• Activities

    Storytime Theme: Bees

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    This week’s storytime is about a vital part of our ecosystem – bees! These little creatures are small but mighty and deserve our respect. Share these great picture books with kids to help them understand the importance of bees and not to be too afraid of them. Did you know…

  • Lists

    Summer of Nonfiction: Poetry

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    I bet most people don’t immediately think about poetry when you say nonfiction titles, but you’d be surprised by how much poetry is incorporated into nonfiction titles, especially for kids. Explore these great titles in my Summer of Nonfiction: Poetry list this week. I think it’s really important to expose…

  • Lists

    Summer of Nonfiction: Easy Readers

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    Some kids out there are only ever interested in facts, they have no interest in reading stories and that is perfectly fine! For your emerging fact-checker, check out these great easy reader nonfiction titles. The best part? Most of them are full sets about a wide-range of topics allowing your…

  • Lists

    Ant-Man Read Alikes

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    Ant-Man is full of laughter and heart, but at the root it is truly all about family. I chose some interesting titles to read if you’re a fan of Ant-Man – a graphic novel about bees (a fascinating combination of facts and story), a story about searching for family in…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: My Busy Green Garden

    Summary:  “So begins this lyrical tribute to the bugs, bees, and birds that make the garden such a busy place. With each turned page, more visitors appear, and all the while the “surprise”—a chrysalis—changes unnoticed until, on the last page, a butterfly emerges and flies away across the garden’s well-tended borders.…

  • Lists

    Winter Solstice: 16 Pictures Books About Snow

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     Happy Winter Solstice today (if you live in the Northern Hemisphere). I’m one of those people who love the idea of snow, but if it makes it difficult for me to do anything, then I get cranky. I think it’s beautiful to look at and it’s so quiet when it’s snowing…