All day long
Create your own storytime at home or in the classroom using this thematic starter. You'll find links to selected books in our catalog on this page and a downloadable PDF that includes additional elements like songs/rhymes and suggested materials.
Stories & songs about what we do all day--from baking to naptime to going to the library.
Books for Toddlers:
- Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? By Nancy White Carlstrom, 1986, (CHARACTERS Carlstrom)
- Rain Play by Cynthia Cotten, 2008 (NATURE Cotton)
- Lunch by Denise Fleming, 1995, (FAVORITES Fleming)
- Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, 1998 (FAVORITES Fleming)
- Play, Play, Play by Douglas Florian, 2018 (BOARD Florian)
- Spot Bakes a Cake by Eric Hill, 1994, (CHARACTERS Hill)
- Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora, 2002, (GROWING Isadora)
- Hello, Day! By Anita Lobel, 2008, (CONCEPTS Lobel)
- The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri, 2007, (FAVORITES Tafuri)
Books for Preschoolers:
- My Day, Your Day by Robin Ballard, 2001, (GROWING Ballard)
- Me & Mama by Cozbi A. Cabrera, 2020, (STORIES Cabrera)
- Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, 2003, (FAVORITES Chodos-Irvine)
- Small Elephants Bathtime by Tatyana Feeney, 2015 (FAVORITES Feeney)
- Waiting by Kevin Henkes 2015 (FAVORITES Henkes)
- Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes 2004 (FAVORITES Henkes)
- NO! Said Rabbit by Marjoke Henrichs, 2021, (ANIMALS Henrichs)
- Naptastrophe! by Jarrett Krosoczka 2017 (ANIMALS Krosoczka)
- Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn, 2006 (STORIES McQuinn)
- Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site by Sherry Rinker, 2011, (GO Rinker)
- YES Day! By Amy Rosenthal, 2009, (FAVORITES Rosenthal)
- The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer, 1996 (FAVORITES Schaefer)
Spanish Books:
- Con Mi Hermano/With My Brother by Eileen Roe, 1991, (BILINGUAL Roe)
- Llama Llama Rojo Pijama by Anna Dewdney, 2005 (WRLDLANG S Dewdney)
Read the Pictures! If your baby wants to flip the pages, just talk about the pictures. Point to things and name them.
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