Professional Resources:
Here you can find booklists of notable books, as well as lists of award-winners and nominees (including the Caldecott and Newberry award books).
Lauren's Rating: ★★★★☆
The Cardigan Newsletter
The Cardigan Newsletter is a monthly e-newsletter for children’s librarians, written by Allie Barton and Katherine Hickey, two youth services librarians from Oklahoma. Each issue has sections titled: Learn, Play, Plan, Consider, Connect, Read, Reflect, and Ask. You can sign up for the newsletter here.
Lauren's Rating: ★★★★★
Jbrary
Jbrary is part blog, part youtube channel, run by two children's librarians. Jbrary has many resources and ideas for storytimes, including book lists, fingerplays, songs, flannelboards, and more
Lauren's Rating: ★★★★★★
Storytime Katie
Wonderful blog by Early Literacy Librarian, Katie Salo. She shares her plans for storytimes from beginning to end including songs, fingerplays, storytelling props, books, flannelboards, and more!
Lauren's Rating: ★★★★★
