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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Wishes
It’s time to share the annual Bookish Wishes post for Top Ten Tuesday. It’s near Jana’s birthday, so she always likes to spread some joy and book love around with everyone! (If you’re unfamiliar, Jana has been the fearless leader of Top Ten Tuesday for 8ish years now). And while…
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Storytime Theme: Rainbow of Animals
Most animal storytimes are quite easy to plan – there are literally thousands of animal picture books available to choose from! So, rather than focusing on a specific animal or habitat, I thought I’d try something different. Today’s storytime lesson plan is a rainbow of animals which means I”m highlighting…
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Frog & Toad Read Alikes
Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel is a classic in the easy reader format. And while I remember reading these books when I was (much) younger, they were published over a decade before I was even born! I think it’s common for parents and caregivers to share the books they…
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Storytime Theme: Cookies
This is a delicious storytime that has me craving a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie right now! I updated an older storytime with more recently published books. There is no reason you can’t use backlist titles, in fact, some of my favorite storytime books are older titles! But, I like…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with Handwriting on the Cover
It’s amazing to me how much a font can change the mood or feelings the reader has! I love a handwritten font – it feels a little more personal to me, as if the main character is speaking directly to me. For today’s prompt, I chose ten young adult books…
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Storytime Theme: Pigeons
This was such a fun storytime plan to pull together! While I love the Pigeon, I wanted to also provide you with some extra options just to build this lesson plan a little bit more. So, we have nine books (not all Mo Willems titles), plus some fun pigeon songs…
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Storytime Theme: Hugs
This sweet, snuggly storytime can be used any time of year, but would be great around Valentine’s Day or maybe during Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. I tried to provide a wide-variety of books on hugs featuring all sorts of hugs and even what hugs make look like depending on…
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Raina Telgemeier Read Alikes
Raina Telgemeier is a crowd favorite in my library with titles like Smile, Drama, and Ghosts, as well as the illustrator of a number of Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel editions. And if you’ve got reader who have read all of her books more than once and are looking for even…
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Storytime Theme: Pollinators
Did you know that June is National Pollinators Month? I was so excited to find this out and knew that I wanted to create a storytime lesson plan around pollinators. Partially, because pollinators are so important to the environment, but also because I love finding new and unique themes to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Can’t Believe I’ve Never Read
There are thousands of books I can’t believe I’ve never read, but for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme, I decided to highlight just ten classic children’s literature titles that I’ve never read. While I’m familiar with all of these titles, I haven’t had a chance to read them yet.…
