Custom Library Lesson Bundle #9 | PreS- Grades 8+ Storytime, Lessons, Genre, and Digital Bulletin Boards

This Letter A Storytime introduces young library students to fun facts about anacondas, antelopes, antlers, and more! Includes 3 library terms for letter A, plus a post-storytime activity. Editable in PPT and Google Slides.

Bring on Letter B! In this Alphabet Storytime, students will learn fun facts about words that begin with B. Includes storytime song, sign language, pre-reading discussion, and a post-reading activity. Editable in PPT and Google Slides.

Continuing the Alphabet Storytimes with Letter C! In this ready-made library lesson, students will learn fun facts about words that begin with C. Includes nursery rhyme, sign language, C animals, weather, food, and clothing.

This Alphabet Storytime for Letter D is all about dogs, donuts, December, and dumplings! This library lesson requires almost no prep and will keep students engaged and laughing during and after storytime.

This Alphabet Storytime is about the most-used letter in the English alphabet--the letter E! Students will learn about E animals, the E section of the library, E foods, and more!

The Letter F Alphabet Storytime includes ferrets, flip flops, falafel, and frogs! Teach your PreK-Grade 1 students about animals, clothing, foods, colors, and jobs, all beginning with the F sound. Includes scavenger hunt and list of recommended reads.

Make your library lessons sparkle! This Library Alphabet Storytime features letter G words. Students will learn about G names, colors, jobs, animals, library vocabulary, and more! Includes presentation, recommended reads, and scavenger hunt. Editable.

Letter H is here! This Alphabet Storytime introduces students to hyenas, hedgehogs, habaneros, and hot cross buns! Library terms include hardcover, hold, and hands (washing). Includes scavenger hunt, recommended reads, and detailed lesson plan.

This Alphabet Storytime is about Letter I! Features recommended songs and books, plus sign language, vocabulary words, library terms, and more! All text is editable in PPT and Google Slides.

This Letter J library lesson is part of my Alphabet Storytime series. Students will learn about jellyfish, jackalopes, jambalaya, and Jupiter! It includes a 36-slide presentation, scavenger hunt, and list of 15 recommended reads for Letter J.

Alphabet Storytime continues with Letter K! This is a two-part Storytime. It includes a presentation, scavenger hunt, and list of recommended reads for parents and teachers. All text is editable throughout.

Moving on to Letter L! Alphabet Storytime was created especially for school librarians, but they are great for classroom teachers, too. This one features lions, librarians, lentils, and more! Also includes a scavenger hunt coloring page.

This Digital Storytime is all about the Letter M! This 30-slide PPT and Google™ Slides library lesson works for face to face or distance learning. Slides include: M animals, foods, months, colors, and songs. Storytime read-aloud not included. Editable.

Letter N brings us narwhals, neon colors, nasi goreng, and November! This Alphabet Storytime is perfect for librarians looking for a low-prep, themed storytime. Includes AASL standards, editable lesson plan, and a post-storytime activity.

This Letter O Storytime is all about ostriches, October, and ovals! Alphabet Storytime is a fun way to introduce letters and sounds to students. Includes AASL standards, editable lesson plan, and a post-storytime activity.

Students love Alphabet Storytime! This library lesson introduces Letter P. Students learn about pangolins, porcupines, pierogies, and more! Includes presentation, editable lesson plan, AASL standards, and a post-storytime activity.

Continuing the Alphabet Storytime series with Letter Q! This PPT and Google Slides presentation walks you through a library lesson about Letter Q. Includes recommended reads, lesson plan with standards, and a post-storytime activity.

This Letter R Storytime is all about rainbows, rambutans, and rabbits! It's perfect for library lessons for early primary students. Includes recommended reads, lesson plan with standards, and a post-storytime scavenger hunt. All text is editable.

Letter U brings us unicorns, upside-down, and umbrellabirds! This Alphabet Storytime is perfect for PK-1 library lessons. It's low-prep and walks you through the entire lesson, from start to finish. Includes post-storytime activity.

Need a Library Storytime or ELA lesson for the alphabet? Letter T brings us tarantulas, tigers, tapirs, tornadoes, timid, toucans, and more! Also includes Scavenger Hunt activity. Editable in PPT and Google Slides.

