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Read Alouds & Lunch Doodles

In these days of COVID-19 and wanting to help my students find comfort in hearing (and seeing) their school librarian read to them, I created The Creative Librarian YouTube channel [note: these are now unlisted]and have been regularly posting videos on it.  I know many educators and administrators around the United States are doing the same thing, and it is so heartwarming to see how this is helping bring our communities together (virtually).  I have also been overjoyed to see how many authors and illustrators are creating blog posts, videos, and additional activities for their readers.

Just a few  of them are below:

Happy reading, viewing, listening, and creating!

I’m a Picture Book Month Ambassador – Are You?

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I love Picture Book Month because I can highlight my favorite picture books throughout the month of November, and share my love of them with all my students – even the ones who think they are too old for picture books!

Some of my favorite picture books are these:

I Hate Picture Books by Timothy Young

 

 

BE QUIET

Ryan T. Higgins Be Quiet!  is an amazing picture book — it is hilarious, and even my youngest students appreciate the humor (and the adults in the room, even more!!).

Absolutely all Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems- especially The Thank You Book and We are in a Book!  I even decorated pumpkins like Gerald & Piggie to celebrate autumn in my library!  Mo has many fun resources on his site to go along with the books, too.

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Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown’s Creepy Carrots and Creepy Pair of Underwear have my students sitting on the edge of their criss-cross-applesauce-bottoms when I read in my best creepy voice.  Their book trailers are great, and they also have activity guides available:    Creepy Carrots and  Creepy Pair of Underwear (scroll down)

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Pete the Cat books by James Dean are also extremely popular with my students!  Another picture book pumpkin that graces my book shelves in my library is Pete-the-Pumpkin 🙂   Be sure to check out the songs that go along with the books!

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They have a great teacher activity guide – check it out here!

I hope you enjoy Picture Book Month as much as I do this November!