This book, designed for the novice helper in the library takes a group of picture books and provides very explicit instructions for what to say and what to do with an activity to promote learning. It is not about storytelling, but teaching. Parent helpers and library support personnel can use such a book, but after reading and doing several, the adult catches on to the technique and cause the picture books available in the library rather than order the ones in a book list such as this. As the teacher librarian is coteaching alongside the classroom teacher, the idea for inserting literacy and background knowledge into a thematic unit does make some sense, but fund storytelling, and encouraging the children to use their background knowledge to create their own stories is a direction this type of activity should take.