Category Children’s Story Hour

Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose

Thidwick the Big Hearted Moose Dr. Suess  Ages 3-7 Poor Thidwick’s generosity proves the adage that no good deed goes unpunished, and soon everyone, from a tiny Bingle Bug to a huge bear, is taking advantage of our antlered hero.…

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The Sneeches and Other Stories

The Sneeches and Other Stories Dr. Seuss Ages 3+ “The Sneetches”:The Star-Belly Sneetches and the Plain-Belly Sneetches learn to overcome their differences. “The Zax”: When a North-Going Zax encounters a South-Going Zax traveling in the opposite direction, will their refusal…

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The Sick Story

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.

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The Rough-Face Girl

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…

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The Relatives Came

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…

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The Real Mother Goose

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…

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