Join us for our hands-on storytelling adventures, Tales for Tots, held each Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 11 am. Staff will engage guest with interactive storytelling followed by process-driven and play-based art, literacy, and/or science activities that connect to the story theme of the day.
Monday - Museum of Ancient Life
Wednesday - Farm Country
Friday - January - February - Museum of Natural Curiosity
March - May - Butterfly Biosphere
June - September - Ashton Gardens
October - December - Butterfly Biosphere
Upcoming Schedule:
Museum of Ancient Life
April 22 | Nanette’s Baguette by Mo Willems
Today is the day Nanette gets to get the baguette! Is she set? YOU BET!
April 29 | The Bravest Knight by Mercer Mayer
I wish I lived a thousand years ago. There would be beautiful castles, kings and queens, good knights, fair ladies in danger, evil dragons from the mountains, and a giant troll that roars and eats anything.
May 6 | Monsters Love Color by Mike Austin
Did you know that monsters love to scribble, scribble, mix, dance and wiggle? Why? Because monsters love to make new colors!
May 13 | If you Happen to Have a Dinosaur by Linda Bailey
If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it...why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur.
May 20 | How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own.
May 27 | Pirasaurs! by Josh Funk
Meet the Pirasaurs, a ragtag team of seasoned pirate dinosaurs looking for adventure and treasure! There's fearsome Captain Rex, golden-toothed Velocimate, one-eyed Bronto Beard, and more fearsome, buccaneering beasts.
Farm Country
April 24 | Chicken to the Rescue by Jim Himmelman
The amazing chickens on the Greenstalk farm race to help various family members and farm animals every day of the week.
May 1 | Three Little Pigs, An Architectural Tale by Steven Guarnaccia
Each house is filled with clever details, including furnishings. Of course, not all the houses are going to protect the pigs from the wolf’s huffing and puffing. Which one will?
May 8 | The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates
By the door there is an umbrella. It is big. It is so big that when it starts to rain there is room for everyone underneath. It doesn’t matter if you are tall. Or plaid. Or hairy.
May 15 | I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
One creative kid floods his world with color, painting first the walls, then the ceiling, then HIMSELF! Before this feisty artist is through, he'll have painted his head, back, hands, legs, feet, and -Oh no--here comes Mama!
May 22 | Round by Joyce Sidman
If you look closely, you will find that the world is bursting, swelling, budding, and ripening with round things awaiting discovery—like eggs about to hatch, or sunflowers stretching toward the sun.
May 29 | More Parts by Tedd Arnold
Give me a hand . . . hold your tongue . . . scream your lungs out . . . what's a kid to do if he wants to keep all his body parts in place? Well, one thing is for sure, he'll have to be creative.
Butterfly Biosphere
April 19 | The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
A tiny cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is no sound. The quiet cricket then makes his way into the world, meeting one insect after another.
April 26 | The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
When a little click beetle falls onto his back, he seeks the help of a wise old click beetle. "Look at me," says the click beetle, giving a loud CLICK and flipping onto its feet. Will the clumsy little click beetle get the hang of it?
May 3 | Charlotte and the Rock by Stephen W. Martin
Charlotte has always wanted a pet, so when her parents present her with one for her birthday, she receives a rock. Charlotte loves her rock as if he were real. If only he could love her back...or can he?
May 10 | Me Want Pet! By Tammi Sauer
Cave Boy decides he must have a pet, but his parents object. He brings home animal after animal in hopes of overcoming his parents’ steadfast resistance, but his attempts are unsuccessful—until he finds Dodo bird.
May 17 | Whose Story is This Anyways? by Mike Flaherty
What’s this book about? That depends on who you ask. Our humble narrator thinks he’s got a great story for you, but he barely begins before he’s interrupted...by a...
May 24 | Explorers of The Wild by Cale Atkinson
Boy and Bear both love to explore the outdoors. There are so many neat things to see, and so many strange things to find. These explorers are prepared for anything . . . except each other!
May 31 | Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Leonardo is a monster. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to frighten anyone. Determined to succeed, Leonardo sets himself to training and research. Finally, he finds a nervous little boy.
