Picture Book Review: Stardust

One little girl wants to be a star, but her older sister always outshines her. How can she compete?

I thought this was a sweet message and loved the ending. I enjoyed the moment between the young girl and her grandfather. It's a great picture book for summer reading and for younger siblings. 

Summer Reading Program: Universe of Stories (4)

The past couple weeks I've talked about programming ideas.

You can find them here.

But this week, I'm going to talk about some space books. This is by no means a compilation of books, just a jumping off point if you're looking for some new items to add to your collection. 

Summer Reading Program: Universe of Stories (3)

It's time to start figuring out the details of summer reading. I just finished finding performers for our weekly family fun nights.

Now I can turn towards the weekly programs. We host programs every day for various ages during the eight week program.

This year I'm thinking about changing up our usual programs and adding a STEM experiment afternoon. So of course, I'm combing through Pinterest for some fun ideas.

I shared some storytime ideas and some craft ideas, this week I'm looking at food programs.

Fruit Rockets:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/183099541085582688/

Moon Snack:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/371547038006036477/

Astronaut Pudding:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/371547038000713900/

Summer Reading Program: Universe of Stories (2)

It's time to start figuring out the details of summer reading. I just finished finding performers for our weekly family fun nights.

Now I can turn towards the weekly programs. We host programs every day for various ages during the eight week program.

This year I'm thinking about changing up our usual programs and adding a STEM experiment afternoon. So of course, I'm combing through Pinterest for some fun ideas.

Last week I shared some storytime ideas, this week I'm sharing some craft ideas.

Space Ship:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/371547037994878870/

Rocket:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/371547037994878855/

Planets:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/371547038006036464/

Summer Reading Program: Universe of Stories (1)

It's time to start figuring out the details of summer reading. This is on my to-do list this week. I'm usually a little bit more ahead of the game, but this year I've been struggling to find performers for our weekly family fun nights.

After I finish getting those set up, then I can turn towards the weekly programs. We host programs every day for various ages during the eight week program.

This year I'm thinking about changing up our usual programs and adding a STEM experiment afternoon. So of course, I'm combing through Pinterest for some fun ideas.

Here are a few that caught my eye - these are geared for storytimes.

Alien Craft:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/183099541085582643/

Yoga for movement:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/183099541085582645/

Catch a Star:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/183099541085582658/

Universe of Stories: Teen Summer Reading Program (4)

The past couple weeks I've talked about programming ideas.

You can find them here.

I've decided to do something a little different this year for my teen summer reading program.

Mary and I are going to do food programs once a week - it's going to be The Summer of Oreos. It was partly inspired by the marbled Oreos and an Oreo cookbook. We will also be doing a craft program every Friday with Galaxy Soap, Alien/Space perler beads, All things Marvel, All things Star Wars, and making Lava Lamps.

But this week, I'm going to talk about some space books. This is by no means a compilation of books, just a jumping off point if you're looking for some new items to add to your collection. 

 

 What other books would you add to this list?