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
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
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
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
The Library Fish / Book Bite / Library Vocabulary
The Library Fish is a sweet library adventure. Mr. Hughes the librarian finds a fish on the front steps of the library. He brings her into the library and aptly names her Library Fish. Library Fish makes friends in the library and on the bookmobile, checks that books are returned, and absolutely loves story time. One day everything outside is covered in snow and not a single person comes into the library to visit. Library Fish is so eager to read a book that she escapes her tank, finds her favor
PreK - 3rd
English Language Arts
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.K.3
, RL.1.1
+5
Also included in: Book Bite 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
What's a Library? Library Orientation for Littles
Library Orientation for our littlest learners, especially those that have never visited a library, can be really challenging. Here is your answer!! A product that helps to answer the simple question … What is a Library? This combined lesson plan, presentation, and mini coloring book is perfect for your students’ first ever visit to the library. This product features:· A lesson plan to guide you · Six editable slides in BOTH a PowerPoint presentation and a Google Slide option · An editable (in
PreK - K
Library Skills
Also included in: Back to the Library 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
Library Lesson Activities & Skills Bundle | Top 20 Elementary Library Resources
Grab The Library Patch’s Top 20 best-selling elementary library resources in one comprehensive bundle and save 30% off the combined list price. This bundle includes 20 of my most popular individual library lessons and activities, designed specifically for elementary school librarians and classroom teachers. These are tried-and-true resources that support library skills, literacy, research, and engagement across grades K–5. 🔄 A Bundle That GROWS With You 🔄 This is a DYNAMIC Top 20 bundle.
PreK - 5th
Library Skills
Sophie's Squash / Book Bite / Personification
Help your read aloud of Sophie’s Squash come to life with a detailed discussion guide, three differentiated printables, and digital slides. This is a sweet story about an unlikely friendship between a young girl and, yes, her squash. After a trip to the farmer’s market, Sophie becomes especially attached to the squash that her family purchases. Her mom and dad would like to eat it, but Sophie has other plans for the squash, who she names Bernice. As much as her parents try to persuade her to le
PreK - 2nd
Library Skills, Literature
CCSS
RL.K.1
, RL.1.2
, RL.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
Picture Book Bin Labels {Resizeable}
Labels that are perfect for your picture book bins! In the library, we use supersize totes to display some of the most popular categories of picture books, and I wanted supersize labels to match! This product has labels for 50 common picture book subjects and 27 popular authors, each uniquely designed with a fun colors, fonts and clipart images. The labels each measure 10.5 x 5.5 inches and will fit perfectly on the front of those BIG book bins (Hint ... even the dishpans from dollar stores!} Ea
PreK - 3rd
Library Skills
Also included in: Elementary Library Skills and Resources Bundle#2
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
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
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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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