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]
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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]
Bedtime for Babies Storytime
Bedtime for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]
Aliens Storytime
This month, we celebrate aliens! For a simple craft project, make these alien paper bag puppets: www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/malienpuppet.htm Agee, Jon. Life on Mars. An astronaut finds an alien on Mars. Duffield, Katy. Aliens Get the Sniffles, [continue reading]
Puppets Storytime
2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Puppets Puppet shows are often the first live professional entertainment that a young child will experience. Let’s celebrate with the following picture books that focus [continue reading]
Planets Storytime
2019 Summer Reading Theme “A Universe of Stories” – Planets “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]
Actors Storytime
2019 Summer Reading Theme “It’s Showtime at Your Library” – Actors “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]