Are you a teacher needing new storytime ideas? Are you a parent whose child can't read enough bug books? Check out our Storytime Starters. Based on the themes used at Madison Public Library's Preschool Storytimes, these thematic lists include books, songs, fingerplays, Play Literacy suggestions and more! Additional themes will be added throughout the year.
African American Illustrators
Own Voices, Diverse Authors
Authors Jon Klassen & Matt Barnett
Author, Pat Mora
All the Water in the World
All Around the World - Empathy Stories
And then?!...
Beards, Mustaches, & Other Hairy Stories
Birds
Boxes
Books You Can Count On
Brothers & Sisters
Brrrr, It's Cold!
Carpentry
Challenges
Consider your Perspective
Construction
The Color Green
The Color Yellow
Ding Dong, Knock Knock!
Dress Up (and take off!)
Families
Eggs
Elephant Walk
Foxes
Hats
Holes
Hooray for three!
I'm Brave!
I'm Going to Eat You Up!
I'm Hungry!
In the Garden
The Letter C
Monsters
Moonlight
Mud
Music
Oops! Mistakes
Pandas
Pasta
Patterns
Penguins
Rock n' Roll
Sheep
Sing with Me
Socks!
Spring
Stinky Things
Sun & Moon
Super Silly Stories
Toys
Unusual Pets
Vroom Vroom
Way Out West
Weather
Wheels
Writing