It’s Lucy’s Birthday!
It’s Lucy’s Birthday! The Rutland Animal Shelter will be here again this year to help us celebrate. There may be some kittens here who are waiting to be adopted and maybe a puppy looking for a home. In lieu of gifts, please bring donations for the shelter: dry cat food towels blankets cat toys love We will also accept cash donations to buy kitty litter and  nutritious food  for Lucy.
Fireside Stories
September 10 ~ “Kindergarten” September 17 ~ “Chickens” September 24 ~ “Autumn” **Themes subject to change
Readers needed for Saturday Fireside Stories
The Fireside Stories program needs readers for Saturday mornings from 10:30 to about 11:00 AM. Please forward this to anyone you think may be willing to read once a month. I need a reader for August 27. We have several books about forgiveness and saying ‘sorry.’ We also need someone for September 17, chickens and September 24, autumn. We have themes picked out for October, November  & December.
Fireside stories
August 6 – “Fun in the Sun” August 13 – “Friends” August 20 – “the Tooth Fairy” August 27 – “Forgiveness”
Taradiddle
Taradiddle will help us kick off the summer reading program for children. Help tell a Spanish-infused Panamanian tale of a trickster rabbit, learn the magic song that brings the python down the mountain in a story from Zimbabwe, and maybe even revisit some Norwegian billy goats! Fun for the whole family.
fireside stories
July 2 ~ Children around the World July 9 ~ no story time ~ Book sale July 16 ~ Food around the World July 23 ~ Folk Tales around the World July 30 ~ Splish Splash
Fireside stories
June 4 – Hot Air Balloons June 11 – Baseball June 18 – Picnics June 25 – Linda kicks off summer reading Taradiddle will perform “Up and down the Mountain”
April Fireside Stories
April 2  – Rainbows April 9 – Frogs April 16 – Learn with Linda Easter program April 23 – April Showers April 30  – Harry, the dirty dog
March children’s programs
March 5: in honor of National Noodle Month, we will have stories about noodles. March 12: Learn with Linda about St Patrick’s Day with stories, crafts and snacks March 19: the swallows return to Capistrano. We will be reading about swallows. March 26: Will spring finally be here? No Story Time today. The Friends will be having a paperback book sale.
February Fireside Stories
February 5 – mittens February 12 – Valentine’s Day February 19 – Silly Rhymes February 26 – Mo Willems ~ Elephant and Piggie books