Story Times

NEW Viewing Option!

• Tuesdays @ 10:00am via Zoom: Wiggle & Rhyme with Miss Stephanie, register here to receive the link.

We are excited to offer virtual story times that you can stream any time. Scroll down to view the current story times. 

• Mondays: Sing & Sign with Miss Donna
• Tuesdays: Wiggle & Rhyme with Miss Stephanie
• Wednesdays: Syntha’s Stories with Miss Syntha
• Fridays: Fun-tastic Fridays with Miss Caroline

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SING & SIGN

WITH MISS DONNA 

Best for children 18 months to 4 years old

Miss Donna will sing songs and teach you signs to go along with each song. Check back each Monday for a new video.

Sing and Sign: Jump Up and Down from Baldwin Public Library on Vimeo.

Use your Baldwin Library card to learn American Sign Language with Mango Languages. Another good source for adults wanting to learn words in sign to use with their babies & toddlers is babysignlanguage.com.

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Previous story times:

• One Little Bird: Video
• Five Little Monkeys: Video
• I See a Bunny: Video
• Once Saw an Elephant: Video
• I Can Sing a Rainbow: Video
• Please and Thank You: Video
• Old MacDonald: Video
• Week 15: Video

SYNTHA’S STORIES

WITH MISS SYNTHA 

Best for children 3 to 5 years old

Miss Syntha will read a picture book from her personal collection and share a song or activity that you can sing or do at home afterwards. Check back each Wednesday for a new video.

Syntha’s “Not So Spooky” Stories: Skulls! from Baldwin Public Library on Vimeo.

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The shoulder bone’s connected to the neck bone … sing along while reading Dem Bones by Bob Barner. Learn more about your bones in All About Your Bones by Anna Malaspina. Get up and get moving to the song Shake Your Bones on Disney’s Halloween Songs & Sounds.

Previous story times:

• • Pumpkin Trouble: Video. Want another story with Duck? Try What Is Chasing Duck by Jan Thomas.Everything you ever wanted to know about pumpkins is in Gail Gibbons’ The Pumpkin Book.For more barnyard antics try Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson.
  • My Monster Mama Loves Me So: Video. Try some funny poems about monsters in Monster School by Kate Coombs. Listen to the song Games Monsters Play (and play along too) on the album The Sesame Street Monsters! See what happens when Leonardo wants to scare the tuna salad out of someone in Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems.
  • Skeleton Hiccups: Video.For another skeleton book by Margery Cuyler try Skeleton For Dinner. Are ghosts more your thing? Read Ghost in the House by Ammi-Joan Pacquette. Did this put you in a Halloween mood? Try Crayola Halloween Colors by Robin Nelson.
  • Ernest the Moose that Doesn’t Fit: Video. Try Chicken Big by Keith Graves for a story about an enormous chicken. How big can something described as big be? Find out in Big Bunny by Rowboat Watkins. Big? Small? It’s all relative in You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang.
  • Thunder Boy, Jr: Video. For the beauty, history and magic in names, try Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. To read about a boy trying on different names, check out My Name is Not Alexander by Jennifer Fosberry.Can you ever have too many names? Find out in The Cat with Seven Names by Tony Johnston.
  • What Do Wheels Do All Day?: Video. To learn about what makes a car go, read How Does it Go? Cars by Joanne Mattern. See what happens in Truck Stuck by Sallie Wolf. Imagine the excitement when dinosaurs drive race cars in Dino-Racing by Lisa Wheeler.
  • I Really Want the Cake: Video. For another fun cake mess, try Splat the Cat Takes the Cake by Rob Scotton. For step by step instruction and a recipe to make your own cake try How to Bake a Cake by Anastasia Suen. For a cake who needs to learn manners, try Rude Cakes by Rowboat Watkins.
  • Week 19: Video. Get up and pretend to be a dinosaur when you listen to the song We are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner on her album The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band. Learn How to Catch a Dinosaur in this fun book by Adam Wallace. For a silly story try Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems.

JUST ME 

3 ½ TO 5 YEARS OLD

Currently on hiatus. See above for virtual storytimes. 

FULL STEAM AHEAD

3 ½ TO 5 YEARS OLD

Currently on hiatus. See above for virtual storytimes.

BABYTIME

BIRTH TO 18 MONTHS OLD

Currently on hiatus. See above for virtual storytimes.

MOTHER GOOSE

1 ½ TO 2 ½ YEARS OLD

Currently on hiatus. See above for virtual storytimes.

Family Story Times
@ The Museum

THURSDAYS FROM 6:30 TO 7:00 P.M.

Join us for cozy stories, songs, and activities by the fireplace at the Birmingham Museum. Admission to the story time is free. Parking is available at the Chester Street Parking Structure.

Currently on hiatus. See above for virtual storytimes.

Bedtime Tales

WEDNESDAYS FROM 6:30 TO 7:15 P.M.

Children are invited to wear their pajamas and bring a favorite stuffed animal for these special evening family story times.

Currently on hiatus. See above for virtual storytimes.