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You're watching author Mo Willems make slop! In I Really Like Slop!, Piggie invites Gerald to try her favorite food . . . slop. But Gerald is not so sure he's going to like it. At all. (more) Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.

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Your pal Mo teaches you, step-by-step, how to draw Piggie from The Elephant & Piggie Series. The Thank You Book is the 25th and final book in The Elephant & Piggie series. Find all 25 Elephant & Piggie adventures at:http://pigeonpresents.com/

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Super easy to use...

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

Spanish children's stories:

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Book themed events calendar:

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Free Online Books for Elementary School Students

https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/free-online-books-for-elementary-students/

JLG is offering free  ebooks and audiobooks

Hi all,

 

I hope you all are well and safe! As you probably know, Brooklyn Public Library is closed to protect our staff and public from COVID-19. But that doesn't mean we aren't hard at work! Here are some virtual programs for young children and some online resources for families! Please share with your networks. And if you have resources we can share, let me know! We are desperately looking for more resources in other languages.

 

Virtual Storytime

Our wonderful children's librarians are offering Virtual Storytime 2-3 times per day, Monday through Saturday at 11:00 and 2:00 and on Sundays at 11:00 on LIVE on our Brooklyn Public Library Facebook page. Some staff are offering Bedtime Stories in their PJ's at 7:00 when we schedule it. Follow us on Facebook or visit https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/list/Virtual%20Programming for this and other virtual programs.

 

Read, Play, Grow at Home

In our latest BKLYN Kids Blog post, Jessica Ralli offers tips for helping keep families on schedule, screen time do's and don't's, and our favorite resources for at home learning!

 

Virtual New and Expecting Parent Support Group

Facilitated by Jennette Selig, PD (DTI), CLEC, CCCE. Jennette is a neighborhood mom in North Brooklyn, childbirth educator, and lactation educator/counselor. We will be using Zoom to host this program, space is limited, and you will need either a computer with audio and webcam or a telephone in order to participate. We will be sending the log in information to participants Thursday, so keep an eye out for the email! Please register here.

 

Online Resources

• Don't worry if you don't have that many books at home at the moment. The library is here to help! Use your library card to access Bookflix--streaming video storybooks paired with related non-fiction and fiction titles. And Tumbleooks has online stories, too!
• You can get a BPL e-card if you don’t currently have a library card to use our online resources and check out ebooks. Anyone who lives, works, or studies in New York State can get a library card.
• Search our catalog for ebooks and audio books. Audio books are great for kids and develop vocabulary, reading comprehension, and listening skills.
• Use Beanstack to get regular book recommendations based on children's interests or fill out a BookMatch form to get librarian-curated book lists. Our staff are focusing on ebooks at this time!

Do-it-Yourself Storytimes

Our children's librarians are curating wonderful song and rhyme video playlists, paired with ebooks, and other recommendations!

• Do-it-Yourself Storytime by Ms. Kathy
• Do-it-Yourself Storytime by. Ms. Stefanie
• Do-it-Yourself Storytime by Ms. Ann (farm animals)
• Do-it-Yourself Storytime by Ms. Ann (bears)
• Do-it-Yourself Storytime by Ms. Ann (hide and seek)