Preschool Storytime: Lions

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Happy First Day of March!  To celebrate this, and all the rain that has been visiting the area, we had an “In like a Lion…” themed storytime! To find any of the items used in storytime, just click on the photo of the book. Book We Shared “March comes with […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Fabulous Feet!

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Today we celebrated fabulous feet at our infant and toddler storytimes! Books We Shared We began in infant storytime with C.W. Bowie’s Busy Toes for a look at all the wonderful, and sometimes unusual, things toes can do.  Next we played a guessing game with Whose Feet? by Jeannette Rowe.  […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Valentine Hugs and Kisses

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What better way to observe the upcoming Valentine’s Day than with a storytime! Books We Shared Animals kiss in so many different ways, and you can see many of them in Mary Murphy’s A Kiss Like This.  Parents and their little ones practiced all of them as we read the […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Music for Winter 2014 Session

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One of the most enjoyable things about providing storytime is seeing the kids learn the different songs and rhymes we do and then begin to do them on their own.  I know a lot of parents want to check out some of the cds with the music we use for […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Pigs

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Today we spent storytime with our friends of the porcine persuasion — pigs!  This was a really fun storytime to do, since so many of the books offer instances for interaction. Books We Shared For infant storytime, we started things off with a wonderful book by Audrey Wood and Don […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Rain

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Our storytimes were so powerful this Tuesday that they actually brought rain on Thursday!  To celebrate this wet event, try reading some of these titles at home. Books We Read   In The Rainy Day Puddle, Frog loves his puddle — it’s big enough just for him.  But as the […]

Infant & Toddler Storytime: Bathtime

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We kicked off the Winter Infant Toddler Storytime session with stories about something everyone can relate to — bathtime! To find these books in the library catalog, just click on the image of the book. Books We Read We all know that pigs love getting dirty.  Read Ten Dirty Pigs […]

Preschool Storytime: Soup

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January is National Soup Month!  And while it may not be cold outside here, any weather is good for snuggling up with a story.  Here’s what we did at our SOUP-er storytime. To find any of the items used in storytime, just click on the photo of the book. Book […]

Tiny Tales @ PPL: WINNING STORIES!

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We had some wonderful submissions for our Tiny Tales contest during Children’s Book Week.  Here are the winning stories from each site.  Read and enjoy! CENTRAL ALLENDALE HASTINGS HILL LAMANDA PARK LA PINTORESCA SAN RAFAEL SANTA CATALINA VILLA PARKE  

Tiny Tales @ PPL: Honorable Mentions

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We had so many wonderful entries in our Tiny Tales Contest for Children’s Book Week!  We will be posting our winning entries soon, but here are some honorable mentions.  To see a larger view of the story, just click on the image.