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Lola at the Library
Start here around ages 2 to 5. Lola and her mom take the books back, find more to borrow, and stay for story time. Pause at her library card and ask your child where they might keep their own card on the way to the library.
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Maisy Goes to the Library
Maisy wants a book about fish and a quiet place to look at it. The other things happening around the library show children that the building serves lots of purposes at once. For ages 2 to 5, try asking what topic they want to look for before setting out.
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Library Lion
A lion learns the library’s rules and enjoys story time, then has a good reason to be loud. This is a longer read-aloud for roughly ages 4 to 8. Ask when a quieter voice helps other readers and when it is important to speak up and get help.
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The Not So Quiet Library
Oscar and Theodore expect their usual Saturday library visit. A monster who thinks books are for eating makes their routine a little louder. For about ages 3 to 7, let the child point out what a real library has in common with this one before laughing about the monster.
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Library Babies (2020)
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This short board book lets babies and toddlers see a story-time spot, shelves and a first library card. Try it for roughly ages 0 to 4 before a visit. Let the child find the library card on the page and then look for the place they can get one.
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Bunny’s Book Club
A bunny falls for books after listening to outdoor story time and sneaks in with his friends through the returns slot. The librarian helps them borrow properly. Read it with ages 3 to 7, then ask what they could do to get a real library card.
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Biscuit Loves the Library (2014)
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Biscuit explores puppets and recorded books during a special day for pets. Read this with about ages 3 to 6 or an emerging reader who likes following a familiar character. Ask what else people can do at their library besides choosing books.
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Dinosaur vs. the Library
For about ages 2 to 5, join the dinosaur in roaring on the way to the library, then turn the volume down for story time. It gives children a way to practice listening without assuming they’ll be perfectly still.
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Peppa Pig: Peppa Goes to the Library
Peppa and her family have a reason to find the return desk. Daddy Pig’s book is overdue. The brief board book suits ages 2 to 5 and gives grown-ups an opening to point out the due date and decide when to go back together.
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Madeline Finn and the Library Dog
Madeline feels nervous reading aloud until a library dog named Bonnie gives her a patient audience. Try with ages 4 to 8. Look for a reading-to-dogs program if your library has one, or let your child practice with a stuffed animal.
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Read It, Don't Eat It! (2009)
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Animals demonstrate what can happen when people forget how to take care of borrowed books. For about ages 3 to 6, choose one gentle rule to remember on the way home, or let your child come up with a rule the animals forgot.
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Library Books Are Not for Eating!
Ms. Bronte is a teacher with one bad habit. She eats the school’s library books. Try this dinosaur story around ages 3 to 7, then let the child pick a spot at home where a borrowed book can stay safe until it goes back.
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Curious George Visits the Library
George finds so many books he wants that he piles a cart high. Share it around ages 3 to 6, then pick one book to start with and ask how many you may check out. The library’s own answer is part of the visit.
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Book! Book! Book!
Farm animals want a book, but the librarian can’t make sense of most of their sounds. The hen gets closer with every cluck. Ages 2 to 5 can join in, then practice two words they might say to ask for a book.
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Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library (2016)
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A rhyming warning imagines the problems a huge dragon could cause in the library. Around ages 4 to 8, talk about what the dragon could do to make room for other readers. The playful exaggeration gives hesitant children a low-stakes way to think about library manners.
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The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians
Melvin keeps finding new things he wants to learn, and librarians help him find answers as he grows older. Ages 4 to 8 can bring a question on their first visit and ask where the library keeps books that might answer it.
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The Berenstain Bears: We Love the Library
The Bear family’s visit gives young readers a familiar set of faces to follow past the shelves. For ages 4 to 8, let each book on the cover spark a guess about what a bear might like to read. At the library, pick a shelf that matches one of those guesses.
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Bats at the Library
When a window is left open, bats fly into a library at night and get swept into books and story time. For ages 4 to 8, try finding the reading nooks at your own library and imagining which one a bat would pick.
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The Book Hog
Book Hog loves collecting books and can’t read them yet. Miss Olive welcomes him to story time. A reassuring choice for ages 3 to 6 who worry that a library is for people already reading, or who are more interested in pictures than words today.
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A Library Book for Bear
Bear tells Mouse he already has enough books. Then Mouse suggests books Bear would never think to try, and a librarian gives him a reason to listen. Apt for ages 3 to 7 who have one favorite and could use a gentle invitation to browse.
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The Library Fish
A fish who lives at the library listens to stories and sees what the bookmobile brings to the neighborhood. Ages 3 to 7 can use her point of view to see the room from a new angle. What would you see if you stayed behind after closing?
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