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16 Modern Picture Books That Feel Like Classics
I’m really excited about this list today! I spend a lot of time on this blog sharing books that are silly, brightly colored, and interactive, anything to catch a little one’s eye, for them to take just a moment to open it up and discover the power of a story.…
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Yoga Storytime for Toddlers – Updated for 2025
I wrote this post originally way back in 2012! And while the core tenets of the idea has stayed the same – how to incorporate yoga into a storytime for toddlers, I wanted to take a moment to update this post to help you find more great resources and just…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Fantasy Middle Grade for a Non-Fantasy Reader
Please let me explain this very extensive title for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday blog post! Today was a genre freebie for the theme which means I could pick any genre to explore. While I typically choose genres I absolutely adore (like historical fiction!), I decided to go a different…
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Storytime Theme: Sisters
My sister is a few years younger than I am, but we shared a room growing up and we talk on the phone twice a week now that we live across the country from each other. She’s definitely one of my best friends and someone I can count on in…
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Great Books for Fans of the Bad Guys
The Bad Guys series is laugh out loud funny and I know this for a fact. I was spending a few days at my parents’ house and my niece and nephew stayed over for a sleepover and we were reading aloud the first book in the The Bad Guys series…
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Storytime Theme: Unexpected
Sometimes it’s fun to create a surprising and unexpected storytime theme for toddlers and preschoolers! Today’s lesson plan is all about surprising or unexpected storylines, characters, and settings! Whether you’re trying to get a certain bear’s hat back or being brave even if you’re not quite sure what a mouse…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Beach Reads
It’s a beach reads week at Top Ten Tuesday and I’m loving contemporary romances – they’re just like chick flicks, easy to watch/read and you know everything is going to work out in the end! Today’s list is full of romance stories that take place at the beach and are…
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Storytime Theme: Thanksgiving
It’s time for another holiday storytime! And this time we’re focusing on Thanksgiving. And while I know Thanksgiving is fraught with a difficult past, I wanted to create a storytime that shared both the importance of learning history and also sharing some fun stories that are just silly. I found…
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Favorite Classic Christmas Stories
While it might be too early for most people to think about Christmas, there is such as thing as Christmas in July and I figured it was the perfect time to share some of my favorite classic Christmas stories! These were all books that we had growing up and each…
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Nonfiction Storytime Theme: Wild Animals
I’m working on something new by offering a storytime with strictly nonfiction titles for kids to learn all about animals! Animals are easy because kids love them and you can find all sorts of amazing nonfiction books for young kids about animals. But, if you wanted to, you could also…
