The Library is streaming storytimes live on FaceBook! Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday @ 10:30 am Each storytime will be presented by members of the Library's talented children's staff and comments will be answered during the live stream. Visit the Library's Facebook page for updates.
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December 1 theme: Cookies
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If you give a mouse a cookie
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day
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Who ate all the cookie dough?
by Karen Beaumont
After going into the kitchen to make her tasty batch of cookies and discovering that all the cookie dough has been eaten, Kanga the kangaroo sets off into the neighborhood to find out who the hungry culprit is by asking all her jungle friends, including Hippo, Monkey, and Zebra, along the way. Children's BOMC. 40,000 first printing.
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The cow loves cookies
by Karma Wilson
While all the other animals on the farm enjoy eating their regular food, the cow chooses to eat the one thing she loves best, in a read-aloud story from the New York Times best-selling author of Bear Snores On.
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The duckling gets a cookie!?
by Mo Willems
A latest entry in the series by the three-time Caldecott Honor-winning author and illustrator finds the irrepressible bus-driving pigeon expressing his astonishment and indignation when Duckling asks for a cookie and gets one. 250,000 first printing.
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Maisy makes gingerbread
by Lucy Cousins
Maisy the mouse makes gingerbread cookies and shares them with her friends Charley and Tallulah
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Angry cookie
by Laura Dockrill
A first picture book by the author of the Darcy Burdock series depicts an outraged baked good whose complaints about a roommate's terrible musical skills, a barber's experiment and the incompatibility between hats and cookies reveal the source of its bad mood.
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"Slowly, slowly, slowly," said the sloth by Eric CarleAs all the animals of the forest race past him throughout the day and night, they become curious as to why sloth just hangs in his one spot all the time, yet after asking him, the other animals begin to see the wisdom in sloth's simple outlook on the world.
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Sparky!
by Jenny Offill
An animal-lover's picture book combines whimsical illustrations by the designer of the Coraline film with the story of a little girl who orders a pet sloth through the mail and finds reasons to love him despite his less-than-conventional behavior. By the award-wining author of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore.
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Mervin the sloth is about to do the best thing in the world
by Colleen A. F Venable
Slow-moving Mervin the Sloth stands silently as giant letters drop onto the page, causing his animal friends to speculate what wonderful thing he is preparing to do, an activity that nobody except Amy the Red Panda is patient enough to discover. 35,000 first printing.
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A little book of sloth
by Lucy Cooke
From a British filmmaker and sloth expert comes a hilarious, heartwarming photographic picture book starring the laziest--and one of the cutest--animals on the planet.
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December 3 theme: Snowy Day
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Peep and Ducky : it's snowing! by David MartinDelighted when snow starts to fall, Peep and Ducky climb onto their sleds before a setback involving a snowman leads to angry feelings and then laughter, in a latest friendship story by the creators of Peep and Ducky Rainy Day
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Some snow is . . .
by Ellen Yeomans
Three young neighbors share a cozy wintry season marked by different kinds of snow, fun-filled outdoor activities and the eventual arrival of spring. By the author of The Other Ducks. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Snow! Snow! Snow!
by Lee Harper
When the blizzard finally comes to an end and dawn breaks, Pa and his boys awaken to discover that their entire town has been covered in a blanket of fluffy snow, compelling them to race outside to partake in the joy of a perfect winter's day.
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One snowy morning
by Kevin Tseng
Two woodland friends, a squirrel and a chipmunk, encounter a snowman without recognizing it and use its top hat, carrot nose and mittens as helpful objects that they turn into a rowboat, yummy soup and funny fish puppets. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Snowy race
by April Jones Prince
A heartwarming story designed to be read together or out loud celebrates the warmth of family in the snowy season as a girl and her father hop into a snowplow to make it to the train station in time for a special arrival. Illustrations.
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