My second grade after-school group at DPL heard the first few chapters of Ruffleclaw by Cornelia Funke. It is a delightful book about an earth monster who chooses to move in with Tommy and his parents. Ruffleclaw is messy, eats everything in the house, and loves to take showers. Tommy must convince his parents this is the pet for him. The book is filled with wormalicous words and illustrations.
After reading, the children made their own monsters to take home with them. We used paper grocery bags – the big ones. Yes, City Market does actually have paper bags! It only took one bag to make each monster. Here are a few of ours:
The Library at Butler Corner is awesome. Please come and visit. There are so many beautiful books – children’s books, middle grade books, and adult books. We have a loft where you can curl up and read, and all the books are check-out-able if you have a membership to Butler Corner. Memberships are $20 per year for an individual, $30 a year for a family of 5, and $50 a year for the “birder’s special” for those who want to come early in the morning or late in the evening to walk the trails at the Nature Center.
The library is an “old fashioned” library with pockets inside the books where you sign the card to check it out. Most of the books are nature related, except for the children’s books where we have a large selection of not only nature books, but fairy tales, story books, poetry, fables, and books about other cultures.
Valentine's Day at the Nature Center
Miss Kathie
2/14/2020
More Snow Stories
Miss Kathie
1/10/2020
In the Snow: Who's Been Here?
Miss Kathie
11/15/2019
Goats, Goats, and More Goats
Miss Kathie
11/8/2019
New Library Books
Miss Kathie
11/4/2019
It's for the Birds
Miss Kathie
10/20/2019
Fall Stories
Miss Kathie
10/12/2019
Leaf Jumpers
Miss Kathie
9/28/2019
Clouds
Miss Kathie
9/20/2019
What a Wonderful World
Miss Kathie
9/13/2019
Everybody Needs a Rock
Miss Kathie
8/23/2019
New Story on the Trail
Miss Kathie
8/14/2019
Story Time Fun
Miss Kathie
7/27/2019
Story Time at the NCBC
Miss Kathie
5/31/2019
The Story Trail
Miss Kathie
4/30/2019
Spring has Sprung
Miss Kathie
4/8/2019
Ruffleclaw
Miss Kathie
1/28/2016
The Wright Three
Miss Kathie
1/21/2016
The Blue Genie
Miss Kathie
1/14/2016
The Subnivean World
Miss Kathie
1/11/2016
It's Been A While
Miss Kathie
1/10/2016
A Clone of Myself
Miss Kathie
1/10/2016
One of My Favorite Chapter Books
Kathie
4/1/2015
Chapter Books
Kathie
4/1/2015
Christmas Time at the Library
Kathie
12/13/2014
Visit to School
Kathie
12/4/2014
Our Favorite Books
Kathie
12/3/2014
Emma and the Blue Genie
Kathie
11/10/2014
More Comments about Elsewhere
Kathie
11/9/2014
Surprised
Kathie
10/29/2014
Diamond Willow
Kathie
10/16/2014
Elsewhere
Kathie
10/16/2014
The Land of Stories
Kathie
10/16/2014
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
Kathie
10/15/2014
Magic at the Bed and Biscuit
Kathie
10/6/2014
Colors Abound
Kathie
10/1/2014
Glory B
Kathie
9/27/2014
Chickens in the Library
Kathie
9/24/2014
Autumn
Kathie
9/23/2014
Bussalo
Kathie
9/22/2014
Children's Library
Kathie Butler
9/22/2014