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Did You Know?
Some songs, like “The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," and “I Had a Little Turtle” or even “This Is the Way We Wash Our Face,” tell a story or have a logical sequence. This helps children learn what comes next. Practice songs like these, or try to retell a story using a song. You’ll help your child develop sequencing skills and an understanding of what a narrative is—they’ll learn how stories work! It’s important to demonstrate that things can happen in a specific order or follow a particular progression. |
Lian Cho Bear lives alone in a lighthouse. Bear mends their clothes, sweeps the floors, and catches their own lunch. Today's lunch is Eustace. Eustace would really like to live! Will Eustace be released back into the sea? Or will he end up in Bear's stock pot? |
Maria Marianayagam "Fry Bread" meets "Bilal Cooks Daal" in this story about a girl and her mom introducing a school friend to curry — and discovering all the things that curry means to them as they learn to make it together. |
Jessie Sima Twig is a kid made of snowflakes, sticks, and stones. But when their hat blows away, they take cautious steps forward to find their hat and find out who they are. |
Kiah Thomas Wolf races to return his overdue library book before the chaos of story time begins. |
Stacy Wells Tana's friend Ana is nervous about auditioning for the school play, so Tana helps her practice and makes Ana's favorite snack. Includes recipes for Little Corn Stew and Turkey and Cream Cheese Rollups. |
Bibi Dumon Tak As hilarious as it is informative, animals give oral presentations on other animals. |
Jessica Kim Told in alternating voices, this novel follows twelve-year-old fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter, who reluctantly partner up for Phoebe's figure skating competition when Dexter is cut from the hockey team. |
A young pickpocket gets recruited into an elite group of thieves in this page-turning boarding school adventure full of heists, danger, and secret plots. |
Daniel Miyares A dramatic coming-of-age graphic novel memoir of 12-year-old Carlos (who would grow up to become the author's father), his life during the Cuban Revolution, and his family's harrowing escape to America. |
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