The two books in this story time are "The Great Santa Stakeout" by Betsy Bird and "Bear Stays Up For Christmas" by Ka...

  This is a little display I put up on an empty shelf. Nothing ground-breaking, but thought I'd drop some pictures here. Didn't real...

 This game was designed for a Boxcar Children book spotlight but ended up being its own thing. For this game, players align cars in order ba...

  This idea comes from ResLife Crafts . It was found during a google search. Here's the original.    And here's the freshly stapled ...

 Tis the Season to be reading! Something about this bulletin board location pains my colors in pictures.  The snowflakes are white, the ...

  This Thanksgiving Mobile is a fun little craft for kids to put together over the Thanksgiving holiday.  My idea behind this was that kids ...

  This list is aimed to help emerging independent readers, aging around the 5-8 mark.  For beginning chapter books, I feel like the most i...