Bedtime Storytimes are always fun. I hope someday to actually do a "sleepover" storytime at night with pajamas and stuffies!
I'm Not Sleepy!
Jane Chapman
ISBN: 9781561487653
Little Owl is NOT sleepy, but Grandma Owl is patient, kind, determined, and just a bit sneaky. Even through Grandma Owl is the one who eventually gets put to bed, Little Owl is the one who (finally) drops off to sleep.
How to Put Your Parents to Bed
Mylisa Larsen, illustrated by Babette Cole
ISBN: 9780062320643
I normally don't like this sort of sloppy watercolor/comic/squiggly line drawing sort of art style, but it fits the theme so perfectly that I couldn't resist. The full spread illustrating the sleepy parents' faces is PRICELESS.
Bedtime!
Christine Anderson, illustrated by Steven Salerno
ISBN: 0399240047
One of my favorites, and gets used in rotation regularly. Melanie is FAAR to busy to head to bed, but someone has to get ready for bed, and Mom decides Bart the dog is it. Bart gets a nice bath, a lovely ribbon (Melanie's lovely ribbon) gets into pajamas (Melanie's pajamas) and even gets the traditional big good night kiss from Daddy before Melanie twigs to the fact that she's missing out and starts hustling to get herself back into the schedule before she misses her bedtime story.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Friday, September 14, 2018
Tuesday Storytime: Stormy Days Ahead
With Florence looming dramatically offshore, and lots of locals either prepping their own properties for rain and floods, or dealing with friends and family evacuating from the shoreline, it's important to normalize weather events and how to deal with them.
It's also important to realize that when routines are shaken up and kids are unsettled from the chaos around them, they're going to act up and be less able to focus on anything: even storytime. It's always better to work with what the kids are capable of at the moment.
Because we had some unsettled kids and families, we only made it through two books today, one of which was very short. That's ok. It's better to have a short but good storytime experience than to make it a stressful or disciplinarian time.
Monsoon Afternoon
Kashmira Sheth, illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi
ISBN: 9781561454556
In India, a boy watches the first rains of monsoon season approach, but the rest of the household is busy with work, all except for his grandfather, his Dadaji. The boy and his dadaji play outside in the rain for the afternoon, talking about how the monsoon came when the grandfather was a child, and will continue to come when the boy is a grandfather himself.
Rain Fish
Lois Ehlert
ISBN: 9781481461528
Another of Ehlert's excellent collage books, this one is another short and sweet entry. The format is highly horizontal, so be aware when holding it that it's a little harder to keep balanced. There are some weird and wacky fish made of trash and gutter debris, with a fun rhyme to balance the weirdness out. I do wish there was some way to talk about cleaning UP the materials that make up the Rain Fish, but that's probably a bit of a high bar for a book as conceptual and visual as this is.
I was also planning to read
Thunder-Boomer!
Shutta Crum, illustrated by Carol Thompson
ISBN: 9780618618561
which features a farming family that is much more familiar to my local families here. A storm is blowing in, and the family retreats to the house while the storm and wind and hail and rain all blow past, then head back out into the muddy and windblown aftermath to see what's happened outside. A sub-plot with a chicken ends up being the tagline for the book - very cute.
It's also important to realize that when routines are shaken up and kids are unsettled from the chaos around them, they're going to act up and be less able to focus on anything: even storytime. It's always better to work with what the kids are capable of at the moment.
Because we had some unsettled kids and families, we only made it through two books today, one of which was very short. That's ok. It's better to have a short but good storytime experience than to make it a stressful or disciplinarian time.
Monsoon Afternoon
Kashmira Sheth, illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi
ISBN: 9781561454556
In India, a boy watches the first rains of monsoon season approach, but the rest of the household is busy with work, all except for his grandfather, his Dadaji. The boy and his dadaji play outside in the rain for the afternoon, talking about how the monsoon came when the grandfather was a child, and will continue to come when the boy is a grandfather himself.
Rain Fish
Lois Ehlert
ISBN: 9781481461528
Another of Ehlert's excellent collage books, this one is another short and sweet entry. The format is highly horizontal, so be aware when holding it that it's a little harder to keep balanced. There are some weird and wacky fish made of trash and gutter debris, with a fun rhyme to balance the weirdness out. I do wish there was some way to talk about cleaning UP the materials that make up the Rain Fish, but that's probably a bit of a high bar for a book as conceptual and visual as this is.
I was also planning to read
Thunder-Boomer!
Shutta Crum, illustrated by Carol Thompson
ISBN: 9780618618561
which features a farming family that is much more familiar to my local families here. A storm is blowing in, and the family retreats to the house while the storm and wind and hail and rain all blow past, then head back out into the muddy and windblown aftermath to see what's happened outside. A sub-plot with a chicken ends up being the tagline for the book - very cute.
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Tuesday Storytime: Library Books
Done by my counterpart. Always a fun choice to focus on literacy and library skills with a captive audience. :)
We Are In A Book
Mo Willems
It's Library Day
Janet Morgan Stoeke
I love this author and her books.
Otto the Book Bear
Katie Cleminson
We Are In A Book
Mo Willems
It's Library Day
Janet Morgan Stoeke
I love this author and her books.
Otto the Book Bear
Katie Cleminson
Monday, September 3, 2018
Tuesday Storytime: Colors Everywhere
A very colorful storytime this week, with a small crowd - still recovering from the back-to-school exodus.
Baby Bear Sees Blue
Ashley Wolff
ISBN: 9781442413061
Baby Bear and Mama Bear explore the forest and all the different bright and beautiful colors it showcases.
Lucy Lady Bug
Sharon King-Chai
ISBN: 9780553510058
Lucy Ladybug has no spots, so she sets out into the world to try and find some. She doesn't find the traditional spots like the rest of the ladybugs have, but she has a delightful series of adventures, and meets some new friends along the way.
Bear Sees Colors (Bear and Friends)
Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman
ISBN: 9781442465367
This concept book addition to the "Bear" book series is VERY RHYMEY, so if you tend towards getting sing-song lines stuck in your head for days (hello friends) then beware! It's cute and sweet and full of great colors and good lines, and it's just the perfect length for storytime. Wilson and Chapman struck gold with this concept and this set of books; they're all really solid reading time choices and this one is no exception.
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