November Calendar

Vampire Boy's Goodnight by Lisa Brown

Have you picked out your Halloween picture books yet? If not, why not try one of these about vampires!!

Spooky enough for Halloween but fun enough for any time, try:

Vampire Boy's Good Night by Lisa Brown

When Morgan, a young vampire, and his witchy friend Bela set out one night to see if human children really exist, they find themselves at a Halloween party.

Dear Vampa by Ross Collins

A young vampire writes a letter to his grandfather complaining about his new neighbors.

 

Vunce Upon a Time by J. Otto Seibold

A fearful young vampire, who prefers candy to blood, bravely ventures into the human world on Halloween night to satisfy his sweet tooth.

Happy Halloween

Halloween Scavenger Hunt!

We had a wonderful time with our Trick or Treat Scavenger Hunt!

Some interesting characters stopped by.

Vampire queen Jaslene and Vampire Joshua

Captain Aakarsh

Ninja Aakash
(holding an awesome ninja book- Wink: the Ninja who wanted to Nap by J.C. Phillipps)

Thank you to everyone who came and made our afternoon such a wonderful one!

Happy Halloween

Halloween Storytime

We had such fun with our Halloween Storytime. This is what we did:

Songs, Rhymes and Fingerplays

Open Shut Them

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 let them in!

The Spider in the Web

(tune: Farmer in the Dell)

The spider in the web,

The spider in the web,

Spin, spin oh watch it spin,

The spider in the web

The spider gets a…

...bear, skunk, lion, monkey

Spin, spin oh watch it spin,

The spider in the web

A Haunting We Will Go

A haunting we will go,

A haunting we will go,

We’ll catch a ghost, put him on a post,

And then we’ll let him go!

…cat, hat

…witch, make her itch

… ghoul, duel

Two Little Monsters

Two little monsters, sitting on a hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

Stomp away, Jack, stomp away, Jill

Come back, Jack and come back, Jill

Two little monsters sitting on a hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

Ten Little Monsters

1 little, 2 little, 3 little monsters

4 little, 5 little, 6 little monsters

7 little, 8 little, 9 little monsters

10 little monsters can’t scare me!

Haunted House

(tune: Wheels on the Bus)

The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”

“Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!”

The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”

On Halloween.

The steps … “Creak, creak, creak…”

The cats … “Meow, meow, meow…”

The bats … “Squeak, squeak, squeak…”

Monster Stomp

If you want to be a monster, now's your chance.

'Cause everybody's doing the monster dance.

You just stamp your feet, wave your arms around

Stretch 'em up, stretch 'em up,

Then put them on the ground.

'Cause you're doing the monster stomp,

That's right! You're doing the monster stomp.

Where is Blue Bat?

Me: Where is [blue] bat? Where is [blue] bat?

You: Here I am! Here I am!

Me: How are you this morning?

You: Very well, I thank you!

All: Fly away! Fly away!

…black, red

Good-Bye Song

(Tune: London Bridge)

Bye, good-bye we’ll see you soon,

See you soon, see you soon

Bye, good-bye we’ll see you soon

On another day!

Books:

Rex, M. Brooms are for Flying

Thomas, J. Can You Make a Scary Face

Thompson, L. Mouse's First Halloween

Williams, L. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Halloween!

Happy Halloween! 

Be sure to stop into the children's department to pick up some awesome Halloween books. There are plenty to choose from such as:

Mouse's Halloween Party by Jeanne Modesitt

Spooky Boo: A Halloween Adventure by Lily Karr

Over in the Hollow by Rebecca Dickinson

Come in on Saturday at 2pm for our Trick-or-Treat Scavenger hunt!

See you there!!

Bedtime Storytime

Tuesday, October 25th at 7pm.

Families with kids of all ages are welcome to attend this storytime.

What a perfect way to end your Tuesday- relaxing with stories at your library.

Feel free to wear your pajamas... and bring a teddy bear too!

Hope to see you there!

Pumpkin Storytime

So excited that fall is here!! Guess what that means? Pumpkins!! That is what we did in storytime today.

Songs and Fingerplays

Open Shut Them

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 let them in!

Shake Your Sillies Out

We're gonna shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake our sillies out,

And wibble our wobbles away!

