Catch the Gingerbread Man at this week's Story Time. Click around the Story Room for stories, crafts, and fun activities about the Gingerbread Man.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 9 & 10 of Calendar Mysteries: December Dog by Ron Roy.
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Santa Claus is coming to town this week! Click around the Story Room to find stories, songs, crafts, and a recipe for Santa cookies!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 7 & 8 of Calendar Mysteries: December Dog by Ron Roy.
Santa's Elves
Santa's elves are hanging out in the Story Room with Acorn this week! Click around to see what you can find, there may be some fun treats to make inside.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 4, 5, & 6 of Calendar Mysteries: December Dog by Ron Roy.
Reindeer
Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Click around the Story Room to find a reindeer story, songs, crafts, and a recipe!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 1, 2, & 3 of Calendar Mysteries: December Dog by Ron Roy.
Autumn
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapter 9 of Calendar Mysteries: November Night written by Ron Roy.
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! This week Acorn's Story Room is all about Thanksgiving. Click around the Story Room to see what you can find!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 7 and 8 of Calendar Mysteries: November Night by Ron Roy.
Owls
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 5 & 6 of Calendar Mysteries: November Night by Ron Roy.
Hedgehogs
This week's Story Time is all about those cute and fun Hedgehogs! Click around the Story Room to find a story, song, and crafts about Hedgehogs.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 3 & 4 of Calendar Mysteries: November Night by Ron Roy.
Squirrels
This month's Story Time themes will be all about Fall animals! This week click around the Story Room for all things Squirrels!
Read along with Ms. Carrie as she reads chapters 1 and 2 of Calendar Mysteries: November Night by Ron Roy.
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! Click around the Story Room for a Berenstain Bears Halloween story and see what fun Halloween crafts you can find!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to the final chapters of Calendar Mysteries: October Ogre by Ron Roy.
Let's Go to the Pumpkin Patch!
Who's ready to go to the Pumpkin Patch? This week's theme is all about pumpkins! Click around the pumpkin patch for stories, songs, and fun crafts!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 5 and 6 of Calendar Mysteries: October Ogre by Ron Roy.
Fall Leaves
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 3 and 4 of Calendar Mysteries: October Ogre written by Ron Roy.
Scarecrows
One of the best things about the Autumn season is Scarecrows! This week join us for a Scarecrow Story Time. Click around Acorn's Autumn Story Room and see what you can find!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 1 and 2 of Calendar Mysteries: October Ogre written by Ron Roy.
Hello Autumn!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to the final chapters of Calendar Mysteries: September Sneakers by Ron Roy.
Life on the Farm
This week is all about life on the farm! Click around the Story Room for a story, song, and fun farm activities and crafts.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 5 and 6 of Calendar Mysteries: September Sneakers by Ron Roy.
Teddy Bear Day
Are you celebrating Teddy Bear Day? Acorn's Story Time is all about Teddy Bears. Click around for a story, song, crafts, and a bear bread recipe.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 3 and 4 of Calendar Mysteries: September Sneakers by Ron Roy.
Do You Have a Library Card?
September is Library Card Sign Up Month! Check out Acorn's Story Room for a library themed story time. Remember, if you don't have a library card, go to your local library and sign up for one. Tell them Acorn sent you!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to Chapters 1 & 2 of Calendar Mysteries: September Sneakers by Ron Roy.
Crayons
Coloring with crayons is fun, but that's not all they can do! Click around the Story Room to find a story, song, and a craft to make crayon play dough.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to the final chapter of Calendar Mysteries: August Acrobat by Ron Roy.
Baseball
Play ball! Baseball is Acorn Squirrel's favorite sport! That's why this week's theme is all about baseball. Click around the Story Room to find stories, crafts, and activities about baseball.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 7 & 8 of Calendar Mysteries: August Acrobat by Ron Roy.
Don't forget to join us at the Braves game this Saturday at 6:05 p.m. for Library Card Night at Trustmark Park!
Happy S'mores Day
Happy S'mores Day! Set up camp with Acorn this week and make yummy s'mores treats! Click around the Story Room for a story, craft ideas, and a s'mores recipe.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 5 & 6 of Calendar Mysteries: August Acrobat by Ron Roy.
