Showing posts with label library. Show all posts
Showing posts with label library. Show all posts

Saturday, April 08, 2023

Teacher and Library -- Crafts, Lessons and Read Alouds

PRINTABLE DOWNLOADS 
 ✂️ 

 Pirate Boy's "What If" story template

 The Wise Owl Factory "What If" story      

 Lily's Cat Mask Coloring Pages 

Darcy Paper Doll Pearl Paper Doll.     

Pirate Boy Door Hanger

Sadie's Sukkah Breakfast Reading Guide 

 

CRAFTS, GAMES & LESSONS ✏️

 Book Jigsaw Puzzles from TeachingBooks  

 The Wise Owl Factory – over 400 free educational activities.

 This Picture Book Life — crafts, plus profiles of authors and illustrators.

 Ed Emberley's Drawing Pages – step by step instructions.

 Creating Creatives – instructions for making Lily's cat mask and more great projects.

 Great Websites for Kids – compiled by the American Library Association.

 

VIRTUAL STORYTIMES 📖

 

 StorylineOnline     

Brightly Storytime Videos     

Virtual storytimes at the Brooklyn Public Library     

New York City Children’s Theater     

Julie's Library – Julie Andrew's storytime podcast.

 

INSPIRATION & RESOURCES FOR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORS 🖥

 

 The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators   

 Candlewick Press YouTube channel – author and illustrator interviews, book trailers and lessons.

 Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast – where authors and illustrators share their craft.   

 Waking Brain Cells – picture book reviews by librarian Tasha Saecker.   

 One More Page – a podcast for lovers of kids’ books.

 Dolly Parton's Imagination Library – providing free books to children from birth to age five.

 

 

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Way to Go, Steve Geck!

Greenwillow Books has acquired two picture books from Ms. Elizabeth Bird.

Elizabeth's ALA Editions title Children's Literature Gems: Choosing and Using Them in Your Library Career is slated for release in June. Pre-order it here.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Humanities and Social Sciences Library

Sometimes I use this blog as a place to stash pictures and information that I find too overwhelming to take in all at once. It's like a garage, only it's filled with amazing stuff instead of broken bikes and deflated soccer balls.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Introducing the Children's Center

at 42nd Street:
It's what they call in the business a "soft" opening. Not a lot of hullaballoo at first. You just open the doors and wait for...