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Outside Storytime Spotlight: Bears and Bunnies

August 4, 2021September 2, 2021 Jessica @ Storytime in the Stacks

Sharing a fun outside storytime plan from this summer! Storytiming in the great outdoors presents its own set of challenges, but it's so good to be able to see the audience again and read their cues! Attendance: 173 Pre-Storytime Playlist: Here Comes the Sun by Caspar Babypants Mister Rabbit by Caspar Babypants Baby Bear by… Continue reading Outside Storytime Spotlight: Bears and Bunnies

Sketch: Two squirrels triumphantly hold a donut in the air.

2020 Reading Year in Review: Part Two

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 Jessica @ Storytime in the Stacks

Welcome back for Part Two of my 2020 Reading Year in Review! Today's installment is all about WHO - who appeared in the stories I read, and who wrote those stories? Who were my favorite characters? Which debut authors did I adore? And more! Who Did I Read About? Diverse Books: 164 Titles, 55% of… Continue reading 2020 Reading Year in Review: Part Two

Flannel Friday: The Great Big Carrot

July 23, 2021August 28, 2021 Jessica @ Storytime in the Stacks

I'm having tons of fun this summer making enlarged props for outside storytime! Some of my favorite flannel stories adapt so well to the giant foam board - like the story of The Great Big Carrot: Photograph: A rabbit puppet attempts to pull a posterboard carrot out of the ground (a brown felt pocket). If… Continue reading Flannel Friday: The Great Big Carrot