There are a lot of picture books that have a rhyming text. This makes it pretty easy to find books for a particular storytime theme if your focus is on phonological awareness. It's always nice though when you're helping a patron with 
a specific book request and you come across a book that not only is what the parent is looking for but also has that added skill that you can also talk to the parent a
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Good Night Pillow Fight by Sally Cook and illustrated by Laura Cornell. 
I just got through reading a new book published this year called Moose on the Loose by Kathy-jo Wargin, Illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello. It begins with a basic question, "What would you do with a moose on the loose? Would you chase him or race him, or stand up to face him?" On the subsequent pages, you are asked what you would do if the moose was in your yard, your house,
If you haven't read the book, The Doghouse by Jan Thomas, you have missed out on a very fun book about fear, misconceptions and friendship. The pictures are colorful yet distinctive enough for a large storytime crowd. The barnyard animals are playing with a ball that accidentally rolls into...the doghouse. Now, who will be brave enough to get it back? One by 
I love picturebooks! I have found however that whenever I read a picturebook, not only do I evaluate the text and illustrations but I now also analyze which Early Literacy Skill(s) apply to that book and if it's a good fit for storytime. A fun new book published this year that is great for Print Awareness and for use in a small storytime group is OK Go by Carin Berger who is also the au