For the City Times

STEVENS POINT — Preschoolers and their parents will share time together hearing stories about animals and nature during the spring semester at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Museum of Natural History.

Story Time at the Museum is a free, public program that brings natural history to life through books read by UW-Stevens Point students. Each session also includes an activity or art project related to the story.

Story Time is held biweekly on Fridays from 10-11 a.m. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

This semester’s dates and book titles include:

·         Feb. 1, “Hooray for Birds” and “Grumpy Bird”

·         Feb. 15, “Hello, Baby Beluga” and “The Whale in My Swimming Pool”

·         March 1, “Night Animals” and “The Great Paper Caper”

·         March 29, “That Pesky Rat” and “Mouse Was Mad”

·         April 12, “Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story” and “How to Find a Fox”

·         April 26, “Finding Spring” and “Abracadabra, It’s Spring!”

·         May 10, “I Know a Rhino” and “Preposterous Rhinoceros”

Registration is recommended. Call 715-346-2858 or email [email protected], then meet for story time at the museum on the first floor of Albertson Hall (library), 900 Reserve St., Stevens Point. Metered parking is available in Lot R across from the library.