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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Silly
While all of my other book lists in this series – happy, sad, mad, shy, enthusiasm, and frustrated are very much about characters who feel a very specific way and what they do about those feelings, this book list is a little different in that it’s focused more on silly storylines and…
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Storytime Theme: Valentine’s Day
It’s time to celebrate love in all its forms with this Valentine’s Day storytime lesson plan! Like many of the holiday lesson plans that I’ve written up this year, I’ve focused on offering a list of picture books that have been recently published. And while there are dozens more to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Non-Book Freebie
Today’s theme is a non-book freebie! And while I strayed a little bit away from books, I couldn’t completely go in another direction, so today I’m sharing literary or bookish jigsaw puzzles! I love working on a puzzle and while I enjoy puzzling, my sister is a puzzling master! She’s…
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Storytime Theme: Ramadan
We’re continuing to celebrate holidays from religions and cultures around the world and today we say, Ramadan Mubarak! Ramadan is celebrate for about a month during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and shifts throughout the year each year. For example, for 2025, Ramadan was celebrated from February 28th…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Frustrated
There are so many emotions and happy, sad, mad, shy, and enthusiasm that I’ve already covered, but today I’m looking at frustration. This list was interesting to build because it comes across as almost two different lists completely. The first, is the list of books that could be used just as equally…
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Storytime Theme: Bluey
While I don’t have any little ones of my own, I’ve seen my fair share of Bluey episodes and I absolutely adore the show. It’s so sweet and reminds me a lot of tv shows that were on in the early 90s, simple plots, focused on kids while also providing…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Satisfying Book Series
I am not great at series and I’ll be the first to admit it! I’ll start a series and love the first book, but then it falls apart! Often, the rest of the series hasn’t been published yet and by the time the next book is published, I’ve often forgotten…
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Storytime Theme: Mice
There’s a mice themed storytime lesson plan on my blog already, but it was published in 2016, almost 10 years ago! I thought it might be time to update the lesson plan with some recently published picture books about mice and some additional songs and crafts to make. This doesn’t…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Enthusiasm
There are so many emotions and happy, sad, mad, and shy, I thought it might be fun to look at something a little more difficult to explain, but an emotion that kids feel all the time – enthusiasm/excitement for things they love! Many kids go through the “why?” phase, others become passionate…
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Storytime Theme: Mid-Autumn Festival
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know a lot about the Mid-Autumn Festival, but there have been a number of children’s books being published in the past few years about this harvest celebration and I thought it was an important one to include with the special, holiday…
