A pretty cool website where you can get patterns or kits to help you create the best #FlannelFriday ever.
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| They turned Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd into a perfect page-by-page felt story! |
My friend and coworker Sara runs this blog all about storytime! I know firsthand that she has her storytime formulas down to a science and is great at commanding a room. Added bonus, her writing style is fun to read. I love this blog and can't wait for her to add more to it!
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| Sara and me at YALSA in Kentucky, November 2017 |
This blog is written and maintained by a friend of mine from library school! We still have never met in person, but we are very similar in a lot of ways and became great friends remotely while working on a partner project. She got her job as a children's librarian in North Carolina shortly before I got mine, so we have stayed in touch and like to swap stories about youth services and working with the public. Her blog provides a great mix of storytime lesson plans, book and music reviews, and a list of satisfyingly yellow things. She also includes some adorable candid photos of herself conducting storytime, which are not to be missed.
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| Miss Hello Yellow in her natural habitat
I mention them in a lot of storytime posts, because they have the best videos around. I have pretty much learned how to be a great youth services librarian by watching these two kill it. I can't say enough great things about them, so click the link and check out their amazing blog!
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The team that ran Library Village isn't working or writing together anymore, but this site still has a lot of fantastic storytime ideas. I especially like how easy it is to search for a specific theme. My rainbow storytime wass partially due to these ladies!
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| Kristen, Sue, and Kristie, the creators of Library Village |
Sarah is on my team here in Mesa! She runs an early literacy blog with fantastic tips and book lists, and a Facebook page called Feminist Librarian. She's basically all over the internet doing wonderful things for intellectual freedom, diversity, and inclusion.
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| Sarah and me posing with our puppets, January 2019 |
I like Katie's blog because she has a long list of storytime themes, and each entry is extremely well-organized. The whole blog is upbeat, colorful, and easy to navigate. Her blog is also where I learned about Flannel Friday, something I hope to incorporate into this blog very soon!
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| What librarian doesn't love reading in the grass? |
This blog is maintained by a former children's librarian, current stay-at-home mom who has some great programming ideas! I especially like the "storytime anytime" program and all the great craft projects.
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| Reading outside with a tiny helper sounds like the perfect day. |
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| Unfortunately the creator of this blog remains anonymous so here's a penguin finger puppet from her site. |
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