Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Frankly, I Love Books! Bulletin Board + *FREE* Banner

Looking for a fun October library display? This Frankly, I Love Books bulletin board is a quick and spooky way to celebrate reading this month. My Frankenstein bulletin board was inspired by Jamie Baker. Students love the friendly Frankenstein design, and it makes your library bulletin board or wall stand out for Halloween.

Grab my *FREE* Frankly, I Love Books banner to use in your own school library. It’s perfect for elementary librarians or teachers who want a festive, book-loving display that encourages kids to read all October long! The banner can be used as a stand-alone decoration for a book display, as well. 

Monday, September 29, 2025

*FREE* Pumpkin Life Cycle Banners, Sequencing Circles & Charts


As you prepare to read Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell and begin the ever popular pumpkin decomposition/life cycle experiment, here's a little something to tie your experiment area together so your jar of eventual sludge will make sense to an outsider looking in. 😉

I created this set because I wanted a banner to display the week I taught the lesson, but something smaller for the rest of the year that I could place near our pumpkin jar.

You can download this freebie from my TPT store. 


Includes: 
2 sets of sequencing banners
2 sets of sequencing circles
3 pumpkin life cycle charts
2 sets of directional arrows (for sequencing banners or circles)

Happy experimenting! 




Tuesday, September 24, 2024

*FREE* Fall Woodland Animals Printable Bookmarks

As the leaves and temperature have started changing with the arrival of fall, I'm feeling all the love for all the cute creatures out and about around our place! Seeing the deer munching in the field tonight inspired me to create some new bookmarks. 

These free fall woodland animals bookmarks are a great way to encourage reading engagement, add to seasonal displays and activities, and just for fun for those students that always want to visit the bookmark basket after check out. Does anyone else feel like they refill the bookmark basket (or whatever yours is called) on a daily basis? My students absolutely LOVE bookmarks! Plus, these will add a cozy touch to our library space. 


Click here to access the color or grayscale file on Canva. You can print them on cardstock or laminate them for extra durability.


Saturday, January 27, 2024

Valentines Banner and Cards, 100th Day and More!

 Who doesn't love having a few snow days in January to get something accomplished that equates to sharing some freebie 💗love💗 with other librarian friends? 

I needed a little something to go over a book display for Valentine's Day, so I created this 'Love to Read' banner

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Lots of schools are gearing up for their 100th Day of School Celebrations, so I thought this book number writing activity would be fun for kindergarten and first grade to complete in the library or for sharing with classroom teachers. 

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I previously created some Christmas cards that lots of people used for centers/stations, gifts for nursing home residents, and for students' families, so I thought a set of Valentine's Day cards would be fun, too. 

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I'm a second-year member of the Missouri Association of School Librarians  (MASL) Curriculum Committee (formerly Lesson Plan Database Task Force) which allows me to curate and create free lesson plans for librarians for the MASL Lesson Plan Database. Be sure to check out some of my latest additions for The Library Fish by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Dot. Unplugged by Randi Zuckerberg. You could use these for regular library lessons or they would also be great as substitute plans. 

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Enjoy!