Section: Preschoolers
Picture Books: Old Robert And The Sea-Silly Cats
Each Friday, we’ve been bringing you picture books recommended by Cheryl Ashley, our children’s librarian. This week’s story reflects on the importance of friendship as experienced through the eyes of a lonely sailor. Here are some additional books to review on friendship from some of the weekly contributors to Susanna Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday [...]
Picture Books: Dog In Charge
What is amazing to me is that no matter how many picture books collect on our shelves, or how many we peruse in the book store or library, there are always so many that I haven’t heard of. This week’s picture book recommendation from Cheryl Ashley is a newly published book, and as we love [...]
Picture Books: Wee Granny’s Magic Bag
Kids just love magical things: leprechauns, fairies, unicorns and many other surprises. In this week’s picture book recommendation from Cheryl Ashley at the Verona Public Library, the magic increases tenfold with Granny and her trip to the park with Emily and Harry. Written by Elizabeth McKay, the magical story of Wee Granny’s Magic Bag could [...]
Summer Camp For Preschoolers
If you have a child in preschool, their school year probably ends around the first week of June. With another month of public school left to go, the YMCA Family Center is offering something new this year. It’s a camp called June Bugs which is dedicated to preschool-aged children. The camp is open to children [...]
Picture Books: Poetry For Kids
As April comes to a close and the warmer weather and summer quickly approach, my kids and I all have marshmallow roasting on the brain. It’s one of my favorite desserts and the kids always have so much fun with the sweet, sticky mess. While we don’t typically do a lot of reading while roasting, [...]
Picture Books: Dini Dinosaur
For the past few weeks, we’ve been bringing you picture book selections from Cheryl Ashley, the children’s librarian at the Verona Public Library. Her eye for great illustrations and gentle stories just for kids is impressive and this story about a very dirty dinosaur who needs to get clean before bed is no exception. The [...]
Picture Books: The Duckling Gets A Cookie!?
Mo Willems, a picture book author and illustrator, is one of my favorites and his beloved Pigeon is back and in a new story. In his Pigeon series, Pigeon has many ways of trying to get what he wants whether it be by stomping, begging, laughing, hiding, or just pouting. I discovered his books through [...]
YMCA Healthy Kids Day Coming To Verona Park
On Saturday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m., the YMCA Healthy Kids Day event will be held in Verona Park. The Y has partnered with area hospitals, Whole Foods Market, Take Back the Kitchen and many others to create a fun and carnival like atmosphere promoting healthy living and healthy summer habits for kids. [...]
Picture Books: Me Want Pet!
Imagine you were a cave child and really wanted a pet. What would that pet be? When I asked my kids and they suggested a woolly mammoth, I was very thankful we are no longer living in caves. A fun story to read and see what your kids would think of, Me Want Pet is just the [...]
Picture Books: Pip’s Trip
Picture books? Have we got picture books for you today. A recommendation from the Verona Public Lirary’s children’s librarian, a new pick from my favorite children’s book blog and a spotting of picture books galore at a local book store. Read on: “Pip is fascinated by the farm’s red pick-up truck and longs to see [...]