This is one of my favorite holiday crafts because once you make one… you can make a few and turn them into a whole pop-up book kids will gobble up. All you need is cardstock, scissors, crayons or markers, and imagination. These pop-up projects are so much fun, and a great creative literacy activity for kids.  I first got hooked on making pop-ups after taking a workshop with Robert Sabuda, the pop-up king himself!  My book Such a Library! was about to be published, and I want

Hoist the sails, for my favorite holiday of the year — Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th! Arghhh! 🏴‍☠️ To celebrate, I’ve stuffed a treasure chest full o’ swashbucklin’ activities fer ye and yer crew o’ kiddos. Let’s dive into the fun! Watch Captain Book’s Pirate Adventure Part 1 & Part 2 Ahoy, mateys! Get ready for a salty yarn about a captain cursed to tell the same tale again and again… until he returns his lost treasure of library books! This adventure is sure t

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