This week we go back to school with the Pigeon, sing about why school is fun, and make a few crafts that will help you during school!
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 3 & 4 of Calendar Mysteries: August Acrobat by Ron Roy.
Happy Watermelon Day
Happy Watermelon Day! Do you know how to draw a watermelon? Click around Acorn's Story Room to learn how. You will also find a story, crafts, and much more!
Read along with Ms. Carrie as she begins Calendar Mysteries: August Acrobat by Ron Roy.
Come back next week for more fun stories, crafts, and activities!
Let's go to the beach! Join us this week for stories and songs about the beach. You will also learn how to make your own beach at home with our weekly craft.
Read along with Ms. Carrie as she reads the last chapters of Calendar Mysteries: July Jitters by Ron Roy. Come back next week, August 3rd, as we kick off our Back to School month!
Slowly as the Sloth
What do you know about sloths? Yes, they are slow, but is there more to know? Join us this week to find out! We will have a books, an activity page, and a craft all about sloths. Click around the story room to find more.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 5 and 6 of Calendar Mysteries: July Jitters by Ron Roy. Come back next week, July 27th, to go to the beach!
Tails and Tales: Mermaids
Do you wish you had a mermaid tail? Join us this week for a book about mermaids, a mermaid activity page, and learn how to make your very own mermaid tail! Click around the story room for more fun things to do.
Read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 3 and 4 of Calendar Mysteries: July Jitters by Ron Roy. Come back next week, July 20th for sloth stories!
Tails and Tales: Jellyfish
Jellyfish! Join us this week for a story time all about jellyfish. Make a jellyfish craft with us and look around Acorn's summer story room for more things to do.
Read along with Ms. Carrie as she begins the book Calendar Mysteries: July Jitters by Ron Roy.
Come back next week on July 13th for Mermaids!
Are you a horse? No, but you might like the story, Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash. In Acorn's summer story room you can enjoy facts about horses, an activity, a song, and a craft, too. Watch a video of horses from around the world!
Read the last chapters of Calendar Mysteries: June Jam by Ron Roy with Ms. Carrie and come back next week as she begins Calendar Mysteries: July Jitters!
Tails and Tales: A Tale of a Tail
Click around Acorn's summer story room for tales about tails! There's a story about a lost tail, a song, and a craft to make your own animal tail. Fun!
Join Ms. Carrie as she reads chapters 7 and 8 of Calendar Mysteries: June Jam by Ron Roy. Come back next week to hear the last two chapters and listen to a story about horses.
Tails and Tales: Crocodiles
Crocodiles, yikes! You will find a song, a coloring sheet, a word puzzle, a craft, a video, and yes, even a story about crocodiles. Click around for a list of books about crocodiles that you can check out at your library, too!
Read along with Ms. Carrie as she reads chapters 5 and 6 of Calendar Mysteries: June Jam by Ron Roy.
Come back next week, June 22nd for more tails and tales!
Tails and Tales: World Oceans Day
How big is a giant squid? What do you think is bigger than a giant squid? Listen to the story to find out! Click around Acorn's story room and read along with Ms. Carrie to chapters 3 and 4 of Calendar Mysteries: June Jam by Ron Roy.
Come back next week, June 15th for Crocodiles!
Tails and Tales: Monkeys
Join Acorn in the summer story room for monkeys! Yes, they have tails and we are going to see that they also have tales...stories about monkeys. Sing a song with us about monkeys and look around Acorn's summer story room for more things to do.
Read along with Ms. Carrie as she begins the book Calendar Mysteries: June Jam by Ron Roy.
Come back next week on June 8th for World Oceans Day!
SUMMER IS HERE!
Join Acorn in the story room for some summer fun and listen to Ms. Carrie read the last chapters of Calendar Mystery: May Magic.
Stay tuned next month for Calendar Mystery: June Jam by Ron Roy and read by Ms. Carrie.
Pete the Cat!
Join Acorn in the story room with Pete the Cat down on Old MacDonald's farm!
Listen and read along with Ms. Carrie for chapters 5 & 6 of Calendar Mysteries: May Magic by Ron Roy.
