Category Children’s Story Hour

The Sick Story Linda Hirsch Ages 8-10 Miranda relishes the thought of staying at home one more day with her cold, but she also wants to try out for a part in the school play.

The Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing Helen Lester Ages 4-7 Ewetopia is not comfortable in her own wool, and every attempt she makes to impress the other sheep falls flat. So when an invitation to the Woolyones’ Costume Ball arives, Ewetopia…

The Rough-Face Girl Rafe Martin Ages 5-9 From Algonquin Indian folklore comes a powerful, haunting rendition of Cinderella.  In a village by the shores of Lake Ontario lived an invisible being. All the young women wanted to marry him because…

The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant  Ages 2-6 In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the…

The Real Mother Goose Blanche Wright Ages Baby- 5 years For more than 100 years, The Real Mother Goose Treasury has been charming millions of children by introducing familiar tales such as Pat-a-Cake, Little Bo-Peep, Humpty Dumpty, The House That…

The Rattlebang Picnic Margaret Mahy  Ages 3-8 The McTavishes, their seven children, and Granny McTavish take their old rattlebang of a car on a picnic up Mt. Fogg and have an exciting adventure.

The Pout-Pout Fish and the Worry-Worry Whale Deborah Diesen Ages 1-3 Willa Whale is full of worries! Will the party be too loud? Will she find someone to talk to? Will she get lost in the crowd? Mr. Fish is…

The Pout-Pout Fish Deborah Diesen Ages 1-3 Swim along with the pout-pout fish as he discovers that being glum and spreading “dreary wearies” isn’t really his destiny.

The Pigeon Has to Go to School Mo Willems Ages 3-6 The Pigeon is about to get SCHOOLED. Do YOU think he should go? Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! Well … almost…

The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume Ages 6-8 When an eight-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother take turns describing each other, it’s no surprise that “The Pain” and “The Great One” are the nicknames that emerge. As this…