This document provides information about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on Europe. It includes a welcome song, details about making rugelach (an European pastry), singing the nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" and book recommendations that celebrate different parts of Europe like Spain, Venice and France. The event aims to help children learn about other parts of the world and support their literacy development.

1. Liberty Public
Library
Story Time
Storytime Around the
World:
Europe
Welcome Song:
Are you listening?
Are you listening?
Yes I am! Yes I am!
Now it’s time for Story Time,
Now it’s time for Story Time,
Yes it is! Yes it is!
World Cooking:
Rugelach
London Bridge!
Recipes suppled by PBS Kids World Foods website:
Pbs.org/food/recipes
Ingredients
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 15-ounce package refrigerated piecrust
1/3 cup apricot jam
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup raisins
Directions
Heat oven to 400° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment
paper.
Sprinkle the work surface with 1 tablespoon of the sugar and
1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon.
Unfold 1 of the piecrusts and place it on the sugar and cinna-
mon. Roll to an even thickness. Spread half the jam evenly
over the crust. Sprinkle with half the nuts and half the rai-
sins. Starting at one end of the dough, roll it tightly into a
log. Sprinkle the top of the log with 1/2 tablespoon of the
remaining sugar.
Using a knife, trim 1 inch on each end. Cut the roll into 3/4-
inch-thick slices. Place the slices, sugared-side up, on the
baking sheet, spacing them 2 inches apart. Repeat with the
remaining ingredients.
Bake until golden, 22 to 25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack.
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My fair lady
Build it up with iron bars
Iron bars, iron bars
Build it up with iron bars
My fair lady
Iron bars will bend and break
Bend and break, bend and break
Iron bars will bend and break
My fair lady
Build it up with gold and silver
Gold and silver, gold and silver
Build it up with gold and silver
My fair lady
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
M-y-y f-a-i-r l-a-d-y

2. Book Recommendations
Created By Samantha Colwell, 2016, Liberty Public Library
Not only does helping your child to be a
citizen of the world promote a global
sense of togetherness, but it also helps
your child’s early literacy! Learning
about other communities, countries, and
people around the world requires
learning a more advanced vocabulary,
and puts them ahead in critical and
abstract thinking.
Tips for Parents:Facts and Figures!
47 countries comprise the continent of
Europe! Sometimes Europe and Asia are
combined to be called EurAsia. Do you
recognize some of the countries that make
up Europe?
*Where is Europe on the world
map? (It’s in red below)
*It is bordered by the Atlantic
Ocean to the west, the Arctic
Ocean to the north and the
Mediterranean Sea to the south.
The Ural mountains in Russia
mark the eastern extreme.
The Story of Ferdinand
By Munro Leaf
“In Spain lives a big and strong bull
named Ferdinand. Unlike the other
young bulls, Ferdinand does not like to
fight!”
Gabriella’s Song
By Candace Fleming
“Among the winding canals and streets
of Venice, something wonderful is hap-
pening! There’s a sweet song on every-
one’s lips—a song that began with a lit-
tle girl named Gabriella.”
The Cat Who Walked Across
France
By Kate Banks
“For many years the cat had lived in
the stone house by the edge of the sea,
he chased the wind that scuttled
through the garden and he watched the
birds flitter from tree to tree.”