Summer Reading Kids (6)

Even though it's winter outside, in the library world, it's time to start planning summer reading. This year's theme is all about fantasy and fairy tales in Imagine Your Story.

Four weeks ago I looked at Castles, three weeks I looked at Fairy Tale Crafts, two weeks ago I looked at STEAM programs, last week I'm talking about food programs, and this week I'm talking about new books to order for the collection.

I just started building my cart for new books for summer.

As you can see I'm looking at castles, faeries, fairy tales, princes and princesses, knights, trolls, and magic. Here's a sample books in my cart at the moment.

What are you looking to purchase for your library?

Summer Reading Ideas: Kids (5)

Even though it's winter outside, in the library world, it's time to start planning summer reading. This year's theme is all about fantasy and fairy tales in Imagine Your Story.

Three weeks ago I looked at Castles, two weeks I looked at Fairy Tale Crafts, last week I looked at STEAM programs, and this week I'm talking about food programs.

All the ideas come from Pinterest.

Magic Want Fruit Kabobs:

"Poison" Apples

Unicorn Horns

Dragon Poop:

Mermaid Jello:

Summer Reading Ideas Kids (3)

Even though it's winter outside, in the library world, it's time to start planning summer reading. This year's theme is all about fantasy and fairy tales in Imagine Your Story.

Two weeks ago I looked at Castles, last week I looked at Fairy Tale Crafts, and this week I'm looking at STEAM programs.

All the ideas come from Pinterest.

Unicorn Experiments:

Fairy Tale Creation:

Help Jack Escape from the Beanstalk

Design a Fantasy Creature:

Working Drawbridge:

I did these two last year and they worked well:

Catapults:

Goldilock's Bed:

Summer Reading Ideas: Kids (2)

Even though it's winter outside, in the library world, it's time to start planning summer reading. This year's theme is all about fantasy and fairy tales in Imagine Your Story.

Last week I looked at Castles, this week I'm looking at Fairy Tale Crafts.

All the craft ideas come from Pinterest.

Snow White's Apple:

Frog from Princess and the Frog:

Glitter Wands:

Magic Wand:

Cinderella's Carriage:

Snow White (or Belle's) Magic Mirror:

Another Magic Mirror

Big Bad Wolf:

Not Fairy Tale, but I couldn't resist:

Unicorn:

Dragon:

Dragon Face:

Summer Reading Ideas: Kids (1)

Even though it's winter outside, in the library world, it's time to start planning summer reading. This year's theme is all about fantasy and fairy tales in Imagine Your Story.

Here are some program ideas about Castle Construction from Pinterest that caught my eye:

Large 3D Castle

More 3D Castle Ideas

Newspaper Castle

Castle Surprise

Fairy Tale Castle

Shape Castle

Beach Castle

Playing with Castles