Trailer Tuesday: The Pigeon Gets a Cookie by Mo Willems
Not much more needs to be said other than: THERE’S A NEW PIGEON BOOK AND IT’S OUT TODAY!!! Pigeons worldwide comment: (Thanks, Mr. Schu, for pointing out the video!)
View ArticleCars and Trucks and Things that Lazy Horses Like: A Transportation Storytime
Vroooom! Transportation is always a good preschool theme. Boys of course will get into it, but girls will enjoy hearing these stories too. My lazy horse puppet, Henry, introduces the storytime (I was...
View ArticleHappy Book Birthday to Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons!
I am in possession of a copy of this book RIGHT NOW and I can’t TELL you how excited I am. It’s wonderful! A good match for the first book. And the colors are bright and glorious. Plus there’s a very...
View ArticleFriday Fun: The Preschoolers (and teachers) and I Read Pete the Cat by Eric...
For your Friday entertainment, I recorded a class of preschoolers and their teachers reading Pete the Cat with me. They help out on the singing and with lots of the refrains. These teachers LOVE Pete...
View ArticleNew(ish) Books I (And the Preschoolers) Love: Spring 2012 Edition
May storytimes for me are always theme-less; as I am in the fortunate position to be able to give each child in my program a new book to keep (thanks, Library Foundation!) part of the time we would...
View ArticleTrailer Tuesday! Pete the Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin
Anyone who follows this blog (or knows me even slightly) knows how much I LOVE Pete the Cat. LOVE. So much so that I had him tattooed on my arm (yes, really!). So I’m excited to share the book trailer...
View ArticleSNOOOORRE! Bedtime Stories Make Me Sleepy.
There are SO MANY good bedtime stories to choose from. I think the ones I use skew toward the lively, as otherwise I’d be putting myself to sleep. Here’s what we’re reading (more than needed for a...
View ArticleBook Review: The Monsters’ Monster by Patrick McDonnell
It’s been QUITE A WHILE since I posted a book review. Perhaps that’s because I’ve not felt inspired to do so in a while? Maybe, maybe not. At any rate, I felt VERY inspired to write about Patrick...
View ArticleFlannel Friday (WHAT!? A Post? REALLY?): Watermelon Contest
Hey! Long time no blog! Yes, I realize it’s been 3 MONTHS since my last post. I apologize for neglecting this blog; I plead busyness. I’ve been busy with a bunch of projects, some of which I will post...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name?
When I was born, my parents named me Katie. Well, okay, technically they named me Mary (that’s what’s on my birth certificate) but always intended to call me Katie. That was back in the days when lots...
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