• Activities

    Storytime Theme: Pandas

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    This is an absolutely adorable storytime lesson plan! I’ve seen enough panda videos on Instagram to know that they are some of the most ridiculous animals, but they’re just so cute. Check out these sweet picture books about pandas, panda rhymes, and a couple of crafts too! And if you’re…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Trees on the Cover

    Top Ten Tuesday

    Today’s Top Ten Tuesday topic was a little open in terms of what we could choose to do. All we needed to do was pick something that graced the cover of books. I chose trees because there is a HUGE number of books with trees on the cover as they…

  • Activities

    Storytime Theme: Letter R

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    This has been one of the easiest letters to create a lesson plan for! There are so many great letter R words for kids and there are plenty of choices when it comes to books and activities to extend learning. There are so many directions you can go with this…

  • Lists

    November Read Alouds

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    It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…

  • Activities

    Storytime Theme: Fairy Tales

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    This is such a fun storytime that can introduce young kids to classic fairy tales they may be unfamiliar with. And in this instance, the classic fairy tales are typically European fairy tales and folk tales. But, I might need to try this lesson plan with some additional fairy tales…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: 2024 Middle Grade Horror

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s a Halloween Freebie week for Top Ten Tuesday! And today I’m sharing middle grad horror books that have been published this year. Which also means that I haven’t read any of these books because I’m a complete scaredy-cat in terms of reading scary books and watching scary movies. I…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter Q

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    Today’s storytime lesson plan has been the hardest one yet in the alphabet series! The Letter Q is a notoriously difficult letter, especially when it comes to words that are appropriate for toddlers and preschoolers and are also themes for picture books! While you’ll find plenty of picture books about…

  • Lifestyle

    Director’s Thoughts – 10/25/24

    Director's Thoughts

    Today I want to talk about different types of librarianship or as I put it in my notes, beyond public libraries. Librarians become librarians through a diverse set of means and backgrounds. I’m someone who had wanted to be a librarian since I was seven years old. But for many…

  • Lists

    Picture Book Biographies

    Picture Book Biographies

    Here comes another list of biographies (check out Artist Bios, Author Bios, Inventor Bios and Athlete Bios) all about people, you might not ever have heard of before! This list of picture book biographies is full of fascinating facts, interesting stories, and people you just have to meet. After the…

  • Activities

    Storytime Theme: Bathtime

    It’s bathtime at storytime this week! Don’t forget to use a bubble machine to fill the whole room with bubbles to really get in the mood of bathtime. There are some adorable and super fun picture books about bathtime that are must-reads. If you haven’t read Have You Seen My…