28
Jun
Summer Book Hook: Beginning Chapter Books
It’s Week 4 of the Summer Book Hook: 10 Weeks of Recommended Reads for Kids! This week’s focus is beginning chapter books. This category of books has been annihilated by the kids at the library so far this summer. The shelves are almost completely bare. Beginning chapter books, young fiction readers, early chapter books… all […]
19
Jun
Father’s Day Storytime
Hope everyone had a wonderful dad day Sunday! We had a great time at storytime reading a few newbies and an oldie followed by a craft for the kids and a gift for dad. Here’s what we read for Sunday’s Storytime… Father’s Day Storytime Line-up: Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea A daddy who is always […]
16
Jun
Summer Book Hook: Audiobooks
June is Audiobook Month which is why week 3 of the Summer Book Hook is devoted to all-time favorite audiobooks for kids for Pre-K to the tweenagers. Listening to books is also a wonderful way to sneak in reading over the summertime. I’m not just talking about the children too young to read yet… Listening […]
13
Jun
Recent Kids Reads
Here’s my latest list of Recent Kids Reads from the past few weeks! And if you haven’t checked out The Summer Book Hook yet, please do! I’ve been busy posting weekly kid-approved book recommendations with the goal to inspire even the most reluctant reader to get hooked on reading this summer. The Hero’s Guide to […]
11
Jun
Art Storytime
“Everything you can imagine is real.” -Pablo Picasso The Lawrence Public Library is collaborating with the Lawrence Arts Center for “Summer in the City“, this year’s new summer reading program. So, with that in mind I thought it would be fun to give the Arts Center a shout out with “Art Storytime”. Even thought I’ve […]
7
Jun
Summer Book Hook: Graphic Novels
It’s week 2 of the Summer Book Hook: 10 weeks of recommended kids’ reads! This week’s theme is “Graphic Novels for All-Ages”. I’ve collected a kid-favorite, parent-approved list of books I regularly recommend sorted by age group to keep your kids interested in reading over the summer months. Graphic Novels are booming. Although kids love […]
31
May
Summer Book Hook: Early Readers
Happy Summer! And welcome to the first edition of the Summer Book Hook: 10 weeks of Recommended Reads for Kids! I mentioned last week in my post, Tips to Get Kids Reading This Summer, that I’ll be sharing a weekly book list of recommended kids reads throughout the summer. Tried and true, new and old, […]
29
May
Reading Together
We’ve had a great time reading together over the past few weeks. Here’s our list of current favorites! Chloe by Peter McCarty Hands down favorite over the past week. We can’t get enough of Chloe. We also love making bubble wrap popping sound effects. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, […]
21
May
Bring a Friend Storytime
Yesterday’s storytime was all about FRIENDSHIP. They were encouraged to bring a friend with them to storytime, which also included stuffed animals and imaginary friends. We don’t discriminate. For storytime, we enjoyed four fantastic books about being and becoming friends. Additionally, Ame Dykeman, author of Boy + Bot, sent goodies galore especially for our library’s […]
17
May
Adventurs as Annie in EGYPT
This was the last Magic Tree House Adventures session until the school year picks up again in the fall. I now feel that I have a small understanding of how a teacher feels on their last day of school. Going to miss those kids. We didn’t have a crazy 50+ group like in the past […]
