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This Week In Storytime--February 8

All aboard for storytime! Miss Jamie got things moving in Lapsit Storytime this week with fun rhymes like these:

CRISS CROSS

Criss Cross (draw X on baby's back)
Applesauce (repeat)
Spiders crawling up your back! (run fingers up baby's back)
Cool breeze (blow on back of baby's neck)
Tight squeeze (hug)
Now you've got the shivers! (tickle)

CHOO-CHOO

Pathways to Parenting 2/7/10

Get Organized!

Sing, Dance and Play!

Looking for a quick, fun program for your little ones? Miss Nancy offers Let's Sing and Dance, an active, movement-centered program at different times and dates each month. There are morning, afternoon and evening programs scheduled for kids ages 2-6 with a grown-up. It's a walk-in program, no registration required!

A Site for Keeping Resolutions

If you have made that common New Year's resolution to lose weight, one of the most important parts of staying on track is knowing what you've eaten. DailyPlate.com, part of Lance Armstrong's LiveStrong.com, is a site where you can create a free account to track your food intake.

Pathways to Parenting 2/3/10

Creativity Reigns!

Aspiring teen writers can try an interactive writing platform by Harper Collins publishers.  Go to www.Inkpop.com to see what it's all about!

New Picture Books 2/1/10

Happy New Year! Out with the old and in with the new! The arrival of 2010 brings new board books, picture books and easy reader books to the Children's Department! I've listed a few new titles below to get you started, but be sure to make a trip to WPPL to browse all the newest titles!

This Week In Storytime--February 1

Baby, it's cold outside! But Miss Jamie keeps things active in Lapsit Storytime! Here's a couple of rhymes you can do at home:
EASY PEASY
Easy peasy (clap baby's hands)
Nice and easy (clap)
Stretch your arms (stretch out baby's arms)
And bend your knee-sies! (tickle baby's knees)

TWO LITTLE BIRDIES

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book cover imagebook recently. It is CAMILLE MCPHEE FELL UNDER THE BUS by Kristen Tracy. Think of worst things happening, such as having low blood sugar, falling under the school bus, losing your cat and your best friend is moving far away. Well poor Camille McPhee is loaded with all those worst things. But she stays hopeful and works on a positive attitude. Will this help? Read and see what happens, good and bad to a delightful fourth grader, Camille McPhee.

Winter: A Time of Sport and Industry

In honor of the recent cold snap, I thought I would touch on just a few of the ways life changed for Doverites during the long Ohio winters of yesteryear.

It's a Mystery 1/21/2010

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Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)