• Lists

    Book Adaptations on Streaming Services

    Kids Book Adaptations on Streaming Services

    Looking for a fun new way to spend time together as a family? Why not try a family book club and then watch an adaptation of the book on one of the popular streaming services! Reading aloud doesn’t have to stop when kids start reading on their own. Some of…

  • Lists

    Books for Multilingual Kids

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    While sharing the same language often makes communication easier for everyone, kids don’t always need words to communicate and these nine picture books prove it! There are lots of families who speak more than one language, often choosing to speak a language other than English at home. And when kids…

  • Lists

    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Language Learning

    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Language Learning

    As we continue to travel through the alphabet, we taking the chance to travel around the world as well with an introduction to language learning in a variety of languages, plus being able to better understand the importance of language both verbal and nonverbal as well! Studies show that kids…

  • Reviews

    #blogbookaday: The Great Dictionary Caper

    Summary:  “When all of the words escape from the dictionary, it’s up to Noah Webster to restore alphabetical order in this supremely wacky picture book that celebrates language. Words have secret lives. On a quiet afternoon the words escape the dictionary (much to the consternation of Mr. Noah Webster) and flock…

  • Activities

    Toddler Storytime Theme: Counting

    Today’s storytime is Toddler Storytime Theme: Counting! Because what small child doesn’t like to help with storytime by counting. Check out these great diverse counting books that expose kids to different languages, cultures, and races. Books: Can You Count Ten Toes? by Lezlie Evans (We counted in English on most of…

  • Activities

    Story Time Theme: Langauge

    This is the last week of our summer story time schedule!  YAY!!! We’re crossing things off the summer schedule and I have to say that I’m pretty excited take a little break until the fall session starts.  Overall, even though I had a huge crowd signed up for story time…

  • Lifestyle

    “Ten Best Sentences”

    The American Scholar posted their list of the 10 Best Sentences ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Charles Dickens and while all are very interesting and debatably the best, I would love to see a similar list for children’s literature.  What would be on it? Most likely something from Dr.…