Resources for Planning a Toddler Storytime

Books 

Briggs, Diane.  Toddler Storytime Programs.  Scarecrow Press, 1993.

Cullinan, Bernice E.  Read to Me;  Raising Kids Who Love to Read.  Scholastic, Inc., 2000.

 Davis, Robin Works.  Toddle on Over; Developing Infant and Toddler Literature Programs. Aleyside Press, 1998.

Ernst, Linda L.  Lapsit Services for the Very Young.  Neal-Schuman, 1995.

Ernst, Linda L.  Lapsit Services for the Very Young II.  Neal-Schuman, 2001.

Jeffery, Debby Ann.  Literate Beginnings; Programs for Babies and Toddlers.  ALA, 1995.

Nichols, Judy.  Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds.  ALA, 1998.

Odean, Kathleen.  Great Books for Babies and Toddlers.  Ballantine Books, 2003.

1001 Rhymes and Fingerplays; For Working with Young Children.  Totline Publications, 1994.

 Rocklin, Joanne.  “Inside the Mind of the Child; Selecting Literature Appropriate to the Developmental Age of Children.”  Yearbook 2000, pages 110-122.

Journal Articles

Campagna, Jane.  “Toddler/Parent Story Times.”  Illinois Libraries. January, 1985.  pages 64-68.

Cerny, Rosanne.  “Family Literacy Programs; Joint Projects of the Programs and Services Departments.”  Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Winter, 2000. pages 27-29.

Honig, Alice Sterling.  “Building Language and Literacy With Infants and Toddlers.”  Scholastic Early Childhood Today, October, 2001.  pages 18-19.

Marino, Jane.  “B is for Baby, B is for Books; Library Programs for Infants and Toddlers.”  School Library Journal,  March, 1997.  pages 110-111.

Soundy, Cathleen S.  “Nurturing Literacy With Infants and Toddlers in Group Settings.”  Childhood Education, Spring, 1997.  pages 149-153.

Spayde, Jon.  “What Nursery Rhymes Teach.”  Parents, April , 1995.  page 52.