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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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In the jungles of India, a pack of wolves discover a young boy. They name the boy Mowgli and protect him against dangers, including Shere Khan, the most savage tiger in the jungle. As Mowgli grows up, he learns the ways of the jungle from Bagheera the panther, the wise bear, Baloo, and other animals. Soon, he must decide whether to remain among beasts or embrace his own kind.
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[2023]
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"On the spookiest night of the year, Jim Panzee and his jungle friends brave the dark for trick-or-treating. But the jungle looks and sounds very different at night. As the hunt for treats gets spookier and spookier, Jim and his friends tell themselves not to be scared, but a pair of glowing eyes in the pitch-dark jungle might push them over the edge! Or maybe they'll make a new friend."--
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Every year more than a million wildebeests migrate for hundreds of miles across East Africa. This is just one of the amazing facts you'll discover in All About African Wildebeests, one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each book is beautifully illustrated with large, close-up photographs. Be sure to check out all 18!
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2014.
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Among the ruins of Angkor Wat, Tiger, Gibbon, Water Buffalo, and Gecko accept Elephant's challenge to race to a certain temple to settle their argument over who would have made the greatest king, and at the end Elephant explains how the competition showed each one's strengths and weaknesses. Includes search-and-find illustrations and a brief history of the "City of Temples."
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[2012]
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English
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"The Jungle Bunch is the exciting tale of Maurice, a penguin who was raised in the jungle and thinks he's a tiger! When two penguins from his Antarctic homeland come in search of 'The Great Tiger Warrior' to defend their colony from an invading herd of walruses, Maurice assembles a misfit team of jungle friends to save the day!"--Container.
49) The lion's share
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[2009]
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English
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Ant is honored to receive an invitation to lion's annual dinner party, but is shocked when the other guests behave rudely and then accuse her of thinking only of herself.
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The Second Jungle Book is the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's acclaimed collection of stories about the Indian jungle. These new stories were published a year after the original, and mostly focus on the same characters including Mowgli, Baloo, and Bagheera. Similar to his first collection of fables, this sequel also contains a poem at the end of every story, showcasing Rudyard's knowledge of the politics of the time, as well as his passion for the Indian...
51) Chameleons
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of various chameleon species. Travel to the rain forest to explore some of the most fascinating creatures on the planet. The Animals of the Rain Forest series takes young readers on an exploration of the world's most interesting tropical creatures. Through award-winning photography and detailed captions, clearly written text, and informative sidebars, children will marvel at...
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[2017]
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English
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"Could there be anything worse for Giraffe? Maybe being sat on by a skunk or smooshed by two hapless hippos, or worst of all--cornered by a hungry lion? No one seems to notice that Giraffe is not standing around just to be sat upon. Will he be able to find his voice and make his friends realize who he really is?"--Amazon.com.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 19
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1999.
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English
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Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
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[2016]
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English
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From deep within the jungle comes a mighty roar a roar that could only come from one creature, the Giant Claw! When Mowgli's search of this legendary creature ends with an unexpected discovery, he must race against time to thwart Shere Khan's evil plan and rescue a friend.
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My father's dragon volume 1
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English
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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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Why do zebras have stripes? Why do zebras hang out with wildebeests? All About African Zebras explores how these African relatives of horses live in their natural environment. Zebras is one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each title is beautifully illustrated with large, close-up photographs. Be sure to check out all 18!
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Okapis look like a cross between a zebra and a giraffe. They are shy forest dwellers rarely seen by people. Discover more about the mysterious okapi in All About African Okapis, one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each title is beautifully illustrated with large, close-up photographs. Be sure to check out all 18!
58) Capybara pups
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"In Capybara Pups, emergent readers learn how baby capybaras look, live, and grow up in the rain forest. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers. Capybara Pups includes tools for caregivers, as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, index, a Let's Review image and question"--
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Learn to recognize the exciting animals of the jungle! The book utilizes curriculum-based text to get children comfortable with reading and uses the Whole Language approach to literacy, a combination of sight words and repetition builds recognition and confidence. Bold, colorful photographs correlate directly to text to help guide readers through the book.
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