Photography by my amazing friend, Drea at Awaiting Serenity Photography
Hi, there! I’m the Katie behind “Storytime Katie” and if you’re on this page, I’m assuming you want to know a little more about me!
I’m a Youth Services Manager, working at a library in the Chicago suburbs. While I work with all ages and in all areas of Youth Services, my favorite age groups are preschoolers and teenagers. At my library, I have the privilege of being the only storytime librarian, which means I have a lot of flexibility in planning services and programs for this age group!
I’m super passionate about connecting kids with books they love, getting kids excited about the library, early literacy, making flannelboards, and creating the best storytimes that I can.
Photography by my amazing friend, Drea at Awaiting Serenity Photography.
A few of my favorite books to read in storytime are: “I’m Not Cute” by Jonathan Allen, “Higher Higher” by Leslie Patricelli, “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” by Bill Martin, Jr., “Old Bear” by Kevin Henkes, “From Head to Toe” by Eric Carle, “Dog’s Colorful Day” by Emma Dodd, “My Heart Is Like a Zoo” by Michael Hall and absolutely anything by Mo Willems.
In my spare time, I read over two hundred books a year of mostly YA fiction, and really enjoy watching the same TV shows that my teen patrons do. (Any “Vampire Diaries” fans out there?) I also love to make art — scrapbooking and painting are my two favorites.
You can also find me blogging for the ALSC blog monthly about storytimes & flannelboards, on Twitter gabbing away about librarianship, and pinning new storytime ideas on Pinterest. If you want to contact me by email, please feel free to at simplykatie [at] gmail [dot] com.
Hi Katie! I’m a big fan/user of your blog and I’m working on convincing the powers that be to organize our picture books into “neighborhoods” like your library. Do you have a list of all your “neighborhoods/streets” that you are willing to share?
Thank you!
I’ve sent you the list in an email; I’ll be posting it on the blog in a few weeks, but wanted you to have it sooner!
A big thank you for the great rhymes I’ve used in my last two storytimes. The kids loved them as much as I did. You rock!
You’re welcome!