Sunday September 23, 2012 at Queen's Park, 11am - 6pm
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11:00 - 11:30 :: “Again, Again, Again!”
Is this not a favourite response from a child? Join Sandra in telling, saying and singing some of her favourite stories, rhymes and songs.
Learn more about Sandra Carpenter-Davis
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11:30 - 12:00 :: Yankel No Neck
Can Solly save Papa’s fish shop and his town from a gang of grabby thieves? How can a smoked fish help? What do you need to know to live happily ever after? And who is Yankel No Neck? Seafood, scoundrels, and the unseen jostle in this jumble of wacky, weighty rhymes and tales.
Learn more about Aubrey Davis
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12:00 - 12:30 :: Stories and More from the Toronto Public Library
Discover the top Canadian children’s books for 2008 for building reading readiness, with Leigh and Cameron from the Toronto Public Library. Join us for a discussion of our top 10 picks for kids under five from our First and Best list. Learn how to choose the best titles for your children based on age, interest and reading readiness. Find out how you can develop the pre-literacy skills your child needs to get “Ready for Reading” with activities you can do at home.
Toronto Public Library's Ready for Reading is an exciting and innovative set of programs and services that support preschool children and their caregivers in the development of early literacy skills, and encourage a lifelong love of books and reading.
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12:30 - 1:00 :: The Kitchen Party
Join Carol Ashton and Wendy Tinkler for traditional songs, rhymes and stories from the Celtic nations, plus some of their original material. Sing along on the choruses, join in the rhymes! Discover the Fun Loving Daughter’s secret and what happens when Mother puts a flea in her tea! Guaranteed to get your toes tapping and fingers snapping!
Learn more about Carol Ashton and Wendy Tinkler
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1:00 - 1:30 :: Lullabies & LapRhymes
Mother Goose rhymes, fingerplays, tickles and bounces make up the first stories we share with babies. So, get your little one on your lap and play along with Sally and Erika.
Learn more about Sally Jaeger and Erika Webster
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1:30 - 2:00 :: What Will We Do with the Baby-o?
Enjoy songs and rhymes for the youngest member of the family with Theo Heras and Kent Price.
Learn more about Theo Heras
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2:00 - 2:30 :: Stories and More from the Toronto Public Library
Discover the top Canadian children’s books for 2008 for building reading readiness, with Leigh and Cameron from the Toronto Public Library. Join us for a discussion of our top 10 picks for kids under five from our First and Best list. Learn how to choose the best titles for your children based on age, interest and reading readiness. Find out how you can develop the pre-literacy skills your child needs to get “Ready for Reading” with activities you can do at home.
Toronto Public Library's Ready for Reading is an exciting and innovative set of programs and services that support preschool children and their caregivers in the development of early literacy skills, and encourage a lifelong love of books and reading.
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2:30 - 3:00 :: The Moon is Round
The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program is a group program for parents and their babies and young children to share the pleasure and power of traditional rhymes, songs and stories from around the world. Join some of our tellers as they share stories and rhymes for very young children.
Learn more about Stacey Marley, Maria Ordonez and Leeya Solomon
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3:00 - 3:30 :: Tickles and Tunes
Songs, fingerplays, tickles and tunes, to delight and entertain even the smallest child. We will reach for the stars, zoom to the moon and hop like bunnies. We will play musical ‘freeze tag’ to a catchy fiddle tune. We will identify the colours of our clothes, tell a story with our hands and sing a few of our favourite songs. Lots of participation!
Learn more about Kathy Reid-Naiman
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3:30 - 4:00 :: We Love Music - We Love to Dance!
Singer Debbie Carroll and her friend Banjo Bob (Birnie) have fabulous action songs and rhymes to share with young children and their grownups. Sing, wiggle and dance along!
Learn more about Debbie Carroll
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4:00 - 4:30 :: Celia Lottridge
Mother Goose: A Canadian Sampler was first published in 1994 for the benefit of the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program. Once again, royalties from this book will go to the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program.In Ten Small Tales, Celia Barker Lottridge has drawn inspiration from sources the world over to search out tales that have all the magic properties of the old favourites. Through years of telling and retelling she has refined a collection that may well become new nursery classics.
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4:30 - 6:00 :: “Ready for Reading” Lounge
Have the entire family join staff from Toronto Public Library in a fun and friendly reading lounge during Word On the Street. Young readers and their families and friends can explore books hand-picked by professional library staff that help develop early literacy skills. They’d love to introduce you to the Ready for Reading series of programs, services and resources for pre-school children from birth to five. Parents and caregivers can talk to library staff about how they can help prepare their little one for a lifetime of reading success.
