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Storytime Theme: Exercise
While I wouldn’t necessarily say that kids need to “work out” I do think that encouraging kids to be active is a healthy choice! Kids lead very sedentary lives, especially when they reach school age, so encouraging healthy habits early is helpful. And kids can learn that exercise is a…
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Storytime Theme: Juneteenth
Celebrate Juneteenth this year with a special storytime program with age appropriate books for preschoolers and early elementary school age kids. I don’t think storytime necessarily needs to end when kids start school and this is a perfect example of a storytime that would work really well with an older…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Never Reviewed
After years of book blogging, I’ve come to the realization that I really don’t like writing book reviews. I don’t necessarily think that I’m a strong enough writer to write quality book reviews and I don’t tend to read carefully enough to take in the details needed for a book…
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2024 CYBILS Award Winners
The Children’s and Young Adult Book Lovers’ Literary Awards are a little different from the awards you’ll often find on the ALA Youth Media Award Winners list. And that’s because these books are chosen by judges who are book lovers – typically bloggers and content creators that absolutely love children’s…
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Parenting Book List: First Day of School
This is a series, I’ve been wanting to work on for years and I’ve finally been able to get my thoughts and book suggestions together, so over the course of the next few weeks, you’ll be seeing these Parenting Book Lists, filled with suggestions for common occurrences and situations that…
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Storytime Theme: Father’s Day
Celebrate Father’s Day with the special men in your life with this love-filled storytime theme! Dad’s get the spotlight with beautiful, silly, amazing read alouds. And what I love is that there are a few titles on this list that celebrate all sorts of dads and dad-like people in your…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Loving YA Families
Today’s prompt was a love freebie for Valentine’s Day and while I’ve done lists like 2024 Contemporary Romance Titles, First Crush Middle Grade Novels, 12 YA Couples for Valentine’s Day, and 12 Middle Grade Friendships for Valentine’s Day, I wanted to try something a little different and look toward supportive,…
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Storytime Theme: Big Machines
Things that go is a perennial favorite when it comes to storytime themes. So, make sure you’ve done a car theme, a train theme, a truck theme, a construction theme, and why not try a big machines theme that is very similar to a construction theme but could also include…
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Wings of Fire Read Alikes
While I may not be the first person to pick up a book with a dragon on the cover. I’m always surprised by how much I like the fantastical aspects of the stories when I read them. The Wings of Fire series is one of our most popular book series…
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Storytime Theme: Reading
A favorite pastime of mine and probably many of the people who perform storytimes – reading! Share the joy of books, reading, and libraries with tiny readers with this free lesson plan filled with great read aloud stories, some fun songs and rhymes, and a couple of activities that are…