We're gonna nod… our noddies out…

We're gonna clap… our crazies out…

We're gonna jump… our jiggles out…

We're gonna stretch, yawn, stretch and yawn again…

We're gonna shake… our sillies out…

Pumpkin positions

A tiny little mouse (squeak, squeak, squeak)

Walks up to a pumpkin (sneak, sneak, sneak)

He hides BESIDE the pumpkin and shivers in fright

Because it is cold and spooky on a dark fall night

…in, on, behind, in front of

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

(hold up five fingers and point to each in turn)
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The first one said, Oh My it's getting late

The second one said, Let's have some fun

The third one said, Let's run, Let's run

The fourth one said, Let's dance, let's prance

The fifth one said, Now is our chance

When whoooo went the wind

(blow hard)

And out went the light

And away went the pumpkins

On a cold fall night.

If You See a Pumpkin

(tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)

If you see an orange pumpkin, clap your hands

If you see an orange pumpkin, clap your hands

If you see an orange pumpkin, and you want to see some more

If you see an orange pumpkin, clap your hands…

… green, white, red

Found a Pumpkin

(tune: Found a Peanut)

Found a pumpkin

In the garden,

A big old pumpkin fat and round

I will have to stoop and pick it if I want a pumpkin treat

I pick one pumpkin

And another

And one more from the vine

Do you know how many pumpkins?

Can you count them- up to nine?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Good-Bye Song

(tune: London Bridge)

Bye, good-bye we’ll see you soon,

See you soon, see you soon

Bye, good-bye we’ll see you soon

On another day!

Books

Hall, Z. It’s Pumpkin Time

Ochiltree, D. Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins

Rockwell, A. Apples and Pumpkins

Scott, M. Five Little Pumpkins

Wallace, N. Pumpkin Day

Cook a Book

Look what we did in Cook a Book! 

We read awesome stories, including:

Never Say Boo by Robin Pulver

Edgar, Allen, and Poe and the Tell-Tale Beets by Natalie Rompella

and

Bone Soup by Cambria Evans

Then, we made monster cupcakes! They were delicious. We followed this all with racing spiders and awesome trivia. 

Check out the next Cook a Book on November 2nd at 3:30. Hope to see you there!

Cook a Book

Dragon Storytime

This week's theme was dragons! This is what we did:

 Songs and Fingerplays

Little Dragon

(suit actions to words)

Little Dragon counts to three,

Little Dragon bends one knee.

Little Dragon touches his toes,

Little Dragon touches his nose.

Little Dragon makes a funny face,

Little Dragon runs in place.

Little Dragon lays on the floor,

Little Dragon starts to snore.

Swing Your Dragon Tail

(suit actions to words)

Turn around once and swing your dragon tail.

Turn around twice and flap your wings like sails.

Turn around three times, stomp your feet and roar.

Jump up high, then sit down on the floor.

I’m a Little Dragon

(Tune: I’m a Little Teapot)

I’m a little dragon,

strong and stout.

Here is my tail and

here is my snout.

If you get me upset,

you better watch out!

I’ll give you something

to shout about

Three Knights in Shining Armor

Three knights in shining armor,

Fearless and brave,

Went dragon hunting

Deep in a cave.

The dragon started breathing fire,

The knights’ knees were all aquiver,

So one little knight

Took off running for the river!

One little knight in shining armor….

So the last little knight

Took off running for the river!

Dragon Pokey

(version of Hokey Pokey!)

You put your right claw in,

You put your right claw out,

You put your right claw in,

And you shake it all about,

You do the dragon pokey

and you turn yourself around

That what it's all about.

... left claw
...tail

... dragon self

Breathing Fire

(tune: London Bridges)

Little Dragon, breathing fire

Breathing fire, breathing fire

Little dragon breathing fire

Little dragon!

…toward the ground

…on your head!

…on your nose

….in the sky!

Five Little Dragons

One little dragon with scales of blue;

Ran to meet the green one,

And then there were two.

Two little dragons sitting under a tree;

The red dragon joined them,

And then there were three.

Three little dragons, wishing there were more;

Along came the purple dragon,

And then there were four.

Four little dragons, happy to be alive;

Found a yellow dragon,

And then there were five.

Five little dragons all out to play;

“Watch out, they breathe fire,” is all I have to say.

Books

Broach, E. Hiding Hoover

Hunter, J. Little Ones Do

Larochelle, D. The Best Pet of All

Mayhew, J. Who Wants a Dragon?

Thomas, S. Good Night, Good Knight