Our "Open Shut Them" Song

Crafty Gal (Miss Michelle) performs a singalong in Story Time that's a pretty catchy tune.  She has a new video series, Story Time Rocks!, which I know you'll want to watch.

Story Time Rocks!

Featuring Miss Michelle @ MPL

The "Open Shut Them" Song

Crafty Gal uses songs and motion to engage her early literacy patrons and their caregivers.  Preschool age children learn through repetition and coordinating activity with sound and visual cues.  The "Open Shut Them" song is quite popular with her young charges.

Go ahead and sing along!

Watch Crafty Gal's other videos uploaded to the MPL Early Literacy YouTube Channel.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Kicking Off Summer Reading (May 31, 2013)

Our summer reading kickoff party will be held on Friday, May 31, 2013, from 5-7 p.m. in the MPL courtyard.  We have a graphic for that from The Bookmark, our latest edition of the library newsletter.

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Free popcorn!  I'm so there already!

Beside goodie bags for kids signing-up for summer reading, there will be lots of fun activities. We've got photos from last year's big bash showing what fun you'll have if you drop by this year.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Goodbye, Miss Miriam!

Yesterday was Miss Miriam's last day at the Library.  She worked here for over 13 years, which is a long time in kitty years.  Miss Miriam served as senior cataloger and reference librarian in the MPL youth services department.  She could do everything!  Still can, in fact.  Too bad she won't be here doing it.

We made a tribute trailer for her, which I'd like to share.

Our Tribute to Miss Miriam

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We will certainly miss her.  Good luck, Miss Miriam, in your new surroundings. Drop us a postcard sometime.  We like old-fashioned mail.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Take the Virtual Walking Tour

On Friday, May 3, 2013, North Madison Elementary School third graders took the Library's walking tour of historic downtown Mooresville, Indiana.

You, too, can take the walking tour. Visit the MPL Indiana Room and check-out our self-guided walking tour audio guide CD using your Evergreen Indiana library card, or you could watch our virtual walking tour below:

North Madison 3rd Graders "Virtual" Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Mooresville, Indiana from Mooresville Public Library

(REVISED May 1, 2013)

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Our Gneighborhood Gnomes

Crafty Gal (Miss Michelle) has created a superb display in which Morris the Gnome reads to hedgehogs (although the little one looks like a mole to moi). It's quite the fabulous story time. Wait--it's more like a fableous, folklorish story time. (Those are not real words, but they oughtta be.)

Check out the details in Crafty Gal's latest early literacy blog post.  We'll borrow her photos (as always, click images to enlarge).

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  "Teeny Tiny Gnome" (1966) was intended as comic relief on the second Monkees album, but Don Kirshner, who had been hired to supervise the group's music, nixed the tune in favor of other fare from his stable of songwriters.  "Teeny Tiny Gnome" finally appeared on the compilation album The Monkees Missing Links (volume one) (1987).