Pasadena Public Library
On Tuesday, we began our Fall session for infant toddler storytime! We started things off with a classic fall theme: Apples! Books We Shared Our first story was Apple by Nikki McClure. This beautiful book uses single words and black, white and red images to tell the journey of an apple […]
Today’s storytime for preschoolers was all about chickens! Books We Shared In Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clarke with illustrations by Garry Parsons, Mama Hen comes out to see that one of her chicks is missing! After looking around, she finds he’s stuck in the mud, and when she […]
We had lots of fun during our preschool storytime last Saturday! Whales snuck into each of our stories – whales that grew too large to keep in the bathtub, whales with advice and whales that appeared in a great “messterpiece” created by an “ocean” artist. Sound strange? Maybe. But remember, nothing’s impossible […]
WHOOOOO loves owls? We did, in Saturday’s preschool storytime! Books We Shared Everyone ones that owls are wise, but in Sean Taylor’s Hoot Owl Master of Disguise, illustrated by Jean Jullien, Hoot Owl shows us some other… skills that he has. Flying through the cover of darkness, Hoot Owl hunts […]
Our 8th and final storytime of the summer session was all about Babies! I introduced everybody to Ralph (the library baby) and we pointed to his nose, eyes, hands, feet, hair and bellybutton! Then we all tried to find our own body parts! After that it was babies, babies EVERYWHERE! Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel stories, […]
Our 8th and final storytime of the summer session was all about Babies! An infant storytime about Babies – what could be more appropriate? I introduced everybody to Ralph (the library baby) and we pointed to his nose, eyes, hands, feet, hair and bellybutton! Then we all tried to find our own body parts! After that it […]
At today’s storytime we talked about the moon, one of the key players in Monday’s solar eclipse! Books We Shared Our first story, Mae and the Moon by Jami Gigot, is about a girl who thinks of the moon as her friend, and feels sad when the moon seems to dwindle […]
Our 7th storytime of the summer session was all about Fish! Fish sure are slippery! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, activities and video we explored about our topic. Books We Shared In Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins we run into a variety of fish! This is a colorful, boldly illustrated book that captures […]
Our 7th storytime of the summer session was all about Fish! Fish sure are slippery! We read books that were a bit longer during our infant storytime to challenge our babies’ listening skills. Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel stories and activities we explored about our topic. Books We Shared We read the book Ten Little […]
Our 6th storytime of the summer session was all about Food! We also had a visit from Max the Mouse and he ate all of our strawberries!! I guess mice really do love to eat! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, activities and video we explored about our topic. Max the Mouse Books […]