Revised September 2026 Sing-along Picture Books Amescua, Gloria. Abuelita’s Song. Bailey, Jenn. The Twelve Hours of Christmas. Bateman, Donna M. Out on the Prairie. Bates, Ivan. Five Little Ducks. Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful: [continue reading]
Interactive Books for Storytime
Revised September 2026 Pop-up, Flap, Tactile, and Interactive Books Alper, Sascha. The Littlest Drop. Amato, Max. Perfect. Anstee, Ashlyn. Tickle Tickle, Little Tum. Barnett, Mac. Twenty Questions. Birdsong, Bea. Boop! Bonenfant, Pascale. Play with Jay! [continue reading]
Fractured Fairytales
Revised September 2026 Revised January 2026 Aesop’s Fables Hartman, Bob. The Wolf Who Cried Boy. Lessie, Pat. Fablesauce: Aesop Reinterpreted in Rhyming Couplets. Levine, Gail Caron. Betsy Who Cried Wolf. Rosenthal, Paul. Yo, Aesop! Get [continue reading]
Social and Emotional Learning
Social and Emotional Learning Picture Books Revised September 2026 Ahmed, Nadia. The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Everything. Ahmed, Roda. Etta Extraordinaire. Alexander, Claire. A Little Bit of Respect. Alper, Sascha. The Littlest [continue reading]
Six Preliteracy Skills
Six Preliteracy Skills and Picture Books That Promote Them Revised September 2026 Storytimes include books that encourage all of the six preliteracy skills important for preschoolers to learn, so that they are ready to [continue reading]
Five Parent Practices
List of Picture Books That Promote the Five Parent Practices Revised September 2026 Many libraries are helping parents to prepare their young children to learn to read, using tips from Every Child Ready to [continue reading]
Dance Party Storytime
Storytime Dance Party Revised September 2026 Dance party programs are one of the latest innovations in storytime, encouraging movement and exercise as well as self-expression and the enjoyment of music. You can think of a [continue reading]
Short Informational Picture Books
Short Informational Picture Books Revised September 2026 Abbas, Marzieh. The Camel Library: A True Story from Pakistan. Illus. by Anain Shaikh. Feiwel, 2025. Ackerman, Sara Holly. Not Just the Driver! Adler, David A. Magnets Push, [continue reading]