Kenya Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from countries in Africa. A fun storytime can involve stories from Kenya. For a craft project, make Kigogo games out of egg cartons, similar [continue reading]
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Philippines Storytime
Philippines Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CSLP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and [continue reading]
Concept Books for Storytime – Revised
Concept Books Revised April 2020 Alakija, Polly. Counting Chickens. Anderson, Derek. Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure. Atinuke. Baby Goes to Market. Austin, Mike. Monsters Love Colors. Baker, Keith. 1-2-3 Peas. Barnett, Mac. Count the [continue reading]
Sing-Along Picture Books for Storytime – Revised
Sing-Along Picture Books Revised April 2020 Bateman, Donna M. Out on the Prairie. Bates, Ivan. Five Little Ducks. Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful: United We Stand. Berkner, Laurie. Monster Boogie. Berkner, Laurie. We Are [continue reading]
Interactive Books for Storytime – Revised
Pop-up, Flap, Tactile, and Interactive Books Revised April 2020 Amato, Max. Perfect. Byrne, Richard. This Book Just Ate My Dog! Caston, Jane. Can You Help Doug Find His Dog? Clarke, Jane. I Saw Anaconda: A [continue reading]
Circular Picture Books for Storytime – Revised
Circular – such as Laura Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (HarperCollins, 1985) or Jules Feiffer’s Back George (HarperCollins, 1999 Revised April 2020 Archer, Peggy, and Anne Wilsdorf. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad. Barnett, Mac. [continue reading]
Dance Party Storytime – Revised
Storytime Dance Party Revised April 2020 Dance party programs are one of the latest innovations in storytime, encouraging movement and exercise as well as self-expression and the enjoyment of music. You can think of a [continue reading]
Cumulative Picture Books for Storytime – Revised
Cumulative – such as The House That Jack Built by various authors, Don and Audrey Wood’s The Napping House (Harcourt, 1984), or Laura Thompson’s The Apple Pie That Papa Baked (S&S, 2007). Revised April 2020 [continue reading]