Pasadena Public Library
“Autism is part of my child, it’s not everything he is. My child is so much more than a diagnosis.” ―S.L. Coelho, author Sensory Storytime is a fun, interactive, educational storytime designed for preschool age children with autism and/or sensory challenges. It involves books, songs, movement and therapeutic play that incorporate the five […]
Hmmm…how do you explain a storytime themed “Gulp & Swallow”? Just take a look at the books, songs, flannel boards and activities we shared – it will all start to make sense. Books We Shared The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli is all about a crocodile who LOVES watermelon! He LOVES […]
For our sixth Toddler 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 Toddler 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 Toddler 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, […]
For our third Toddler Storytime of the spring session, we read books about pigs. Books We Shared Our first book, Pigs and a Blanket by James Burks, tells a story of two little pig siblings who both love their blanket… but they love each other even more. Our second book, Piggies […]
For our second Toddler Storytime of the spring session, we read books about naptime/bedtime. Books We Shared Our first story, Everyone is Yawning by Anita Bijsterbosch, was a lift-the-flap book that showed all kinds of animals’ mouths as they yawned. Our second book, Shhh! This Book is Sleeping by Cedric Ramadier […]
For our first Toddler Storytime of the spring session, we read books about eggs. Books We Shared Our first story, Egg by Kevin Henkes, showed four eggs, one of which isn’t hatching, but it’s about to yield a big surprise! Our second book, Except If by Jim Averbeck, continued the theme […]
Our last Toddler storytimes of the Winter session featured stories all about spots, dots, and the creatures that have them. Books We Shared So many different animals have spots. And as we found out in Spectacular Spots by Susan Stockdale, many of them are spectacular! This is a great […]
Squares, circles, triangles – we had fun with them all in our Toddler storytime this week. Books We Shared Shapes are all around us, if we just look. In Round is a Mooncake written by Roseanne Thong and illustrated by Grace Lin, a young girl discovers circles, squares and […]