Starship Adventures ...

Be sure to take a peek at our WALL Of STAR READERS in the library! There are stars representing summer readers who have completed their 25hrs of reading and there are also photos of Space Buddies having Summer Fun! Don't forget to send in YOUR photos to share, and continue to keep track of your reading! You can redeem 'stars' for prizes from the treasure chest until August 22!

Don't forget to come meet BUZZ LIGHTYEAR this THURSDAY!

More Starship Adventures ...

These 2 Upton sisters are taking their homemade space buddies on adventures this summer!
Here's a picture of them visiting the Upton Town Library last week, and then later that night at the Milford Fireworks!

Thanks for sharing these photos!

Please send us pictures of YOUR Starship Adventures, too!

Soup's on!

The theme for last week's storytime was SOUP ... here are a few pictures of our crafty 'chefs' and their pretend-soup creations!

Snowmen@StoryTime!

THANK YOU to everyone who helped make today's storytime such a success!! The theme for today's Preschool storytime sessions was Snowmen, and several moms brought homemade playdough for the craft activity following the stories!

Here are some pictures from this fun event!

Happy Halloween from the TinyTots!

This morning, it was time for the littlest Library patrons to get in on the fun! Participants at today's TinyTots LapSit StoryTime showed up in costumes and had so much fun with their friends! Here are a couple of photos I've rec'd so far, from Meghan's mom, and I'll be adding more as they arrive!

Thank you all for a fun time this morning!!

TinyTots is held each Friday morning at 10:30 in our Children's Area.
Parents are asked to register in advance, on a monthly basis.

Halloween Fun at StoryTime!

Storytime today was all about Cats at the Library!
After reading Excuse Me .... Are You a Witch? by Emily Horn and Pumpkin Cat by Ann Turner, the kids created cat pictures to take home.

In Excuse Me . . . Are You a Witch? a lonely little black cat named Herbert goes in search of a witch, after reading (in a book at the library!) that witches like black cats ... so he thinks that if he can find a witch then he won't be lonely anymore ...

I love this book! Reading it is so much fun, especially when you dress for the part!

Happy Halloween!
~Miss Lisa

Creativity at Storytime!

Taking a break from our Fall themes last week, I read one of my all-time favorite books, Christina Katerina and the Box, about a girl and her friend who use their imagination to create all kinds of wonderful adventures for themselves using an empty cardboard box.

The last time I read this book at StoryTime (November 2006), the kids -and parents- loved it! This time, I paired it with an open-ended craft activity: lots of 'junk'---cardboard tubes, plastic caps, coffee stirrers, etc and some glue ... and said OK, make something! Here are some photos, (courtesy of Avery's mom's cell phone!) from Thursday afternoon's session of creative kids!!

Upcoming Storytime Themes:
Oct. 30: Halloween / black cats
Nov 6: Hibernation (postponed from October)
Nov.13: TBD
Nov.20: Thanksgiving / Turkeys
Nov.27: no storytime-Library Closed (Thanksgiving)

Fall Fun at the Library!

Children at today's storytime were busy making Autumn trees, by tracing their hand and forearm onto brown paper, cutting out the shape (a tree trunk & bare branches) and pasting it onto light blue paper. Colorful scraps of tissue paper were added for the Autumn leaves!

Books read today:

• When Autumn Falls by Kelly Nidey (Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2004)
• Who Loves the Fall? by Bob Raczka; illus. by Judy Stead (Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2007)
• I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli (New York : HarperCollins, 2004)
• Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley (Madison, WI : Zino Press Children's Books, 1998)

Pictures from our Fairy Houses Event: Saturday, September 13, 2008, in the Upton State Forest!

Thank you, Friends of the Upton Town Library, for funding this amazing event! Thank you to Tracy & Barry Kane for bringing the magic of Fairy Houses to Upton!

Fun is Sprouting at the Library!

StoryTime has had a spring theme over the past couple of months, with stories about rain ("April Showers Bring May Flowers"), frogs , and ducks in April; and lots of flowers in May!

On May 15, we planted Sunflower seeds! After 2 weeks, I brought the ones we planted at the library home to transplant in my garden because they were getting so big!

I planted a few more at the Library so we can watch those grow, too! The kids who planted seeds to take home that day have been reporting their growth progress each week!

Last week we read stories & learned all about a different yellow flower, DANDELIONS!
Today we read stories and learned about sunflowers and the birds that like to eat their seeds! Here are some pictures of recent crafts we've done, including today's participation!

March StoryTime Themes

Wow! I just can't believe how quickly the time flies by! It's St. Patrick's Day already and I am just finally posting about our March StoryTimes!

Well, in case you've missed the past couple of weeks, we started off the month talking about the old saying: "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." We discussed what that means, in terms of weather, and sure enough there had been a big storm on March 1st!

Our Story Time on March 6th was all about LIONS!
We read ROAR! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards, and Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, and then made some very cute Lion masks out of paper plates and orange, brown and yellow construction paper.

Roar!!

On March 13, we started looking forward to a new season, and read stories having to do with Spring and the color GREEN, including Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson, Little Green by Keith Baker , and Camping in Green by Christianne C. Jones.

Then we decorated shamrock shapes with green collage materials for a festive decoration.

This week's theme will be Rabbits & Bunnies .... so hop on over to the Library this Thursday to find out which books we'll be reading , and participate in making a fun bunny craft.

Since we started the month with the Lion theme, we'll finish up March next week with stories and a craft about ... Lambs!

I've got some great books picked out for this one!



Join the flock and have some fun!

Hope to see you soon @ the Library!!
Looking forward to SPRING,
Lisa
:)