STORYTIME!
Read a story along with artist María González, then make a picture book of your own! Kids, ages 4-8, and their parents or guardians are invited to participate in this interactive activity that will inspire everyone to read more books. Now at two locations every month: Doral and International Mall branches of the Miami-Dade Public Library System.
Selected titles for Spring 2012:
Fortune Cookies by Albert Bitterman
A box arrives for Fortune from her Uncle Albert with seven fortune cookies. How wonderful! A cookie and a fortune for each day of the week! Best of all, each fortune comes true...but not in ways that Fortune expects.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
3 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, International Mall Branch, 10315 N.W. 12 Street, Miami
Saturday, January 21, 2012
10:30 a.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Shenandoah Branch, 2111 S.W. 19 Street, Miami
Saturday, January 28, 2012
2 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Doral Branch, 10785 N.W. 58 St., Miami
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the owl. But when Amos is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it's time they returned the favor.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
3 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, International Mall Branch, 10315 N.W. 12 Street, Miami
Saturday, February 18, 2012
10:30 a.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Shenandoah Branch, 2111 S.W. 19 Street, Miami
Saturday, February 25, 2012
2 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Doral Branch, 10785 N.W. 58 St., Miami
The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
Like many children, Henry loves books. But Henry doesn't like to read books, he likes to eat them. Big books, picture books, reference books . . . if it has pages, Henry chews them up and swallows (but red ones are his favorite). And the more he eats, the smarter he gets—he's on his way to being the smartest boy in the world! But one day he feels sick to his stomach. And the information is so jumbled up inside, he can't digest it! Can Henry find a way to enjoy books without using his teeth?
Saturday, March 10, 2012
3 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, International Mall Branch, 10315 N.W. 12 Street, Miami
Saturday, March 17, 2012
10:30 a.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Shenandoah Branch, 2111 S.W. 19 Street, Miami
Saturday, March 24, 2012
2 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Doral Branch, 10785 N.W. 58 St., Miami
Chick 'n' Pug by Jennifer Sattler
Chick lives for adventures. Pug lives for, well, sleep. In Chick's eyes, however, Pug can do no wrong. In fact, he is WONDERPUG! But with danger around every corner and a hero who's a little low on energy, it may be up to Chick to save the day and earn the prized role of sidechick (er, sidekick . . .) From an exceptional new talent, this is a funny, heartwarming story of misplaced hero worship as well as the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
3 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, International Mall Branch, 10315 N.W. 12 Street, Miami
Saturday, April 21, 2012
2 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Doral Branch, 10785 N.W. 58 St., Miami
Saturday, May 12, 2012
10:30 a.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Shenandoah Branch, 2111 S.W. 19 Street, Miami
The Wonderful Book by Leonid Gore
Deep in the woods, a rabbit finds a mysterious object. "What is this?" he asks. "It looks like a wonderful house for me." And he wriggles inside for a nap. Later he hops away and a bear lumbers by.
"What is this?" the bear asks. "It looks like a wonderful hat for me." And he puts it on his head. One by one different animals find the object and transform it into whatever they need it to be.
But it's not until the little boy comes along and knows exactly what it is. It's a wonderful book! And all the animals gather around to share the truly wonderful story that's inside.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
3 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, International Mall Branch, 10315 N.W. 12 Street, Miami
Saturday, May 19, 2012
2 p.m. | Miami-Dade County Public Library, Doral Branch, 10785 N.W. 58 St., Miami
About the moderator:
Maria Gonzalez is a Florida-based visual artist and educator whose work investigates the dynamics between text, objects and images. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in Miami, New Orleans, New York and Toulouse (France). Maria is a regular contributor to the Big Read project in South Florida and is currently working as a reference librarian at Barry University.
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