Need for Gender Neutral Books for Children: Looking for books where the gender of the main character is not specified? Try some of these titles: Babybug Magazine – “Kim” monthly feature (Kim is gender neutral) [continue reading]
August 2015
Outstanding!
Outstanding! July 2015 Every month, we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: “Origami Yoda” Series by Tom Angleberger
Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas – “Origami Yoda” A book party celebrating Tom Angleberger’s “Origami Yoda” series would be good for any library at any time of year. Set-up several crafts and games in your meeting room [continue reading]
New Pop-up and Flap Books
Cousins, Lucy. Count with Maisy, Cheep! Cheep! Cheep! Candlewick, 2015. [28p.]. $15.99. 978-0-7636-7643-8. Maisy the little white mouse works on the farm in this simple but effective counting story. While Maisy looks for the ten [continue reading]
Legendary Creatures Storytime Ideas
Many of the preschoolers that I read to wear shirts with Bigfoot, Yeti, and other legendary creatures displayed. There are several picture books featuring these creatures which would make for a fun storytime. For a [continue reading]
Cities Storytime Ideas
There are so many great picture books featuring cities, including Last Stop On Market Street, which makes the topic a perfect storytime theme. Make these easy mess-free tie-dye shirts. Or if you want something simpler, make [continue reading]