Letter U brings us unicorns, upside-down, and umbrellabirds! This Alphabet Storytime is perfect for PK-1 library lessons. It's low-prep and walks you through the entire lesson, from start to finish. Includes post-storytime activity.

V is for vultures, vicunas, and violins! This Alphabet Storytime is for PreK-1st grade library classes. It is part of a series of A-Z library lessons that feature one letter for 1-2 weeks of lessons. All are editable in PPT and Google Slides.

Winding down the alphabet with Letter W! This library storytime lesson walks you through fun information about things that begin with W. Includes activity, reading list for parents, and lesson plan. All text is editable.

I am eXtremely eXcited to introduce the Alphabet Storytime for Letter X! This library lesson for PreK-Grade 1 is fun and informative. Students will learn about letter X in the library, letter X idioms, and letter X on street signs. All text is editable.

Y is for yaks, yoga, and the yeti! This Alphabet Storytime is part of a series of A-Z library lessons that feature one letter for 1-2 weeks of lessons. It includes a scavenger hunt, recommended reads, and lesson plan. All text is editable.

It the Letter Z Alphabet Storytime! Letter Z brings us zebras, zigzags, and ziplining! These lessons are fun, colorful, and require almost zero prep! Editable and includes pre-filled lesson plan template.

This is the first color in my new color-themed Library Storytime Lesson series! This Pink Storytime teaches art and ELA skills including: shades, mixing color, counting syllables, rhyming words, saying pink in different languages, pink idioms, the color pink in nature, and more!

This Blue Library Storytime teaches library, art, science, and ELA skills including: 4 parts of a book, primary colors, counting syllables, rhyming words, saying blue in different languages, blue idioms, blue in nature, and more! Includes two parts: a whole-class discussion and a scrolling slideshow.

This Orange Library Storytime teaches library, art, science, and ELA skills including: author and illustrator jobs, mixing color animals, safety orange, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes two parts: a whole-class discussion and a scrolling slideshow.

This Black Color Library Storytime teaches students rhyming skills, counting syllables, the job of a book spine, animals that are black , and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes two parts: a whole-class discussion and a scrolling slideshow.

This Purple Color Library Storytime reviews ABC order, rhyming skills, counting syllables, an English folk song, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

This Color Red Library Storytime reviews the fairy tale genre, rhyming skills, counting syllables, a nursery rhyme, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

This Color Green Library Storytime reviews the fantasy genre, rhyming skills, counting syllables, a nursery rhyme, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

This Color White Library Storytime reviews the humor genre, rhyming skills, counting syllables, a nursery rhyme, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

This Color Yellow Library Storytime reviews fiction and nonfiction, rhyming skills, counting syllables, a nursery rhyme, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

This Color Brown Library Storytime reviews fiction and nonfiction, rhyming skills, counting syllables, a nursery rhyme, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

This Color Gray Library Storytime reviews periodicals, magazines, newspapers, rhyming skills, counting syllables, a nursery rhyme, and more! Perfect for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Includes three parts: a whole-class discussion, a scrolling slideshow, and three review slides.

This back to school library storytime walks you though the students' first library lesson of the year! Designed with specials rotation librarians in mind, this activity includes a presentation, scavenger hunt activity, recommended reads, and lesson plan.

This Friendship Storytime is perfect for back to school or anytime you want to reinforce social skills. The lesson is designed to be flexible and easy to differentiate between Grades K-3. It's designed for libraries, but it can also be used for classroom storytime discussions.

Back to School is a great time to teach students how to care for their library books! This ready-to-teach Elementary Library Book Care Lesson gives K–3 librarians everything they need to introduce and reinforce good book care habits.

This comprehensive resource includes a two-part PowerPoint + Google Slides presentation, print-and-go activities, editable lesson plan, Recommended Reads, family take-home letter, and more. Use it as one longer lesson or spread the activities across multiple library visits.

This Grandparents Day Storytime is perfect for Grades K-3 in September! Includes two parts -- a whole-class library lesson and a self-directed activity. Created for libraries, but it works great for classroom storytime, too. Includes detailed lesson plan with AASL, CC, and TEKS standards.

This Parts of a Book Storytime teaches core library skills for lower elementary students! The presentation slides walk you through a storytime discussion of book parts, including title, author, illustrator, spine, call number, title page, copyright date, and publisher.

