Story Time

Family Programs at the Miller Library

Join us each month for stories and activities that celebrate gardens, plants, and nature! Pajama stories happen on summer Monday evenings (listed below) from 7:00 to 7:30. We also have story times one Saturday morning a month, from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Programs are geared for children ages 2 to 8; the entire family is invited to attend. It’s free and open to the public!

   

PAJAMA STORIES: VACATION WITH TREES

What do trees do for us? What can we do for trees? Our stories this month are all about the observation and enjoyment of trees.

 

THE REAL HOLE by Beverly Cleary (SB 455 .C54 1996)
ANCIENT ONES by Barbara Bash (SB 436.8 .D67 1997)
LEAF MAN by Lois Ehlert (QH 541.5 .F6 B27)

 

Monday, June 15,
7:00-7:30 PM

PAJAMA STORIES: GARDEN MYSTERIES

PLANT DETECTIVE GRAPHICWhat’s under there?  Who’s been in the garden?  What’s inside that egg?  Join us for these fun and suspenseful pajama stories. 

SECRET WORLDS: HIDDEN UNDERNEATH by Kim Taylor (QL 49 .T29 1990)
IN THE GARDEN: WHO’S BEEN HERE? by Lindsay Barrett George (SB 455 .G46 2006)
AN EGG IS QUIET by Dianna Aston/Sylvia Long (QL 49 .A78 2006)

 

Monday, July 6,
7:00-7:30 PM

PAJAMA STORIES:INCREDIBLE INSECTS

ladybug graphic

Don’t worry, we won’t let the bedbugs bite, but we are going buggy tonight about a few of our favorite insect books:

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle (SB 455 .C2 1987)
LADYBUG, LADYBUG by Ruth Brown (SB 455 .B77 1992)
HOW TO HIDE A BUTTERFLY by Ruth Heller (QL 467.2 .H45 1985)

Monday, August 24
7:00-7:30 PM

 

PAJAMA STORIES: 1-2-3
SATURDAY STORIES: A-B-C

chicken teacher

Learning is fun with these classic counting books and alphabet books: 

COUNTING IN THE GARDEN by Kim Parker (SB 455 .P27 2005)
ONE LEAF RIDES THE WIND by Celeste Davidson Mannis (SB 455 .M26 2002)
INCH BY INCH by Leo Leonni (SB 455 .L56 1995)
EATING THE ALPHABET by Lois Ehlert (SB 455 .E45)
A GARDENER’S ALPHABET by Mary Azarian (SB 455 .A92 2000)
THE ACCIDENTAL ZUCCHINI by Max Grover (SB 455 .G76)

Monday, Sept. 21,
7:00-7:30 PM

Saturday date to be determined,
10:00-10:45 AM

 

Photos from our Story Times

Reading pumpkin stories Bundled up for a winter story
   
Making pumpkin crafts