31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Picture Book Readalouds

I’ve told you the story of one of my first storytimes as a children’s librarian, haven’t I? I had just gotten my first gig in a New York Public Library branch and I was desperate to do a good job. I hadn’t done many storytimes by this point, but by gum I was willing to give it a go! I knew the rudimentary basics, after all. How hard could it be? So I had a crew of active 3 and 4-year-olds before me and the book I pulled out to read to them was . . . Horton Hatches the Egg. Folks, I don’t kno...