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Director’s Thoughts – 1/17/24
Today I want to talk about trying new things. It’s still the beginning of the year and I thought that it made sense about making changes at a time when a lot of people are resetting for a new year with resolutions, words of the year, and goal setting. Librarians…
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My Weird School Read Alikes
My Weird School by Dan Gutman follows A. J. and his friends as they get into hijinks at their ridiculous school with silly teachers, crazy principal, and more! This series is perfect for kids who have successfully mastered the easy reader and are looking for a bit more challenging book.…
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Storytime Theme: Mother’s Day
I know, I know, it’s only January, but over the next twelve months, I’m going to be sharing a lot of storytime posts about holidays and in order to make them useful to people, I want to make sure they’re available ahead of time! Celebrating holidays in storytime has been…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals for 2025
In order to work on my bookish goals for 2025, I thought it might be smart to look back at my goals for 2024. And not surprising after the year that I had, I didn’t accomplish as much as I wanted to in terms of these goals. I was really…
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Storytime Theme: Donuts
Mmmmm! Donuts are definitely a popular breakfast/dessert option these days. In fact, my brother and his wife chose to have donuts at their wedding instead of a traditional wedding cake, which definitely suited them and made for some really fun memories. This is a delicious themed storytime, especially if you…
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STEM Board Books for Little Ones
Babies and toddlers are naturally curious which is the perfect time to introduce them to all sorts of information, vocabulary, and background knowledge. While I don’t expect to drill babies and toddlers with flash cards and tests, I do think that introducing kids to information about the world around them…
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Storytime Theme: Arctic Animals
While the snow is coming down outside, I can’t think of a better storytime theme to write up than this one about arctic animals! I love this theme because you can really dig into some STEM topics and geography with this simple lesson plan. In fact, a globe or a…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025
There are so many amazing books being published just in January, I didn’t even really get past this month of new titles! I grabbed one picture book that was published in December that looks absolutely adorable – Ten-Word Tiny Tales for Love and Laurie Halse Anderson has a new historical…
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Storytime Theme: Lizards
It’s time for a storytime theme about lizards! I think lizards are absolutely fascinating creatures and this storytime can incorporate both fun, read aloud stories with great nonfiction titles to create a unique storytime about these particular reptiles. Songs and rhymes about reptiles and lizards are a little more difficult…
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2025 Word of the Year
2024 Before I jump into sharing my 2025 Word of the Year, I’m going to take a moment to reflect back on the past year and how my 2024 Word of the Year helped to guide me. My 2024 Word of the Year was trust. I chose it after careful…
