Short Informational Picture Books Revised January 2025 Short Informational Picture Books Revised January 2025 Ackerman, Sara Holly. Not Just the Driver! Adler, David A. Magnets Push, Magnets Pull. Illus. by Anna Raff. Holiday House, 2017. [continue reading]
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Interactive Books for Storytime
Revised January 2025 Pop-up, Flap, Tactile, and Interactive Books Amato, Max. Perfect. Anstee, Ashlyn. Tickle Tickle, Little Tum. Barnett, Mac. Twenty Questions. Bonenfant, Pascale. Play with Jay! Fun and Games for Little Readers. Brown, Carron. [continue reading]
Concept Books for Storytime
Revised January 2025 Concept Books Alakija, Polly. Counting Chickens. Anderson, Derek. Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure. Anon. The ABC’s of Baby’s Needs: A Sign Language Book for Babies. Atinuke. Baby Goes to Market. Austin, [continue reading]
Circular Picture Books for Storytime
Revised January 2025 Circular – such as Laura Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (HarperCollins, 1985) or Jules Feiffer’s Back George (HarperCollins, 1999). Archer, Peggy, and Anne Wilsdorf. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad. Barnett, Mac. [continue reading]
Yoga Storytime Ideas
Yoga Storytime Revised January 2025 In recent years several libraries have started a yoga-themed storytime to get the kids moving, focus on their breathing, and allow time to de-stress. These yoga storytimes have proven quite [continue reading]
Cumulative Picture Books for Storytime
Revised January 2025 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). [continue reading]
Participation, Call and Response Books for Storytime
Revised January 2025 Participation – such as Bill Martin’s Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Holt, 1983), Remy Charlip’s Fortunately (Four Winds, 1964), Jules Feiffer’s Bark, George (HarperCollins, 1999), or Ed Emberley’s Go [continue reading]
Fractured Fairytales
Revised January 2025 Aesop’s Fables Hartman, Bob. The Wolf Who Cried Boy. Lessie, Pat. Fablesauce: Aesop Reinterpreted in Rhyming Couplets. Levine, Gail Caron. Betsy Who Cried Wolf. Rosenthal, Paul. Yo, Aesop! Get a Load of [continue reading]