For immediate release | August 14, 2018

Rob Reid's collection of hundreds of story program activities

book cover for 200+ Original and Adapted Story Program Activities

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CHICAGO — “,” published by 91ý Editions, is a delightful new resource ready for use by children’s librarians, elementary-level media specialists, and early childhood instructors. Master storyteller and storytimes creator Rob Reid’s bountiful compendium of his “greatest hits” includes original and adapted fingerplays, poems, activities involving movement and music, participation stories, felt stories, imagination exercises, spoonerism stories, and library raps. With ideas that are perfect for mixing and matching according to audience, setting, and program length, this book:

  • offers activities suitable for a variety of ages, from children as young as preschool age through middle school students;
  • begins with “Hello Activities” and ends with “Goodbye Activities”;
  • includes categories such as “The Animal World,” “My World,” “More Fun,” and “The Literary World”; and
  • recommends picture books published between 2012 and 2017 to share with children immediately before or after presenting the activity.
Reid, with more than 20 years' experience as children's librarian, teaches courses on children's and young adult literature and librarianship as full time lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He is also the author of “Animal Shenanigans: Twenty-four Creative, Interactive Story Programs for Preschoolers,” “Family Storytimes,” “Something Funny Happened at the Library,” and . A regular contributor to Book Links, he is also a popular and entertaining presenter at conferences, libraries, and schools.
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