Pasadena Public Library
Our third storytime of the summer session was all about Bears! Here are the books, songs, rhymes, bounces and flannel stories we shared for our storytime on Bears! Books We Shared In Nancy Tafuri’s book, Mama’s Little Bears, we are introduced to Mama Bear and her three baby bears. They are […]
Our second storytime of the summer session was all about the concept of OPPOSITES ~ fast & slow, yes & no, black & white, day & night and so on! Exposing your baby to concepts through books, songs and rhymes contributes to brain development. Just think of the neural connections your baby’s brain is making during our […]
We began our first Toddler Storytime of the summer session with a MOOO and a CLUCK as we read books about farm animals. Here are the stories, songs, flannel rhymes, activities & video we shared. Books We Shared Down on the farm there are many colorful and noisy animals to spy and we see […]
We began our first Infant Storytime of the summer session with a MOOO and a BAAA as we read books about farm animals. Here are the stories, songs, bounces, flannel rhymes & activities we shared. Books We Shared Down on the farm there are many colorful and noisy animals to spy and […]
On June 6th, we had a delightful music performance by Angie Donkin for infants, toddlers and their families. She played guitar and ukulele and sang. She used puppets, props, even a nonfiction book, to support her songs. Literally every moment of the show is music. Angie sings the entire time, […]
For our last Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about frogs. Our first story, Hoppity Frog by Emma Parish, was a fun “slide-and-seek” board book with surprising animals popping out here and there. Our second book, Ribbit by Jorey Hurley, introduced us to the frog life cycle with […]
For our sixth Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about cats. Books We Shared We started storytime off with Thumpy Feet by Betsy Lewin. Thumpy is an orange cat, and this book is filled with fun onomatopoeia of the sounds he makes as he goes about his day […]
For our sixth Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about making music. Books We Shared Our first story, Bears in a Band by Shirley Parenteau and illustrated by David Walker, follows four bear cubs as they jingle, shake, pa-rum-pa-pum and tootley-toot in cacophony, until they wake Big Bear […]
For our fifth Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about dinosaurs. Books We Shared Our first story, Where Did All the Dinos Go? by Jim Benton, invites readers to spot the dinos hiding in cars and in cowboy boots, to see if the dinosaurs really vanished long ago! […]
For our fourth Infant Storytime of the spring session, we read books about balloons. Books We Shared Our first story, Come Back Ben by Ann and John Hassett, is about a boy whose balloon takes him on an adventure “up, up, up!” The ending is surprising and cute! Our second book, […]