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Children's programming made easy. Really easy. What librarian doesn't dream of offering more and better children's programs with less effort? After all, these are usually the most popular and sought-after programs in the library. But they are also the most demanding: any librarian who has put in the sweat and time required to pull together a single quality program will balk at the prospect of putting together eighteen programs per week! In Maryland's Carroll County, story boxes have made this impossible dream come true for twenty years. Now MacMillan, writer, storyteller, and former children's librarian, outlines the proven story box system for sharing an array of successful programs. Story boxes offer a simple method for capturing ideas, talent, creativity, and resources available in your library. Including step-by-step instructions from concept through implementation and supplemented by programming tips, A Box Full of Tales answers all your questions:

What is a story box? What goes into a story box? How is one put together? Who can contribute? How do you get buy-in from others to share this resource?

In addition, find detailed plans for fifty great story boxes including suggested books, fingerplays, songs, props, crafts, and sign language. From ah-choo! to antlers, from monkey business to zoo escapes, A Box Full of Tales is an easy way to offer winning, stress-free library programs for children without the headaches and the hassles. You can make the impossible happen when you share resources with story boxes!

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Library Journal Review

The author, a veteran librarian and storyteller, here offers up the story box model of program resource sharing pioneered at Maryland's Carroll County Library System. Story boxes contain all the resources necessary to conduct a theme-based story time session; the boxes are created by children's librarians to be shared with other librarians at different locations within a system. By providing ready-to-go programs, even librarians who are not programming specialists can jump in to conduct a story time. MacMillan devotes the first part of her book to explaining how the program works and then provides outlines for creating 50 different themed story boxes. The outlines include recommended books and recorded music, the full text of songs and fingerplays, craft ideas, and flannel-board stories; an appendix lists resources to aid in story box preparation. The idea of story boxes to share program resources is brilliant--so much so that it's a wonder that it is not a more prevalent practice. MacMillan's book no doubt will help spread the word to other large library systems. Even children's librarians who don't work in multibranch systems will find this guide extremely valuable for its theme-based program outlines, whether or not they choose to create story boxes. Strongly recommended for public libraries.--Rachel Q. Davis, Thomas Memorial Lib., Cape Elizabeth, ME (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Although primarily aimed at public librarians to use with toddlers and preschoolers, all of the information in this title can also be adapted to the early primary grades for school librarians. MacMillan describes a story box as a thematic storytime resource box, designed for use by multiple programmers and for multiple age groups. The first part of the book covers the benefits of story boxes, what to include in a box, the logistics of sharing the boxes among librarians, and examples of several different storytimes that can be created from one box. The rest of the book describes the contents of 50 suggested story boxes books, recordings, finger plays and songs, props, crafts, and American Sign Language signs related to the themes. The appendix includes a bibliography and related Web sites. MacMillan's practical advice for creating story boxes will greatly benefit all librarians working with young children.--Glantz, Shelley Copyright 2008 Booklist