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Library Nightmares
I woke up this morning from a terrifying nightmare about storytime. I’ve had a few dreams about the library, but none that have been as scary as this one! In my dream I was working at my desk when all of these families come into the library ready for storytime…
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Book Review: The Nest
I am not a huge fan of horror fiction… it scares me just a little too much. Coraline was absolutely frightening, Doll Bones terrified me and even though I’ve met Mary Downing Hahn, I didn’t have to guts to tell her I’ve never read her work because I hate being scared.…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Clothing
I am so impressed with this group of kids, I’ve chosen some longer books and they will sit through them! The kids were absolutely giggling over Froggy Gets Dessed this morning and love doing our wiggle song, “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom” and really liked jumping to Jim Gills’s “Jumping & Counting”…
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Flannel Friday: “Bubble Bubble Pop”
I did this little song during my Saturday storytime and it was so fun! The kids loved it! – their favorite part was when the bubbles… POPPED! And the parents picked it up really quickly which made it much more interactive.The fish are made out of felt (cut out…
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Norse Mythology for Tweens
With the popularity of Rick Riordan’s books, I was sure that the new series Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard would be a HUGE hit, but I think I jumped the gun a little too quickly because most of the kids I know have had the chance to read…
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World Read Aloud Day
Today is World Read Aloud Day, an initiative that calls global attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories. I’ve mentioned before on my blog that my parents read aloud to us for as long as I could remember. Evenings were spent snuggled up in my brothers’ room…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Mittens
I had a really good storytime this week! It was a full house, but the kids were fairly well behaved and loved talking about mittens! Unfortunately, it’s raining and not snowing here… but, oh well! It was still fun to talk about! The kids love doing Once Upon a Snowman (probably because…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed Recently That Weren’t My Typical Genre/Type
Roller Girl by Victoria JamiesonI am not a huge fan of graphic novels; I’m a quick reader and I think I don’t spend enough time looking at the art, feeling as though it gets in the way. But I loved Roller Girl! The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/22/16
I read SO many books this week! I, unfortunately, got the 24-hour bug as well which left me down-and-out (of work) for two days when all was said and done, but I definitely put the second day to good use, getting a lot of reading done! This week I read:…
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Family Storytime Theme: Colorful Chameleons
This storytime was awesome! I enjoy my Saturday crowds because they are a lot of families that I don’t see during the week and are usually very into participating. The kids LOVED the fish song and (once they figured it out) the “Mmm Ahh” song too! They were also captivated…
