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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Hope to Read Over Winter Break
I know that today’s theme is actually “Books I Hope Santa Brings”, but I already have half of these titles on my bookshelf at home and I just haven’t gotten a chance to read them yet! And I know, I’ve got about a week before the end of the year,…
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Storytime Theme: Earth Day
It’s time to celebrate this beautiful planet we live on with an Earth Day storytime lesson plan! This lesson plan includes nine (recently) published picture books that make great read alouds. One of which is a nonfiction title. Remember, you are never required to read an entire book cover-to-cover. Sometimes,…
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Storytime Theme: Spring
While it’s frigidly cold outside right now, I thought a springtime storytime lesson plan was the perfect way to feel a little warmth and sunshine right now! And like many of the storytimes I’ve pulled together recently, I tried to focus on some newer titles to share. Concepts that can…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Winter 2025-2026 To-Read List
I have grandiose plans for my winter break which is only a couple of days, but these young adult books look too good to pass up before the new year! I don’t often get the chance to read YA books, but some of these coves are to die for, some…
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Storytime Theme: Playing
It’s time for storytime series! I’m going to be focusing on key areas that parents and caregivers can focus on to build their child’s early literacy skills. These are simple things that parents and caregivers are probably already doing, now you can encourage them to do these practices with purpose!…
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Storytime Theme: Writing
It’s time for storytime series! I’m going to be focusing on key areas that parents and caregivers can focus on to build their child’s early literacy skills. These are simple things that parents and caregivers are probably already doing, now you can encourage them to do these practices with purpose!…
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Top Ten Tuesday: YA Books Set In Snowy Places
While there are a plethora of wonderful winter/holiday romances out there, I decided to focus my efforts somewhere else for this post. I’ve already done a wintery-themed list for middle grade books, so instead I went with snowy/wintery themed YA books. I don’t think YA books get as much love,…
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Storytime Theme: Reading
It’s time for storytime series! I’m going to be focusing on key areas that parents and caregivers can focus on to build their child’s early literacy skills. These are simple things that parents and caregivers are probably already doing, now you can encourage them to do these practices with purpose!…
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Best of 2025 Book Lists
It’s that time of year when anyone and everyone starts sharing their thoughts and opinions on the best things of the year. In my nook of the world, this is typically the best books of 2025. And while I’m as curious the next person as to who makes these lists,…
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Storytime Theme: Easter
I’ve written up a lot of holiday storytime themes this year, and while Christmas is around the corner, I’m focusing on another Christian holiday today, Easter. Like many of the other holiday storytimes I’ve published this year, I focused on providing readers with recently published Easter titles as a way…
