schmid and read with the permission of Harper Collins.

Fingerplay/Action Rhyme: Balloon

I’m going to blow up this balloon (make circle with hands)
And never, never stop. (make circle bigger and bigger)
I’ll blow and blow and blow and blow and (pretend to blow)
POP! (clap loudly!)

Source: Annes Library Life

Little Balloon
I had a little balloon (make a circle with hands)
That I hugged tight to me (hug self tight)
There was a great big BANG! (clap hands loudly)
No more balloon, you see.
But if I had this many more (hold up five fingers)
I wouldn’t hug them tight (shake head “no”)
I’d just hold onto the strings (grasp strings)
And fly them like a kite. (raise both arms high)

Source: Youth Literature

Book: Where is My Balloon?

Written by Ariel Bernstein illustrated by Scott Magoon and read with the permission of Simon & Schuster.

Flannel Board: Pete the Clown and His Five Bright Balloons

Pete the Clown bought five bright balloons at the carnival.
He was so excited about them, he sang a song as he walked along.
“I’ve got five balloo-oons! I’ve got five balloo-oons!” (sung to a congo line chant).

But then… POP!
One balloon broke and started to drop. (remove balloon from board.)
Now how many balloons did Pete have?

Did Pete cry? No, never.
He knows balloons don’t last forever.
Pete was still so happy to have four balloons, that he kept walking along and singing his song.

“I’ve got four balloo-oons! I’ve got four balloo-oons!”

(Repeat the same sequence of events until Pete is out of balloons, then add the following ending.)

Pete was out of balloons! What could he do?

Well, he stopped where he was, turned around, and went back to the carnival, where he got five more balloons.

As he walked along, he sang his song:
“I’ve got five balloo-oons! I’ve got five balloo-oons!

Source: Jen in the Library

Book: A Balloon for Isabel

Written by Deborah Underwood Illustrated by Laura Rankin and read with the permission of Harper Collins.

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!)

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

Craft: 3D Balloons

Kit Supplies:

Sky template
Balloon shapes
String

Supplies you need from home:

Crayons, markers or colored pencils
Glue

Instructions:

Step 1: Color the boy & girl on the sky template.

Step 2: Arrange your balloons on the template.

Step 3: Fold all of the balloon shapes in half. It is your choice if you want to make your balloons one color or multiple colors.

Step 4: Glue one of the folded balloons to the paper (where you have chosen), glue another half on top of that piece. Continue until you have stuck all the balloon shapes together.

Step 5: Glue a string on the bottom of each balloon. Glue the strings into the hands of the boy and girl.

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 Kris next week for story time about Painting!

– Miss Sharon, Youth Services Specialist

Beth Weimer2021-07-08T13:32:50-05:00July 8th, 2021|

FDL Reads: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Reviewed by: Deb Alig, Circulation Assistant

Genre: Historical Fiction

Age Group: Adults

What is This Book About? The American classic, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, is a coming of age story written by author Betty Smith. It was originally meant to be her memoir, but she reconfigured it as historical fiction at the request of her editor. The novel is set in early twentieth century Williamsburg, a poor section of Brooklyn. The author begins the story by describing a tree which struggles to reach the sky, but grows lushly out of rubbish heaps and vacant lots only in the tenement districts. Eleven year old Francie Nolan, the main character, lives in a run down tenement with her mother Katie, her father Johnny, and her younger brother Neeley. The family struggles to eat and pay rent so Francie’s mother scrubs floors to earn a living while her father sings and waits tables at local night clubs. Katie is a proud woman and will not take charity. She wants her children to have an education more than anything. Francie and Neeley both graduate from grade school, but Neeley is the only one who attends high school after tragedy strikes the family. Though Francie must take jobs in New York City in order to earn enough money to make ends meet and to care for her pregnant mother, she still dreams of pursuing higher education. Francie’s mother has her baby and marries a retired police officer. He is quite wealthy, and Francie’s little sister will not grow up in poverty.

My Review: I really enjoyed reading this piece of historical fiction. When reading, I felt as though I was transported back in time to early twentieth century Brooklyn, specifically the impoverished neighborhood of Williamsburg. The author herself grew up in Williamsburg where she experienced the hardships of poverty just like the main character Francie Nolan does in the novel. As she grows up, Francie experiences such things as life in a crowded, rundown tenement apartment, hunger, discrimination, sexual violation, and tragic loss. Yet, just like the tree that grows up from the rubbish and cracked cement in her yard, Francie flourishes despite the hardships of poverty.

Three Words that Describe this Book: Historical, Detailed, Engaging

Give This A Try If You Like: Other novels by Betty Smith, including Joy in the Morning, Magie-Now, and Tomorrow Will Be Better

Rating: 5/5

Find it at the library!

About FDL Reads

FDL Reads is a series of weekly book reviews from Fondulac District Library.

