We had the Pasadena Garden Club celebrating their 100th anniversary with a flower show in the library this past weekend. Of course, we had to bring the flower fun into preschool storytime! Books We Shared In our first book, Fran’s Flower by Lisa Bruce, illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw, Fran […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime – My Body
Published on :Books about the body are such fun to read with infants and toddlers! So many of the books are splendidly interactive! Books We Shared For infant storytime, we started with a lift-the-flap story that uncovers ears, eyes, elbows and more: Toes, Ears & Nose by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Karen […]
Not Quite Invisible preschool storytime
Published on :From feeling invisible to almost being invisible, these characters are not quite invisible. Songs “We Clap and Sing Hello” (to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”) We clap and sing hello We clap and sing hello With our friends at storytime, We clap and sing hello (Wave and […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime – Books, Reading and Libraries!
Published on :This week is National Library Week! We celebrated it in our Infant and Toddler Storytimes yesterday by sharing stories and rhymes all about books, reading and libraries! Books We Shared Don’t you wish you had books with you all the time? Well, with the clever idea presented in our first […]
Creative Writing for Beginning Readers: Stories inspired by Pamela Zagarenski
Published on :Yesterday in our Creative Writing for Beginning Readers workshop we wrote stories based on the beautiful illustrations in Pamela Zagarenski’s book The Whisper. This picture book is about a magic book whose words have all flown away and it is up to one intelligent little girl to create new words […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop with Author Rachel Searles
Published on :Rachel Searles, author of MG science fiction novels The Lost Planet and its new sequel Stolen Moon, got the kids thinking creatively and having fun making the weirdest, scariest, funniest, most colorful alien character they could! First she shared her writing process with us. I love it when a successful […]
Family Storytime – Silly Animal Stories – April 2
Published on :We read some pretty funny animal stories in our family storytime! Here are some of the books & activities we shared: OUR BOOKS: Clarabella’s Teeth by An Vrombaut Which is Round? Which is Bigger? by Mineka Mamada The Baby That Roared by Simon Puttock OUR FLANNEL BOARD: Teasing Mr. Crocodile […]
Lucha Libros: April Battle, Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid
Published on :We read and tested on another Megan McDonald book for Lucha Libros this month: Stink, The Incredible Shrinking Kid / Stink el increíble niño menguante. The book wasn’t a hard read, but a few of the questions were. It’s that these kids are doing so well, I have to throw in a […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime – Pigs
Published on :We had tons of fun with pigs at our Infant and Toddler Storytimes today! Books We Shared In infant storytime, we learned that sometimes things are easier with a friend from Pepo and Lolo and the Red Apple by Ana Martín Larrañaga. Next we played with all of our piggies, or […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Rabbits
Published on :Since this is the beginning of our Spring Storytime session, it seemed only fitting to do something super springy. So we shared stories about rabbits and bunnies! Books We Shared At infant storytime, we started with Grandma Rabbitty coming for a visit in Grandma Rabbitty’s Visit by Barry Smith. […]