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Quality resources for getting your storytimes started or boosting them to the next level.

 
 

Books We Love

Thematic book suggestions to diversify your storytime reads.

 
 

Songs We Love

Songs and rhymes that are safe for storytime.

This space supports librarians, teachers, and educators in developing diverse, equitable, and inclusive early literacy programming and book collections. We share songs, tips, resources, and book recommendations that support little learners, their families, and our fellow educators.

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Fun and affordable professional development for early childhood educators doing storytime.

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Storytime Solidarity

Follow our solidarity blog of storytimers conquering issues and creating the space to let kids grow!

A kea investigating a motorised scooter.Just For FunStorytimeAnimals of Aotearoa New Zealand
May 27, 2026

Animals of Aotearoa New Zealand

Ahh—that's the sound of me enjoying this much needed change of scenery. Does your storytime need a boost? Could your program benefit from some fresh new faces, preferably with feathers?…
Map of Asia and Oceania.AllyshipBook ListsDiversity & InclusionEventsRepresentation Matters: AANHPI Heritage Month: Resources
May 18, 2026

Representation Matters: AANHPI Heritage Month: Resources

As you can tell by the full name – Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AANHPI) is a United States creation. As someone of Pāhekā (white settler)…
Oi, Everybody! With a pig with a megaphone.AllyshipBook ListsDiversity & InclusionStorytimeRepresentation Matters: Story Sovereignty
May 11, 2026

Representation Matters: Story Sovereignty

In February 2026, I attended the recent Indigenous Voices in Children’s Literature summer school, hosted by the University of Waikato Picturebook Research Unit (WaiPRU). We heard and read many stories.There…
Anne and the soft toy sleepover toys laying our wreath at Pou hi Te Whatu-ā-mahara, Auckland War Memorial Museum.EventsHolidaysJewish FriendsCommemoration and Remembrances: Yom HaShoah and Anzac Day
April 16, 2026

Commemoration and Remembrances: Yom HaShoah and Anzac Day

Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, begins at sundown on begins at sunset on Monday 13 April 2006, and continues to the evening of Tuesday 14 April 2026. This the 27th…
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Songs We Love

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Quietly, Quietly

Quietly, Quietly

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Filipino Parols – Stars on the Island – by Little Miss Ann

Filipino Parols – Stars on the Island – by Little Miss Ann

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Mockingbird by Little Miss Ann

Mockingbird by Little Miss Ann

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Wiedersehen Leute: Goodbye Song in German

Wiedersehen Leute: Goodbye Song in German

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Books We Love

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One Lonely Kākāpō: A New Zealand Counting Book

One Lonely Kākāpō: A New Zealand Counting Book

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When the Anger Ogre Visits

When the Anger Ogre Visits

Nova's missing masterpiece by Brooke Graham and Robin Tatlow-Lord.
Nova’s Missing Masterpiece

Nova’s Missing Masterpiece

Doll for grandma book cover.
A Doll for Grandma: A Story about Alzheimer’s Disease

A Doll for Grandma: A Story about Alzheimer’s Disease

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