Resources
These are just a few of the resources I like to use for inspiration…
Themes
- ABC Storytime: XYZ is for…
- Bay News Storytime Ideas
- Debs Design
- Harris County Public Library – Story time Ideas
- Hennepin County Library – Book Lists
- Perry Public Library – Storytime Themes
- Public Library Program Ideas
- Story-Lovers Lists of Stories
- Storytime Hooligans
- Storytime Katie
- Storytime Secrets
- Storytime Source Page
- Storytiming
- SurLaLune Storytime
Rhymes
Reference Materials
- Briggs, Diane. 52 Programs for Preschoolers: The Librarian’s Year-Round Planner. Chicago: ALA, 1997.
- Cullum, Carolyn N. The Storytime Sourcebook II: [A Compendium of 3500+ New Ideas and Resources for Storytellers]. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2007.
- Diamant-Cohen, Betsy. The Early Literacy Kit: A Handbook and Tip Cards. Chicago: ALA, 2010.
- Ghoting, Saroj Nadkarni, and Pamela Martin-Díaz. Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library: Partnering with Caregivers for Success. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2006.
- Green, Ellin and Janice Del Negro. Storytelling, Art & Technique. 4th. edition, Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited ABC CLIO/Greenwood Imprint, 2010.
- Hasbrouck, Ellen K. Library Storytime from A to Z: Ready-to-Use Alphabet Activities for Young Learners. West Nyack, NY: Center for Applied Research in Education, 1998.
- Lima, Carolyn W. A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2010.
- Lincycomb, Kay. Storytimes—Plus! NY: Neal-Shuman, 2007.
- Peck, Penny. Crash Course in Storytime Fundamentals. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2009.
- Thompson, Stith. Motif-Index of Folk Literature; a Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-books and Local Legends. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1989.
- Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood. Expanded ed. Little Rock : August House, 2000.
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