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Building a Home Library
Check out the Children’s Book Council’s 2016 Building a Home Library booklist created by the ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee and the ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, of which I am a part of. These booklists are created every other year and include not only classic stories, but newly published material…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Picture Book Releases For The Second Half Of The Year
Nanette’s Baguette by Mo Willems (October 25) Quit Calling Me a Monster! by Jory John (August 23) We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen (October 11) The Magic Word by Mac Barnett (October 4) The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen Savage (July 5) The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah Ohora (July…
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Toddler Storytime: Naps
Kids may despise napping, but when I asked who likes to take naps, every parent raised their hand. This was a fun storytime to do with the kids – they loved learning the Spanish words for colors and giggled as the toddler in No Nap! Yes Nap! ran away from his…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/23/16
This week instead of reading, I spent a lot of time getting ready for a work happy hour hosted at my house. Between cleaning the house, mowing the lawn and cooking/baking, it left me with a lot less time to read than I wanted to, but I did get to…
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25 Children's Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
I’ll be honest, I had to do some research to really understand what countries, heritages, cultures, and religions Asian Pacific American included. The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month website created in part by the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of…
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Family Storytime Theme: Superheroes
Opening: “Hello” with sign language Hello, friends. (x3) It’s time to say hello. Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: “Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes, and finding the letters that…
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Teacher Appreciation Week
I’ve been lucky to have some amazing teachers in my lifetime, specifically my parents who along with raising four kids are both professors at a university. My favorite school teachers (and the ones I can remember the best) are the ones who read aloud to us – a few even…
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"That's a Baby Book!"
One of the saddest things I hear far too often is, “That’s a baby book, go find something more appropriate.” This is said to kids in my library at all ages and stages, but it often happens with those kids who are reading easy readers and beginning chapter books, but…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Childhood Characters I'd Love to Revisit as Adults
The Best Worst Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson Dory Fantasmagory by Abby Hanlon Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst From…
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A to Z Challenge Survivor
I survived the Blogging From A to Z Challenge of 2016! Although it was a lot of work, I am so glad I got a chance to participate and really focus on writing a number of posts for future dates. I wrote all of the posts in advance, the first…