This little boy brought his own caterpillar 🐛 to The Very Hungry Caterpillar Party!

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This little boy brought his own caterpillar 🐛 to the party! ———————— #veryhungrycaterpillar #veryhungrycaterpillarparty #rollingmeadowslibrary #rmlib #rollingmeadowsil

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Our awesome high school volunteers helped convert this bags game for our @mo.willems.studio Pigeon party next week! The #beanbagcookies I purchased from Etsy are worth it! ———————————

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From the NEW PICTURE BOOK 📚 shelf... ‘Love you Head to Toe' by Ashley Baron is a great new read for Baby storytime, 'Jasper & Ollie' are total opposites - one super fast and one super slow, but the best of friends -a fun read by Alex Willan , 'A New Home' by Tania de Regil depicts two children moving to new countries - each other's! And finally 'Hold Hands' by Sara Varon gives you all of the reasons to HOLD HANDS. ------------------------------------------------------------------ #Loveyouheadtotoe #ashleybaron #jasper&ollie #alexwillan, #anewhome #taniaderegil #holdhands #saravaron, #storytime #babystorytime #kidslit #picturebooks #childrenslibrarian #libraries #rmlib #newbooks #childrensbooks

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New Picture book favorites!!! ❤️ Loving #TheoLam 's picture book #MyCatLooksLikeMyDad. 🐱 perfect read for Father’s Day. #LittleTacoTruck is adorable and I'm thinking of making a flannel for it. #Underwear has lots of fun wordplay. And #GrumpyDuck by #JoyceDunbar is perfect for storytimes. ------------------------------------------

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Books Selections from this weeks VROOOM VROOM Transportation storytime. 🚂 , 🚗 🚌 ✈️ and 🐍(Snakes?!?Galore! "The Whistle on the Train" is an awesome pop-up and "Night Train, Night Train" by Robert Burleigh and "Snakes on a Train" are new books. "Freight Train" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" are always favorites.

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This week’s #storytime theme was TREES . #stuck by #Oliverjeffers , #tapthemagictree by #christiematheson and #shakethetree by #chiaravignochi were favorites. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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This week's favorite Picture books!

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We’ve got the latest and greatest in picture books 📚at RMLIB. Here are 8 of our favorites! ••••••••••••••••••••••• #picturebooks #youthservices #publiclibraries #librariesofinstagram #kidslit #rmlib #rollingmeadowslibrary #booklist2019 #newbooks

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This week’s #storytime theme was flowers 💐 and gardens. #thebadseed by Jory John was a favorite. Up Down and Around works well when combined with Johnette Downing’s scarf song of a similar name. All of the #childrenslibrarians here love #bloomboom and it’s a great #nonfictionpicturebook to use in storytime. And this week rather than a craft the kids planted sunflower 🌻 seeds to take home! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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this week’s favorites from the new picture book cart! 📚 📚 📚 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #picturebook #picturebooks #marywearswhatshewants #ifihadahorse #lovebook #mariathematador #childrenslibrarian #childrenslibrary #youthservices #kidslit #librariansofinstagram

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☘️ Lots of green, gold, leprechauns and potatoes for this week’s St. Patrick’s Day storytime. ☘️ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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10 Books Picture Books with High Lexile Levels (>740)

• Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | by Judith Viorst
• Chicks and Salsa | by Aaron Reynolds
• The Day You Begin | by Jacqueline Woodson
• Everything You Need for a Treehouse | by Carter Higgins
• A Fall Ball for All | by Jamie Swenson
• Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs | by Mo Willems
• Love | by Matt de la Pena
• Rosie Revere Engineer | by Andrea Beatty
• Where the Wild Things Are | by Maurice Sendak
• Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears | by Verna Aardema

Best part about Mondays is the #newpicturebook cart! 📚 Favorites this week are Balance the Birds 🐦 , Don’t Touch My Hair , The Good Egg, and Mapping Sam •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Books 📚 for a Valentine's Day storytime •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Favorites off this week's new picture book cart.

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Who Eats Orange? is perfect non-fiction for a preschool/ kindergarten read aloud.
Giraffe Problems is hilarious.
We love the black and white illustration and pops of color in 'Night Train Night Train.'
And 'Never Satisfied' is a simple, bold retelling of the Stone Cutter tale. 

This past week’s storytime theme was community helpers. Here are the books we shared and had available for checkout. 🚒 🏥 📚

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This past week’s storytime theme was community helpers. Here are the books we shared and had available for checkout. 🚒 🚔 🏥 🚎 📚 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #librariesofinstagram #library #youthservice #childrenslibrarian #storytime #preschoolstorytime #communityhelpers #rollingmeadows #rollingmeadowslibrary #libraryprograms #rollingmeadowsevents #librariesfollowlibraries #flannelstories

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This week's favorites off the new picture book 📚 cart. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Last week's storytime theme was #royalty. The kids went home with their very own crowns 👑 that they decorated themselves.

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Today’s storytime theme was #royalty. The kids went home with their very own crowns 👑 that they decorated themselves. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #rollingmeadows #rollingmeadowslibrary #rmlib #storytime #picturebooks #princessbooks #booksforaking #rollingmeadowsevents

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Pictures from our Bedtime storytime this past week. We had stories, music and a craft.

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Pictures from our Bedtime preschool storytime 😴 this week at the #rollingmeadowslibrary . We had stories, music 🎶 and a craft. —————————————————— #rollingmeadows #childrensbooks #bedtimestories #storytime #youthservices #picturebooks #publiclibrary

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Book Bundles are now available for checkout thru December 31st. Take the entire bundle to the circulation desk!

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We now have book bundles available by theme to check out at #RMLIB #rollingmeadows #rollingmeadowslibrary #bookbundles #libraries #youthservices #childrensbooks

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Great new picture books at the Rolling Meadows Library 📚!! Find all four on the new picture book shelf! #rollingmeadowslibrary #childrensbooks #youthservices #librariesofinstagram #rollingmeadows #blue #amiyours #takeahikemilesandspike #thegrumpygoat

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