Staycation

Think a vacation means traveling somewhere exotic? Think again! Sometimes all you need is rest and relaxation at home with your family. The books in this collection will help families explore fun and leisure activities that can be done in their own home. 

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Fun At-Home Activities: Early Childhood Literacy

Try these fun, at-home activities to support your 3- through 5-year-old’s literacy development!

Fun At-Home Activities: Early Childhood Literacy (en Español)

Try these fun, at-home activities to support your 3- through 5-year-old’s literacy development!

Fun At-Home Activities: Phonological Awareness

Try these fun, at-home activities to support your 3- through 5-year-old’s literacy development!

Fun At-Home Activities: Phonological Awareness (en Español)

Try these fun, at-home activities to support your 3- through 5-year-old’s literacy development!

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Playing From the Heart

Written by Peter H. Reynolds
When a young boy begins to play on his family’s piano, reveling in the fun of plunking the keys, his father signs him up for lessons so that he can learn to play properly.
3rd - 5th
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Blackout

Written and Illustrated by John Rocco
Using the blackout of 2003 as inspriation, the author follows a fictional family on a hot summer...
Pre-K - 1st
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Cookbook (National Geographic Kids)

Written and Illustrated by Barton Seaver
Join Barton Seaver—master chef and National Geographic Explorer—on a year-round culinary adventure...
3rd - 7th
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Froggy Bakes a Cake

Written by Jonathan London and Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz
It is Froggy’s mother’s birthday, and Froggy wants to make her cake all by himself! In the kitchen...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Our Great Big Backyard

Written by Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager and Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
#1 New York Times bestselling authors former First Lady Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Bush Hager...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Maker Lab: Outdoors

Written by Jack Challoner
Projects focus on Earth and the environment, plants and animals, weather, water, and physics...
3rd - 7th
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Siesta

Written by Ginger Foglesong Guy and Illustrated by Rene King Moreno
What do you get when you combine an empty blue backpack, a sleepy brother and sister, and a houseful...
Pre-K - 3rd

Dear Treefrog

Written by Joyce Sidman and Illustrated by Diana Sudyka

I See You
suddenly
among the tangled green
a tiny dollop of
frog
where before
there was only leaf
 
...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Salsa

Written by Jorge Argueta and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Soup Day

Written and Illustrated by Melissa Iwai
On a cold, snowy day, a young girl and her mother shop to buy ingredients for vegetable soup. At...
Pre-K - 1st
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Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

Written by Kevin Noble Maillard and Illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Tar Beach

Written by Faith Ringgold
The story takes place in 1939, and 9-year-old Cassie Lightfoot wants to be free to leave her Harlem...
K - 3rd
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Rooftop Garden

Written by Danna Smith and Illustrated by Pati Aguilera

A group of city friends work diligently together to grow herbs and vegetables in a rooftop garden...

Pre-K - 2nd
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The Nowhere Box

Written and Illustrated by Sam Zuppardi
George tries to escape his annoying younger siblings by creating a box to nowhere. While on his...
Pre-K - 3rd

Rainbow Stew

Written by Cathryn Falwell

Splish, splash, puddle dash! It's a rainy summer day, but the vegetables in Grandpa's garden are...

Pre-K - 1st