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
New Dreams (1/2012) Lullabies (1/2012) Moon Stories (1/2012)

SUMMER READING 2012 - "Dream Big - READ" Dreams (1/2012) Lullabies (1/2012) Moon Stories (1/2012)

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 (12/09) 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) Guinea Pigs (4/2011) Habitats (7/07) Hamsters and Gerbils (11/05) Hippos (4/2010) 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 (2/2010) Boxes (8/09) 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) Dinner (9/2011) Doughnuts (1/08) Eggs (11/09) Getting Dressed (11/09) Hats (3/07) Houses & Homes (10/06) Ice Cream (12/2011) Jazz (4/09) 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 (9/03) Play with Food (5/05) Popcorn (9/00) Potatoes (10/03) Recycling (8/2011) Singing (2/09) Shadows (3/06) Snowman (12/03) Strawberries (6/05) Surfing & Swimming (1/2010) Teddy Bears lapsit (3/01) Telephone (11/07) Teeth (12/01) Trains (7/2010) 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) 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 (revised) (3/2010) 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 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 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) New Baby (8/03) Personal Names (6/04) Pirates (8/06) Police Officers (8/2011) Princess (8/06) Scarecrows (11/09) Superhero (12/04)	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) Hibernation (11/2011) Leaves & Trees (10/09) Light (7/09) Math (11/02) Migration (11/2011) Ocean Life (1/2010) Outer Space (11/06) Rain & Snow (1/05) Rainbows - Science (7/2010) Robots (9/2011) Seasons (7/08) Shapes (1/07) Spots (5/2010) Spring (10/2011) Summer (11/2011) 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 (7/00) 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) 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)