BCPL Mobile Library Services - Read Rover Newsletter

THERE IS A BCPL BRANCH
NEAR YOU!
Stop by any of our 19 branches
conveniently located throughout
the county.
Or, visit us on the Web at www.bcpl.info.
ARBUTUS BRANCH
NORTH POINT BRANCH
410-887-1451
855 Sulphur Spring Rd.
21227
410-887-7255
1716 Merritt Blvd.
21222
CATONSVILLE BRANCH
OWINGS MILLS BRANCH
410-887-0951
1100 Frederick Rd.
21228
410-887-2092
10302 Grand Central Ave.
21117
COCKEYSVILLE BRANCH
PARKVILLE BRANCH
410-887-7750
9833 Greenside Dr.
21030
410-887-5353
9509 Harford Rd.
21234
ESSEX BRANCH
PERRY HALL BRANCH
410-887-0295
1110 Eastern Blvd.
21221
410-887-5195
9685 Honeygo Blvd.
21128
www.bcpl.info
Books, news, activities and fun for the whole family!
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PIKESVILLE BRANCH
410-887-1919
16940 York Rd.
21111
410-887-1234
1301 Reisterstown Rd.
21208
LANSDOWNE BRANCH
RANDALLSTOWN BRANCH
410-887-5602
500 Third Ave.
21227
410-887-0770
8604 Liberty Rd.
21133
LOCH RAVEN BRANCH
REISTERSTOWN BRANCH
SOLLERS POINT BRANCH
WHITE MARSH BRANCH
410-887-4444
1046 Taylor Ave.
21286
410-887-1165
21 Cockeys Mill Rd.
21136
410-887-2485
323 Sollers Point Rd.
21222
410-887-5097
8133 Sandpiper Cir.
21236
MOBILE LIBRARY SERVICES
ROSEDALE BRANCH
TOWSON BRANCH
WOODLAWN BRANCH
410-887-7586
1716 Merritt Blvd.
21222
410-887-0512
6105 Kenwood Ave.
21237
410-887-6166
320 York Rd.
21204
410-887-1336
1811 Woodlawn Dr.
21207
WELCOME TO
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No
More!
Wow! Said the Owl
By: Karen Beaumont
A curious little owl decides
to stay awake to find out
how the things he sees at
night look during the daytime.
In the rhythm of a familiar folk
song, a child cannot resist
adding one more dab of paint
in surprising places.
HEREFORD BRANCH
Storyville is a magical town where children, ages birth to 5,
and their parents/caregivers can read, play and learn
together in a fun, interactive and literacy-rich environment.
Storyville is located in both the Rosedale and Woodlawn
branches and is open during library hours.
By: Tim Hopgood
What Color Is Your
Underwear?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear,
What Do You See?
By: Sam Lloyd
By: Bill Martin Jr.
A silly and fun rhyming text in
a lift-the-flap book of colors.
Children see a variety of
animals, each one a different
color, and a teacher looking at
them.
White Is for Blueberry
Mouse Paint
By: George Shannon
By: Ellen Stoll Walsh
Encourages the reader to
look at objects in nature
from another perspective,
observing their colors in a new
way.
Three white mice discover jars
of red, blue and yellow paint,
and explore the world of
color.
Pete the Cat: I Love My
White Shoes
The Crayon Box that
Talked
By: Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat gets into colorful
adventures while out walking
in his new white shoes.
www.bcplstoryville.org
JANUARY 2015
By: Shane DeRolf
Although they are many
different colors, the crayons
in a box discover that when
they get together they can
appreciate each other and
make a complete picture.
CREATE TOGETHER!
JANUARY 2015
TALK TOGETHER!
Art for preschoolers includes providing things for
them to look at as well as art materials for them to
use. Talk to your child about shape, color and the
texture of things that the child experiences and
about what the child is doing as he uses art
materials”
(Active Learning for Threes) 1988.
Snow Painting
Materials:
• Food Coloring
• Squeeze bottles
(old shampoo and soap bottles
work well)
• Water
Directions:
SING TOGETHER!
1. Mix 20 drops of food coloring into
1 cup of water.
Can You Find the Color Red?
2. Pour mixture into a squeeze bottle.
Tune: “Do You Know the Muffin Man”
Can you find the color red?
The color red, the color red.
Can you find the color red
Somewhere in this room?
(Have kids point out things that are red.
Repeat with other colors.)
Action Song
Tune: “Head Shoulders, Knees and Toes…”
Red, yellow, green and blue, green
and blue.
Red, yellow, green and blue, green
and blue. Ooo. Ooo. Ooo.
Purple, orange, brown and black too…
Red, yellow, green and blue, green
and blue.
Be sure to check your local branch
schedule for upcoming story times
and events for fun things to do
with the whole family!
www.bcpl.info/events/datelines
3. Close bottles and go outside to
paint the snow!
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