Category Children’s Story Hour

Silly Lullaby

Silly Lullaby Sandra Boynton  Ages 1-3 Curl up with your favorite little person and this charmingly unpredictable go-to-sleep book. Whether you are a parent, child, or just another snoozing chicken in the bathtub, Silly Lullaby is truly a sweet dream…

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Ship in a Bottle

Ship in a Bottle Andrew Prahin Ages 3-7 All Mouse wants to do is eat gingersnaps, lie in the sun, and enjoy her ship in a bottle. All Cat wants to do is eat Mouse. This is a problem. So…

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Salt in His Shoes

Salt in His Shoes Deloris Jordan Ages 6-10 Michael Jordan. The mere mention of the name conjures up visions of basketball played at its absolute best. But as a child, Michael almost gave up on his hoop dreams, all because…

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Ruby the Copycat

Ruby the Copycat Peggy Rathmann Ages 4-6 It’s the first day of school, and Ruby is new. When her classmate Angela wears a red bow in her hair, Ruby comes back from lunch wearing a red bow, too. When Angela…

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Lowly Worm Storybook

Lowly Worm Storybook Richard Scarry Ages 4-8 Presents five brief stories in which the baker makes a loaf of talking bread, Mr. Fixit is finally stumped, Mr. Rabbit learns the consequences of absent-mindedness, three sisters make fudge, and Tanglefoot takes…

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Raising Dragons

Raising Dragons Jerdine Nolen Ages 4-7 When a dragon hatches on her pa’s farm, a young girl finds a best friend. At first Ma and Pa are wary of Hank, but it’s not long before they see him as their…

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Pigsty

Pigsty Mark Teague Ages 3-7 Wendell Fultz’s room isn’t a mess. It’s a total pigsty! In fact, he doesn’t even mind it when he discovers real pigs there. Then, one day, he finds hoofprints on his comic books….

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Piggybook

Piggybook Anthony Browne Ages 3-7 “Mr. Piggott and his sons are a male chauvinist lot who, outside of yelling for their dinner, don’t exercise themselves much around the house. When Mrs. Piggott finally tires of the endless chores that sandwich…

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Peppe the Lamplighter

Peppe the Lamplighter Elisa Bartone Ages 4-8 This is the story of Peppe, who becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant family in turn-of-the-century New York City, despite his papa’s disapproval. Peppe’s family is very poor, and though he…

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