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 […]
Most Marvelous Companions
My favorite book of the year didn’t win the Newbery Award and it didn’t win the Caldecott Award. It could have, in my opinion, but […]
Stories from the Coop
There are trends in children’s literature, just as in fashion and other endeavors. 2010 was a very good year for chickens in picture books! When […]
One Crazy Summer
Delphine is 11 years old, and the big sister to Vonetta and Fern. She has had to be the mother figure for her little sisters, […]
Mittens
For this week’s winter theme, I planned a storytime around Jim Aylesworth’s 2009 adaptation of the folktale “The Mitten”. I love that a version of […]
Snow
This week was an official “snow day,” so what better time to make a post on a story time inspired by the white fluffy stuff. […]
And the “winner” is…
Chalk, by Bill Thompson! I was recently part of a mock Caldecott election with library science graduate students. We looked at dozens and dozens of […]
