C’mon. You can’t think about springtime without thinking about fluttering butterflies. So let’s learn about those beautiful winged creatures in this week’s storytime through books, […]
Beyond the Book
We got a new online catalog! Wow-wee! It’s pretty amazing, I gotta tell ya. Remember when you used to have to hold fire near a […]
Flowers
Happy Earth Day everyone! We wanted to celebrate earth day this week, so we decided to put our focus on flowers.Books: “Sesame Street’s Let’s Help […]
Rain
This has been one of the wettest Aprils I can remember. So, what better time to discuss rain with our Explorastory kids than now?Books: “Rain” […]
Feelings and Emotions
Teaching children to learn and recognize their feelings is very important. This is why we created this storytime. Books: “The Way I feel” by Janan […]
Hot off the shelves
National Library Week is over, but it did not pass by without some great thoughts of libraries doing good things. There was this NPR piece […]
Shadows
Shadows are awesome. And they are everywhere. And kids seem to like to talk about them. At least they did when we introduced our topic […]
Tell us a story
It’s National Library Week, everybody! The theme of the week-long celebration here at Heights Library is Create Your Own Story @ Your Library. There are […]
Pandas
Books: “Panda Kindergarten” by Joanne Ryder, photographs by Katherine Feng. “Pi-Shu the Little Panda” by John Butler While reading about Pi-Shu, I held a panda […]
Book Review – Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
How would a child survive the furious tragedy of Hurricane Katrina? Would it even be possible? What kind of person, let alone child, would it […]
