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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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
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
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
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
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
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}
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! / Book Bite
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! is a humorous tale of a first time gardener, Mr. McGreely, who cannot wait to fill his tummy with yummy vegetables. However, he soon discovers that, when the sun goes down and the moon goes up, three little bunnies find their way into his garden and munch away. Mr. McGreely soon makes plans to thwart those bunnies. However, these bunnies are smarter than your average bunnies, and they find their way into his garden night after night! This product features a book discussio
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Memoirs of a Goldfish / Book Bite
There is no better story than Memoirs of a Goldfish to discuss characterization, memoirs, and stepping out of your comfort zone. Goldfish has a perfectly contented life! He simply swims around his fishbowl. But slowly, day by day, Goldfish’s tank becomes very crowded with a whole crew of new additions. Goldfish becomes quite desperate for his old, empty tank. Then, with a whoosh, a splash, a clank and a plunge, Goldfish is all alone. And he is quite happy to be back in an empty, uncluttered tank
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RI.K.3
, RI.1.3
, RI.2.3
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Book Bite {Overdue: The Misadventure of Bob the Book}
Overdue: The Misadventure of Bob the Book by Gloria Koster is a children's picture book told from the perspective of Bob, a popular library book at an elementary school. Bob is checked out by Sebastian, whose family mistreats the book. First, his sister gets peanut butter on it, then his brother places toys on the cover, and finally, Sebastian doesn't even read it! Bob ends up lost on a kitchen shelf between cookbooks for months until a librarian's overdue notice prompts Sebastian to find and fi
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.1.1
, RL.1.4
+3
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
My First Research Project: Owls
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) I Already Know That Owls ... (A way of activating prior knowledge)
3) I Want To Know If Owls ... (An independent questioning technique)
4) All Kinds of Owls (A recording page for research)
5) An Owl's Body (A recording page for research)
6) What Do Owls Eat (A recording page for research)
7)
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Library Skills
Also included in: My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
How I Became a Pirate / Book Bite
"How I Became a Pirate" by Melinda Long follows young Jeremy Jacob who joins a pirate crew after they invite him aboard their ship. While he enjoys the adventures like treasure hunting and sailing, he soon discovers that pirate life means no bedtime stories or comfort when he's scared, making him realize he misses his family and chooses to return home. ☑️ Book Bite Lesson Objective ☑️ Students will listen to the story, How I Became a Pirate, and will use context clues to guess the definition of
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.4
, RL.1.4
, RL.2.4
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Research Short: Turkey Talk
Is Turkey Day right around the corner? What a perfect time for a bit of research on this famous bird! Even our youngest students need to be able to access information by identifying key words and scanning for text-based evidence.
Although this Research Short is designed to be used with Capstone's PebbleGo Animals database, it could be used with books and other resources as well. The project will lead students in reading a question and identifying the specific keyword to focus on ... body, habi
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Library Skills
Also included in: Research Short {BUNDLE}
My First Research Project: Turkeys
Simplify the research process so that early readers and writers will find success. Perfect for the Common Core shared research standard!
My First Research Project Includes
1) A Title Page
2) Let's Talk Turkey (A way of activating prior knowledge)
3) Turkey Wonders (An independent questioning technique)
4) All About a Turkey's Body (A recording page for research)
5) What Does a Turkey Eat (A recording page for research)
6) It's a Turkey's Life? (A recording page for research)
7) Turkeys are Terr
K - 2nd
Library Skills
CCSS
RI.K.1
, RI.1.1
, RI.1.5
+5
Also included in: My First Animal Research Project {BUNDLE}
It's Elementary - Bibliography for the Youngest Students
Bibliographic annotation doesn't need to be hard! What's really important is that our youngest students learn that they need to record WHERE their facts are coming from! We as educators need to be sure that our new readers and writers respect other's works and have a good solid foundation in information literacy and attribution. Plagiarism is real ... even if you are in elementary school!
K - 4th
Library Skills
Book Bite / Creepy Carrots!
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds is the perfect story to read to your kids for a little bit of spooky fun. Jasper Rabbit loves the carrots of Crackenhopper Field, for a snack that is. The carrots, however, do not feel the same way about Jasper. So, they hatch a plan to keep him out of their field. *****************************************************************************************************************************************************DO NOT PURCHASE ME IF YOU ARE PURCHASING OR HAVE AL
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.3
, RL.1.3
, RL.2.3
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Spiders, Bats, and Owls ... Oh My
Here are three simple graphic organizers that encourage your students to write four interesting facts about a spider, a bat, and an owl.
Nonfiction texts and research projects have been placed center stage in the new Common Core Standards. Teachers are expected to provide experiences in these areas for even our youngest readers. As a librarian, I want to be able to support teachers in areas that are so central to my experience.
K - 2nd
Informational Text, Reading
How Santa Got His Job / Book Bite
Students will listen to the story, How Santa Got His Job, by Stephen Krensky and identify the many different problems that Santa had with all of his different jobs. The download includes a book discussion guide and a printable activity. The printable activity comes in four differentiated formats. Perfect to use across grade levels and student abilities. Be sure to download the preview to get a peek at the guide and the activity sheets. This Book Bite focuses on locating key details in the text.
K - 2nd
Reading
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.1.1
, RL.2.1
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Very Impatient Caterpillar Book Bite | Fact vs Fiction Spring Read Aloud
Explore fact vs fiction and the butterfly life cycle with this picture book read aloud and comprehension Book Bite for The Very Impatient Caterpillar. This elementary picture book lesson focuses on distinguishing fact from fiction as students listen to the hilariously dramatic story of a caterpillar who really, really does not want to wait for metamorphosis. While laughing along with the impatient little caterpillar, students discover that real science is hiding inside the story, helping them m
PreK - 3rd
Biology, Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.K.3
, RL.1.1
+1
Also included in: Book Bite Bundle
Reading Help for Parents
Help your parents help their son/daughter while reading at home! Reading at home is absolutely the secret ingredient to student success. We all know that kids who read for at least 15-20 minutes a day will show the most growth academically. Research also shows that when parents read and discuss books with their child, success surges. However, sometimes parents are not sure how they can help. Here's a single page document that you can send home with your kids. It's full of tried and true strateg
K - 5th
Reading Strategies
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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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