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Better late than never! OG followers will know how much I look forward to sharing this list every year and to hearing about your favourites in the comments. One person said it’s like Christmas for children’s librarians, ha! Here are the picture books published in 2022 I think work great in storytime. After the Buzz… Continue reading 2022 Favourite Storytime Picture Books
We made it, friends. Another year of programming in a pandemic. Whether it was online, indoors, or outdoors, I feel like we should take a collective deep breath. We’re hanging in there. I hope this list helps you feel reinvigorated to do a magical part of our jobs: sharing stories with families in whatever way… Continue reading 2021 Favourite Storytime Picture Books
First and foremost, thank you for all the heartwarming comments left on my last post. I definitely shed a few tears reading and responding to your kind words! I think we have a whole community of ambassadors of love and joy. While I needed to take the fall away from the blog, I just couldn’t… Continue reading 2020 Favourite Storytime Picture Books
It’s time for my one-and-only Jbrary tradition – my favourite storytime books published this year! The is the 6th year I’ve shared a round-up of the picture books published within the past 12 months that worked well for me in a storytime setting. It’s fitting that this post will be my last before I go… Continue reading 2019 Favourite Storytime Picture Books
Raise your hand if you forget to read information books at storytime. *Raises hand* It’s true. It’s not that I don’t want to read information books at storytime. I think it’s mostly that I’m more aware of fiction and thus more likely to try it out in storytime. But I would really like to change… Continue reading Nonfiction Storytime Books
Four years ago (HOW HAS IT BEEN THAT LONG?!) I wrote a series of blog posts about babytime. You can find them all on the newly reorganized Storytime Resources page. In one of the posts I shared some of my favourite books to read at a baby storytime. My baby storytimes are aimed at ages… Continue reading Favourite Babytime Books, Part 2
Happy New Year everyone! I’m kicking off 2019 with a Jbrary tradition. I keep track of the picture books published each year that work well in a storytime setting. And I swear the list gets bigger every year despite feeling like I haven’t had a chance to review all the books out there. In fact, I… Continue reading 2018 Favourite Storytime Picture Books
One of the most common questions I get asked by people new to storytime is what to read to toddlers. Toddlers are a tricky group. They can go from being engaged to running around the room in a matter of seconds. I’ve written before about toddler language acquisition and how we can support it through… Continue reading Toddler Storytime Books: Authors to Know
Holy smokies, folks, am I excited to share today’s guest post! You all know I love me some storytime book lists. Today I am happy to feature guest blogger Kate Davis. Kate is a storytime ninja, global literature fangirl, and agent of early literacy advocacy. She is based in San Diego. And she is here… Continue reading Global Storytime Picture Books
Hello, 2018! I am delighted that my first post of the year is one that I look forward to writing for many months. I’ve been keeping track of all the great picture books that work well in a storytime setting published in 2017. I try these books out with groups of different sizes and different… Continue reading 2017 Favourite Storytime Picture Books