• Lists

    Classic Easy Reader Titles

    While I’ve got a slew of easy reader book lists on my blog like Fly Guy Read Alikes, Read Alikes for Elephant & Piggie Fans, and Diverse Easy Readers, I’ve never posted about the classic easy readers. The books that I grew up learning how to read with and were…

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    Storytime Theme: Dance

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    Your toes will be tapping and your hands will be clapping with this high-energy storytime lesson plan all about dance! If you’re not quite ready for a full music and movement program, start here and work towards a full program with music and no books! I tried to combine both…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Books to Read During a Storm

    Top Ten Tuesday

    For today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme, I decided to select some middle grade books that have a winter setting. While not all of these titles are set during a storm, I feel like curling up with anyone of these books during a winter storm would be the perfect companion. I…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter W

    Letter W storytime

    Letter W was full of surprises with many of the book titles having wonderful alliterative titles full of letter w words! And surprisingly, I found a lot of amazing books for the letter w including webs, wolves, whales, watermelons, and windows. In fact, you could create an entire STEM storytime…

  • Lists

    2024 Board Books for Littles

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    I love board books, they’re such a cute size and if you’re reading for a good audience, it’s definitely time for quality snuggles! This list of board books are all brand new for 2024 – some might be previously published as full-size picture books, while others are brand new and…

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    Storytime Theme: Hot & Cold

    Hot & Cold Storytime

    Today is a storytime lesson plan all about opposites and it’s a perfect one for today as the temperature has plummeted where I live and it’s been quite cold over the past few days. I’m remembering again why I dislike the winter – I hate being cold! But, this frigid…

  • Lists

    Top Ten Tuesday: Winter Holidays in Picture Books

    Top Ten Tuesday

    It’s another freebie week! And I’m excited to share this very brief list of picture books about winter holidays from St. Lucia Day (inspired) to Lunar New Year and so many in between! I’m going to caveat this list to say that this is just one depiction of the holidays…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter V

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    It’s Letter V day! Another tricky letter this week, the Letter V led me to picture books about vacuums, volcanoes, vultures, and more. Some of these letters are tricky to find words that preschoolers are going to recognize and that also show up in picture books. This is a letter…

  • Lists

    December Read Alouds

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    It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…

  • Activities

    Storytime Theme: Hair

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    Today’s lesson plan is all about hair because hair is special and unique to everyone! There are so many colors both natural and dyed, textures, styles and more! This lesson plan was created to celebrate the differences and discover similarities. Most of the books listed below are all about kids,…