You've Been Book'd With Raccoon Books For Jimothy Fans!

 

We all love following the story of Jimothy, a viral, round wild raccoon from Seattle, Washington, who became an internet sensation in July 2026 due to his unique, spherical shape. 

In this special Titlewave list found in this choice board, I brought together lots of fun and informational books about raccoons.  

Click on the book covers in the choice board here to find each book in Titlewave.  You can also get the entire list of books here. 

Let's Hear Your Ideas! A New Place For Suggestions for Our Library and Makerspace!

One of my favorite things about being a librarian is talking to our students and teachers about what they love to read and what they would love to see in our library.  Now with our new Makerspace open too, they are giving me all kinds of ideas on what else they would love to see in that space too. 

So today, I made a book and Makerspace suggestion box! 

I found this suggestion box on Amazon here. I love how it has a place to add a sign and slips for the kids to write their suggestions on. 

I really wanted it to be bulldog blue so Eric spray painted it for me.  If you do this, make sure you take the lock out first and put it back in when it is dry.

I made a sign in Canva that matched the exact dimensions of 6.75 x 4.25. You will find the template here.

It matches our new decorations too! 

I made the little slips they can write on in Canva too.  I wanted them to have enough room to write and share.  You will find the template here.

I just copied on white paper, cut them in half, and added them to the front of the suggestion box, along with a couple pencils. 

When the kids and teachers come to the library, they will see it right away.  I can't wait to see what they suggest for our library and Makerspace this year. 

This book has a tonies! Creating Stickers For Our tonies® + Book Bundles!

 

I was right!  As we welcomed our readers into our new library and Makerspace, they were all so excited to see that we added Tonieboxes and Tonie characters! 

                     

Right now we have the our tonies® corner in one of our book nooks while we wait for them to be hung in our library. 

In the blog post, Creating Tonies Character Cards, I wrote about how we are going to organize them in the houses with Tonies Character Cards I created for each one.  You will find this blog post here with all of the details and templates. 

Along with the characters, we also have the books that go with each one. I ordered the Tonies + Book Bundles from Follett Content, and I love that the Tonies and books come together as a bundle. It will make the listening experience even more special for our kids as they listen, read, and explore together.

In several of the bundles, there are two to three books included with the same character.  When I received the bundles and Tonies, I started to dream up ways to make it clear to our readers which Tonie goes with each book. 

I decided to create a sticker for each to show the connections to the Tonies and books! 

I went to Canva and picked a 2 inch circle sticker template.  

I took the character images from the tonies website and added the text at the bottom in each sticker. 

You will find this Canva template here.

I then went to the Avery site, found the template for Avery Label 5294. It is a 2 1/2 inch sticker. 

In the template, you can add different images to the entire page. 

I love how they printed today and couldn't wait to add them to the books. 

Look how cute and helpful they are on each Tonies + Book Bundle! 

All of our readers, even our youngest readers, will be able to use our tonies with such independence and success this year. They are very excited to get started, and I am too!