Tweens: Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses are not just made during the December holiday season! Tweens braved the snow on Friday, January 25th and came in to design their own gingerbread houses during an after-hours program.   Using two school lunch sized milk boxes, they added frosting and graham crackers to side their house.  Since we were never able to celebrate Halloween at the library, we had a bunch of leftover candy that the tweens were able to use to decorate their houses.

Here are some of their creations:

There will be another after hours tween program in February: Send a Card to a Friend, on Friday, February 8th @ 6:30PM.  Tweens will get to use our die-cut machine and decorate cards that we will mail that evening. Registration is required for this free program and is available on the library's website or by sending an email to maplkids@lmxac.org.

Picture Book Favorites from 2012

Here are some of Miss Chrissie’s favorite picture books from 2012 in case you missed them! (The call number is listed in case you want to find them on the shelf at the library.)

This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen                                            
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A little fish makes off with the hat of a sleeping bigger fish, but his hopes of getting away with the theft may not turn out like he planned.

Artist Ted by Andrea Beaty
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Ted is still exploring career options in Andrea Beaty’s third Ted book.  Ted uses items from the refrigerator to paint a masterpiece on the walls in his house.  When he goes to school he designs more masterpieces on the school walls and on the backs of classmates’ heads. Ted’s newfound profession of being an artist frustrates his family and teachers, but does bring joy to some.

Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon                                         
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Penguin has made a new friend, Pinecone. However, it is too cold in the arctic for Pinecone so Penguin brings his friend to a warmer place.  Penguin gets a big surprise when he visits Pinecone a year later.

Zorro Gets an Outfit by Carter Goodrich                                     
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When Zorro’s owner dresses him in a new outfit, he is the laughing stock of all of his dog friends.

All By Myself by Emily Jadoul                                                     
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A little penguin is being potty trained and wakes his parents up in the middle of the night to help him with the potty until one night he does it all by himself.

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin                                          
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Who knew that dragons loved tacos? But what they don’t like is spicy tacos- that’s what makes them breathe fire!

Dog in Charge
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Owners go out for the afternoon and leave their dog in charge of their many cats, but dog can’t seem to keep them all under control.

Hippospotomus by Jeanne Willis                                                  
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Hippo gets a spot on his behind. He doesn’t know how he got it and all of his animal friends suggest different remedies for getting rid of the unwanted mark.

Tyler Makes Pancakes by Tyler Florence                                    
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Tyler wakes up from a dream about a pancake spaceship one morning and decides that is what he wants for breakfast. He heads to the market with his dog, Tofu and learns about all of the ingredients in his recipe.

Oh, No! by Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann                            
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A frog falls into a deep hole and all of his animal friends, of various size, try to help him out of the hole. Only, most of them fall into the hole trying to help him out!