Jump in the water and splash in the bubbles with Maisy!It's bathtime for Maisy! She likes LOTS of bubbles and let's not forget Duck! Just when Maisy is about to hop in, ding-dong! Who's at the door? It's Talullah and she wants to play. What will happen next?

Maisy's Bedtime is one of four stories adapted from the Maisy animated TV series. Read about Maisy's bedtime and all the things she has to do before she can go to sleep. Lift the flaps and pull the tabs to find out.

This collection of Maisy stories contains Maisy's Bedtime, Maisy Makes Gingerbread, Maisy's Bathtime and Doctor Maisy, in which Maisy and Tallulah play hospital; poor Panda is sick, but Maisy takes care of him. Then it's Maisy's turn to need help, as Nurse Tallulah comes to the rescue.

Provides fifty storytime programs for two-year-olds, including ideas and suggestions for storytime content and encouragement to serve this age group.

American Sign Language is more than just an assortment of gestures. It is a full-fledged unique language, with all the characteristics of such. This helpful and user-friendly guide for librarians and other library personnel involved in library programming demonstrates everything from how to set up programming involving sign language for all ages to dealing with and paying interpreters. The book also discusses how to publicize programs to the public and within the deaf community and how to evaluate and improve the library's sign language collection. Kathy MacMillan's impressive understanding and knowledge of the deaf community and the importance of sign language_as well as her exceptional handling of the numerous erroneous myths about deafness and sign language that are, unfortunately, still often current_make this handbook an indispensable tool for all library personnel looking to reach out to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

Fresh, fun ideas for children's storytime fill this book. The author, a long-time storytime facilitator, has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional plans for holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of a suggested craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.