Move Over Three Cups of Tea

The recent controversy surrounding Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea does not diminish the humanitarian efforts and idealistic beliefs of others committed to helping children […]

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Turtles

Our theme for this week was funny green turtles!  Before I even introduced our theme with the children, I read this book and had the […]

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Butterflies

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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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” […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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