The Evans Branch library was host to fabulous art work from the community’s little creators. The Irondequoit Cooperative Nursery School and the Summerville Nursery School had work on display from their preschool classes in the children’s room. The exhibit may be gone, but others will be up later this year. Check out [...]
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June 2, 2008
POETRY FRIDAY
SPORTS POEMS
With the warm weather come outdoor sports — basketball in the driveway or an outdoor court, Little League baseball, soccer games, swimming!
Poems about sports make some good rainy day or evening reading for kids. Or, try them for family read-alouds after an evening at the ball park. Here are a few suggestions.
EXTRA INNINGS: BASEBALL [...]
April 25, 2008
POETRY FRIDAY
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN WHO LOVED A RAT and Other Vile Little Poems
by Gerda Rovetch
The word “vile” means disgusting, wretched, unpleasant! Who would want to read poems like that?
I tried them out, and discovered that while they ARE a little gross, they are mostly just plain silly!
Each rhyme is just four lines, illustrated with [...]
April 22, 2008
A few girls you might like to meet…
How To Be a Baby by Me, The Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-Jones
The Big Sister in this book explains the pitfalls of babyhood, and why it’s far superior to be the big sister. For one thing, when you’re a baby, “you’re not allowed to touch anything. And a special plug goes in your mouth…to [...]
