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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…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set Around the Partition of India
I enjoy reading historical fiction to learn about time periods that have come before now. I especially enjoy learning about events and people that I don’t know much about. While there was a lot of time spent on World War II in school education, there was little discussed about what…
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Storytime Theme: Stars
Sometimes I’ve created a storytime theme years ago and it’s one that I like a lot, but it needs an update. Usually, it’s because there are always new books coming out about the subject, so while you’ll already find a star storytime theme from 2013 and 2019, it’s time for…
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Titanic Books for Curious Kids
The Titanic is a historical event that will live on forever. If you’re a millennial like myself, you’ll probably have some really strong memories of Celine Dion singing My Heart Will Go On with young Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in your mind. I think it’s one of those things…