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#blogbookaday: The Great Dictionary Caper
Summary: “When all of the words escape from the dictionary, it’s up to Noah Webster to restore alphabetical order in this supremely wacky picture book that celebrates language. Words have secret lives. On a quiet afternoon the words escape the dictionary (much to the consternation of Mr. Noah Webster) and flock…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Counting
Today’s storytime is Toddler Storytime Theme: Counting! Because what small child doesn’t like to help with storytime by counting. Check out these great diverse counting books that expose kids to different languages, cultures, and races. Books: Can You Count Ten Toes? by Lezlie Evans (We counted in English on most of…
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Story Time Theme: Langauge
This is the last week of our summer story time schedule! YAY!!! We’re crossing things off the summer schedule and I have to say that I’m pretty excited take a little break until the fall session starts. Overall, even though I had a huge crowd signed up for story time…
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“Ten Best Sentences”
The American Scholar posted their list of the 10 Best Sentences ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Charles Dickens and while all are very interesting and debatably the best, I would love to see a similar list for children’s literature. What would be on it? Most likely something from Dr.…