Adventures In Storytime (and Beyond)

  The library where I work is in a very diverse community and we try to make our programs as inclusive as possible, so instead of a full-on ...

I take a break from storytimes in May to clean, organize, and get ready for summer, so I try to make the last one a little special. Last yea...

This was the last week of storytimes for the Spring, after which I would be taking a much needed break from programming for the rest of May....

  My director wanted to make a big deal out of National Library Week, partly to acknowledge the staff for all the hard work they do, partly ...

I just started my new job in December, and I felt bad I didn't really get there quite early enough to really plan any special holiday pr...

  During the summer one of our programs for elementary aged kids was a virtual visit with the director of the local raptor rescue and rehab ...

  I did this storytime back in August, but just now got around to writing it up. I haven't been writing up every storytime anymore becau...

  The YS department at the main library had a bunch of these egg-hatching craft kits leftover, so I decided to take some off their hands and...

To be honest, I totally chose this theme in order to show off my kitten felt set that I made last year during the pandemic shutdown when I ...

  I was first inspired to plan a polar bear theme by Mac Barnett's new book,   A   Polar Bear In the Snow, but at the last minute decide...

  Since the CLSP summer reading theme this year is "Tails and Tales", I am using animal themes for all my storytimes. This week I ...

  This week was a momentous occasion - after more than 15 months, I was finally able to do a real storytime, in person, with REAL LIVE KIDS!...

March 10th is the " International Day of Awesomeness ", which I decided to use as a segue to introduce some awesome new picture bo...

  As I've mentioned before, we have gotten in several new picture books lately that I knew would be really great for storytime, and I de...

  We have gotten in so many great picture books lately that I couldn't wait to use, I decided to forego using a theme for a couple of we...

  I've had a "moose" themed storytime in the back of my mind for over a year, since back in the before-times when I noticed th...

I guess I always do some kind of snow-themed storytime in January, but I was able to come up with two books I had not used before, so it...

  At first I wasn't sure about doing a Christmas storytime, having previously worked in a very diverse, multinational community with a w...

  After taking a few weeks to settle into my new position and first develop a non-virtual alternative to storytime , I turned my focus to vi...

Last year I decided to give a slight twist to my "Snowman" storytime by having one story about the abominable snowman, or ye...