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Middle Grade Genres: Fantasy
New month, new book list series! This month we’re moving on to middle grade genres! I’ve already shared picture book genres and chapter book genres, so let’s dive into middle grade. Middle grade books is a term used in the book industry to describe titles that are written for an…
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Storytime Theme: Elephants
Storytime is going to full of BIG fun with this storytime lesson plan all about elephants! With great big stories, fun songs and rhymes, and crafts – kids will love this one. It’s been ten years since the last elephant storytime lesson plan, so I’m sharing some recently published titles…
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Storytime Theme: Kangaroos
Kangaroos are such a fun animal to learn about! These marsupials are well-known animals, even though they are indigenous to just Australia and New Guinea. They are also the only large mammal to move around by hopping primarily on two legs. And can reach speeds of over 40 miles per…
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Middle Grade Genres: Science Fiction
New month, new book list series! This month we’re moving on to middle grade genres! I’ve already shared picture book genres and chapter book genres, so let’s dive into middle grade. Middle grade books is a term used in the book industry to describe titles that are written for an…
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Storytime Theme: Lions
So, here’s another theme that I thought I would have done years ago, but it doesn’t seem to exist in my storytime lesson plan database! I’ve done a Lion & Mouse theme, but not just a lion themed lesson plan for storytime. So, it’s high time I share some recently…
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Middle Grade Genres: Mystery
New month, new book list series! This month we’re moving on to middle grade genres! I’ve already shared picture book genres and chapter book genres, so let’s dive into middle grade. Middle grade books is a term used in the book industry to describe titles that are written for an…
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Chapter Book Genres: Realistic Fiction
So, last month I focused on highlighting genres for our picture book readers, this month I’ll be focusing on newly independent readers and offering up some genre suggestions in the chapter book arena. Let’s start with what is a chapter book. While the term gets thrown around for any book…
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Storytime Theme: Balloons
As with many of my storytime lesson plans this year, I’m updating a ten year old plan to give you some additional options for read alouds. Remember, back list titles are still amazing options (as long as you can still find them!), so don’t ignore those older titles, they may…
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Storytime Theme: Rectangles
Sometimes there’s a storytime theme that I’m shocked I haven’t done in 10+ years of this blog… rectangles is one of them! And then when I started looking for books, I realized there aren’t as many rectangles as there are square, circle, and triangle books. So, I pulled together as…
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Chapter Book Genres: Fantasy
So, last month I focused on highlighting genres for our picture book readers, this month I’ll be focusing on newly independent readers and offering up some genre suggestions in the chapter book arena. Let’s start with what is a chapter book. While the term gets thrown around for any book…
