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Top Ten Tuesday: YA Books for America’s 250th Anniversary
The celebration of America’s Birthday/Anniversary/Semiquincentennial is coming soon and I wanted to take some time to explore the title that are available for kids and teens. Let me tell you, this was trickier than I ever expected! While historical fiction for teens exists, there isn’t a ton of it focused…
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Storytime Theme: America’s 250th Anniversary
This was a tricky storytime theme to pull together and if I hadn’t had a librarian reach out and request some help, I might have given up! The 250th Birthday of America, while an exciting celebration, is very difficult to scale down to a toddler or preschool level. So rather…
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Storytime Theme: Rhyming Books
Rhyming picture books are so fun to read aloud (as long as the rhyming is spot on!). Sometimes, the rhymes don’t quite work or they need to be pronounced a certain way to get them to rhyme, which always trips me up! But, when a rhyming book works really well,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers
It’s April and while the weather outside Philadelphia has ranged everywhere from the 30s to 89 degrees, these romance novels featuring umbrellas on the cover are kind of the perfect springtime books to share. Ironically, I don’t often use an umbrella as I hate carrying a wet umbrella that’s dripping…
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Storytime Theme: Float or Sink
Have you ever wanted to try something a little bit different in your preschool storytime? Maybe stray from the book and song format? Why not try a STEM-based storytime? I know it sounds scary at first, but this one is pretty easy and could be a lot of fun! Start…
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Storytime Theme: Self-Esteem
Here’s another update lesson plan for kids’ self-esteem! It’s an important aspect of a child’s development to feel self-confident and have a high self-esteem. These traits come easier for some more than others, but you can encourage little ones to feel brave and strong by giving them examples in the…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Titles That Describe Me & My Life
This theme was a little harder for me to find titles for this week! And I think you’ll see in my results that they range from the silly (Cookie Time) to the searching Finding Me and the absolute perfect – The Loud Librarian. While this was a little trickier to…
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Storytime Theme: Tails
Animal-themed lesson plans are some of the easiest options available for storytime because there are picture books about almost every animal you can think of. But, if you’re looking for a way to switch it up a bit, why not try a feature that is shared among animals like big…
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Storytime Theme: Snakes
So to be completely transparent, I’m not a fan of snakes. I think it’s probably because when you come across them, it’s usually a surprise and it startles me! In fact, I had one living outside my front door for a long while and I was always afraid we’d scare…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set In Places on My Bucket List
This list was really hard to put together and not for the typical reason. Usually, I’m trying to find enough books to fit into a specific theme, for this list, I had too many options! I want to visit and travel absolutely everywhere! So finding books for a list from…
