Plant the seeds of reading with these fun picture books about plants!
In my monthly library program, I choose an early literacy theme on which to focus. In November it was vocabulary - or, more specifically,...
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Mary K
Oct 272 min read
Picture books to develop empathy
Sharing picture books is a great way to grow social-emotional skills like empathy. Reading a story offers a great opportunity to put...
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Mary K
Oct 82 min read
Let's learn about shapes and letters through picture books!
Did you know that learning about shapes helps with learning letters and numbers? It does! Being able to recognize shapes helps with...
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Mary K
Aug 102 min read
Great picture books about colors!
Every month I share a booklist to go along with the theme of the program I'm doing at my library that month. This month we're exploring...
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Mary K
Jul 65 min read
Would You Rather... Book Edition!
The past couple of days, I had the opportunity to work at my library's maker booth at Denver's FanExpo. I've done it several times...
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Mary K
Jun 122 min read
Favorite books for babies ages 12 - 18 months
More books for babies! We might be getting a little more complicated here, but not much. But books will start having more of a story arc...
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Mary K
May 53 min read
Favorite books for infants ages 0 - 6 months
So, first, I admit, "babies" is a broad category. There is a difference between what a newborn might respond to versus a 9 month old...
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Mary K
May 23 min read
Bombastic Side-eye: Unreliable Narrators in Picture Books.
*[cross-posted on In The Writer’s Web] I realized recently that two of my manuscripts have unreliable narrators. One is a “voice...
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Mary K
Apr 283 min read
Favorite books for Toddlers
What do toddlers like in picture books? What kinds of books will keep them most engaged? Young toddlers are still developing their...
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