Muscle Shoals Children's Library

Valentine's Day Festivities!

Valentine's Day Displays

We love conversation hearts!
At the bottom of the bulletin board, we have recommendations that have been made my each of the children's area staff members.  The outstanding artwork at the bottom is by our very talented Miss Lauren.  The next time you're in the children's area, grab a recommendation and check out one of our favorite reads!

Throughout the month of February, everyone who visited the children's area was given the opportunity to make a postcard Valentine for the library.  The postcards are displayed on the bulletin board.

Preschool Story Time 

2/13/19 and 2/15/19

Snack:  cheerios and Valentine goody bags (Hershey's kisses, lollipops) 

(gluten free and dye free alternatives are available)

Songs: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

             Glasses

             Shake Your Sillies Out

             Hoky Poky Shake

             Skinnamarink

Poem:   "Four Little Valentines" 

               One Valentine I made for you

               Make another, and now there are two

               Two Valentines for you and me

               Make another, and now there are three

               Three Valentines, we want more

               Make another, and now there are four

Books: 

 

A great big hug in book form, Snuggle Puppy is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright, chunky, a pleasure to hold, and has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before it's even opened. Best of all, it's packed, of course, with pure Boynton: her inimitable language, her inimitable illustrations, her inimitable sense of fun.

OOO, Snuggle Puppy of mine! Everything about you is especially fine. I love what you are. I love what you do. Fuzzy little Snuggle Puppy, I love you. Featuring a sweet and cuddly doggie cast and rhyming verse, Snuggle Puppy is the perfect bedtime book to read last, because of an ending that kids will want again and again: I started with OOO. . . . Now we'll end like this: [BIG SMOOCH!]

Love Monster is a slightly hairy monster trying to fit in with the cuddly residents of Cutesville. But as it turns out, it's hard to fit in with the cute and the fluffy when you're a googly-eyed monster. And so, Love Monster sets out to find someone who will love him just the way he is. His journey is not easy―he looks high, low, and even middle-ish. But as he soon finds out, in the blink of a googly eye, love can find you when you least expect it. (from publisher)

In Foxy in Love, author-artist Emma Dodd's celebration of Valentine's Day, Foxy uses his magic tail to solve Emily's dilemma.

Once again Foxy's friend Emily needs his help, big-time! Emily is trying to make a Valentine's Day card, and she needs Foxy to remind her of all the things that she loves most. From birthday cakes to gardens with rainbows, Foxy is able to make everything Emily loves magically appear—but sometimes he makes a mistake (Emily loves balloons, not raccoons!)

Luckily Foxy can always find a good solution when things go wrong . . . and he knows just the right way to make Emily's Valentine's Day card complete! Foxy and Emily figure out exactly what Valentine's Day means to them in this sweet sequel to Foxy.

Activities:

The Heart Hop

Valentine Card Making Station

There is still more to come!

Friday morning at 10:30 we will have another Valentine's Day Preschool Story Time program.

On Thursday we will have a Valentine's Day celebration after school!

Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.