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STORYTIME @ HOME
Youth Services staff has created special resources to help facilitate a fun storytime experience in your home. We’ve outlined early literacy activities to help keep kids reading, singing, playing, writing, and talking every day.
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From the author of The Jungle Book and Kim, Just So Stories is the perfect combination of education and fun to get kids to love reading. It is considered not only a quintessential children's book, but one of Kipling's best works.
How did the elephant get its trunk? How did the leopard get its spots? And how was the alphabet made? Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of fables answers the great questions of animal and humankind in a fun, eloquent...
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My father's dragon volume 1
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A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.
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"This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 ferocious ocean creatures. Readers will learn about each animal's anatomy, behavior, and more. Then compare and contrast the battling animals before finally discovering the winner!" -- Amazon.com.
What would happen if sixteen sea creatures met in a tournament? Who will be the ocean champion? Who do you think would win? --
6) Gideon
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Gideon is a small gosling who likes to play so much that he will not stop to take a nap.
7) Chuck's band
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Chuck and his barnyard friends form a band, but they have trouble finding an instrument for Fat Cat Pat to play, since all the cat wants to do is sleep all day.
8) Mechanimals
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When a tornado blows away all the animals on the farm and leaves behind a mountain of scrap metal, the farmer comes up with a inspired idea.
10) Kinkajous
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A mother kinkajou finds a spot in the hollow of a tree to give birth to her baby. She carefully watches over her little one for up to two weeks, until the tiny, raccoon-like animal can open its eyes. So begins the life of this jungle baby. In this coming-of-age introduction to these adorable mammals, readers will learn how kinkajou babies spend their days, how they find food, and how they can use their long and strong tail like another arm. The colorful...
12) Safari
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Introduces young wildlife enthusiasts to an array of creatures in their natural habitats on the African Savannah.
13) Winnie-the-Pooh
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The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday.
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Wolf in underpants volume 3
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"It's race day in the forest, but a surly chickadee has ruined the event's posters. When the Wolf learns why the little bird feels left out, he hatches a plan to launch it to victory"--
15) Zoo babies
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Zoo Babies gives young children a fun way to practice reading. The main text is written at guided reading level A and brought to life with full-page color photos of intriguing and adorable young zoo animals. The book ends with a one-page teacher's guide with tips for adults to help children read and understand the content.
18) Kitten's spring
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A young kitten explores the wilderness as other animals celebrate spring.
19) Animals on land
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"What's the deal with animals on land? Open up this fact file to find out! Learn all about creatures that live on land, from giraffes to frogs to dung beetles. Explore where these animals live, what they eat, and more. Bright, engaging photos help readers follow along to get all the facts"--
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