Birds ~ Toddler Storytime

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We had a wonderful time reading books about birds during Toddler Storytime last Tuesday.  We also talked to Henrietta (our library hen), sang songs, shared a flannel story and watched a brief video. Halfway through our storytime we heard a loud, CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK and voila!  Henrietta managed to lay […]

The Meaning of Life: Preschool Storytime — and, some of the best picture books of 2019!

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Books We Shared We had some great new picture books this past year, and this lovely and colorful book Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer was one of them! In it, a little boy goes around his neighborhood asking people what makes a good day for them. When they all […]

Birds ~ Infant Storytime

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We had a wonderful time reading books about birds during Infant Storytime last Tuesday.  We also talked to Henrietta (our library hen), sang songs, shared nursery rhymes and had fun with a number of bounces. Halfway through our storytime we heard a loud, CLUCK, CLUCK, CLUCK and voila!  Henrietta managed […]

How do you spell APPLE? ~ Preschool Storytime

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It was all about apples and animals in today’s preschool storytime.  We read about a mouse in search of a house big enough to “house” his huge, red apple AND we met a hedgehog hijacked by a falling apple. It was a crunchy, prickly storytime!  Here are the books, songs, […]

Snow: Preschool Storytime

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We started this storytime talking about the weather.  We talked about what the weather was outside today: And then I mentioned that in the storyroom, it was going to be a different type of weather (at least in our imaginations!), because we were reading stories all about snow!   Books […]

Crazy Hair: Preschool Storytime

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Today we had fun with silly books about hair! I sported some silly hair myself just to get into it. Books We Read Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos is a funny book about a baby with a mustache, who is trying to find out whether he has a “good guy” […]

Magical Trees ~ Preschool Storytime

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It was all about trees and the seasons in today’s preschool storytime.  We read about a very selfish tree and we played along with a magical tree.  There was also a draw and tell story we shared called The Sheltering Tree and a flannel board with a green palm tree […]

R is for Recap: Infant Storytime

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Today our theme was intended to be about audience participation and recapping past songs and rhymes. I printed out some of the songs we’ve done in the past, and put a couple of new ones on there. I put up a display of some of the books we read in […]

R is for Recap: Toddler Storytime

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Today our theme was intended to be about audience participation and recapping past songs and rhymes. I printed out some of the songs we’ve done in the past, and put a couple of new ones on there. I put up a display of some of the books we read in […]

Letters & Mail – Preschool Storytime

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We got a letter at storytime today! It was from me, telling everyone in storytime that we were having stories today about letters and mail!  We talked about addresses, and stamps a little bit too.   Books We Shared It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton Liam loves mail.  […]