This Autumn Library Storytime is perfect for back to school and fall activities. Includes a librarian-led discussion of fall objects, plus additional scrolling slides with fun facts, autumn idioms, vocabulary, would you rathers, and more! Includes differentiated scavenger hunt, recommended reads, and editable lesson plan.

What's the difference between fiction and nonfiction? It's not always easy for to tell! This digital library lesson walks you through a storytime about the differences between fiction and nonfiction picture books. Includes PPT and Google Slides.

This Election Day Library Storytime includes everything you need to teach K-3 students about the USA election process. It was created for elementary library lessons, but it's also perfect for classroom use. Includes election terms like polling place, voting, and campaign.

This Halloween Storytime walks you through an elementary library lesson on skeletons, bats, spiders, and other Halloween symbols. Includes presentation scavenger hunt and printable list of recommended reads.

Need a Halloween alternative for library lessons? Try this Spiders Storytime! This lesson is perfect for librarians looking for an October or autumn storytime with a science twist. Informative, fun, and editable!

This library storytime lesson is perfect for Friday the 13th! It introduces students to superstitions from the US and around the world. Includes fun facts, trivia, vocabulary, and more! Editable in PowerPoint and Google Slides.

It's Spring! Shout it from the bookshelves with this Library Storytime for Spring! This two-part library lesson uses the five senses to describe common signs of spring. Includes two differentiated scavenger hunts, editable lesson plan, Recommended Reads, and more!

April is National Poetry Month--are you ready? This Library Storytime Lesson is all about nursery rhymes! Includes multiple nursery rhymes, a scavenger hunt, recommended reads, and pre-filled lesson plan. All text is editable in PowerPoint, PDF, and Google Slides.

This Digital Bulletin Board continues my First Week of School freebie! My Digital Bulletin Boards mix library and school announcements with fun facts for back to school. Includes editable daily schedules, fun facts, vocabulary words, a staff spotlight, and a featured genre.

This Back to School Digital Bulletin Board is for the third week of school! Show this digital library bulletin board during check out time, as classes enter the library, before and after school, and at lunch. Use it to scroll library and school announcements, fun facts, vocabulary, and more!

This Back to School Digital Bulletin Board is for the fourth week of school! Show this digital library bulletin board during check out time, as classes enter the library, before and after school, and at lunch. Use it to scroll library and school announcements, fun facts, vocabulary, and more!

Grab your students' attention with this football themed Digital Bulletin Board! It's a great way to communicate school announcements, student birthdays, and library information. Set the slides to scroll on a timed loop to share announcements, trivia, vocabulary, fun facts, and more!

Digital Bulletin Boards are fun, themed tools to share library and school announcements. This one is themed for Grandparents Day, which is in September. Set the slides to scroll on a timed loop to share announcements, trivia, vocabulary, fun facts, and more!

This Autumn Digital Bulletin Board is perfect for back to school in the elementary library! It's a scrolling slideshow of fall facts, trivia questions, vocabulary words, safety tips, and would-you-rathers. Includes two scavenger hunt activities, recommended reads, and take-home extension activities.

Celebrate Mexico Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo with this scrolling Mexico Digital Bulletin Board! It's full of fun facts, a mystery animal, Mexico landmarks, Spanish vocabulary words, Would You Rathers, and more! All text is editable in PPT and Google Slides.

This Nonfiction Digital Bulletin Boards mixes library and school announcements with fun facts about nonfiction books. Use as a scrolling slideshow in the library or hallways. Includes editable daily schedules, fun facts, vocabulary words, a staff spotlight, Would You Rathers, and more!

This Digital Bulletin Board is all about news media, fake news, and verifying sources. It includes parts of a newspaper, tips for spotting fake news, would you rathers, daily and weekly agenda slides, and more! Printable list of 21 news-themed Recommended Reads is also included.

This Election Day Digital Bulletin Board helps explain election processes in the USA! The scrolling slideshow focuses on presidential elections (including the presidential election 2024), but it can be used in any US election cycle.

***PLEASE NOTE that this product is specific to US elections only.***

Wow your upper-elementary students with this fun, informative Halloween Digital Bulletin Board! Designed for the elementary library, this scrolling slideshow is full of facts about arachnids, bats, scorpions, the human skeleton, and more! Editable in PPT and Google Slides.

