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Book Review: The White Book
I love picture books that change how you look at picture books! Things like Press Here, Tap the Magic Tree, or the Pigeon and Chester books where the characters break the fourth wall. Or like A Funny Little Bird by Jennifer Yerkes or The White Book by Silvia Borando, Lorenzo Clerici and Elisabetta Pica where the…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Snow
Storytime was interesting, to say the least! I have 25 kids registered with 6+ on the waitlist and ended up with at least 25-30 in storytime yesterday. Considering the number of children in the room, the program went fairly smoothly, although I had a few adults that kept talking while…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Historical Settings I Love
I love historical fiction (always have!) and these are some (keyword: some) of my favorite historical fiction I’ve read! I’ve tried to include a diverse selection of books and a variety of time periods, but I will literally read about any time period. I read all the American Girl books…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/1/16
I have the best intentions to get a lot of reading done each week and then my week gets filled up with programs and meetings and dinners out and parties… and I haven’t read as much as I would have liked!Oh well, what I did get to read this week…
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Family Storytime Theme: Snow
My storytime went really well this morning. We’re offering a family storytime on Friday mornings at 10:30am which is something we’ve never done before and it seems to be a BIG hit already! I think I scared the parents a little because most were very attentive and participative. Hopefully, it…
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day
Unfortunately, I missed posting this yesterday, but I wanted to let everyone know of this amazing resource for multicultural children’s books! “Children’s reading and play advocates Valarie Budayr from Jump Into a Book and Mia Wenjen from Pragmatic Mom have teamed up to create an ambitious (and much needed) national event.”…
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STEAM: Bristlebot Workshop
Even with all the snow, we carried on and still offered a Bristlebot Workshop for kids in grades 4 – 8 on Monday night. I started off the program talking about circuitry and although it probably didn’t make the most sense, I think the kids figured out the difference between…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Snow Books
Since we got over two feet of snow, that’s all that is on anyone’s mind! That being said, here are some of my favorite snow books to share in storytime. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Snow by Manya Stojic The Mitten by Jan Brett The Story of Snopw:…
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It’s Monday, What Are Your Reading? 1/25/16
I had all the plans in the world to do a TON of reading this weekend as we got hit by Winter Storm Jonas which dumped over two feet of snow on us in 24 hours. But, shoveling takes a lot of time and we’re not even done yet. So…
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E-Tots – Digital Literacy for our Littlest Patrons
I just finished up a quick program this morning using the library iPads to highlight some fun and educational apps for toddlers and preschoolers. We called it E-Tots – Digital Literacy for our Littlest Patrons. I don’t have any of my own kids, so I know that many parents use…