The Children’s Room at the Wiscasset Public Library continues offering Story Time to youngsters of all ages. Recently some new books have been presented as well as some old favorites.

In keeping with the tradition of visiting family for Thanksgiving, “Over the River and Trough the Woods,” the poem-song by L. Maria Child was read in a November Story Time. 

Youngsters wore winter hats, scarves, and mittens and covered their laps with blankets to keep warm as they enjoyed their first sleigh ride to grandmother’s house. This version of the poem was illustrated by Matt Tavares who lives in Ogunquit. 

Tavares is married to a Wiscasset native and some local folks provided models for this book. Check the book to see if you can identify anyone.

Currently so little snow has fallen that our native critters have a little more time before they dig-in for a long winter’s rest. Hibernation was the focus of a recent Story Time with the presentation of the new book, “Bear has a Story to Tell,” by Philip Stead.

Bear wants to share a story with his friends but all are much too busy preparing for their winter rest to listen to him. He kindly helps his friends in their preparations. He then is tired and spends months sleeping. In the spring, his friends greet him with inquiries of the story that he had wanted to tell them. 

Hibernation and animals in winter is also the subject in “An Accidental Christmas,” a flip the tab book. After these stories of seasonal cycles and friendships, the youngsters were shown how to make a cave using an empty tissue box and some sticks and leaves, just right for any hibernating Maine black bear.

Story Time will be celebrating the holidays, snow and winter now that December is here. Dahlov Ipcar’s “My Wonderful Christmas Tree” was read this past week with an emphasis on the counting of the Maine critters as each page is turned.

Lack of snow and the warm weather allowed first graders classes from the Wiscasset Primary School to trek to the Library on Tuesday, Dec. 4.After a brief tour of the three floors of books and other media materials, all gathered in the Children’s Room where they listened to the School Library Journal, Horn Book and Booklist starred book, “This is Not My Hat” by Jon Klassen. Students shared opinions of what might have happened to get the result of the book’s ending.

“Stick Man” by Julia Donaldson, author of “The Gruffalo,” was another story enjoyed by the students. Poor Stick Man is picked up by a dog and journeys far from his family. Eventually he is returned to his loving family after helping Santa get out of a tight squeeze.

Each class was given a Stick Man that the Children’s Librarian said she found on the library grounds under a Family Tree.

Story Time are on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and all are welcome.