About the store
Hi! I’m Sonya and the creator behind The Library Patch. As a retired elementary school librarian with 12 years of classroom experience and 19 years in the school library, I know firsthand that being the only librarian in your building, or even your entire district, can be hard. There’s often no one down the hall to bounce ideas off of, no team planning library lessons with you, and very little extra time to create everything from scratch. That’s where I hope to help.
After decades in schools, I design resources that are engaging, flexible, and realistic for real library schedules. Everything in my store is created with busy librarians and elementary teachers in mind—easy to use, thoughtfully planned, and ready to implement without extra prep. Thanks so much for stopping by The Library Patch. I’m truly glad you’re here—and I’m here to help.
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Library Lion | Picture Book Activities for Library | Differentiated Read Aloud
Library Lion is a perfect intro to the library and its rules. Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. You must be quiet, and there shall be no running. When a lion wanders into the library, no one is quite sure what to do. However, Miss Merriweather decides that as long as the lion follows the rules, he may continue to visit the library. Come to find out, he is well-suited for the library. But then, a day comes when lion must choose whether to follow
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.1.1
, RL.2.1
+1
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Monthly Bookmarks to Color | Library Bookmarks | Printable Coloring Bookmarks
Grab these monthly bookmarks to color now! With a total of 48 bookmarks, four unique bookmarks for each month of the year, you will never again be short on bookmarks. Easy on the budget, as all that you need to do is purchase once and print on cardstock. They are just right for adding to your circulation desk and to your coloring corner. You could also give them out as gifts or add them to your prize box. So many bookmarks! So many uses! Each coloring bookmark presents with black and white let
PreK - 5th
Library Skills, Reading
Also included in: Elementary Library Skills and Resources Bundle #1
Book Bite Bundle
✨ Be sure to download our newest Book Bite ~ A Sick Day for Amos McGee ✨** BUY NOW ** Purchase this bundle today and you will be getting any future Book Bites for today’s price!! Just re-download each time that I make an addition. As I add new Book Bites, I will be increasing the price just a bit. A purchase today will definitely save you money! Each product features a book discussion guide and four printables. The printables are differentiated with each page becoming more difficult. The print
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
Summer Reading Program | Editable Camping Themed Reading Challenge & Logs
Skip the boring summer reading program and send your students home with something they’ll actually get excited about! This unique, camping-themed Summer Reading Challenge is perfect for elementary librarians and classroom teachers who want to make summer reading genuinely fun for kids and parents. Instead of tracking minutes, students complete reading activities that make reading an adventure. Read a joke book. Read a recipe. Read in a tree. Read in the bathtub. As kids complete each activity,
PreK - 5th
Library Skills, Reading
Camping Themed Library Media Center or Classroom Decor
Perfect for decorating your classroom or library media center for a Camp Read Smore theme! This pack includes a total of FIVE camping themed displays, and our Genre Signposts are NOW editable in Microsoft Word. 1) HUGE Camp Read S'More Banner 2) Back to Basic Set 3) Campfire Corner Letter Set 4) Our Neck of the Woods Genre Signposts - Original and Editable 5) Stencils and paw prints for "Do Not Feed the Bears" Display All display graphics have been designed to be printed on a standard printer. T
PreK - 8th
Reading
My First Research Project: Reindeer
Simplify the research process so that early readers and writers will find success. This project is perfect for the common core shared research standard! My First Research Project Includes1) A Title Page 2) My Reindeer Knowledge ... (A way of activating prior knowledge) 3) My Reindeer Wonders ... (An independent questioning technique) 4) Where Does the Reindeer Live? (A recording page for research) 5) A Reindeer's Body (A recording page for research) 6) The Reindeer's Amazing Body (A recording pa
K - 2nd
Library Skills
CCSS
RI.K.1
, RI.1.1
, RI.1.5
+5
Also included in: My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
Elementary Library Skills and Resources Bundle #1
Are you an elementary librarian? Stop here and SAVE over 25% by grabbing TEN of my favorite elementary library resource products in one Library Skill Bundle. Start the year with the Library Orientation Scavenger Hunt, review Book Care with your little pirates, teach the kids how to find a Just Right Book, and more! Library skills and resources for kids of all ages.
