ACL - Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California

Storytime Ideas BayNews features thematic storytime ideas compiled by Penny Peck. Visit the lists below for suggested books, activities, and crafts. Most of the recommended picture books are annotated. NEW / Animals / Everyday Things / Miscellaneous Multicultural / People / Science / Special Days Summer Reading 2008 / Summer Reading 2009 / Summer Reading 2010
New Surfing & Swimming (1/2010) Ocean Life (revised) (1/2010) Bubbles (revised) (1/2010)

SUMMER READING 2010 - "Make a Splash - READ" Surfing & Swimming (1/2010) Ocean Life (1/2010) Bubbles (1/2010)

Animals Alligators & Crocodiles (12/05) Ants (2/08) Baby Animals (5/04) Bees (1/08) Birds (7/05) Butterflies (2/08) Caring for Our Animal Friends (10/06)guest contributor Cats (6/05) Crickets (3/08) Dinosaurs (12/04) Dogs (12/09d) Donkeys (10/05) Farm (7/01) Fireflies & Glowworms (1/08) Fleas (3/08) Flies (1/08) Foxes (7/06) Frog (11/03) Goldfish/Tropical Fish (1/06) Habitats (7/07) Hamsters and Gerbils (11/05) Hippos (8/01) Horses (2/06) Jungle Animals (3/01) Ladybugs (3/08) Lizards (2/03) Mosquitoes (5/08) Ocean Life (1/2010) Penguins (12/06) Pet Pigs (1/06) Pet Show (11/05) Pets (6/01) Pigeon Books (6/06) Rabbits (2/01) Snakes (12/05) Spiders (5/08) Turtles & Tortoises (12/05) Worms, snails and slugs (5/08) Zoo (7/06) guest contributor	Everyday Things Acting (2/09) Apples (9/02) Art & Colors (5/06) Bathtime (9/08) Bedtime (6/08) Boats (10/01) Boxes (8/09) Buttons (10/09) Camping & Hiking (9/04) Car (5/02) Chalk (4/09) Circus (9/03) Clay Play (12/08) Crayons (12/08) Dance - Summer (1/09) Dinner (12/01) Doughnuts (1/08) Eggs (11/09) Getting Dressed (11/09) Hats (3/07) Houses & Homes (10/06) Jazz (4/09) Maps school-age (5/05) Mail (9/07) Mask (4/09) Music (8/07) Music - Summer (1/09) Painting (3/09) Peanutbutter (10/04) Noisy-Sound (10/07) Photography (2/09) Pizza (9/03) Play with Food (5/05) Popcorn (9/00) Potatoes (10/03) Singing (2/09) Shadows (3/06) Snowman (12/03) Strawberries (6/05) Teddy Bears lapsit (3/01) Telephone (11/07) Teeth (12/01) Trains (11/01) Tools and Construction Worker (9/08) Vegetable Gardening (7/03)
Miscellaneous Books Featuring Children w/ Disabilities (8/02) Bullying (1/03) Dragons, Dreams, & Daring Deeds (2/05) Flannel-Board Ideas (3/03) Get a Move on / Movement (4/07) Helping (10/04) Imagination (3/09) Monsters (8/04) Mother Goose (7/04) Newbery & Caldecott Possibilities (11/00) Opposites (8/09) Sick/Get Well (11/08) Silly Stories for School Visits (8/00) Solve It! (1/07) Treehouses (7/07) Websites Helpful for Storytime Planning (7/06)	Multicultural African American Books w/ Musical Themes (1/00) Asian Stories & Crafts (5/03) Australia (8/01) Chinese Americans (12/01) Ethnicities & Cultures school-age (10/01) Hawaii (3/04) Middle Eastern Culture (12/06)
People Astronauts (12/07) Bakers (6/09) Chefs & Barbecue (6/07) Cowboys & Cowgirls (5/00) Crime Fighters! (2/07) Dance (9/01) Families - people (12/09) *guest contributor Firefighters (11/07) Friends (8/08) Garbage Man (10/08) Knights (9/09) Librarian (9/09) Mail (9/07) New Baby (8/03) Personal Names (6/04) Pirates (8/06) Princess (8/06) Scarecrows (11/09) Superhero (12/04)	Science Art & Colors (5/06) Bubbles (1/2010) Body Parts (9/05) Building & Construction (12/00) Five Senses (12/06) Hibernation & Migration (10/02) Leaves & Trees (10/09) Light (7/09) Math (11/02) Ocean Life (9/06) Outer Space (11/06) Rain & Snow (1/05) Seasons (7/08) Shapes (1/07) Sun & Moon (8/05) Telling Time (3/02) Weather (7/09)
Special Days Backwards Day (6/03) Beach Day (6/03) Cesar Chavez's Birthday (12/02) Easter Eggs (8/03) Earth Day (12/07) Father's Day (6/07) First Day of School (7/00) Fourth of July (6/05) Grandparent's Day (9/09) Halloween (9/08) Mexican Independence Day (8/05) Mothers Day (3/02) New Year's Day (9/09) Picnics (3/00) Polar Express Reading Celebration (11/04) Pumpkins (8/00) Thanksgiving (10/09) Valentine's Day (12/02)
SUMMER READING 2008 - Catch the Reading Bug Flies (1/08) Fireflies & Glowworms (1/08) Butterflies (2/08) Ants (2/08) Bees (2/08) Fleas (3/08) Ladybugs (3/08) Crickets (3/08) Spiders (5/08) Mosquitoes (5/08) Worms, snails and slugs (5/08)

SUMMER READING 2009 - Be Creative @ Your Library Clay Play (12/08) Crayons (12/08) Dance (1/09) Music (1/09) Acting (2/09) Singing (2/09) Photography (2/09) Imagination (3/09) Painting (3/09) Jazz (4/09) Chalk (4/09) Mask (4/09)