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National Poetry Day
Contrary to what I believed (Poetry Month being April), National Poetry Day is on October 2nd. Upon further research (because that’s what I do)… it’s National Poetry Day in England! That being said, I’m going to share a few of my favorite poetry books that are accessible to all ages.…
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We Need Diverse Books
I was talking with a patron who was telling me a story of their 4-year old daughter. The little girls is Black, Hispanic and White, but sadly doesn’t see many others in her small community that look like her. She has begun asking her mom questions about the way she looks after…
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"Important Life Lessons We Learned From Children's Books"
When people ask what I do for a living, many people respond with, “Have you read _________?” And that’s where I say, “If it’s an adult book, probably not. I read mostly children’s books.” And unless the person I’m conversing with is a teacher or works with children, they often…
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Book Review – "Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep"
Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep written and illustrated by Barney Saltzberg is about a small panda who should be asleep and wants to be asleep, but can’t fall asleep. And as he tosses, turns, and twitches the book has fold out pages to show just how hard Chengdu…
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Evaluating Picture Books
The Story Time Secrets: Resources for Sharing Books with Kids blog has a great post today about “10 Tips for Evaluating Picture Books.” I feel as though I’ve read a lot of middle grade novels and know (at least for myself) what works and doesn’t work – character development, setting,…
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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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Story Time Theme: Writing
This week we chose to focus on Writing as an early literacy skill in story time. In both of my classes, the kids were bouncing off the walls and the stories didn’t go as well as I had hoped, but we definitely had fun dancing to Stop & Go by…
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Story Time Theme: Reading
I really enjoy having a three-day weekend, I feel like I can get things accomplished at home, run errands, and still have time to relax and hang out with friends. Fireworks, a great cook-out, some pool time and a trip to Home Depot made for a great weekend (and I…
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Story Time Theme: Fruits & Veggies
I just found this blog post that somehow got lost in the shuffle! So even though this is from a few months ago, I’m going to post it so everyone can see the books I used. ____________________________________________________ Although I had a small crowd (only 7!), we had a great time in…
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Story Time Theme: Green
This was our last week of story time before summer. We tend to end rather early in May because kids get really busy and we do too! We visit a number of schools gearing up for summer reading during the month of May and having a more open schedule allows…