Pasadena Public Library
Today’s storytime mascot was a lamb, because we were going to be “counting sheep,” and getting ready for bedtime! Books We Shared Tuck-in Time by Carole Gerber and illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson is a fun bedtime book with lots of action prompts and prompts to touch your eyes, nose, […]
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 […]
We read about jobs during our Preschool Storytime! Everybody thought about the jobs they might like to do when they grow up! We also read a book about a frog who didn’t really like the job of being a frog. (He does change his mind in the end though.) Here are the books, songs, guessing […]
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 Baby Cakes by Theo Heras and illustrated by Renné Benoit is a cute new book about baking, with a recipe for cupcakes included! Yummy, Yucky is one of my favorite books by Leslie Patricelli, contrasting things that sound or look alike, but taste very different! Puppet Story […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]