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 Enjoy video storytimes from home!

Click on a book cover below to enjoy the featured book or view the playlist on our YouTube Channel. 

Tune in Tuesdays! Enjoy new video storytimes posted weekly at 9:30am every Tuesday on our website and YouTube!

 

  We Are the Dinosaurs by Laurie Berkner   Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner--Chronicle Books Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman-- Chronicle Books  This is the Nest that Robin Built by Denise Fleming--Simon & Schuster  The Mixed Up Truck by Stephen Savage--Macmillan Children's Publishing Group The Boy who Cried Bigfoot by Scott Magoon-- Simon & Schuster  Star stuff : Carl Sagan and the mysteries of the cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson   Sophie Johnson, Unicorn Expert by Morag Hood --Simon & Schuster  I Sleep in a Big Bed by Maria van Lieshout-- Chronicle Books  How to Trick the Tooth Fairy by Erin Russell -- Simon & Schuster  Go girls go! by Frances Gilbert-- Simon & Schuster  Flo by Kyo Maclear- Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group   Don't Tell by Tom Booth- Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group  Counting on Katherine by Helaine Becke-- MacMillan Publishing  Bark Park! by Trudy Krisher - Simon & Schuster  A Fire Truck Named Red by Randall de Sève -- MacMillan Children's Publishing Group  A Dog Named Doug by Karma Wilson-Simon & Schuster  The Good Egg by Jory John -- HarperCollins  Sealed with a Kiss by Beth Ferry-- HarperCollins  Ready to Fly  Oopsie-Do!  The Big Bed by Bunmi Laditan - Macmillan  Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin--Harper Collins Children's Books  Bark, George by Jules Feiffer -- HarperCollins Children's  You Matter by Christian Robinson--Simon & Schuster  How Many Hugs? by Heather Swain- Macmillan  The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight by Ellie Woollard - Macmillan  Some Bugs Book Cover    Lovely Beasts Book Cover   One Family Book Cover   Big Cat, Little Cat Book Cover  Maggie and Michael Get Dressed Book Cover Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima - Simon & Schuster   Hiking Day by Anne F. Rockwell - Simon & Schuster   The Weather Girls by Aki - Macmillan   It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton - Simon & Schuster  Vroom! by Barbara McClintock - Macmillan      Give me Back My Book! by Travis Foster - Chronicle  Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller - Macmillan  Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear? by Ashley Wolff - Simon & Schuster   Bumpety, Dunkety, Thumpety-Thump by K.L. Going - Simon & Schuster  Mabel and Sam at Home by Linda Urban - Chronicle  The Crocodile and the Dentist by Taro Gomi - Chronicle  Spence and Vincent, the Jellyfish Brothers by Tony Johnston - Simon & Schuster  The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton-- HarperCollins  The Three Bears by Byron Barton - HaperCollins  When I Grow Up by Julie Chen - Simon & Schuster  Puddle by Hyewon Yum - Macmillan Children's Publishing Group  Hide and Squeak by Heather Vogel Frederick - Simon & Schuster  Is That Wise Pig? by Jan Thomas - Simon & Schuster  When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes - HarperCollins  Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds - Simon & Schuster  Twinkle, Twinkle Little Car by Kate Dopirak - Simon & Schuster  I Have an Idea! by Herve Tullet - Chronicle Books  Just Add Glitter by Angela Diterlizzi - Simon & Schuster     Fancy Nancy- Bonjour, Butterfly by Jane O'Connor - HarperCollins     Cock-a-Moo-Moo by Juliet Dallas-Conté - Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group  People Share with People by Lisa Wheeler - Simon & Schuster   The Magic Word by Mac Barnett - HarperCollins  100 Bugs! A Counting Book by Kate Narita - Macmillan  Bob and Joss Get Lost! by Peter McCleery -- HarperCollins Children's Publishing   Mighty Mighty Construction Site Book Cover   If I Had a Little Dream Book Cover  This is Not a Picture Book Book Cover   All of Us by Carin Berger--HarperCollins  The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings by Richard Byrne - Macmillan  Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack - Simon & Schuster Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds - Simon & Schuster   The Nature Girls by Aki-- Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group    This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne-- MacMillan Children's Publishing Group    Pinkalicious and Aqua, the Mini-Mermaid by Victoria Kann-- HarperCollins Children's   We're Going on a Treasure Hunt by Kelly DiPucchio-- Macmillan Children's Publishing Group   Kitten and the Night Watchman by John Sullivan-- Simon & Schuster     Dear Girl,: A Celebration of Wonderful, Smart, Beautiful You! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal-- HarperCollins    Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman--Macmillan Children's Publishing Group   Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessie Sima--Simon & Schuster   The Bad Seed by Jory John-- HarperCollins Children's      From Tree to Sea by Shelley Thomas Moore-- Simon & Schuster   Yellow Kayak by Nina Laden - Simon & Schuster     Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle- Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group   The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates - Simon & Schuster    Fire Truck by Peter Sis-- HarperCollins     Three Cheers for Kid McGear by Sherri Duskey Rinker-- Chronicle Books          Big Bunny by Rowboat Watkins--Chronicle Books     Mighty Tug by Alyssa Satin Capucilli --Chronicle Books     If I Were a Jungle Anmal by Amanda Ellery - Simon and Schuster    The Dreamer by Il Sung Na - Chronicle Books   My Little Fox by Rick Chrustowski Simon & Schuster  Ta-Da! by Kathy Ellen Davis - Chronicle   I'm Sad by Michael Ian Black - Simon & Schuster Sister Day! by Lisa Mantchev - Simon & Schuster    How to Read a Story by Kate Messner - Chronicle   Crane Truck's Opposites by Sherri Duskey Rinker -- Chronicle Books     Dogs by Emily Gravett-- Simon & Schuster   Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson--Simon & Schuster    Birds by Kevin Henkes - HarperCollins    Steam Train, Dream Train Colors by Sherri Duskey Rinker - Chronicle   Hap-pea All Year by Keith Baker - Simon & Schuster      The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen-- Macmillan Publishers        Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. - Simon & Schuster   Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes by James Dean - HarperCollins   Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward - Simon & Schuster Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff - Simon & SchusterBugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner-- Chronicle Books Love, Z by Jessi Sima      No More Bows by Samantha Cotterill  Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly and James Dean--Harper CollinsLink to Puma Dreams   Link to All the Way to Havana   Grandmother Fish  Pinkalicious    Link to Breathe   Link to Press Here    Great Eggscape   If you give a cat a cupcake   Link to The Brilliant Deep   Link to Mae among the stars   Link to Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep Link to Nobody Hugs a Cactus   ""   Henny Little Red Riding Sheep 

Storytime Video Resources

Brightly Storytimes: Stories for babies through teen, categorized by age and interest.

Storyline Online: Storyline Online includes supplemental curriculum with each book that aims to strengthen comprehension and verbal and written skills for English-language learners.

TumbleBooks:  Enjoy ebooks for children, story books,  read alongs, non-fiction and videos.