Theme

Book recommendation and activities
Please note that many titles are available in e-book format to read online

• Frederick and Leo Lionni > (3+) the collage technique, imagination, creativity
• The Shape of Things (2+)

• Eating the Alphabet:  Fruits and Vegetables (2+) [read-along video]

• Chrysanthemum >  (4+) My Name is Special, My Teacher  [read-along video]
• Denslow's Humpty Dumpty (3+)  [read online]
• Finbo > Embracing differences and friendship (3+) [read online]
• Sebastian's Roller Skates > Emotions > Shyness > Sports > Learning to skate.  (4+) [read online]
• Tyrone the Horrible >   Overcoming obstacles (3+) [read online]

• Good Night, Gorilla (2+) [view video]
• Watch me Grow:  Apes (ages 4-7) [read online]

• Bats > Stellaluna > (4+) [read online]

• Can I Have a Stegosaurus Mom? Can I? Please? (3+) 
• Dancing Dinos (3+) 
• Tyrone the Horrible  (3+) [read online]

• Count on Clifford (3+) 
• Officer Buckle and Gloria (4+) [view video] 

• Donkey > Eeyore the donkey > The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh (3+)

• Eggs > An Egg is Quiet (4+) [read online]

• Ducks > Five Little Duck (2+)

• Gorilla > Good Night, Gorilla (2+) [view video]

• Hen & farm animals > The Little Red Hen (3+) [read online] 

• Chrysanthemum (4+) [read-along video]
• Frederick and other Leo Lionni Mice characters (3+) 
• Mouse Count (2+) [read-along video]
• Mouse Paint (2+) [read-along video]

• Penguin > See How They Grow - Penguins (2+) [read online - non-fiction] 

• Raccoon > picture book recommendations (3+) 

• Rabbit > The Tale of Peter the Rabbit (3+) [read online]

• Reindeer > Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (3+) [view video]

• Whale - fish - shark > Finbo (3+) [read online] 

• Zoo theme > Good Night, Gorilla (2+) [view video]

• Chrysanthemum > first day of school - getting along - my teacher [read-along video]
• The Kissing Hand > first day of school, separation anxiety, raccoon theme [read-along video]

• Young Amelia Earhart:  A Dream to Fly (4+)
  More biographies online

• Mouse Paint (2+) [read-along video]
• Planting A Rainbow (3+) [view video]

• Police officer > Officer Buckle and Gloria (4+) [view video]
• Pilot > Young Amelia Earhart:  A Dream to Fly (4+)
• Teacher > Chrysanthemum >  (4+) first day of school - getting along - my teacher [view video]
• Zookeeper > Good Night, Gorilla (2+) [view video]

• Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (4+) [view video]

• Fables > various to read or print online
• Fairy tales > folk tales, classical stories, legends > various to read or print online

• The Snowman (3+) [view video]
• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (3+) [view video]

• Five Little Ducks  (2+)
• Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (3+) [view video]

• Count on Clifford (3+) [read-along video]
• Five Little Ducks  (2+)
• Mouse Count (2+) [read-along video]

• Denslow's Humpty Dumpty (3+) [read online]

• Growing Vegetable Soup (3+) 

• The Flying Train (2+) [read online]

Plants - Growing Things

• Growing Vegetable Soup (3+)
• Planting a Rainbow (2+) Flowers [read-along video]
• The Lorax (4+) > Trees, forests [view video]
• The Little Red Hen (3+) > planting wheat [read online]

• Spring:  Planting a Rainbow (3+) [view video]
• Winter | Snow | Snowmen theme books [read online & video]

• The Shape of Things (2+)

• Teddy bears > Corduroy (3+) [video video]

• Young Amelia Earhart:  A Dream to Fly (4+)
• The Flying Train [read online]
• Thomas and the Helicopter Rescue (3+) 

Weather

• Winter, snow, snowmen theme books  (Ages 2-8) [read online & video]

Printable Bookmarks to Make
Learn shapes, and other concepts with these bookmark crafts

Literacy Events

• February > Library Lovers Month (info.)
• March 2nd > Read Across America (info.)
• April > 
   School Library Media Month (info.)
  National Library Week (info.)
• May > National Children's Book Week
• July 28th > Children's Author > Beatrix Potter's Birthday
• September >
   Library Month Sign-up Card (info.)
   International Literacy Day (Sept. 8)
• October > International School Library Month (info.)
• November > 
  National Author's Day (Nov. 1st)
  National Family Literacy Day (info)   

Children's Literature Resources | Links
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