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 / 2009 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 2013 - Reading is Delicious (CLA/IRead) / 2013 - Dig into Reading (CLSP) /
New Architects (5/2013) Farms (5/2013)

SUMMER READING 2013 - "Reading is So Delicious" (CLA's theme) Breakfast (12/2012) Apples (11/2012) Bakers (6/09) Chefs & Barbecue (6/07) Cookies (5/2010) Dinner (9/2011) Doughnuts (1/08) Eggs (11/09) Grocer (6/2010) Healthy eating (6/2012) Ice Cream (12/2011) Pancakes (3/2010) Pizza (1/2013) Picnics (3/2010) Popcorn (3/2013) Strawberries (2/2013)

SUMMER READING 2013 - "Dig into Reading" (CSLP's theme) Animals that Dig - Moles (3/2013) Digging up Dinosaurs (1/2013) Digging Machines (12/2012) Digging in the Flower Garden (2/2013) Digging in the Sand (2/2013) Digging up Treasure (3/2013) Digging up Vegetables (1/2013)

Animals Alligators & Crocodiles (12/05) Ants (2/08) Baby Animals (5/04) Bats (9/2012) Bees (1/08) Birds (7/05) Butterflies (2/08) Caring for Our Animal Friends (10/06)guest contributor Cats (6/05) Crickets (3/08) Digging up Dinosaurs (1/2013) Dinosaurs (12/04) Dogs (12/09) Donkeys (10/05) Farms (5/2013) Fireflies & Glowworms (1/08) Fleas (3/08) Flies (1/08) Foxes (7/06) Frog (11/03) Goldfish/Tropical Fish (1/06) Guinea Pigs (4/2011) Habitats (7/07) Hamsters and Gerbils (11/05) Hippos (4/2010) Horses (2/06) Jungle Animals (7/2012) Ladybugs (3/08) Lizards (2/03) Llamas (6/2012) Moles - Animals that Dig (3/2013) Mosquitoes (5/08) Ocean Life (1/2010) Opossums (10/2012) 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) Tigers (9/2012) Turtles & Tortoises (12/05) Worms, snails and slugs (5/08) Zoo (7/06) guest contributor	Everyday Things Acting (2/09) Apples (11/2012) Art & Colors (5/06) Bathtime (9/08) Bedtime (6/08) Boats (2/2010) Boxes (8/09) Breakfast (12/2012) Buttons (10/09) Camping & Hiking (9/04) Car (5/02) Chalk (4/09) Circus (9/03) Clay Play (12/08) Cookies (5/2010) Crayons (12/08) Dance - Summer (1/09) Digging Machines (12/2012) Dinner (9/2011) Doughnuts (1/08) Dreams (1/2012) Eggs (11/09) Getting Dressed (11/09) Hats (3/07) Houses & Homes (10/06) Ice Cream (12/2011) Jazz (4/09) Lullabies (1/2012) Maps school-age (5/05) Mail (9/07) Mask (4/09) Money (6/11) Music (8/07) Music - Summer (1/09) Noisy-Sound (10/07) Painting (3/09) Pancakes (3/2010) Peanutbutter (10/04) Photography (2/09) Pizza (1/13) Play with Food (5/05) Popcorn (3/2013) Potatoes (10/03) Recycling (8/2011) Singing (2/09) Shadows (3/06) Sleep (3/2012) Snowman (12/03) Strawberries (2/2013) Surfing & Swimming (1/2010) Teddy Bears lapsit (3/01) Teeth (12/01) Telephone (11/07) Television (11/2012) Trains (7/2010) Tools and Construction Worker (9/08) Vegetable Gardening (7/03) Vegetables (Digging up) (1/2013)
