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Storytime Theme: Frozen Treats
I LOVE ice cream, I mean an ice cream cone is in the banner of my blog! Plus, popsicles are so refreshing in the summer, especially if you make them yourself. Today, I’m sharing a delicious, refreshing storytime theme all about frozen treats. Whether you love ice cream or popsicles,…
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20 Global Middle Grade: Set Outside the U.S.
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Wish Had an Epilogue
I love to read, but I’m going to admit something, I very rarely remember many details. I can often tell you whether I liked the book, but not much else. So, sometimes these Top Ten Tuesday themes really get me thinking. The ten books I wish had an epilogue include…
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Storytime Theme: Fish
With many libraries using the “Oceans of Possibilities” theme this year for summer reading, I wouldn’t be surprised to find that there will be a lot of fish-themed storytimes! There’s a wide variety of fish books out there for kids from the ocean, to pets, lakes to rivers, and a…
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Family Book Club: Icky, Sticky, Slimy, Gross & Gooey
I’m launching something completely new today and I’m so excited about it! I’ve created family book club kit that is prepped and ready to go, all you need are some family members or friends! Today’s theme is Icky, Sticky, Slimy, Gross & Gooey. I figured that a theme that would…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With a Unit of Time In the Title
This one wasn’t easy! I mean, some titles just sprang to mind like One Hundred Years of Solitude or Around the World In Eighty Days, but realistically I had a harder time finding children’s books that fit the criteria! I found a number of books about telling time and with…
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Storytime Theme: Daytime, Nighttime
I was surprised after looking through past themes that I never did a Daytime/Nighttime storytime. I’ve done plenty of bedtime themes, but nothing that compares the two! It’s definitely easier to find nighttime books over books specifically about daytime, so keep that in mind when you’re selecting titles. Daytime Nighttime…
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16 Captivating Middle Grade: Survival
With summer just around the corner for so many kids, I wanted to share a few titles in lots of different genres to help make summer reading that much easier! If you’ve got a voracious reader at home, try setting some fun reading goals this summer by trying different genres.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Comfort Reads
The past few years have definitely changed my reading habits as I’m leaning way more into contemporary romances. It’s like watching a romantic comedy – you typically know what’s going to happen, but it’s still fun to watch! I like knowing there’s going to be a happy ending and it’s…
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Storytime Theme: Cows
Being at my parents’ house has inspired a cow-themed storytime this morning! My parents’ house is in the country and less than a mile down the road is a large dairy farm, so it’s not uncommon to hear cows mooing and if the wind blows just right, it smells just…
