Story Time Books for Children Living at Homeless Shelters

(These are books that my colleague and I have used (or might use in the future)

Books for All Children

Books available in English

Raschka, Christopher. Yo! Yes?

Books available in both Spanish and English

Barrett, Judi. Los animales no deben actuar como la gente

Barrett, Judi. Animals should definitely not act like people

Browne, Anthony. Me gustan los libros

Browne, Anthony. I Like Books (Link +)

Carle, Eric. 10 little rubber ducks

Carle, Eric. 10 patitos de goma

Carle, Eric. Very busy spider

Carle, Eric. La araña muy ocupada

Carle, Eric. Very hungry caterpillar

Carle, Eric. La oruga muy hambrienta

Kasza, Keiko. Cuando el elefante camina

Kasza, Keiko. When the elephant walks

Martin, Bill. Oso pardo, oso pardo, qué ves ahí?

Martin, Bill. Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?

Martin, Bill. Oso polar, oso polar, qué es ese ruido?

Martin, Bill. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you hear?

Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Pinta ratones

Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Paint

Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Salta y brinca

Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Hop Jump

Bi-lingual Spanish-English Books

Bruzzone, Catherine. Puppy Finds a Friend = Cachorrito encuentra un amigo.

Luján, Jorge. Rooster Gallo

Morton, Lone. I'm too big = Soy demasiado grande

Risk, Mary. I want my banana! = Quiero mi plátano!

Books for Children in contact with their mothers

Books available in both Spanish and English

Simmons, Jane. Ven aquí, Daisy!

Simmons, Jane. Come along, Daisy!

Bi-lingual Spanish-English Books

Reiser, Lynn. Margaret and Margarita, Margarita y Margaret

Books for Children in contact with either parent or other older relatives

Books available in both Spanish and English

Cabrera, Jane. Panda Grande y Panda Pequeño

Cabrera, Jane. Panda Big and Panda Small (Link +)

Thursday

Work was fine today. In the morning, I worked on my Baker and Taylor order lists, read and responded to email, updated the bulletin boards, and completed other tasks. In the afternoon, I presented a mini story time to pre-schoolers from one of the campus day care centers, changed my benefits (Open enrollment month), and completed other tasks. Oh, and I was on the desk also! (of course!) After my eight hour day, I drove to my dance class. Today, I had back to back hip hop classes! Two hours and fifteen minutes of exercise! I survived! Yay! I'm looking forward to my five classes for next week.