Revised April 2024 Concept Books Alakija, Polly. Counting Chickens. Anderson, Derek. Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure. Anon. The ABC’s of Baby’s Needs: A Sign Language Book for Babies. Atinuke. Baby Goes to Market. Austin, [continue reading]
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Circular Picture Books for Storytime
Revised April 2024 Circular – such as Laura Numeroff’s If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (HarperCollins, 1985) or Jules Feiffer’s Back George (HarperCollins, 1999). Archer, Peggy, and Anne Wilsdorf. A Hippy-Hoppy Toad. Barnett, Mac. [continue reading]
Cumulative Picture Books for Storytime
Revised April 2024 Cumulative – such as The House That Jack Built by various authors, Don and Audrey Wood’s The Napping House (Harcourt, 1984), or Laura Thompson’s The Apple Pie That Papa Baked (S&S, 2007). [continue reading]
Participation, Call and Response Books for Storytime
Revised April 2024 Participation – such as Bill Martin’s Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Holt, 1983), Remy Charlip’s Fortunately (Four Winds, 1964), Jules Feiffer’s Bark, George (HarperCollins, 1999), or Ed Emberley’s Go [continue reading]
Social and Emotional Learning
Social and Emotional Learning Storytime Revised April 2024 Unlike other themes, social and emotional learning should be included in all storytimes if possible. I would choose just one or two of these books, and add [continue reading]
Six Preliteracy Skills
Six Preliteracy Skills and Picture Books That Promote Them Revised April 2024 Storytimes include books that encourage all of the six preliteracy skills important for preschoolers to learn, so that they are ready to [continue reading]
Five Parent Practices
List of Picture Books That Promote the Five Parent Practices Revised April 2024 Many libraries are helping parents to prepare their young children to learn to read, using tips from Every Child Ready to [continue reading]
Fractured Fairytales
Revised April 2024 Aesop’s Fables Hartman, Bob. The Wolf Who Cried Boy. Lessie, Pat. Fablesauce: Aesop Reinterpreted in Rhyming Couplets. Levine, Gail Caron. Betsy Who Cried Wolf. Rosenthal, Paul. Yo, Aesop! Get a Load of [continue reading]