Literacious

Sometimes there’s a storytime theme that I’m shocked I haven’t done in 10+ years of this blog… rectangles is one of them! And then when I started looking for books, I realized there aren’t as many rectangles as there are square, circle, and triangle books. So, I pulled together as many as I could easily find and added a few songs and crafts as well to round out a shape-themed...

So, last month I focused on highlighting genres for our picture book readers, this month I’ll be focusing on newly independent readers and offering up some genre suggestions in the chapter book arena. Let’s start with what is a chapter book. While the term gets thrown around for any book with chapters in it for kids, it’s actually a bit more nuanced than that. Chapter books a...

I love when a storytime theme can be used in so many different ways! This theme could easily focus on silly stories about what animals eat – like dragons and tacos, or caterpillars and just about everything, and can easily be focused on nonfiction books about food chains and food webs. What ever way you decide to go, I’ve provided some fun books for each. And when you pair th...

I am notoriously horrible at reading series. I am not great at remembering the details of storylines and usually by the time I get to the next book in a series, I’ve read a number of other things in between and can’t remember the details of the last book! Or, the author hasn’t finished writing the series yet and I have to wait a year or more for the next book. And at that poi...

This is a fun storytime to put together and while I don’t necessarily know all the differences between crocodiles and alligators, sharing a book that compares the two, like the Nat Geo Kids book Alligators & Crocodiles, is a great way to learn and share some facts! As I’m always mentioning, there are a ton of great picture book nonfiction titles out there – take ...