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]
My Bike Review
Barton, Byron. My Bike. Byron Barton, Illus. Picture Book. Greenwillow, 04/2015. [34]p. $16.99. 978-0-06-233699-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TOD-PRE. Tom rides his bike to work, past cars, trucks, and even monkeys and elephants, before donning clown makeup [continue reading]
Intern Needed for Children’s Fairyland
San Jose State Univ. iSchool Student Needed for Internship at Children’s Fairyland: Oakland Public Library, Children’s Services, www.oaklandlibrary.org 125 14th Street, Room 6, Oakland, CA 94612 JOB TITLE: Fairyland Librarian JOB DESCRIPTION: Children’s Fairyland is a storybook [continue reading]
High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs Review
Schnell, Lisa Kahn. High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs. Alan Marks, Illus. Nonfiction. Charlesbridge, 04/2015. [32]p. $16.95. 978-1-58089-604-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-3 Each spring, Delaware Bay teems with life as millions of horseshoe crabs come ashore to [continue reading]
Origami Yoda Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES – “Origami Yoda” series by Tom Angleberger Baker, Kim. Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School. Brown, Jeffrey. “Star Wars Academy” series. Castle, M.E. Popular Clone: The Clone Chronicles. Emerson, [continue reading]