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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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Board Books for Baby Showers
I’m at that point in my life where it seems like I have a baby shower once a month. And as a librarian, my go-to baby shower gifts are books. Books are awesome because parents can begin using them as soon as they receive them, reading to their baby in…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Books
The I Love You Book by Todd Parr Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon Sweet Hearts by Jan Carr Love, Lola by Diane De Groat Won’t You Be My Kissaroo? by Joanne Ryder Mouse’s First Valentine by Lauren Thompson Hug Machine by Scott Campbell My Heart is Like a Zoo…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/1/16
I have the best intentions to get a lot of reading done each week and then my week gets filled up with programs and meetings and dinners out and parties… and I haven’t read as much as I would have liked!Oh well, what I did get to read this week…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Snow Books
Since we got over two feet of snow, that’s all that is on anyone’s mind! That being said, here are some of my favorite snow books to share in storytime. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Snow by Manya Stojic The Mitten by Jan Brett The Story of Snopw:…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Socks & Shoes
Storytime was a handful yesterday. I have 27 registered and with probably ten nametags not claimed at the end of storytime, I still had 29 kids (plus adults and babies) in the room! The kids did really well, especially with that many – they were attentive, engaged, and excited. The…
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Update
We’ve had a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program for about two years now. I created most of our information with great tips and tricks for parents/caregivers to use in their daily lives to encourage early literacy skills. Our original log had 10 different log-in papers (one for each 100 books)…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Ten Characters Who Are Fellow Book Nerds
So I survived my first Top Ten Tuesday and decided to try again this week! This one was much harder for me to think about all the characters I can remember and choose some that I would consider to be my fellow book nerds. I found a mix of old…
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Summer Camp Outreach – Week #2
This week as I traveled back to camp, I brought with me a few favorite books and some really fun activities to try. For the little ones (ages 5 & 6), I read The Book With No Pictures by B. J. Novak. If you haven’t used this book yet, please, please,…
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Summer Camp Outreach
We provide outreach to a couple of different summer camps in our area. Adventure Day Camp is provided by the township’s Parks & Recreation Department whom we partner with to provide services to camp throughout the summer. The camp actually has two sites which I visit for the six weeks…
