Reader Engagement Project: A Story Hour Kit with Read Aloud Activities for Libraries, Classrooms, and Families Encouraging Readers to Listen, Sing, Search, Create, Pair, and Count Ever wonder what’s going on in the mind of a dog? The Book The picture book Doggone Feet! written & Illustrated by Leslie Helakoski (Boyds Mill Press) is an entertaining look …
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Reader Engagement Project: Building the Audition Skills of Your Talented Patrons “This is the ultimate Teen Program in a Box, highly recommended.” –Karen Jensen, Teen Librarian’s Toolbox “This is super rad!” –Justin Hoenke, Teen Librarian, Portland Public Library The Drama and Chorus kids often hang out in our libraries. Whether those talented patrons are planning …
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Reader Engagement Project: Turn Readers into Puppeteers In the non-fiction picture book, Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), readers meet the brilliant and playful inventor / artist / puppeteer, Tony Sarg. The young boy that made puppets and other clever creations became the one of …
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Reader Engagement Project: Create an Event with an Interactive Read Aloud and Game Based on Chinese Myth Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) follows the boy Rendi as he evolves from an angry runaway stranded in a forsaken Chinese village without friends (or the desire to make …
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Reader Engagement Project: Story Hour Kit Raj is a confident marmalade cat parading through his owner’s story hours believing that he is a tiger (as that is what his owner always calls him). When a visiting cat cuts Raj down with bullying words, Raj falls into a funk. It takes a recitation on William Blake’s famous …
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Based on the Book: Too Many Frogs! By Ann and John Hassett Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Hardcover ISBN: 9780547362991 Ages 4 and up Best Users: Public Children’s Librarians, School Librarians, Pre-K-2 Classrooms, Nature Centers, Birthday Parties Best Audience: Children Grades PreK-2, Senior Citizens Event Description: TOO MANY FROGS! A Read-Aloud Event for Seniors and …
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