Newson, Karl. How to Help a Friend. Clara Anganuzzi, Illus. Templar, 11/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Kindergarten – 3. $17.99. 978-1-5362-2667-6. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Originally published in 2021 in the UK, this rhyming story describes how [continue reading]
All Together Now Summer Reading Theme
All Together Now Summer Reading Theme CSLPREADS: “All Together Now” – Collaborative Summer Library Program (cslpreads.org). Another fun storytime theme to create unity and friendship. Read some friendship stories and make friendship bracelets: Cutting Activities [continue reading]
Find Your Voice Summer Reading Theme
Find Your Voice Summer Reading Theme iREAD 2023: “Find Your Voice” – iREAD: Reading Programs (ireadprogram.org). This is a fun theme for storytime, encouraging kids to sing out! Offer some of these books on expressing [continue reading]
Bluebird Read-Alikes
Bluebird by Sharon Cameron Barker, Michelle. My Long List of Impossible Things. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. Bornstein, Ruth. The Summer Everything Changed. Boyne, John. The Boy at the Top [continue reading]
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part I
Spring Board Book Round-up, Part I New Series Board Books Cousins, Lucy. “Maisy: First Words” series. Candlewick, 09/2022. [20p.] $9.99 each. Maisy at Work. 978-1-5362-2442-9. Maisy’s Town. 978-1-2443-6. The beloved white mouse Maisy is [continue reading]
Free Workshop with Dr. Debbie Reese
Iveliz Explains It All Read-Alikes
READ-ALIKES Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango Comrie, Courtne. Rain Rising. Donwerth-Chikamatsu, Annie. Somewhere Along. Fajardo, Kat. Miss Quinces. Fritz, Joanne Rossmassler. Everywhere Blue. Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. Invisible. Hilton, Marilyn. Full Cicada [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Making Musical Instruments
Programming Ideas: Making Musical Instruments Making musical instruments is a great theme for a Do It Yourself hands-on program any time of year, but it will work very well with the 2023 summer reading themes [continue reading]