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Do Crocs Kiss?
This is an absolutely adorable story with lift-the-flaps and great rhymes! Salina Yoon may be one of my new favorite children’s authors. She also wrote Penguin and Pinecone which I fell in love with this winter and have use for multiple story times. Each page spread asks two questions about…
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Story Time Theme – Sniffles & Sneezes
It’s that time of year when no matter how much orange juice I drink, if I take my vitamins religiously every day, and wash my hands constantly – I still get a cold. I’ve had a sore throat (turned into a sinus infection) for a few weeks now and it…
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The Goldilocks Variations
First let me say, pop-up books can be the bane of my existence as a librarian because they never last long on the regular shelf, but if we keep them just for story times, they don’t get used regularly. This week we decided to place our pop-up books with our toy…
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Story Time Theme – Penguins Everywhere!
I absolutely adore penguins – they’re cute, fun to watch and make a great story time theme! I chose to use penguins and focus on letter knowledge, after my first story time this week, I realized my error. The letter “p” can look similar to “b”, “d”, and “q”. I…
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Story Time Theme – Hugs & Kisses
Being that Valentine’s Day is this week, I chose a “Hugs & Kisses” theme with some of my favorite stories about love. I’ve already posted about a couple of these books this week, so to spare you, my story time plan is below. I also gave the kids valentines this…
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Otter and Odder
Otter and Odder: A Love Story written by James Howe and illustrated by Chris Raschka is a delightful picture book about love – perfect for Valentine’s Day. Although a bit too long for a toddler story time, this simple book about the strength of love would work very well for early…
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Won’t You Be My Hugaroo?
“Won’t you be my hugaroo? I’ve lots of hugs to share with you.” I fell in love with Won’t You Be My Hugaroo? written by Joanne Ryder and illustrated by Melissa Sweet when I first read it a few years ago. The story (for the most part) has a great…
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Story Time Theme – Eric Carle Celebration
This has been such a great story time theme – Eric Carle is probably one of my favorite children’s author/illustrators of all time and until I can get to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts, this is as close as I can get. I tried to…
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Story Time Theme – Winter Wonderland
This week’s story time theme was so fun! I decided to do a Winter Wonderland story time theme this week because it’s January and so we actually had a little snow on Monday, but by today, it’s 60+ degrees outside, so c’est la vie – we went with it anyway. I’ve…
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Youth Media Awards or BEST Day for Children’s Literature/Media
The Youth Media Awards are announced every January at 8:00 am, when most sane people are getting ready for work, commuting, or just beginning work. This year because the American Library Association Midwinter Conference was held in Seattle, the awards were announced at 11:00 am EST. For most of the…