The Librarian compiled and shared this list of Thanksgiving Books and Fingerplays and because he’s a librarian and a giver, he okayed me sharing on the blog. Please enjoy these Thanksgiving themed books and fingerplays. Affiliate links are used in this post. Thanksgiving Books (and Finger Plays) Books: Setting the Turkeys Free – W. Nikola-Lisa Turkey Surprise– Peggy Archer Feeling…
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In which I write a listicle for the last days of 2015. As of the time of this post, there are 42 days until the end of the year. Normally I would be somewhere frantically trying to complete the to do list I ambitiously created at the end of the previous year which I all but forgot about (ignored…potato, puhtahto)….
In Erin Entrada Kelly’s Blackbird Fly, main character Apple Yengko says that everyone has three IFs (Interesting Facts). Growing up, my three IFs would have been I was not always so proud of my Black skin. As a Black woman, mother to a Black child, educator and community leader to Black children it pains me to say that but this was…
A few weeks ago I connected with The Librarian over a shared interest in storytelling. We chatted about stories and books and have been exchanging thoughts and ideas ever since. He’s a children’s librarian, I’m a library chick and together we rock. So when inspiration for my storytimes for work seemed to have fizzled, I thought back on a conversation we had about books and created…
I won’t lie; the memes about Christmas being single digit weeks away would typically stress me out but this year I am all set to let the holidays come and celebrate them as I am. Usually I get caught up in the hustle of feeling the need to do or be more but this year some changes have occurred in…