Book: Around the Neighborhood

Around the Neighborhood Readaloud

Posted by Sarah L. Thomson on May 27, 2020 in Book: Around the Neighborhood | 0 comments

As libraries and schools are still closed over so much of the country, kids and parents don’t have access to the new books they would otherwise be sharing. I’m so pleased and proud to have partnered with Raising Readers to share a virtual readaloud of Around the Neighborhood. In these tough times, let’s keep sharing stories and songs and noticing the small joys of our own neighborhoods–a flower opening, a bird in a window, a puppy sniffing the grass, families loving each other.

A Read-Aloud with Sarah L. Thomson: Around the Neighborhood

Storywalk Around the Neighborhood!

Posted by Sarah L. Thomson on Jul 13, 2016 in Book: Around the Neighborhood, Educators & Librarians, Events | 0 comments

Check out these charming readers soaring, waddling, and quacking with the animal characters of Around the Neighborhood. The Springfield-Greene County Library District in Missouri (shout out to my home state!) made this lullaby book into a storywalk. So much fun, plus a great excuse to get outside (and pounce, hop, etc.) on a lovely summer day!

Around the Neighborhood in the Garden

Posted by Sarah L. Thomson on Jul 30, 2014 in Book: Around the Neighborhood, Educators & Librarians, Events, School Visits | 0 comments

Author Sarah L. Thomson (that’s me!) reads her picture book Around the Neighborhood.

Such fun visiting the Friends School of Portland to share Around the Neighborhood for their Stories by the Garden program! If you’re in the Portland area with little ones, do check out this program. What’s nicer than a visit to sweet, scenic Mackworth Island, a story to hear, and maybe a picnic lunch to enjoy afterward on the trail that goes all around the island?

The kiddos were energetic and delightful. We read the book (in the gym rather than the garden, due to weather), sang the song, and then scattered outside for a scavenger hunt.

This is such a happy, adventurous book for a summery activity or story hour. Check out the fun and free Activity Kit if you’d like to recreate our scavenger hunt. We had a great time!