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Story Time Theme: Kevin Henkes
This week I focused on books written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. And for some reason I had a lot of interest checking out the books after story time, Henkes books, I think, might work better in a one-on-one setting as many of his books are quiet books that can…
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Story Time Theme: Eric Carle
This fall, I’ll be presenting story time for toddlers (ages 2 – 3.5 years old) as well as our very popular Yoga Story Time for children ages 2 – 5 years old. Rather than focusing on a specific theme, this six-week session, I plan on focusing on a different author…
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Secret Pizza Party
If you love pizza, then you’ll love this book! Poor Raccoon, he loves pizza so much! But no one will give him even one little slice, so the narrator helps out by suggesting a secret pizza party where Raccoon can eat all the pizza he wants! The party involves Raccoon…
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Xander’s Panda Party
This is a must read! Xander’s Panda Party is an adorable rhyming book with beautiful watercolor pictures about the importance of friendship and including everyone! Linda Sue Park is probably one of my favorite authors of children’s literature, she has written a number of middle grade novels such as A…
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Storytime Theme: Jungle
We haven’t planned many weekend programs for our library, I work so much during the week, I’m hesitant to work some more on the weekend! But, I do work a couple of Saturdays throughout the year. We’re beginning to think about offering more on the weekends so we did a…
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Warning: Do Not Open This Book!
Children’s authors and illustrators, if possible, are becoming more and more creative with new and innovative ideas to create truly interactive books for children. Warning: Do Not Open This Book! is no different – with a seemingly innocent monkey peeking around the corner, children will not be able to help…
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Flora and the Flamingo
This is an adorable wordless picture book about a little who wants nothing more than to be as graceful as the flamingo she sees. She is decked out in a yellow swimming cap and flippers with a pink bathing suit. She begins by copying exactly what the flamingo is doing…
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C. R. Mudgeon
With a title like that, who could resist this book! C.R. Mudgeon is a hedgehog who knows what he likes and likes what he knows, that is until a new neighbor moves in upstairs and his whole world gets turned around! Paprika the squirrel likes bright colors, spicy food, and…
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Crankenstein
Everyone has a Crankenstein day once in a while and this fun story can actually help parents talk to their kids about being cranky in a fun way! A Crankenstein “is a monster of grumpiness that no one can destroy! “The story tells the reader where you might find Crankenstein…
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Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Caldecott award winning author, Chris Raschka, again brings his beautiful watercolors to a new book for youngsters called Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle. In a field of children’s book you would think learning how to ride a bike would be a topic on everyone’s mind, but there aren’t…