Those who top by the Canton Branch Library on Thursday mornings will hear the sounds of music and giggling children coming from the meeting room.

As head of the children’s department at the library, we decided about a year ago that it was time to add a new story time. The library is fortunate to have a great group of parents and kids who regularly come to my story time programs. The current group got so large that they moved from the children’s room into the meeting room in order to accommodate everyone. After talking to many of the parents, we moved forward with an additional story time.

The new story time is called “Rompin’ Stompin,” and is held at 10 a.m. every Thursday at Canton Branch Library. We wanted to try something different than the traditional story time, which generally ...