The Bookworm Archives

This month’s issue of “The Bookworm” features ways to help your child learn narrative skills. We encourage you to stop by your local library, where you can find alphabet books, fun storytimes, and other programs to attend. Sign up for a new library card or renew your old one. If you have not been using your card due to fines or late fees, talk with someone at the library — they may be able to work with you to reset your account.

Babies and Toddlers: “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats – English / Español

Preschool: “The Jacket I Wear in the Snow” by Shirley Neitzel – English / Español

Kindergarten: “Oh, No!” by Candace Fleming – English / Español

Happy New Year! The first “Bookworms” of 2025 focus on ways to build your child’s vocabulary at home.

Babies and Toddlers: “Animals / Los animales” from Dorling Kindersley – English / Español

Preschool: “What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? / ¿Qué harías con una cola como está?” by Steve Jenkins – English / Español

Kindergarten: “Biggest, Strongest, Fastest / El más grande, el más fuerte, el más rápido ” by Steve Jenkins – English / Español

Happy holidays! This month’s issue of “The Bookworm” features ways to help your child learn about letters. We encourage you to stop by your local library, where you can find alphabet books, fun storytimes, and other programs to attend during cold winter days. Sign up for a new library card or renew your old one. If you have not been using your card due to fines or late fees, talk with someone at the library — they may be able to work with you to reset your account.

Babies and Toddlers: “This is a Book of Shapes” by Kenneth Kraegel – English / Español

Preschool: “Llamas with Lemonade” by Ariana Koultourides – English / Español

Kindergarten: “Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten” by Joseph Slate – English / Español

This month’s Bookworm is all about reading as a family and visiting the library!

Babies and Toddlers: Share This Book by Dr. John Hutton – English / Español

Preschool: Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen – English / Español

Kindergarten: Saturday by Oge Mora – English / Español

The Bookworm is back for the 2024-2025 program year! Each month we focus on a different early literacy skill and feature great books to look for at your local library. We also share rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and other fun activities you can try at home.

Babies and Toddlers: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle – English / Español

Preschool: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak – English / Español

Kindergarten: Corduroy by Don Freeman – English / Español

Babies and Toddlers: Splash! by Leslie Patricelli – English / Spanish

Preschool: We’re Going on a Nature Hunt by Steve Metzger – English / Spanish

Kindergarten: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat – English / Spanish

Babies and Toddlers: If You’re Happy and You Know It! / ¡Si eres feliz y lo sabes! Illustrated by Annie Kubler – English / Spanish

Preschool: The Wheels on the Bus Illustrated by Annie Kubler – English / Spanish

Kindergarten: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Illustrated by Sophie Fatus – English / Spanish

Babies and Toddlers: Feeling Great! by Ailie Busby – English / Spanish

Preschool: Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp! by Margaret Mayo – English / Spanish

Kindergarten: Looking for a Moose by Phyllis Root – English / Spanish

Babies and Toddlers: Things That Go / Cosas que se mueven from Sterling Publishing – English / Spanish

Preschool: Best Foot Forward: Exploring Feet, Flippers, and Claws by Ingo Arndt – English / Spanish

Kindergarten: What if You Had an Animal Tail? by Sandra Markle – English / Spanish

Babies and Toddlers: Healthy Babies: Shapes / Figuras from Chosen Spot Publishing – English / Spanish

Preschool: The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin – English / Spanish

Kindergarten: Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bingham – English / Spanish

Babies and Toddlers: The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by Mo Willems – English / Spanish

Preschool: A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom – English / Spanish

Kindergarten: Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin – English / Spanish

Babies and Toddlers: Find Spot at the Library by Eric Hill – English / Spanish

Preschool: Maybe a Bear Ate It by Robie Harris – English / Spanish

Kindergarten: Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein – English / Spanish