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Story Time AM

Story Time takes place in announced exhibit areas, and includes early elementary age appropriate stories (but all ages are welcome to attend!). Current story times are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:30 AM.

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October:

Be Who You Are by Todd Parr

No matter who you are, what you look like or where you’re from, just BE WHO YOU ARE!

November:

My Powerful Hair by Carole Lindstrom

This story follows a Nakomi girl’s impatience for her hair to grow and be part of her connection to family, Indigenous culture, the earth, and herself. (Celebrating Native American Heritage Month)

Special Story Time: Nov 1, 10 AM

I Am Not a Costume by Maria DesJarlait

About the Author: Maria “White Cedar Woman” is an Arikara woman from Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota and Ojibwe from Red Lake, Minnesota. Raised on the reservation with big city dreams, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education and ESL in Chicago. Now a preschool teacher in Illinois, she saw the need for books that reflect Native children today. Inspired by her own childhood and her daughters’ adventures with their grandmother, she wrote this book to encourage Native children to dream big.

December:

Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

Kevin Henke’s acclaimed national bestseller about a kitten, the moon, and a bowl of milk.

January:

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

It’s time to build a snowman in this fresh and imaginative winter classic by Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Lois Ehlert.