Susie Rivera2021-07-27T15:27:35-05:00July 7th, 2021|

FDL Reads: The Four Winds

Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

Reviewed by: Becky Houghton, Reference Assistant

Genre: Historical fiction

Suggested Age: Adults

What is this Book About? Elsa Wolcott, a banker’s daughter, had no idea what was ahead for her when she met Raffaello Martinelli in 1921. Elsa, a tall, gangly, “past marrying age” woman and 18-year old, college-bound Rafe meet and this meeting changes the course of both their lives. When a pregnant and disowned Elsa marries Rafe and moves to his family farm, she finds a very different life and a truly loving family. But then the depression hits and northern Texas becomes a dust bowl. This book details the hard times of the 1930’s for farmers whose land dried up and blew away leaving them with no way to make a living or care for their families. Eventually the migration to California draws Elsa and her family westward, but the “golden land of milk and honey” turns out to be anything but ideal for this family and the hundreds of others who migrated to the west. This is a story of love and struggle during the 1930’s in America.

My Review: I loved this book even though the story is not a pleasant one. Times were extremely difficult in the 1930’s and the realism of this book weighed heavily on my heart. Hannah portrays the characters and events with an emotional intensity that kept me reading even as I hated the struggles that the characters faced. Hannah is a wonderful storyteller who draws you into the times and lets you experience the perseverance and strength of her characters. Elsa’s bravery and determination combined with her deep capacity to love make this story one of courage and triumph in extremely hard times. I also learned more about that era in U.S. history and found myself seeking additional information about the actual events fictionalized here.

Three Words That Describe This Book: Heart-wrenching, Realistic, Compelling

Give This a Try if You Like: Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck or The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah.

Rating: 5/5

Find it at the Library!

About FDL Reads

FDL Reads is a series of weekly book reviews from Fondulac District Library.

Susie Rivera2021-07-08T15:17:02-05:00July 3rd, 2021|

Bilingual Story Time (Online) – Heart / El corazón

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” or “Are You Sleeping?”)

English Lyrics:

Good morning

How are you?

Very well, thank you

Very well thank you

And you?

Spanish Lyrics:

Buenos dias

¿Como estas?

Muy bien, gracias

¿Y usted?

Credit: Jack Hartmann Kids Music Channel

Song: Open, Shut Them / Abre, cierra

English Lyrics:

Open, shut them

Give a little clap, clap, clap

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

Da una palmadita, -ta

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

Fingerplay: Heart

English Lyrics:

I put my hands together

This is how I start

I bring my fingers down like this

And now I have a heart

Credit: Miss Nina – Music and Movement for Preschoolers

Book: My Heart Fills With Happiness / Mi corazón se llena de alegría

Written by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Julie Flett, and read with the permission of Orca Book Publishers.

Song: Itsy Bitsy Spider / Itsy Bitsy araña

English Lyrics:

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.

Spanish Lyrics:

La arana pequeñita

Subió, subió, subió.

Vino la lluvia

Y se la llevó.

Salió el sol

Y todo lo secó

Y la araña pequeñita

Subió, subió, subió.

Credit: Spanish Playground

Song: Tall Trees / Arboles altos

English Lyrics:

Tall trees

Warm fire

Strong wind

Deep water

I feel it in my body

I feel it in my soul

Spanish Lyrics:

Arboles altos

Fuego tibio

Viento fuerte

Aguas profundas

Lo siento en mi cuerpo

Credit: Jbrary

Book: Listening with My Heart/ Escuchando con mi corazón

Written by Gabi Garcia, illustrated by Ying Hui Tan, and read with the permission of Skinned Knee Publishing.

Craft: Heart Noise-Maker

Pick up a craft kit at the library while supplies last from the Youth Services Department or the drive-up window!

Included in supply kit:

Two paper plates
Bag of rice

Supplies needed at home:

Stapler or tape
Coloring utensils (crayons, markers, colored pencils)
Scrap paper

Instructions:

Draw a heart on the back of each paper plate.
Color in the heart and the rest of the plate however you like.
On a small strip of scrap paper, write down something that makes your heart happy. Make as many of these as you would like.
Place your pieces of paper on one of the plates on the side without the heart.
Pour rice over the pieces of paper.
Staple or tape the two plates together so that the hearts show on both sides. If you use staples, make sure to place them close enough together that rice won’t fall out of your noise maker when you shake it.
Whenever you’re sad or need a friend, shake your heart noisemaker to remind yourself of all the things that make your heart happy. You can be a friend to yourself by remembering to speak kindly about yourself and do things that make your heart smile!

Mango Languages App:

Did you know that we have an app available on the Fondulac Library website 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!

Song: The Goodbye Song

English Lyrics:

Goodbye

So long

To you

My friend

Stay well

And fine

Til we meet

Again

Spanish Lyrics:

Adios

A ti

Mi amigo

Cuídate

Muy bien

Nos vemos

Otra vez

Credit: Burlington Specials

– Miss Haley, Youth Services Assistant

Beth Weimer2021-07-01T11:36:12-05:00July 1st, 2021|

Book Talk (for Kids) – Pride Month

Alice shares some recommendations for middle grade readers (4th-8th) for Pride Month! Select the titles below to place a hold.

Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse

Rick by Alex Gino

Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Beth Weimer2021-06-29T10:13:22-05:00June 29th, 2021|