• Activities

    Family Storytime Theme: Color Red

    Storytime went pretty well today!  The kids definitely got Red by Michael Hall.  I made sure to talk about it a little bit before we started and the older kids picked up on the fact that the crayon itself was blue, but it’s wrapper was red.   We talked about what…

  • Activities

    Toddler Storytime Theme: Color RED

    My storytime was definitely not my favorite today, the kids didn’t really seem to enjoy the books but were really into our scarf song.  I think part of the reason is that we have a little boy in class with a disability who comes with an adult and an aide…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Books

    The I Love You Book by Todd Parr Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon Sweet Hearts by Jan Carr Love, Lola by Diane De Groat Won’t You Be My Kissaroo? by Joanne Ryder Mouse’s First Valentine by Lauren Thompson Hug Machine by Scott Campbell My Heart is Like a Zoo…

  • Lifestyle,  Lists

    Book Display: Show Books Some Love

    We’ve been very busy weeding books throughout our department, but we had found a lot of books in our picture book area that are beautiful, relatively new books that haven’t circulated well, so we’re hoping we can save them!  I’ve seen a lot of libraries offer book displays for books…

  • Activities

    Story Time Theme – Love

    I had to offer a Valentine’s Day themed storytime this week for my kids.  Some of my favorite picture books are all about love and snuggles and the kids did really well today!  This was the first time I got to see my Monday story time group (finally!) and although…

  • Activities

    Story Time Theme – Hugs & Kisses

    Being that Valentine’s Day is this week, I chose a “Hugs & Kisses” theme with some of my favorite stories about love.  I’ve already posted about a couple of these books this week, so to spare you, my story time plan is below.  I also gave the kids valentines this…