The theme for our library’s summer reading program this year is pirates, and so all of the books from this week’s storytime had some type of water or sea theme. My favorite of the bunch was The Water Hole by Graeme Base.
I’d never read one of Base’s books, and when I mentioned to […]
Yes, we did. We met Junie B. Jones today!!! Junie B. is on her “Stupid Smelly Bus Tour” and happened to travel through our town.
In front of a group of a few hundred kids, Junie B. came out and shared treasures from her Big Pink Trunk of Junk. She was a little […]
There aren’t many stories read at the library’s storytime that get me to say, “No way!” Okay, so I didn’t actually say it out loud, but I was thinking it! That happened at the very beginning of the book Yard Sale!, written and illustrated by Mitra Modarressi. The line, specifically, was, “One […]
I’ve never been good at falling right to sleep. I was going to say that I’ve never been a good sleeper, but that would be entirely untrue. Once I’m asleep, I think I could sleep for days. The falling asleep, however, has never come easy for me. My sister and Bald […]
I love fun books that encourage a little silliness when they’re being read, and this is one of those fun books!
We try to hit storytime at the library each week. The kids love the songs and dances and the animated ways that the children’s librarian reads the stories to them. Every once in […]
This week during storytime at the library, we were introduced to a fun book with a unique twist on the telling of a fairytale.
The End, written by David LaRochelle and illustrated by Richard Egielski, begins with…you guessed it…the end. The kids at storytime giggled with the silliness of the story and loved shouting out […]
My daughter’s been enjoying her copy of The Seven Continents of the World Jigsaw Book.
The book contains colorful illustrations of each of the seven continents of the world (but you could’ve figured that out now, couldn’t you? :P ). Each of the 7 puzzles is made up of 48 pieces, and the images include […]
Happy Easter to all of our Play Library readers. :) Is your Easter finding you bundling up in hats, gloves, and scarves, too? We have snow covered roofs here, though we were running around in shorts and t-shirts at the start of the week. Spring is sooo unpredictable. Hope those eggs […]
I’d forgotten about this book until I was looking for something else tonight and came across it in a search. Then I had to go grab it off of the kids’ book shelf!
My daughter received the book Easter Bugs by David A. Carter from a family friend for her second Easter, I think. […]
Hsien mentioned the trend towards Easter baskets being filled with toys and asked what others put in their children’s baskets.
Since our oldest celebrated her first Easter, our tradition has been to include a book with the basket, which is filled with a small chocolate bunny and just a few other candies.
The books have always had […]
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