30
Jan
Fuzzy Friends Storytime
I hemmed and hawwed over what to do for storytime this week, but I was reading Hopper and Wilson by Maria Van Lieshout the other night which prompted me to create a storytime theme around stuffed animals and it only seemed natural to make stuffed animals as our after-storytime craft. I think everyone really enjoyed [...]
25
Jan
Reading Together
Today’s Reading Together is a long one! There were too many good ones I didn’t want to leave any in the dark. And before I start the list… thought I’d share this article from the Washington Post on how to choose books for kids and teens. What resources do you use to pick out books [...]
23
Jan
Chinese New Year Storytime
新年快乐! Happy Chinese New Year! Today marks the Lunar New Year, so for yesterday’s storytime we celebrated the event with some special books and a dragon craft. It was by far the biggest crowd I’ve ever read to (about 60+). A great way to ring in the new year! Chinese New Year Storytime Line Up: [...]
23
Jan
Awarded
7:23am. The coffee was made, breakfast started, everyone was up and awake (two entirely different states of being by the way..) The computer was powered up. At attention. Because this morning wasn’t our everyday morning. This morning at 7:48am, the 2012 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced live online at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in [...]
18
Jan
Snapshot
Been feeling a little under the weather, but avoiding the full-blown plague-of-a-sickness that has been circulating the library and schools. And in my attempts to lay low I always end up doing exactly the opposite… Like play around with the instant camera. I’m teaching L how to take pictures by herself. Goofing off on pintrest. [...]
16
Jan
I Have A Dream Storytime
For Sunday’s storytime, we celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. with “I Have a Dream” Storytime. All books selected were meant to embrace a few of MLK’s dreams of treating others equally, with respecting, accepting and celebrating differences, working together, and dreaming big dreams. I Have A Dream Storytime Lineup: Martin’s Dream by Jane Kurtz, illustrated [...]
10
Jan
Reading for Newbery
I mentioned a few days back that I was doing a large amount of reading in anticipation of the Kansas City Mock Newbery Awards. I finished with my “required reading” as of last night. And I read a book in between that wasn’t on the list. So what? And I skimmed a couple that I [...]
9
Jan
Sugar Sweet Storytime
And Sunday Storytime is back in 2012! To start off the new year, I selected books to indulge everyone’s sweet tooth reading books about deserts that are sugary treats! Sugar Sweet Storytime Lineup: Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake by Michael B. Kaplan, illustrated by Stephane Jorisch After trying chocolate cake for the first time, Betty [...]
5
Jan
Reading Together: Mock Caldecott Awards
This edition of “Reading Together” is going to be a little different. I’m not just going to go over a few of our favorite books lately. For this post, the picture books below are a few of our favorites from this year’s Kansas City Mock Caldecott & King Awards list. Next Tuesday, I will be [...]