K - 5th
Library Skills
Picture Book Activities for Winter | Over and Under the Snow | Book Bites
Bring winter learning to life with this engaging picture book read-aloud built around Over and Under the Snow. A little girl is out cross country skiing with her father, when she spies a red squirrel disappear into a crack in the snow. “Where did he go?” she asks her Dad. The reader soon gets a peek into the secret world of animals that live through the winter. Squirrels, shrews, mice, voles, beavers, bears, and so many more animals survive, just under the snow! In this Book Bite resource, stud
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RI.K.1
, RI.1.1
, RI.2.1
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Library Lesson / Book Care Activity & Mini-Book
You know that you have to teach book care in the library, right? Well, let’s make that lesson is fun and engaging for both you and the kids! The Books ARRRR Treasure slideshow and mini coloring book will have the kids hooked on taking care of their books in no time. Need library lessons on MORE than just book care? Check out our Elementary Library Skills and Resources Bundles. You can SAVE over 25% off with the purchase of the bundle over individually purchasing products. With the purchase of
K - 2nd
Library Skills, Reading
Also included in: Elementary Library Skills and Resources Bundle #1
Library Book Care Lesson / Activity ~ Interactive
Is it time to review book care with your students? This EDITABLE presentation is perfect for teaching or reminding your students how to care for their library books! Designed with a colorful art theme in mind, it is a fun and interactive book care lesson for users of both Microsoft and Google! Complete this activity together on the SmartBoard or individually on student devices. Students will be lead through ten different book care scenarios. Each scenario has a “No Way” splat or “a “Yes Yes” s
K - 2nd
Library Skills, Reading
Also included in: Elementary Library Skills and Resources Bundle#2
My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
** Save a Bundle **
My First Research Projects are PERFECT for the shared research component of the Common Core Writing Standards. Grab ALL ten of the animal projects in this bundle for 30% off the price of purchasing them individually.
Each animal report leads your students through the research process in an easy and engaging manner. Each project contains at least ten printable pages that promote activating prior knowledge, questioning, researching, responding, and even citing your sources. A
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Library Skills, Writing-Expository
The Library Dragon / Book Bite / Library Rules
A Back-to-the-Books favorite, Library Dragon, by Carmen Agra Deedy tells the story of a new librarian, Miss Lotta Scales. She takes her job of protecting the library books REALLY seriously. Maybe a little bit too seriously, as soon teachers and children alike have stopped visiting the library. Everyone is a bit scared of Miss Scales. This book is perfect for reviewing/sharing book care rules any time of the year. This product features a book discussion guide and four printables focused on book c
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.2
, RL.1.2
, RL.2.3
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Wild About Books / Book Bite / Book Care
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra is PERFECT for introducing your library and for reinforcing book care. This oldie but goodie follows a librarian, Molly McGrew as she unwittingly pulls her bookmobile into a zoo. After reading aloud from the good Dr. Seuss, she has hooked all of the animals on this new something call reading. With fun and fanciful rhyming, we follow the zoo animals as they read, and read, and then read some more! Molly needs to teach lessons on how to care for books. Soon, the ani
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.4
, RL.1.5
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Back to the Library Bundle
Are you ready for the new year? If you grab this bundle of six of my favorite products, you'll be all set to start your year! Better yet, you will have saved 25% off the list price. You will get all three of my orientation products, two of my best selling Book Bites, and a Library Rule BINGO game. Ready? Set! Go. Did you know that if you have already purchased one of the bundled products AND wish that you had purchased this bundle, you can reach out to TpT for a refund? Purchase the bundle and t
PreK - 6th
Library Skills
Bat Research Report
An eleven-page EASY research bat project, perfect for teaching the common core shared research standard with even your earliest researchers!