This Science of Spring Digital Bulletin Board is perfect for spring in the elementary library! Scroll it on a loop while students check out or during library downtimes. Includes two differentiated Scavenger Hunts, Recommended Reads, fun facts, trivia, and more!

Need a fun, informative library lesson for Veterans Day? The first part is for whole group discussions and gives basic information about Veterans Day. The second part is 45 post-lesson scrolling PPT or Google Slides. Editable in PPT and Google.

This Thanksgiving Library Lesson focuses on Thanksgiving traditions rather than its history. Students will learn about Thanksgiving traditions in the US and a few other countries that celebrate Thanksgiving. Includes trivia questions, would-you-rathers, fun facts, idioms, and more!

NOTE: This Thanksgiving Library Lesson is very USA-centric. I mention other countries in a few slides, but the majority of this presentation is about Thanksgiving traditions in the USA. The focus is on American traditions rather than Thanksgiving history.

This December Holidays Library Lesson covers December holidays around the world! Features Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Pancha Ganapati, Boxing Day, and La Befana. Includes whole-group library lesson, scrolling slideshow, Recommended Reads, Scavenger Hunt activity, and lesson plan template.

Got the winter blahs? This Winter Library Lesson includes everything you need to celebrate snow and ice! The first part is a discussion of animal adaptations for cold weather. The second part includes winter themed fun facts, trivia, would-you-rathers, and more! Editable.

This elementary Book Awards Library Lesson introduces multiple book awards to students. It gives details about five book awards: Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Pura Belpre, and Sibert, plus mentions the Odyssey, Stonewall, and Asian Pacific American Award. Includes winning titles for 2026.

This Dr. Martin Luther King library lesson includes a guided discussion of equality and fairness, biographical information about Dr. King, trivia questions, interesting facts, and more! Also includes lesson plan tied to CCSS, TEKS, and AASL standards. Perfect for Martin Luther King's Birthday or for Black History Month!

This Lunar New Year Library Lesson includes a 55-slide presentation, scavenger hunt activity, and recommended reads list. Updated for 2026, the Year of the Horse. Focuses mainly on Chinese New Year, with lots of real photos and colorful clipart.

Let's talk about hearts! This Valentine's Day Library Lesson introduces elementary students to human and animal hearts and tips for keeping their hearts healthy. Includes library skills, fun facts, trivia questions, and booktalks. Editable in Google Slides and PowerPoint.

This Elementary Library Lesson is themed for Women's History Month or International Women's Day. It mentions or features biographical information about 28 women throughout history. Includes trivia, fun facts, and would-you-rathers. Editable in Google Slides and PowerPoint.

Need a fun library lesson for spring? Insects are always a hit! This two-part presentation guides you through a lesson about insects. The first part includes 10 insect idioms. Part II contains additional insect-themed slides to scroll during checkout. Editable in PPT and Google Slides.

This haiku library lesson is so much fun for National Poetry Month! Includes a two-part lesson that was designed for elementary librarians on the specials rotation. Students learn the rules for writing haiku, practice counting syllables, and have an opportunity to write their own haiku.

This Ramadan Library Lesson helps elementary students understand Islam, Ramadan, and Eid al-Fitr a bit better. Students will learn about Ramadan activities, foods, and fasting. They will also learn etiquette with regard to eating (or not eating) with Muslim friends who are fasting.

***PLEASE NOTE: This Ramadan Library Lesson was written by a non-Muslim librarian, but I have done all I can to ensure the authenticity of the information. It is thoroughly-researched and includes source information in notes section of each slide. I also sent it to a sensitivity reader (who is Muslim) to check for accuracy, sensitivity, and thoroughness.

This Earth Day Library Lesson teaches students about different classifications of endangered animals, why they are endangered, and what we can do to help. Only one slide is for Earth Day specifically, so it can be used year-round.

Take your students on a trip to the Asian continent with this elementary library lesson for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. Students will find Asia on a map, meet four notable Asian Americans, and see famous monuments and foods of Asia.