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) It's Hot Outside (3/2010) Manners / Etiquette (10/2010) Monsters (8/04) Mother Goose (7/04) Newbery & Caldecott Possibilities (11/00) Opposites (8/09) Picnics (3/2010) Sick/Get Well (11/08) Silly Stories for School Visits (8/00) Solve It! (1/07) Digging up Treasure (3/2013) Treehouses (7/07) Websites Helpful for Storytime Planning (7/06) Zombies (9/2012)	Multicultural Africa (2/2011) African American Books w/ Musical Themes (1/00) Alaska (6/2010) Asian Stories & Crafts (5/03) Australia (2/2011) Canada (8/2010) Caribbean (8/2010) Caribbean Islands (11/2010) China (3/2011) Chinese Americans (12/01) Egypt (3/2011) Ethnicities & Cultures school-age (10/01) France (12/2010) Germany (1/2011) Hawaii (2/2010) India (2/2011) Japan (3/2011) Mexico (11/2010) Middle Eastern Culture (12/06) Russia (1/2011) Scandinavian Countries (12/2010) South America (11/2010) Spain & Italy (12/2010) United Kingdom (12/2010)
People Architects (5/2013) Astronauts (12/07) Aunts and Uncles (11/2011) Bakers (6/09) Chefs & Barbecue (6/07) Cowboys & Cowgirls (8/2010) Crime Fighters! (2/07) Dance (9/01) Families - people (12/09) *guest contributor Farmers (7/11) Firefighters (11/07) Friends (8/08) Garbage Man (10/08) Grocer (6/2010) Knights (9/09) Librarian (9/09) Mail (9/07) Mermaids (7/2012) New Baby (8/03) Personal Names (6/04) Pirates (8/06) Police Officers (8/2011) Presidents (8/2012) Princess (8/06) Scarecrows (11/09) Superhero (12/04) Teachers (8/2012)	Science Art & Colors (5/06) Autumn (8/2011) Bubbles (1/2010) Body Parts (9/05) Building & Construction (12/09) Earthquakes (1/2010) Five Senses (12/06) Flower Garden (digging in) (2/2013) Healthy eating (6/2012) Hibernation (11/2011) Leaves & Trees (10/09) Light (7/09) Math (10/12) Migration (11/2011) Moon Stories (1/2012) Night sky (3/2012) Ocean Life (1/2010) Outer Space (11/06) Rain & Snow (1/05) Rainbows - Science (7/2010) Robots (9/2011) Sand (Digging in the) (2/2013) Seasons (7/08) Shapes (1/07) Spots (5/2010) Spring (10/2011) Summer (11/2011) Stars (3/2012) Stripes (5/2010) Sun & Moon (8/05) Telling Time (10/2011) Water (2/2010) Weather (7/09) Winter (9/2011)
Special Days Backwards Day (6/03) Beach Day (6/03) Birthdays (6/11) Cesar Chavez's Birthday (12/02) Dia De Los Ninos (12/2011) Easter Eggs (8/03) Earth Day (12/07) Father's Day (6/07) First Day of School (8/12) Fourth of July (6/05) Grandparent's Day (9/09) Groundhog Day (10/2011) Halloween (9/08) Halloween - Not so Scary (9/2010) Mexican Independence Day (8/05) Mothers Day (3/02) New Year's Day (9/09) Olympics or Sports Day (7/2012) Picnics (3/2010) Polar Express Reading Celebration (11/04) Pumpkins (9/2010) Thanksgiving (10/09) Valentine's Day (12/2011) Wedding (1/2011)
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)

SUMMER READING 2010 - "Make a Splash - READ" Surfing & Swimming (1/2010) Ocean Life (1/2010) Bubbles (1/2010) Water / Science (2/2010) Hawaii (2/2010) Boats (2/2010)

SUMMER READING 2011 - "One World, Many Stories - READ" Mexico (11/2010) Caribbean Islands (11/2010) South America (11/2010) Scandinavian Countries (12/2010) United Kingdom (12/2010) France (12/2010) Spain & Italy (12/2010) Germany (1/2011) Russia (1/2011) Africa (2/2011) India (2/2011) Australia (2/2011) China (3/2011) Japan (3/2011) Egypt (3/2011)

SUMMER READING 2012 - "Dream Big - READ" Stars (3/2012) Night sky (3/2012) Sleep (3/2012) Nocturnal Animals (2/2012) Pajamas (2/2012) Beds (2/2012) Dreams (1/2012) Lullabies (1/2012) Moon Stories (1/2012) Bedtime (6/08) Camping & Hiking (9/04)