Frogs!
Join Acorn in the story room with some froggy friends!
Read along with Ms. Carrie as she reads chapters 3 & 4 of Calendar Mysteries: May Magic by Ron Roy.
May the 4th be with you!
It is Star Wars Day! Join Acorn in the story room; he is celebrating with a book called The Mandalorian: This is the Way and a Star Wars coloring sheet, puzzle, booklists; and you can learn to draw baby Yoda. Have a great Star Wars Day!
A new chapter book begins today; Calendar Mysteries: May Magic, chapters 1 & 2 read by Ms. Carrie.
BASEBALL!
Join Acorn in the story room for BASEBALL! Did you know that girls can play, too? In the booklists, you'll find books about girls and baseball!
Also, listen or read along as Ms. Carrie reads chapters 7, 8, & 9 to finish Calendar Mysteries: April Adventure by Ron Roy. Come back next month for May Magic!
Feel free to send any pictures you color or craft you complete to custsvc@cmrls.lib.ms.us. We would love to see them!
April 22 is Earth Day
Join Acorn in the story room! Acorn is wanting to celebrate Earth Day with you! Look around the story room for crafts, a coloring sheet, a story, and of course booklists with books about Earth Day.
Listen or read along with Ms. Carrie the 5th & 6th chapters of Calendar Mysteries: April Adventure by Ron Roy.
Autism Awareness
Join Acorn in the story room! April is Autism Awareness Month and Acorn wants to share with you a story and booklists about autism. There's a craft that anyone will have fun with but it is especially useful for keeping hands busy. The video of reading the book isn't working, please use this link (https://youtu.be/Bt_maSoJd7w).
Also, read along with Ms. Carrie chapters 3 & 4 of Calendar Mysteries: April Adventures by Ron Roy.
Friendship
Join Acorn in the story room! He's celebrating friendship! Acorn has lots of friends and he wants to share the library with all of them. If you color the picture of friends reading you can share your picture with Acorn. Have an adult help you add a picture of it in the comments below or take it to your library!
Read along with Ms. Carrie chapters 1 & 2 of Calendar Mysteries: April Adventures by Ron Roy.
Easter!
Join Acorn in the story room for a story, craft, activities, and booklists for Easter!
Listen or read along with Ms. Carrie as she reads chapters 7, 8, & 9 of Calendar Mysteries: March Mischief by Ron Roy.
It's spring!
Join Acorn in the story room as he welcomes spring. Listen or read along with Ms. Carrie as she reads more of Calendar Mysteries: March Mischief by Ron Roy. Come back next week for the last chapters!
MARCH 17TH IS ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Do you know how to catch a leprechaun? Join Acorn in the story room to find out!
Sit back and listen or read along with Ms. Carrie in chapters 5, 6, and 7 of Calendar Mysteries: March Mischief by Ron Roy. Come back next week for more of the story!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!Inventors and inventions!
The airplane? The stethoscope? EARMUFFS? Haven't you ever wondered? Click around Acorn's story room and find out who and where they were invented! Make an airplane, sing about an airplane, and listen to a story about airplanes. Send us a picture of your airplane, we would love to see it.
Read along or listen to the next chapters to Calendar Mysteries: March Mischief. See you next week for more of the March story!
Read Across America Day - March 2nd
March 2nd is Read Across America Day because it's Dr. Seuss's birthday! So, how do we celebrate? We read Dr. Seuss books!
Join Acorn in the Story Room for a story, craft, and a song about Green Eggs and Ham! Yum?
The March read-along chapter book begins today. It is Calendar Mysteries: March Mischief by Ron Roy. Read along with Ms. Carrie or listen and enjoy!
Welcome to Acorn's Story Room
Welcome to the Story Room where each Tuesday at 12:00 noon. Virtual KiDS Story Times will be posted here and on the KiDS CMRLS Facebook Group page. Click around the story room and you will find books, crafts, activities, and more!
You can help us out if you will click the SurveyMonkey picture and lets us know how many participated and if you wish to you may leave a comment. Come back as often as you wish to see any of the previous story times that you may have missed.
Acorn says, "It's always time to READ!"
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