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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Art
It’s April first and the first day of the 2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge! This year, I’m sharing all children’s nonfiction titles. And I know, before you say, what the heck is she thinking?!?!? I promise you, children’s nonfiction books are some of the coolest books on the market…
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Storytime Planning
While the general public might think that planning storytime is just grabbing a few books off the shelf and tossing in a few songs, planning a storytime isn’t that easy! But, if you do it well, the rewards are completely worth it! You’ll have both the kids and caregivers completely…
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Storytime Theme: Dance
Your toes will be tapping and your hands will be clapping with this high-energy storytime lesson plan all about dance! If you’re not quite ready for a full music and movement program, start here and work towards a full program with music and no books! I tried to combine both…
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How to Host Baby Storytime @ Your Library
We’ve hosted a baby storytime at our library for years. But, since COVID we’ve had to rearrange a lot of our space and staff and our baby storytime leader decided that after many, many years, she was ready to take a break. A few staff members were a little nervous…
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Music & Movement for Preschoolers
This was a new program I tried at my library. We’re hosting regular storytimes, but we’re also always looking for ways to try new and different programs for our toddlers and preschoolers. This was a departure from what we’ve done in the past – not a storytime and not a…
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15 Picture Book Biographies About Musicians
Picture book biographies are certainly having their heyday right now. There are a number of titles being published monthly – and often of people that I am unfamiliar with. Today’s post started out just highlighting some of the great picture book biographies, but I soon realized I needed to narrow…
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12 Titles for National Jukebox Day
It’s National Jukebox Day! The first use of a jukebox was on November 23, 1889 in San Francisco. I was so surprised that jukeboxes have been around for that long! The first ones were coin-operated and used an Edison phonograph. There were also called “Nickel in the Slot” at the…
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The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy
Synopsis: “A tuba player without a tuba and his jellyfish-imitating sister cope with their father’s disappearance in this hilarious and moving novel by the author of The Mortification of Fovea Munson. When Lenny Volpe, former quarterback of the worst professional football team in the nation, leaves his family and disappears, the…
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Four on Friday: Saxophone Day
It’s Saxophone Day! This is a great way to introduce kids to music they might not be familiar with or to share all the great musical instruments in this world. So, grab a couple of these titles, throw on a groovy jazz album and learn about this amazing instrument! Four…
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Storytime Theme: Jazz
Black History Month is here! And I wanted to share a way you can celebrate this special month with some of your youngest patrons, students, or family members. Today I wanted to focus solely on one specific music style – jazz! I love taking the time to introduce young children…
