I am back to teaching Explorastory this month and have already planned a storytime. Last week I chose the theme of Robots. Books: Books: “Hello […]
Batters Up! A New Round of Baseball Books
Major League baseball starts next week! Nothing says Spring better than the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd or the smell of […]
Libraries
Today’s storytime was about one my favorite places…the library! There are so many fun stories about the library that are excellent to read out loud. Books:My […]
Reader to Reader
A Family of Readers: The Book Lover’s Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Literature by Roger Sutton and Martha Parravano, editors of The Horn Book […]
Best Websites for Booklovers – Literary Awards
Posted by Peg – Written by Library Staff The Man Booker Prize http://themanbookerprize.com/ The Man Booker Prize website contains exclusive news, interviews, and articles about […]
Of Mice and Cats
Fredle is a young mouse, full of curiosity and ready for adventure. After eating too much Peppermint Patty in Cynthia Voigt’s Young Fredle, he is […]
Travel to Bhutan
You may remember Bhutan as the country that prides itself on being more concerned with its citizens’ Gross National Happiness than the GDP, a country that did […]
Trains
Rereading Donald Crews’ classic picture book “Freight Train” was the inspiration for this week’s storytime. This is a great book to teach colors, shapes, and […]
Piggies
For the pig theme today, I opened with a pig puppet. I allowed all the kids to come up and pet the piggy.The books we […]
Mystery, History & Wine = an Engaging read
Do you enjoy wine? Check! Are you interested in American History? Check! Would you like to read a great mystery series? Check! I have the perfect suggestion […]