Reading aloud is the single most important activity for your child's reading success. These booklists give ideas for how you can best choose and share books with your child at each stage of their development. Nurture a bright beginning with titles we recommend on our booklists!

 

Staff Picks: Ages Birth–3

  • Leo, Sleep Tight


  • White on Black


  • I Went Walking


  • Kiss by Kiss: Ocêtôwina


  • Bigger! Bigger!


  • I Can, Can You?


  • The Chicken Who Couldn't


  • Pride Colors


  • Tails Chasing Tails


  • Through the Town


  • The Box Turtle


  • Besos for Baby


  • Baby Bear's Busy Day with Brown Bear and Friends : Touch, Feel, Play!


  • Five Little Ducks


  • Upsy-Daisy, Baby!


  • How to Count to One : (and don't even THINK about bigger numbers!)


  • Who? A Celebration of Babies


  • From Head to Toe


  • Peekaboo Rex!


  • The Nose, Toes, and Tummy Book


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Staff Picks: Ages 3–6

  • B Is for Baby


  • Up, Tall and High


  • All We Need


  • The Big Umbrella


  • Knuffle Bunny


  • Frog and Toad Are Friends


  • Usha and the Big Digger


  • Playground


  • The Greedy Goat


  • Green is a Chile Pepper


  • Whose Footprint Is That?


  • How to Hug a Pufferfish


  • A Big Mooncake for Little Star


  • Jabari Jumps


  • We Are Growing!


  • I Am (Not) Scared


  • Trillions of Trees


  • Alfie: (The Turtle that Disappeared)


  • Who Wet My Pants?


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Storytime Kits

The Library’s storytime kits provide themed books, props, and suggested activities to support early literacy skills in a home or preschool setting. Kits are available at the Downtown Library, but can be placed on hold for pickup at the Ellettsville Branch or the Bookmobile. Learn more.

 

For more ways to read, check out some of our eLibrary resources like Tumblebooks, a collection of animated talking picture books, early readers, read-alongs, chapter books, graphic novels, and more! This collection is suitable for students in grades K–6. 

Updated August 12, 2024