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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Picture Book Readalouds
Whether you want to pep up your average storytime session or you're just starting out and in need of inspiration, here's a list of those picture books that just beg to be read out loud to large groups!
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
"They don't just give a gatefold to anyone these days." We tackle our second author/illustrator Eric Carle title and discover there's a lot to love in this engineering marvel of a picture book.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Picture Book Readalouds
Today, we celebrate the books that can enrapture in mere moments thanks to the power of words and images (and your own vocal chords) alone.
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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2023 Picture Book Readalouds
A truly great readaloud can work just as well for 400 kids as it can for one. It just has to have something about it that engages and interacts with its audience. Today we celebrate some great ones.
A Beautiful Safe Space: Getting Into the Humor and Delights of Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar with Mojdeh Hassani and Samira Iravani
Silly antics abound in this picture book, set in Iran. I interview the book's creators to talk about the fun and whimsy in Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Picture Book Readalouds
Let's take it down a notch today with this lovely little listing of a whole slew of picture book readalouds. Which ones will work best in your storytime?
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Review of the Day: Off-Limits by Helen Yoon
Writing, timing, art, and humor. What's not to love? One thing’s for certain, though. Kids absolutely adore it, and that’s not the kind of thing you can fake.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Picture Book Readalouds
Here are the two things I know to be true: Never devalue a truly great readaloud picture book when you find it. And never try to force a lapsit book into a starring role in front of a crowd.
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Picture Book Readalouds
The other day I had the unique pleasure of promoting some of my favorite 2019 books of the year with a room full of librarians. As in any kind of promotion, you tailor your talk to the needs and wants of your listeners. And what do librarians need at any and all times? Readalouds! Now […]
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2018 Picture Book Readalouds
Until today the lists that I’ve produced this month haven’t been all that subjective. No one can argue that a pop-up is a pop-up or a board book a board book. A book has no words? Then it’s wordless. Pretty cut and dried. Readalouds are a different kettle of fish altogether. What works for me […]
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