Need an end-of-year library lesson for Grades 2-5? This editable Summer Reading Library Lesson is a low-prep way to keep students engaged during the chaotic final weeks of school while reinforcing summer literacy and independent reading.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the Library this September! This Hispanic Heritage Month Digital Bulletin Board highlights 18 Latin American countries (including Puerto Rico), 9 notable Latin Americans, food, landmarks, and interesting facts. Includes Recommended Reads list. All text is editable.

Students love watching this Halloween Digital Bulletin Boards scroll in the library! Play this one on a loop during the week of Halloween. Features fun facts, trivia questions, classic horror novel quotations, vocabulary, and more. Includes editable recommended reads bookmarks.

This Election Day Digital Bulletin Board is for secondary libraries and classrooms. Add your own library and school announcements and play the scrolling slideshow in the library or hallways. Includes information about US elections, voting, suffrage, US presidents, and so much more!

Need a fun, informative library lesson for Veterans Day? This Veterans Day Digital Bulletin Board is chock-full of fun facts about military service, how to honor veterans, difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day, US-involved wars, US national monuments, and more!

Get your secondary students' attention with this Thanksgiving Digital Bulletin Board! Scroll it with library and school announcements on a loop in the library or hallway. Includes fun facts, trivia, true/false, and more! Thanksgiving themed Recommended Reads list of 26 middle grade and YA books is also included.

NOTE: This presentation is very USA-centric. I mention Thanksgiving in a few other countries, but this is mostly about American Thanksgiving traditions. It focuses more on traditions than on Thanksgiving history.

This Nonfiction Digital Bulletin Board includes 14 nonfiction genres for teens, plus 5 common nonfiction text features. This is intended as a scrolling slideshow for the secondary library, but it is possible to use it as a lesson with some edits.

This News Media Digital Bulletin Board is a scrolling slideshow for school libraries. Introduces fake news, clickbait, bias, propaganda, and paid product reviews, plus how to spot them. All text is editable in PPT and Google Slides. Also includes two Recommended Reads lists.

This Horror Genre Library Lesson is perfect for middle school library and high school library. Part I is an introduction to the horror genre, with emphasis on gothic literature and other horror subgenres. Part II is a scrolling slideshow with trivia questions, classic horror literature quotes, would you rathers, and more!

Though students may be familiar with the featured stories from movies, this presentation emphasizes classic horror literature, not movies.

This Historical Fiction Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library. Part I introduces the historical fiction genre, with emphasis on characteristics of historical fiction and subgenres. Part II is a scrolling slideshow with trivia questions, historical fiction literature quotes, would you rathers, and more!

Though students may be familiar with the featured stories from movies, this presentation emphasizes historical fiction literature, not movies.

This Realistic Fiction Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library. Part I introduces the realistic fiction genre, with emphasis on characteristics of realistic fiction and subgenres. Part II is a scrolling slideshow with trivia questions, classic realistic fiction literature quotes, would you rathers, and more!

Though students may be familiar with the featured stories from movies, this presentation emphasizes realistic fiction literature, not movies.

This Fantasy Genre Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library classes. Part I introduces the fantasy genre, with emphasis on characteristics of fantasy and fantasy subgenres. Part II is a scrolling slideshow with trivia questions, classic fantasy genre literature quotes, would you rathers, and more!

Though students may be familiar with the featured stories from movies, this presentation emphasizes fantasy literature, not movies.

This Science Fiction Genre Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library classes.

Part I introduces the science fiction genre, with emphasis on characteristics of sci-fi and sci-fi genres.

Part II is a scrolling slideshow with trivia questions, sci-fi genre literature quotes, would you rathers, and more!

This Mystery Genre Library Lesson is for middle school library and high school library classes. Part I introduces the mystery genre, with emphasis on characteristics of mystery and mystery subgenres. Part II is a scrolling slideshow with trivia questions, mystery genre literature quotes, would you rathers, and more!

Remember all those magazine quizzes we took as teens? This Reading Genre Personality Test is styled after those quizzes to create the ultimate fun reading activity that uncovers every student's unique reading genre interest!

Remember all those magazine quizzes we took as teens? This interactive Reading Genre Personality Test is styled after those highly engaging quizzes, making it the perfect middle school library or high school media center kickoff activity.

Students LOVE this engaging Library Genre Activity! This secondary version is specially designed to help older students identify which reading genres fit them best, taking the guesswork out of independent book selection.