{"id":1070,"date":"2017-09-24T14:55:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2017-09-24T14:55:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:55:08","slug":"rake-o-family-fall-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Rake-O Family Fall Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy, folks! Yesterday, I had a grand ole time doing mini-storytimes as part of the Rake-O Family Fall Festival at the Rakow Branch Library in Elgin. I did a mixture of cowboy, farms, animals, and fun. Yee-haw!<\/p>\n<p>IN OTHER NEWS: I just started a new job over at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poplarcreek.lib.il.us\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Poplar Creek Library<\/a> in Streamwood! I&#8217;ll be focusing on outreach for PK-Grade 2 in the schools. I&#8217;m excited about this new challenge and look forward to being more active on this website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RAKE-O FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BOOKS SHARED:<br \/>\nChicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds<br \/>\nPumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas<br \/>\nLet\u2019s Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas<br \/>\nClip Clop by Nicola Smee<br \/>\nThe Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson<br \/>\nI Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FILLERS&#8221;:<br \/>\nSong: \u201cFinger in the Air\u201d from Miss Carole\u2019s Baloney!<br \/>\nSong: Chicken Dance<br \/>\nSong: \u201cSilly Dance Contest\u201d from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song<br \/>\nSong: \u201cJumping and Counting\u201d from Jim Gill\u2019s Irrational Anthem<br \/>\nAction Rhyme: Fun with Hands<br \/>\nAction Rhyme: Ten in a Bed<br \/>\nAction Rhyme: Hands Up High<br \/>\nAction Rhyme: Blackbirds<br \/>\nFlannel: The Enormous Turnip<br \/>\nStorytelling (with puppets): \u201cBook! Book! Book!\u201d (This is a well-loved librarian anecdote about a chicken that comes into the library. One version, \u201cThe Well-Read Frog\u201d can be found in Margaret Read MacDonald\u2019s Three Minute Tales.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy, folks! Yesterday, I had a grand ole time doing mini-storytimes as part of the Rake-O Family Fall Festival at the Rakow Branch Library in Elgin. I did a mixture of cowboy, farms, animals, and fun. Yee-haw! IN OTHER NEWS: I just started a new job over at the Poplar Creek Library in Streamwood! I&#8217;ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[44,63,233,146],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sillylibrarian.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}