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Snowman Storytime
In light of the upcoming winter season, all the wonderful snowman stories our library houses, and my own daughter’s recent obsession with “Frosty the Snowman”, the last storytime theme of the year was...
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Storytime Hiatus
As a heads up, there will be no storytime posts until early February. The Lawrence Public Library will be undergoing a $19 million dollar renovation starting this month, so we will be packing up all...
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Chinese New Year Storytime
新年快樂 Happy Chinese New Year! The most important Chinese holiday for the year, the Lunar New Year, started yesterday and will go on for the next 15 days. I have an extreme fondness of Chinese holidays...
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Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover
This week, I decided to mix things up a bit with storytime. I’ve seen so many wonderful stuffed animal sleepover programs done at other libraries that I thought it was high time to host one at my...
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Penguin Storytime
Kansas has seen quite a bit of winter weather recently with last week’s Blizzard of Oz. Lots and lots and lots of snow. The library was even closed a couple of days due to the weather, so storytime...
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Storytime Mixer
Sometimes I get tired of themes. Animal themes. Holiday themes. Seasonal themes. The whole kit and kaboodle. Whenever this happens I like to mix things up. “Miss Becca’s Storytime Mixer” is my...
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Food Fun Storytime
This week’s storytime was all about food. Reading about food, singing about food, and even painting with food. It was a dreary rainy day, so there were lots and lots of kids looking to have some...
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Rain and Rainbow Storytime
Sunday was St. Patrick’s Day, and a quiet day at the library with the big downtown parade going on just a block away. Even though storytime was the day of the holiday, I opted out out of a St....
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Windy Day Storytime
Kansas can see some wicked winds, especially in the springtime. (Insert Wizard of Oz joke.) Due to our naturally windy climate and the fact that I was itching to test out a new book on the storytime...
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Spring Birds Storytime
Finally! Warmer weather. The trees are starting to bloom white and pink flowers, and the birds are back twittering away early each morning. This week’s storytime theme was all about the spring season...
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Garden Storytime
Finally! Warmer weather. Some of my favorite picture books are about gardening and we’ll soon be free of the last frost date. The Old Farmer’s Almanac estimated Lawrence, Kansas be 50% frost free by...
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Chicken (and Goose) Storytime
Our house has chicken envy. We desperately would like a few hens of our own to roam the backyard. Lucky for us Lawrence is a pretty laid back community that allows domestic chickens, and quite a few...
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Yarn Magic
Hey folks! I’m over at Library as Incubator Project today talking “yarn magic” for my latest edition of Pages to Projects. Pages to Projects is a seasonal series about how to incorporate elements of...
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Halloween Cut Paper Pumpkins
Please take a minute to swing on by Library as Incubator Project today for my latest Pages to Projects post: Halloween Cut Paper Pumpkins! Pages to Projects is a series I write for Library as...
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HeARTs!
Oh my heart! I’m over at Library as Incubator Project today with the latest Pages to Projects post, HeARTs! Pages to Projects is a series on how to incorporate art education and art appreciation into...
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Every Day is Storytime
Exciting news! The best!! I’m happy to share that my mentor, recently retired children’s librarian Jane Johnston, has started a blog: Every Day is Storytime. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting...
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I’ve been covering for a coworker’s Toddler Storytime every once in awhile, and since I’m new to the library I decided to make a little opening jingle, “Miss Rebecca Storytime Song”. I quickly wrote...
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Pages to Projects: Ephemeral Leaf Art
There is a new Pages to Projects up over on Library as Incubator Project! Check out how to make seasonal Ephemeral Leaf Art inspired by Lois Ehlert’s Leaf Man HERE! I’ve also been busy updated the...
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Farm Stand Storytime
Farm Stand Storytime is a new outreach program created by myself and Anna Chill of Crabtree Farms as an outlet for children to foster a healthy curiosity of the natural world around them, as well as...
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Introducing Miss Lucy Jane
Jane Johnston is an artist and a poet. She also happens to be an adored former children’s librarian who invoked a sense of wonder and whimsy while working at the library. She continues to encourage...
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