Pasadena Public Library
In Tuesday’s storytime we went under the sea to meet lots of fish and other undersea creatures. Books We Shared Lucy Cousin’s big book Hooray for Fish was a great introduction to the variety of life underwater. It’s also a rhyming book somewhat reminiscent of One Fish, Two Fish, Red […]
Last week’s storytime was all about bugs and creepy crawlers, from butterflies to ladybugs, from worms to bees! Books We Shared Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek is a lovely book about a girl exploring all the bugs in her backyard, and it finishes with a beautiful pop-up butterfly that was […]
Books We Shared Rabbit Pie is an adorable book by Penny Ives, which shares a mama bunny’s recipe for “Rabbit Pie,” a perfect bedtime recipe: take six rabbits, a game of hide-and-seek, a soapy bath and a warm bed, and make sure to sprinkle lots of kisses! Bunnies by Laura […]
Books We Shared Do Lions Live on Lily Pads? by Melanie Walsh is a fun exploration of animal houses, while suggesting all kinds of ridiculous habitats like a burrow for a giraffe or a shell for a crocodile! Kids and parents say “No” to each question and then we turn […]
Books We Shared Yummy, Yucky is one of my favorite books by Leslie Patricelli, contrasting things that sound alike but taste very different! Guess What? Food by Yusuke Yonezu is so fun to share with a group because of the lift-the-flap surprises! Puppet Story I used a puppet to narrate […]
Books We Shared Denise Fleming’s take on Five Little Ducks also features a lesson on the days of the week! Lucy Cousins’s bright and colorful illustrations in Hooray for Birds, combined with lots of action and movement prompts, make this one a great choice for group reading! Flannelboard Song We […]
For our final storytime of the winter session we read stories about opposites in size – Big & Little! FUN FACT: Click onto the PBS Parents’ link to learn a bit about the benefits of reading rhyming books to children. You’ll also find a great list of rhyming picture books. (FYI: We have most of these […]
For our final storytime of the winter session we read stories about opposites within the context of Big & Little. What follows are the books, rhymes, songs, tickle, bounces and flannel board and finger puppets we shared. FUN FACT: We tend to use nursery rhymes a lot in our storytimes. Well there is a reason […]
For our sixth storytime of the winter session we read stories about cars and trucks! What follows are the books, rhymes, songs, tickle, bounces and flannel boards we shared. BOOKS WE SHARED Toot Toot Beep Beep! by Emma Garcia is a great book about cars in traffic as they go “up and down, in […]
For our fifth storytime of the winter session we read stories about colors! What follows are the books, rhymes, songs, tickle, bounces and nursery flannel board we shared. Fun Fact: Just after birth, a baby sees only in black and white, with shades of gray. As the months go by, he/she will slowly start […]