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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
19
Dec
Holiday ‘Sing-A-Long’ Storytime
I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do a Holiday Storytime. Of course there are hundreds of Christmas books, a handful of Hanukkah books, and the pickings get slim when it comes the Kwanzza and Eid. So, to incorporate all holidays I decided to do a holiday song sing-a-long. A few winter songs and then […]
14
Dec
Reading Together
For this past Sunday’s Winter Storytime, I had a reeeeaallly hard time selecting books. There were just too many good one’s about winter and/or snow to choose from. So good that we’ve continued reading a handful of them of them at our house. Here are the honorable mentions that didn’t quite make the storytime cut: […]
14
Dec
Before There Was…
Storytelling is cyclical. Re-tellings, adaptations, similarities are unavoidable. When recovering stray books left out after the library day is over or when assisting patrons, I’ve been finding a lot of them recently. So, here is my new blog experiment: A regular feature called “Before There Was…” in which I’ll highlight a popular new title and […]
12
Dec
Winter Storytime
Snow was in the air for yesterday’s Winter Storytime. We had a great time with the stories and songs and crafting SNOWGLOBES! Chosing books to read was difficult this time through, because there’re so many great winter stories. I’m thinking later this week the honorable mention winter books will have to make an appearance. Winter […]
5
Dec
Snow Bird Storytime
Some birds have left for the south and some are here to stay for the winter months. During yesterday’s Sunday Storytime session we read books about both. Snow Bird Storytime Line-up: Three Little Birds Song by Bob Marley, Adapted by Rebecca Dunn Woke up this mornin’, (arms over head to make a sun) Smiled with […]
