Family Read Alouds
Reading books aloud as a family is a perfect way to spend time together while also increasing children’s reading skills. Listening to stories helps kids who are learning, and who know how to read, by building their vocabulary and comprehension skills. And above all, there’s nothing quite like sharing a story with someone. Many of these titles also exist as audio books – ask a librarian if you need help finding a title. (Updated December 2025)
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Pocket Bear
Pocket, a tiny teddy bear created as a good luck charm for WWI soldiers going into battle, joins former street cat Zephyrina in caring for other abandoned, misfit toys. A tale of bravery, loyalty, and kindness.
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Beti and the Little Round House
Beti loves her little round house in the green woods, where she has adventures through the seasons with her family, friends, and her pet goat – aptly named Naughty!
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Carnival Chaos
When Misty moved from Trinidad to Brooklyn, she wasn’t expecting to discover that she is a moko jumbie spirit. Together with her cousins who all have magic, Misty must save the West Indian Labor Day Parade from dark forces.
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Stalactite & Stalagmite
As drips of water enter a cave, they pick up minerals, creating two “nubs” that become Stalactite and Stalagmite. Listen in on the lively conversation between these two, as they witness major changes to the world over the eons.
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Cabin Head and Tree Head
Like everyone in their world, these two best friends happen to sport things on their heads. A wacky graphic novel filled with charm and whimsy.
Format: Graphic Novel
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The Peanut Man
In this beautifully illustrated picture book, Cuban refugee Coqui warmly recalls Emilio, the beloved peanut man of her hometown, when she encounters a peanut vendor at a baseball game in Georgia, where her family has relocated.
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Lost Evangeline
In this original fairy tale, tiny Evangeline (as small as a mouse!) is separated from her beloved adoptive father and winds her way through the great big world. Will she and her father find each other again?
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The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow
A young rabbit who loves stories, Butternut makes friends among the other animals and birds of Milkweed Meadow and convinces them to help her rescue a litter of orphaned coyote pups.
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My Presentation Today Is About the Anaconda
Twenty animals experience the dread and excitement of the class presentation as they deliver speeches on the species of their choice from their unique, sometimes shocking, perspectives.
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