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Toddlers pig out on stories at library
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While Adams (right) began the story "The Long Nosed Pig," story time guest Regan Towers (left) had to take a closer look at the picture of the pig's especially long snout.
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Mom Maggie Towers (left) helped her daughter, Rory, with some of the rhyming words in the book "Luella May, She's Run Away!"
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After listening to librarian Jane Adams tell the story of the three little pigs, the girls at the April 26 Canfield story time danced to a musical Disney version of the same story. Showing off their moves were, from left, Regan Towers, Rory Towers, and Abby Finnerty.
By SARAH FOOR
For the April 26 toddler story time at Canfield library, childrens’ librarian Jane Adams decided to focus on everyone’s favorite mud-loving, curly-tailed animal – the pig.
Adams met with a talkative but small group of three guests, who chatted with the librarian about how much they liked the subject of pigs.
“I like to head over to the Canfield Fair in the summertime and pet the pigs,” Adams shared with the group.
“I do that, too!” guest Rory Towers added. “The pigs at the fair are always really nice.”
Adams prepared a selection of pig rhymes, songs and stories for the guests. She read the books “I’m a Pig!” by Sarah Weeks, “The Long Nosed Pig” by Keith Faulkner, and “Little Pig, Biddle Pig” by David Kirk.
“Little Pig, Biddle Pig” followed the story of an odd piglet who didn’t like to get muddy, although the pig learned that she missed time with her friends because of her aversion to mud.
“It’s not good to be lonely. Sometimes, don’t you want to have fun with your friends?” Adams asked her guests.
Although she understood the moral of the story, guest Abby Finnerty shared, “I don’t have fun with them in mud!”
The guests listened to the story of the three little pigs and danced to story songs before convening to create a dancing pig craft.
Mom Maggie Towers, who brought the three guests to the library, praised the library’s storytime programs.
“It’s hard to find something that is age-appropriate and enriching for everyone, with my oldest being 4, and her sister, 2. The librarians interact with every age, and they just do a really great job here,” Towers shared.