My First Research Project Includes
1) A Title Page
2) Have You Ever Seen a Bat? (A way of activating prior knowledge)
3) Myth or Fact (Another way for activating prior knowledge)
4) I Wonder if Bats ... (An independent questioning technique)
5) Bats, Bats, Everywhere (Finding differences between micro and megabats)
6) All About a Bat's Body (A recording pa
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Library Skills
Also included in: My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
A Library Book for Bear / Book Bite / Reading Interest Survey
A Library Book for Bear, by Bonny Becker is the perfect picture book to introduce reading interests surveys to students. Read the story, and then have kids complete these differentiated reading surveys! Bear thinks that a visit to the library is completely unnecessary. He has ALL of the books that he needs at home! But, a promise is a promise, so Bear does go to the library with his friend Mouse. At the library, Bear is being super picky about the kind of books that he wants. He wants ONLY a bo
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.2
, RL.K.7
, RL.1.2
+3
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Polar Bear Research Report
A twelve-page EASY polar bear research project perfect for teaching the common core shared research standard with even your earliest researchers! My First Research Project Includes1) A Title Page 2) I Already Know that Polar Bears ... (A way of activating prior knowledge) 3) I Wonder if Polar Bears ... (An independent questioning technique) 4) Bears, Bears, Everywhere (A recording page for research on different bears) 5) Where Does the Polar Bear Live? (A recording page for research) 6) A Polar
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Library Skills
CCSS
RI.K.1
, RI.1.1
, RI.1.5
+5
Also included in: My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
Give Me Back My Book / Book Bite / Parts of a Book
Give Me Back My Book! by Travis Foster shares the tale of two friends, Redd and Bloo who are “discussing” {quite loudly at times} who owns a particular green book with a hard cover, a nice spine, and pages that turn from left to right. As the two play tug of war with their favorite book, a bookworm appears and makes off with it. It takes teamwork for them to recover their well-loved book. This humorous title is the perfect segue into a discussion/review of the parts of a book. This product fea
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.7
, RL.1.7
, RL.2.7
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Penguin Research Report
A twelve-page EASY penguin research project perfect for teaching the common core shared research standard with even your earliest researchers!
My First Report: Research Penguins Includes
1) A Title Page
2) I Already Know That Penguins... (A way of activating prior knowledge)
3) Penguin Wonders ... (An independent questioning technique)
4) Where Does the Penguin Live? (A recording page for research)
5) A Penguin's Body (A recording page for research)
6) The Perfect Penguin Body (A recording page
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Library Skills
CCSS
RI.K.1
, RI.1.1
, RI.1.5
+5
Also included in: My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
My First Research Project: Spiders
Simplify the research process so that early readers and writers will find success. This project is perfect for the common core shared research standard!
My First Research Project Includes
1) A Title Page
2) Are You Scared of Spiders? (A way of activating prior knowledge)
3) Spider Wonders (An independent questioning technique)
4) All About a Spider's Body (A recording page for research)
5) What Does a Spider Eat (A recording page for research)
6) What Can a Spider Do? (A recording page for rese
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Library Skills
CCSS
RI.K.1
, RI.1.1
, RI.1.5
+5
Also included in: My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
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About the store
Experience
Hi! I’m Sonya and the creator behind The Library Patch. As a retired elementary school librarian with 12 years of classroom experience and 19 years in the school library, I know firsthand that being the only librarian in your building, or even your entire district, can be hard. There’s often no one down the hall to bounce ideas off of, no team planning library lessons with you, and very little extra time to create everything from scratch. That’s where I hope to help.
After decades in schools, I design resources that are engaging, flexible, and realistic for real library schedules. Everything in my store is created with busy librarians and elementary teachers in mind—easy to use, thoughtfully planned, and ready to implement without extra prep. Thanks so much for stopping by The Library Patch. I’m truly glad you’re here—and I’m here to help.
Teaching style
I am a very “unquiet” librarian. My library was a constant buzz of kids, laughter, questions, conversations, gaming, computer use—and, of course, books. I believe students learn best when they are actively engaged, exploring ideas, and answering their own questions rather than sitting quietly on the sidelines.
I also believe that today’s librarian must stay responsive to the ever-changing world of education. When we grow, adapt, and keep learning, we’re better equipped to support both our students and the teachers we collaborate with every day.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Ahh… if only I had something impressive and nationally recognized to list here! I don’t. But I have been called “The Best Librarian Ever” by a few little ones, told that I’m “pretty cool,” and lovingly known as that awesome book lady. Not exactly fancy honors—but I’d choose those sweet titles over a plaque any day.
My own education history
* Bachelor's in Elementary Education ~ Potsdam SUNY
* Bachelor's in English Literature and Writing ~ Potsdam SUNY
* Master's In Elementary Education ~ Potsdam SUNY
* Master's In School Library and Media ~ Mansfield University
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