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Favorite Books of 2024 - Picture Book Edition
Look, it's well into February and I'm finally getting around to writing about my favorite books of the previous year! Let's just say that...
Mary K
Feb 28, 20258 min read
In Which I, a Person With OCD, Share Four Graphic Novels About OCD.
In my 30s I was diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I'm not sure what triggered it, although I was an anxious kid and so always...
Mary K
Feb 2, 20254 min read
Favorite Books for Preschoolers
Oh, preschoolers are fun. They've got OPINIONS and FACTS (about dinosaurs and firetrucks and Disney characters) and THINGS TO TELL YOU. They can handle more complicated storylines, where the action doesn't all happen on the page or in the words. Stories can be more nuanced, the jokes less obvious. But still, they're young, so attention spans are short. We don't need paragraphs of text - 3 or 4 sentences a page, max. But their eyes can find more details in illustrations and so
Mary K
Dec 23, 202410 min read
Plant the seeds of reading with these fun picture books about plants!
In my monthly library program, I choose an early literacy theme on which to focus. In November it was vocabulary - or, more specifically,...
Mary K
Dec 11, 20242 min read
Reading is reading is reading is good!
Occasionally I'll encounter someone who thinks that reading graphic novels, magazines, series fiction, comics, books below your reading level, or listening to audio books doesn't count as "REAL" reading. For example: The guy who commented simply "It is not" on this TikTok post I made. I'm going to tell you why it IS. I'm an early literacy librarian who has spent the better part of her 25+ year career working with young children who are developing their early literacy skills.
Mary K
Nov 11, 20244 min read
Picture books to develop empathy
Sharing picture books is a great way to grow social-emotional skills like empathy. Reading a story offers a great opportunity to put...
Mary K
Oct 27, 20242 min read
Let's learn about shapes and letters through picture books!
Did you know that learning about shapes helps with learning letters and numbers? It does! Being able to recognize shapes helps with...
Mary K
Oct 8, 20242 min read
Great picture books about colors!
Every month I share a booklist to go along with the theme of the program I'm doing at my library that month. This month we're exploring...
Mary K
Aug 10, 20242 min read
Would You Rather... Book Edition!
The past couple of days, I had the opportunity to work at my library's maker booth at Denver's FanExpo. I've done it several times...
Mary K
Jul 6, 20245 min read
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