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Storytime Theme: Rainbow
Well, it’s the final color-themed storytime for a while – I couldn’t ignore the rainbow! The series just didn’t seem complete without an all-encompassing rainbow themed storytime lesson plan. This could be a great introduction to the series or an ending, but between this lesson plan and the ones listed…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Language Learning
As we continue to travel through the alphabet, we taking the chance to travel around the world as well with an introduction to language learning in a variety of languages, plus being able to better understand the importance of language both verbal and nonverbal as well! Studies show that kids…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Know It All
Some letters of this challenge are easier than others and I have learned over the past ten years to provide myself with a few spaces where I can kind of create a catch-all location for additional titles that I want to share that may not fit in a different letter’s…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Jokes & Riddles
Whoever knew that jokes and riddles would be considered nonfiction? Well, there’s a space for jokes and books of riddles in the Dewey Decimal System (and the letter J is really hard to find a word for!), so here we are! I also think it’s a sneaky way to get…
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Best Picture Books to Give as Gifts
If you’re looking for a gift idea for little kids, teens, best friends, or seniors, why not try a picture book? Picture books might not be your first choice, but they can relay a wide variety of messages and while written for kids, they can be just as heartwarming and…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Insects
It’s a creepy-crawly book list for you today! And while, I’m not afraid of insects, I don’t want to see them in my house and can take care of them when they do find their way indoors (usually by scooping them up and taking them back outdoors!). But, I do…
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Storytime Theme: Brown, Black, Gray, and White
While these colors – brown, black, gray, and white are not the most popular colors for toddlers and preschoolers, there are a surprising number of books that are available for these colors. And while, you could easily do a storytime about each one individually, I chose to combine them all…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: History
This was a tricky book list to create because twelve books just isn’t enough to even dive into the thousands millions of years of history that exists. Instead, I chose stories that I found fascinating to learn about and real-life stories of people that lived in the past. Many of…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Geology
When I was younger, I was gifted a rock tumbling machine and after some trial and error, it was such a cool process seeing rough rocks and minerals turn into smooth, beautiful stones! These twelve nonfiction titles are sure to inspire kids who love having their hands in the dirt…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Springy Covers
Spring is here and today’s a nice and easy Top Ten Tuesday theme – books with springy covers! I love spring, in fact, I took myself on a little spring trek through the neighborhood and took photos of all the new flowers and buds that were opening up! It’s so…
