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Books and reading Children Books and reading Children's literature Bibliography Enfants Livres et lecture Literacy Study and teaching (Elementary) Audio-visual aids Literacy Study and teaching (Primary) Audio-visual aids Oral reading Reading (Primary) Reading Parent participation Reading readinessSummary: Inspire a love of reading and enjoy tales featuring favorite PBS KIDS bookworms. Daniel Tiger and O the Owl read together at the library. Then, Alma shares books with her community. Plus, Buster reads to win prizes, Watt and Windy visit the library, Rosie helps Mom set up for story time at the bookstore and much, much more.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Schulze, Bianca
Summary: 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up provides a comprehensive list of kid-friendly books for children to read before they grow up. This must-read review list acts as an interactive journal where kids can document the books they read, why they like them, and how they rate them. Divided into sections by subject, from fairy tales and fantasy to sports and nonfiction, 101 Books to Read Before You...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Published by Walter Foster Jr., a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 028.5 SCHSummary: "Kids will build confidence all summer long as they master early literacy skills with interactive games, challenges, and storybooks. Summer Reading helps kids to: Stay motivated to read; Maintain reading skills and avoid summer slide; Get excited about using the library; Keep discovering and learning all summer long!"--Provided by publisher
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD BONSummary: Welcome to a library like no other! The doors swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Between 2014Pearl, Melissa Sherman
Summary: "Kids can make a difference too! In this How Do They Help? collection featuring charities started by children, readers will explore the ways Sheltering Books contributes positively to the world. Discover this nonprofit's work and what problems they look to solve. Sidebars and backmatter ask questions for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 028.5 PEAHale, Bruce
Summary: When Clark the Shark has a loose tooth, he has to go to a dentist, but Clark has heard that the dentist is scary.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Bacon, Beth
Summary: OK. So, you have to read for 20 minutes, but you don't want to. Maybe your mom or dad or teacher even has a timer--yikes! If you have to read, but you don't like reading, this book is for you! If someone's bugging you to open a book, grab this one. In this book, you'll zoom through 20 minutes of reading ... without really reading!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BACBackes, Laura.
Contents: Where do I start? -- When bribes fail: how to help your child learn to love reading -- Finding your way: a road map to the children's book department -- Taking the first step -- Keeping it simple -- Making the transition -- Stretching it out -- Ready for anything -- Further recommended reading -- Resources for parents.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Prima Pub. 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 028.162 BACJennings, Terry Catasús
Summary: All Dominguita Melendez wants to do is read. Her favorite books are classics, which she read with her abuela every night before she moved away. One story, Don Quijote, tells of a brave knight-errant who does good deeds. Dominguita decides she, too, will become a knight and do good deeds around her neighborhood. But when the class bully tells her girls can't be knights, Dominguita is determined...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD JENLloyd, Megan Wagner
Summary: Katie loves building with blocks. She's bored by books. Her brother Owen likes to lose himself in a story. A school librarian convinces them to see the possibilities in the other's hobby.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LloCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC LLOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE LLOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LLOLambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: As the parent of a "multiracial, adoptive, queer, blended family" that now includes nine children, Lambert strove to help her children realize their individual, unique potential, and be defined by their own thoughts, dreams, hope, fears, strengths, struggles, and triumphs. Here she shows how shared reading forged a common ground: either reading together or discussing books they had read...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2023
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Summary: Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours on end to discover the secret of the Philosopher's Stone? Combining clear, practical advice with inspiration, wisdom, tips, and curated reading lists, How to Raise a Reader, from the authors of the original and viral New York Times Books feature, shows you how to instil the joy and time-stopping...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649 PAUCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 PAUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 PAUSummary: "A collection of 121 letters by authors, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers about the impact reading has had on their lives. Every letter is accompanied by a full page illustration"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 028.5 VELSmart, Maya Payne
Summary: "Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.4 SMACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 372.4 SMAMoen, Christine Boardman.
Summary: These engaging hands-on activities help students demonstrate and build their comprehension targeting key reading objectives -- from summarizing information to recognizing different points-of-view. Activities include easy instructions links to literature and a student sample. A number of reproducible template pages are also included.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 371.95 MOEJohnston, Amber O'Neal
Summary: "A guide for families of all backgrounds to celebrate cultural heritage and embrace inclusivity in the home and beyond"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Gurdon, Meghan Cox
Summary: Examines how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful, and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.58 GUR1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 649.58 GUR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parent GurdonHamilton, Emma Walton.
Summary: This book offers creative strategies, tips, and activities to help young people discover--or rediscover--the joy and empowerment of reading.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beech Tree Books 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.58 HAMMackenzie, Sarah
Summary: Champions the lifelong benefits of reading aloud to children and offers book lists, strategies, and tools parents can use to form deep and lasting connections with their kids.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Zondervan 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Parent-Teacher Collection, Call number: JPT 372.45 MACAllyn, Pam.
Summary: In What to Read When, award-winning educator Pam Allyn celebrates the power of reading aloud with children. In many ways, books provide the first opportunity for children to begin to reflectively engage with and understand the world around them. Not only can parents entertain their child and convey the beauty of language through books, they can also share their values and create lasting...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avery 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: 649.58 ALLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.58 ALLPerrin, Noel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dartmouth College, published by University Press of New England 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.009 PERPerish, Patrick
Summary: Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to collared lizards. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.McMullan, Kate
Summary: A rhyming survey of a number of animals and how they rest or go to sleep, leading up to a child's own experience of going to bed.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Welcome to a library like no other! The doors swing open to reveal a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014