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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Storytime: Monsters

Storytime for grades K-2.


 Bony-legs (Hello Reader Series)
Bony-Legs
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

My Creature Teacher
My Creature Teacher
By Laura Leuck and Scott Nash


My Monster Mama Loves Me So

or My Monster Mama Loves Me So
by Laura Leuck and Mark Buehner
(depends on what I feel like)


A Creepy Countdown
A Creepy Countdown
By Charlotte S. Huck and Jos A. Smith


Go Away, Big Green Monster!
Go Away Big Green Monster
By Ed Emberly


Guess What? (Voyager Books)
(And if there's time)
Guess What?
By Mem Fox and Vivienne Goodman






Song:

The Ghosts in the House
(sung to The Wheels on the Bus)

The ghosts in the house go boo, boo, boo.
Boo, boo, boo. Boo, boo, boo.
The ghosts in the house go boo, boo, boo.
All through the night.

The witches in the house go cackle, cackle, cackle.
Cackle, cackle, cackle. Cackle, cackle, cackle.
The witches in the house go cackle, cackle, cackle.
All through the night.

The black cat in the house goes meow, meow, meow.
Meow, meow, meow. Meow, meow, meow.
The black cat in the house goes meow, meow, meow.
All through the night.

Then have kids made up their own verses. They love it! Especially cool when you have skeletons in the house and everyone clicks the roof of their mouths.

Friday, October 26, 2007

How much is your library worth to you?

This is an interesting little widget. http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm It shows you how much each of the services you use at your local library costs. I'm not sure how accurate it is for some of the numbers, but as far as books and children's programs are concerned it actually seems pretty accurate.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Way Too Much Fun

I love these games from Carnegie Melon. I especially like "I'll Get It". http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc/index.html

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Movies Adapted From Children's Books-- Coming Soon

Browsing on IMDB today... see what's coming!




October 5, 2007
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising







December 7, 2007
The Golden Compass







February 15, 2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles






March 14, 2008
Horton Hears a Who







March 19, 2008
Inkheart






May 16, 2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian