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Oct 8, 2018

Halloween Book Display

I love black and white stripes. I'm always looking for an excuse to incorporate them. Enter Halloween book display. The inside of the...

Oct 6, 2018

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

I wanted to have a shindig last year for the 50th anniversary of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" but I had some scheduling...

Oct 4, 2018

Story Time: Black Cats

I'm doing Halloween all month long--starting with black cats. We read Moonlight the Halloween Cat by Cynthia Rylant and a Cat in the Hat...

Oct 1, 2018

Frankenstein Bulletin Board

For Halloween and in honor of Frankenstein's 200th birthday this year, I did a Frankenstein bulletin board. "Frankly, I love books."...

Sep 27, 2018

Story Time: Owls

I love, love, love Sean Taylor's Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise. I read it at all my Headstart visits and it always holds everyone's...

Sep 25, 2018

Mario Night

I've been wanting to do a Mario event at the library for a while, ever since my co-worker painted Boos on one of our Halloween carnival...

Sep 24, 2018

2018 Banned Book Hunt

Last year we started the tradition of doing a Banned Book Hunt to celebrate Banned Books Week, and this year we did it again with 4 new...

Sep 22, 2018

Curious George Paper Bag Puppet

This year for Curiosity Day, I dressed as the Man in the Yellow Hat and read the first Curious George book, alongside our George costumed...

Sep 20, 2018

Story Time: Birds

I recently got inspired by a story time resource book, The Sound of Storytime by Tiara V. Dixon and Paula Blough, to implement more...

Sep 13, 2018

Story Time: Turtles

Our turtle-themed Story Time featured "Turtle Island" by Kevin Sherry, "Turtle Says Hello" by Qi Zhi, and "Turtle Splash!" by Cathryn...