2019 Summer Reading Theme “A Universe of Stories” – Stars (revised) “A Universe of Stories’ is the 2019 theme for the Collaborative Summer Library Program, which is used by many libraries: www.cslpreads.org/. Space, astronomy, and [continue reading]
Moon Storytime – Revised
2019 Summer Reading Theme “A Universe of Stories” – Moon (revised) This month, we celebrate the moon! For a simple craft project, make Phases of the Moon mobiles out of paper plates: https://creativefamilyfun.net/phases-of-moon-mobile/ . Alborozo. [continue reading]
Movies Storytime
2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Movies Even young children have attended a movie, so make movie-making the theme for a performing arts storytime. For a craft project, make Zoetropes: www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Zoetrope-21/. [continue reading]
Dancers Storytime
2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Dancers “It’s Showtime at Your Library” is the theme for iRead’s 2019 summer reading program, which is distributed for free to California libraries: www.ireadprogram.org/ and [continue reading]
“A Universe of Stories” Read-alikes
2019 Summer Reading Program “A Universe of Stories” – Books Featuring Astronomy and Space Travel For Little Ones (ages two – five) Agee, Jon. Life on Mars. Arnold, Tedd. Green Wilma, Frog in Space. Asch, [continue reading]
Tiger vs. Nightmare Review
Tetri, Emily. Tiger vs. Nightmare. Emily Tetri, Illus. Graphic. First Second, 11/2018. 64pp. $17.99. 978-1-62672-535-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-3. Instead of an adversarial relationship, a small tiger forges a tight friendship with the monster under the [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – February 2019
Each 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 and many more [continue reading]
DIY: A Universe of Stories
“A Universe of Stories’ is the 2019 theme for the Collaborative Summer Library Program, which is used by many libraries: www.cslpreads.org/. Space, astronomy, and space travel are all fun topics for a do it yourself [continue reading]