Pasadena Public Library
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 I was surprised, but not super surprised, a lot of people have Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson’s Owl Babies at home! It’s a great one for addressing separation anxiety. We read it with a flannelboard. Lucy Cousins’s bright and colorful illustrations in Hooray for Birds, combined with […]
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 […]
We had a blast reading stories about riding bicycles during our Preschool Storytime! Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read Duck on a Bike by David Shannon tells the story of a Duck who inspires all his fellow farm animals to ride a bike! Well they […]
Books We Shared Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Julia Sarcone-Roach Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent at something! But what does dog Ed excel at? Is he excellent enough to be the family pet? (Of course he is! But to find out how, read the book.) I Spy […]
Last Saturday, we did a storytime that worked up an appetite, with stories, lots of dancing and movement, and yummy, funny reads! I did a short puppet show narrating the classic book The Little Mouse, The Red, Ripe Strawberry and the Big, Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood. I […]
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 […]
In today’s storytime, we shared stories about determination and the importance of trying again. Stories Bike On, Bear! by Cynthea Liu; illustrated by Kristyna Litten Bear is an extraordinary, genius bear, who can do anything except ride a bike. Can Bear figure out how to get on two wheels? The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do by […]
For our sixth storytime of the winter session we read stories about cars and trucks! FUN FACT: Did you know that one of the five pre-literacy skills that help foster reading success in the elementary school years is book handling? Book handling skills include knowing how to hold a book correctly […]