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Nonfiction Storytime Theme: Baby Animals
I’m going to toss out another nonfiction storytime lesson plan. Check out Wild Animals and Birds if you’re interested in selecting more nonfiction books for storytime. I like highlighting nonfiction when it’s available for storytime because it can open up an entirely new area of the library for some parents…
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Storytime Theme: Triangles
I’ve written up hundreds of storytime lesson plans and yet I’ve never created one for triangles. And after working on this one, I’ve fully realized exactly why – apparently there aren’t that many triangle-specific picture books out there. So, while you will see some triangle books on this list, I…
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Storytime Theme: Carrots
Surprisingly, my veggie-themed storytime was one of the most popular I had ever done! So, with that in mind, I created a carrot and pea themed storytime as well as this one! I think this can be a great way to introduce new vegetables to kids and then encourage families…
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Nonfiction Storytime Theme: Birds
While not your typical storytime, I think truly implementing a nonfiction theme into your storytime can have really positive effects! While kids love listening to stories, they also have a lot of questions about how the world works and what better way to answer some questions, that to search for…
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Storytime Theme: Astronauts
It’s time to blast off into space with this Astronaut storytime lesson plan! It’s been a minute, I have an outer space storytime from 2019, a stars theme from 2025, and a few others from years in between. I love finding new ideas for storytime, especially after sharing storytime themes…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Animals
It’s been ten years(!) since I last posted a Winter Animals storytime lesson plan. I wanted to create an updated book list, add some new songs, and a couple of crafts for a refresh. This would be a great storytime to incorporate some nonfiction text into storytime in a really…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026
Choosing only ten titles as the most anticipated books coming out over the course of the next six months is very tricky. Today, I’m sharing just a couple of middle grade novels that I’m excited about. A few are written by authors that I’ve enjoyed in the past, while others…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Wonderland
It has been a minute since I created a Winter Wonderland storytime theme (over 10 years ago!), so I thought it might be time to update the blog post with some recently published winter-themed picture books, add a few new craft ideas, and of course a couple of rhymes and…
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Storytime Theme: Unicorns
It has been a minute since I posted a unicorn storytime lesson plan, so I thought it was about time to revisit this very popular theme! For this theme, I focused on including several recently published titles, hopefully a few that might even be new to you. Beyond the books,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2025
I don’t know that I ever imagined a cowboy romance novel being on my list of enjoyable reads for the year, but I really enjoyed the Rebel Blue Ranch series by Lyla Sage. I also have a lot of other favorite romance authors on this list as it was a…
