Storytime Hours, Fall 2011 and Homework Help

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Every year when September rolls around, I find myself wishing to go back to unstructured summer days and yet I really look forward to the return of a regular schedule filled with school, playdates and after school activities. If you are looking for something fun to do as you and your family transition to the coming school year, be sure to make plans for storytimes at one of Marin’s fantastic libraries. Storytellers are rockstars to children and it’s FREE! Storytime in Marin is more then just sharing stories – they incorporate finger play, dancing, songs, puppetry, good old fashioned knee bouncing, socialization, bonding time and more.

Below, is all the storytime information for the Fall of 2011. I also asked the head children’s librarians in Marin, “If you were stranded on a deserted island with a group of 0-5 year olds, which three books would you bring?“ Look for these recommendations and more on the shelf.

For school aged children, our libraries offer “Homework Help.” It is an invaluable resource so everyone with a library card can get online access to one-on-one expert tutors in math, science, English, social studies and a vast database to of videos and tutorials. Additionally, our librarians are an excellent resource for helping choose the right title for a particular child based on age and interests. When you don’t know the answer on your child’s homework or what they should read, head to your local library.

Library Branch	Storytelling Hours	Storyteller	Stranded on a deserted island Recommendations
Belvedere-Tiburon Library1501 Tiburon Blvd.789-2662	MondayBaby Bounce, ages 0-2 years at 10:30 am and 11 amTuesdayStorytime à la française with Le Petit Jardin, age 18 months – 4 years at 10:30 am, sign-up required.Preschool Storytime, age 2-3 years at 11 am Preschool Storytime, ages 3-5 years at 4 pm Wednesdays Book Club, ages 7-9, 4pm, sign-up required	Alicia Bell	“Knuffle Bunny” & “Knuffle Bunny Free” by Mo Willems“A Bad Case of Stripes” by David Shannon“Sylvester and the Magic Pebble” by William Steig
Civic Center3501 Civic Center Drive # 427 507-4048	ThursdayMother Goose on the Loose, 0-3 years at 10:30 amPreschool Storytime, 3-5 years at 3:30 pm	Ms. Kitty the Librarian	“Llama Llama Red Pajama” by Anna Dewdney“The Incredible Bookeating Boy” by Oliver Jeffers “Knuffle Bunny” by Mo Willems
Corte Madera707 Meadowsweet Drive 924-4844	TuesdayMother Goose on the Loose, ages 0-2 years at 10:00 am Storytime, ages 5-8 years (in October, November, February, March, April) at 3:30 pm Wednesday Toddler Time, ages 0-2 years at 10:00 am Preschool Storytime, ages 3-6 years at 11:00 am	Marilyn Simons reads Tuesday storytimesMarilyn Wronsky reads Wednesdays	“Interrupting Chicken” by David Ezra Stein“Adèle and Simon” by Barbara McClintock “Mary and the Mouse, the Mouse and Mary” by Beverly Donofrio
Fairfax Library2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. 453-8151	ThursdayPreschool Storytime for ages 3 to 6 years at 3:30 pm Thursday Mother Goose on the Loose, age 0-3 years at 11 am Saturday Preschool Storytime for ages 3 to 6 years at 11:00 am	Carolyn Potter	“Interrupting Chicken” by David Ezra Stein“Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf” by Judy Sierra “My Very First Mother Goose” by Rosemary Wells
Larkspur Library400 Magnolia Avenue 927-5005	TuesdayBaby Bounce, ages 0-30m at 9:30 am, (except 11/22) Thursday Preschool Storytime for ages 2 ½ – 5 years at 9:30 am, (except 11/24, 12/22, 12/29) Friday Afternoon Storytime for ages 4 years and older at 3:30 pm, (except 12/23, 12/30)	Baby Bounce by Sarah SonnetPreschool Storytimes by Gail Spencer, Helyse Hollander and Teresa Capasso Afternoon Storytimes by Terri Innes and Teresa Capasso	“Shoe Baby” by Joyce & Polly Dunbar“The Gruffalo” by Julia Donaldson “The Great Gracie Chase” by Cynthia Rylant
Marin City Library164 Donahue Street 332-6157	WednesdayMother Goose on the Loose, age 0-3 years at 9:30 am Preschool Story time, age 3-6 years at 10:20 am School Age, kindergarten and up at 1 pm 2nd Preschool Story time at 3:30 pm	Clara McFadden	“Good Night Gorilla” by Peggy Rathman“Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes” by Mem Fox “Good Night Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown
Mill Valley Library375 Throckmorton Avenue 389-4292	WednesdayPreschool Storytime, age 3-5 years at 10:30 am & 11:30 am Thursday Toddler Storytime, ages 2-3 years at 10:15 am Lapsit, ages under 2 years, 11:15 am Saturday Family Storytime, all ages, 11 am	Phil Sheridan (Wed 10:30am and Sat 11 am)Yolanda Fletcher or Hayley Beale (Wed 11:30 am) Sarah Kaminker (Thur)	“Yummy” by Lucy Cousins“The Three Billy Goats Gruff” retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone “10 Minutes Til Bedtime” by Peggy Rathman “The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story” retold by Joseph Bruchac “A Chair for My Mother” by Vera B. Williams
Novato Library1720 Novato Blvd. 897-1143	Second Monday of the monthPajama Storytime, ages 4 to 8 years at 7 pm Tuesday and Wednesday Lapsit Storytime, ages 18 to 36 months old at 10 am Wednesday Bilingual Storytime: Español & English, all ages, 5:30 pm Wednesday and Saturday Preschool Storytime, ages 3 to 6 years old at 11 am Thursday Mother Goose on the Loose, ages 6 to 18 months, 10 am	TBD	“Mother Goose” illustrated by Sylvia Long, Scott Gustafson or Rosemary Wells“Make Way for Ducklings” by Robert McCloskey “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White to read aloud to the bigger kids
San Anselmo Library110 Tunstead Avenue 258-4656	MondayBook Babies, ages 0-3 years at 10am with Clara Friday Preschool Storytime in Council Chambers, ages 3-5y, followed by craft time at 10:30 am	April Hayley	“Mother Goose nursery rhyme collection”, by Iona Opie and illustrated by Rosemary Wells“Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me” by Eric Carle “Frog Went A-Courtin‘” by John Langstaff
San Rafael Library1100 E Street 485-3323	TuesdaysPreschool Storytime, ages 3 to 6, 3:30 pm Mother Goose on the Loose storytime for babies 0-18 months, 10:30-11am (starts Sept 20) Wednesdays Toddler, ages birth to 3 years old, 10:30 am Thursdays Toddler, ages birth to 3 years old, 10:15 am Fridays Baby Time, ages birth to 18 months, 10:30 am	Hollie (Tues)Hollie and Margaret (Wed) Hollie, Margaret and Jill (Thur) Sarah Sonnet (Fri)	Jill’s Picks:”Pete the Cat” by Eric Litwin”I Aint Gonna Paint No More” by Karen Beaumont “The Squeaky Door” by Margaret Read MacDonaldMargaret’s Picks: “Mother Goose Rhymes” “Ogden Nash Poems” “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss Hollie’s Picks: “A Child’s Garden of Verses“ by Robert Luis Stevenson “Once Upon a Bedtime Story” Jane Yolen, Classic tales from around the world, beautifully illustrated “Frog and Toad are Friends” by Arnold Lobel
Sausalito Library420 Litho Street 289-4121	WednesdayToddler Storytime, ages 3 years and under at 9:40 am with Molly Thursday Storytime, all ages at 3:30 pm with Phil	Molly McCallPhil Sheridan	“Good Night Gorilla” by Peggy Rathman“Mother Goose” “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Other storytimes:

