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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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Green
This little book is absolutely delightful! It’s s a true celebration of the color green in all of its forms and could be used as easily in story time or on-on-one. It would also be a great book to use to discuss color in an art class as well. Laura…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime: Sneezing
We’ve been on a pretty long break from our story times, here at the library. Don’t get me wrong, there has been plenty of story times for the holidays and a lot of special guests will be coming to visit in the next couple of weeks, but I’ve had a…
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Red Sled
Red Sled by Lita Judge is a perfect story to share with a little one on a cold winter night. Using only onomatopoeia words, or words that are used to describe sounds, Judge can tell an entire story of what happens to a red sled while a child is sleeping. …
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Penguin and Pinecone
“One day Penguin found a curious object.” And so begins this beautiful story of friendship between a penguin and that curious object – a pinecone! Salina Yoon has created such a cute world with her whimsical illustrations and simple text about what it means to be a friend. I don’t…
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Story Time Theme – Grandparents
This was my last week of story times for the fall season and I decided it was high time we celebrated grandparents. My grandparents live half-way across the country and I don’t get to see them as much as I would like. Plus they are getting older and as their…
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Story Time Theme – Fruit
Last week’s story time was fun and healthy! We learned all about fruit! From the jungle all the way to the supermarket and the kids really liked the stories. The first two were a little long – they might be better for a preschool story time rather than the toddler…
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Family Place Library Training = Exhausted
So I spent a number of hours today in training to re-create our library into a Family Place Library and as of right now, I am so tired I can barely see straight. But, I got some amazing ideas, brainstormed with some amazing librarians, and met a lot of cool…