Story Time (Online) – Colors!
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
Regular Billing Schedule Resumes August 2
As the library is no longer quarantining returned items, the library will revert to the regular notice and billing schedule effective August 2, 2021. This schedule was approved by the Library Board with its implementation of fine-free lending in September 2020.
Most library materials may be renewed once, unless there is an outstanding hold on the item. Please access your library account online or contact the library to renew items. Patrons experiencing unusual difficulty returning their materials should contact the library for appropriate alternatives.
Although patrons will not be charged overdue fines, the library will suspend borrowing privileges when items are not returned in a timely manner. Borrowing privileges will be suspended and bills will be issued for item replacement costs and processing fees when:
- items with 7- or 14-day lending periods and OCLC-based interlibrary loan items are 7 days overdue
- items with 21-day lending periods are 14 days overdue
Once an item is returned, the bill will be removed and borrowing privileges will be reinstated.
Accounts with unreturned billed items and a balance of $50 or more will be submitted to a collection recovery service 30 days after billing and will be assessed a $10 referral fee. The referral fee covers the cost to the library, is not waived upon the return of the items, and is only removed from the account when paid. Accounts are removed from collection status and borrowing privileges are restored when all items are returned and/or fees on the account are paid in full. This information is NOT reported to credit bureaus.
Information about lending periods can be found at fondulaclibrary.org/borrowing/. Items belonging to other libraries (but received and borrowed at Fondulac District Library) may have different lending periods than those listed above. Always check your receipt or account for the correct due date.
For more information, please visit fondulaclibrary.org/fine-free-faq/ or contact the library.
#FDL: Staff Summer Favorites
The FDL staff has been doing their own summer reading! Here are some staff favorites from this summer.
Old Man’s War is a down-to-earth, science fiction space opera in which the ruling human government only recruits seniors into military service. This book was very readable, I have probably never read a book so fast in my life. – Jeremy, Reference Assistant
Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Julián sees beautifully dressed “mermaids” around town with his abuela, and he decides to dress up to look just like them. I love that this book is purely a celebration of a boy who isn’t afraid to be his authentic self and his grandmother who supports him without a second thought. – Haley, Youth Services Assistant
As of yet, the best book that I’ve read this Summer has been Grendel, by John Gardner; I had read it once previously whilst I was a sophomore in high school, but I somehow managed to forget just how high this book’s quality is. Gardner’s minimalistic prose never sacrifices its poetic sensibilities in exchange for its brevity, and the novel’s protagonist, the titular Grendel, is at once scorn-worthy, relatable, and just downright hilarious, at times. So, all-in-all: great book. – Kaelan, Circulation Assistant
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
As Book 3.5 of the Stormlight Archive series, Dawnshard is a novella with events that occur after Oathbringer (book 3) and before Rhythm of War (book 4). The story follows Rysn, a ship-owning merchant, who is on a mission for Novani Kholin to a long-abandoned island. There’s additional character development that I enjoyed and a bit of plot twist when we learn what a Dawnshard actually is. I’m sure anyone who’s reading the series will regret it if they skip this novella. – Melissa, Reference Specialist
One Piece is the longest manga series I’ve ever read – currently, 96 volumes (English) – but I’m so happy I finally picked it up, and I absolutely can’t wait to see what happens next. If you like friendship, freedom, and fighting for what’s right – oh, and pirates! – then pick it up, since it’s a wild ride! – Katie, Reference Specialist
Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
I think my favorite book this summer was Marie Benedict’s The Personal Librarian. This is historical fiction about Belle da Costa Greene, the librarian who established and ran J.P. Morgan’s famous Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City in the early 1900’s. Belle was famous for her knowledge of antiquities, her wit, and her well- guarded secret. – Becky, Reference Assistant
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
This is beautiful and tragic stand-alone fantasy novel. It’s also historical fiction and a love story. I really enjoyed Schwab’s poetic writing style and the plot twists she introduces towards the end of the novel are well worth it! – Susie, Reference Specialist
The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin
The way Garvin intersperses honey bee biology and beekeeping 101 into this story about three lost humans who develop a bond over saving a region of honey bee hives from a major pesticide company was beautiful. It felt timely and it reinforced the idea that we need to be recognizing the impact of our actions on all creatures, great and small. – Rebecca, Business Manager
–Post by Susie Rivera, Reference Specialist
#FDL is an update on all things Fondulac District Library and books.
Join the FDL Team!
The library is currently hiring two part-time positions: Circulation Assistant and Youth Services Assistant. Please visit fondulaclibrary.org/about-us/jobs for more information, including job descriptions and qualifications.
FDL Reads: Rhubarb Pie Before You Die
Rhubarb Pie Before You Die by Gin Jones
Reviewed by: Dawn Dickey
Genre: Cozy mystery
Suggested Age: Adult
What is the book about?: In the quiet of night, Mabel Skinner and her friend Rory are making off with a neighborhood’s bags of chemical-free yard waste (“black gold”), nabbing them before the morning garbage pickup. They plan to use the clippings and leaves as mulch for the garlic and lavender grown on Mabel’s inherited farm. The quiet night is disrupted, however, when a man pulls up in a rusty pickup truck, jumps out and confronts the duo, shouting, “You’re stealing my stuff!” The man, Graham Winthrop, is loud enough to wake the neighborhood, including a city council member. Graham reluctantly agrees to a compromise to share the mulch. By morning, Mabel finds that more trouble could be brewing with threats of charges for trespassing, breach of peace, and other misdemeanors. Wanting to smooth things over with Graham and avoid legal troubles, Mabel pays a visit to his rhubarb farm. She finds Graham dead in his greenhouse. After the previous night’s confrontation, it looks like Mabel is the police’s prime suspect!
My Review: This is the second in cozy mystery writer Gin Jones’s Garlic Farm Mystery series. But don’t worry if you haven’t read the first one. Jones deftly takes you into Mabel’s world and does a fine job of explaining the back story behind the farm, how Mabel inherited it, and her relations with the various characters in the tale. I find that I am liking the characters even more with this mystery as we learn more about Mabel and her talent for analysis (and coding!), her social awkwardness, her cats, and her deceased aunt’s friends who are now becoming Mabel’s friends. Mabel has not yet embraced the life of a farmer – preferring her coding work – but perhaps she will! That, too, is the part of this cozy mystery, in addition to finding out who killed Graham and why. Spend some time with this satisfying read – you’ll be glad you did! And perhaps, like me, you will look forward to trying some rhubarb when it is available!
Three Words That Describe This Book: Engaging, Cozy, Rhubarb
Give This a Try if You Like… Cozy themed mystery series such as Diane Mott Davidson’s A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery series, Cleo Coyle’s A Coffeehouse Mystery series, or Susan Wittig Albert’s China Bayles Herbal Mystery series.
Rating: 5/5
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!
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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!
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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)
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Book: Trouble
Written by Katherine Battersby and read with permission from Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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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…
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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)
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Book: Bear Meets Bear
Written by Jacob Grant and read with permission from Bloomsbury Children’s Books.
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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)
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Book: Tea Rex
Written by Molly Idle and read with permission from Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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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.
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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