Barnes & Noble, Corte Madera, 927-9016, Wednesday and Saturday 11 am

Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, 339-3900, 11:30 am every Tuesday – Sunday. * Please note, the museum is closed for annual maintenance September 19 – October 3.

Book Passage, Corte Madera, 927-0960, every Sunday at 11 a.m., featuring Christopher Smith, fabulous musician and world-class kindergarten teacher at Neil Cummins Elementary in Corte Madera. Susan Kunhardt, Children’s Book Buyer at Book Passage says,

“My three favorite books of all time (today) ‘Blueberries for Sal‘ by Robert McCloskey, ‘A Good Day‘ by Kevin Henkes, ‘The Big Red Barn‘ by Margaret Wise Brown. Ask me again tomorrow and I may have a different answer, except for ‘Blueberries for Sal’–that one has never been displaced in my heart!”

Goodnite Moon, first and third Monday of the month with Leslie Lakes.

Henry’s Toyshop, Mill Valley, 380-8691, first Tuesday of the month at 11 am by Phil Sheridan who says,

“My top three books are ‘Dawn‘ by Uri Shulevitz, ‘Good Night Moon‘ by Margaret Wise Brown and ‘Cinderella‘ by Barbara McClintock. I also love ‘Snow White‘ illustrated by Charles Santore and ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance‘ by Giles Andrede.”

Pottery Barn Kids, Corte Madera, 927-3558, Tuesday, all ages, 11 am

The Poppy Store, Larkspur, 464-0222, Monday, all ages, 11:30 am