Read: Gone Fishing by Tamera Will Wissinger
In this novel told through poems, nine-year-old Sam loves fishing with his dad, so when his pesky little sister horns in on their fishing trip, he is none too pleased. Includes primer on rhyme, poetry techniques, rhythm, stanzas, and poetic forms.

Read: Be a Maker by Katey Howes
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to make everything from a tower to a charitable donation, alone or with neighbors.

Listen: Mary Engelbreit's Mother Goose by Mary Engelbreit
A collection of nearly one hundred nursery rhymes, including "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and other familiar poems, as well as "Mary had a Pretty Bird" and other less familiar ones.

Watch: Atoms
Science is fun! Learn all about Atoms, the building blocks of matter. This silly and scientifically accurate story brings chemistry to life in a way that little ones will enjoy. From protons, to neutrons and electrons, the periodic table, and so much more; learning the basics of chemistry has never been more fun!

With a simple rhyming structure, colorful illustrations, and fun characters, this book turns complex principles into funny, age appropriate and easily understandable lessons.

Watch: Studying Black Poets - And the Five Essential Elements of Poetry
Learn all about the five essential elements of poetry, while studying Black poets like Amanda Gorman, Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. Imagery, rhythm, sound, density and line are defined and exemplified in a way that encourages young students to explore their own poetic voices. Rap music also gets analyzed for its poetic elements? Detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video reinforce important concepts.

Read: El Deafo by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."

Read: The Life Heroic by Elizabeth Svoboda
Examines the qualities shared by everyday heroes, explaining to readers how the people making the greatest impact are not always the ones making headlines.

Listen: Powerless by Matthew Cody
Daniel Corrigan and his parents have just moved to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, when Daniel (who's a big fan of Sherlock Holmes and therefore a careful observer) notices something odd about his neighbor Mollie and her friends. While they may look like ordinary kids, all of them have super-human abilities that they use to keep the town safe. After confessing their secret to Daniel, Mollie and the other super-kids reveal the catch -- like similarly gifted kids from the town's past, they'll all lose their special abilities and their memories of ever being heroes as soon as they turn 13. That is, unless Daniel can solve the mystery behind the loss of their powers first!

Watch: Supertato
Good battles against evil among the aisles of a local supermarket in this slapstick comedy animation series featuring the world’s greatest potato superhero. The supermarket may be closed but everything is far from quiet in the aisles. Evil Pea has escaped her icy lair in the freezer and is determined to take over the store forever. Based on the bestselling books by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, this brand-new action-packed animation series follows the adventures of Supertato, the world’s greatest potato superhero, as he and his fruit and veg pals do everything they can to try and stop Evil Pea.

Create: Superhero Paper Plate Masks
Create and wear the masks of your favorite superheroes!

Read: How Do Flies Walk Upside Down? by Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger
A series of questions and answers provides information about the physical characteristics, senses, eating habits, life cycles, and behavior of different insects.

Read: Masterpiece by Elise Broach
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Listen: Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
EA young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.

Watch: My Pet and Me: Stick Insects
Max and Poppy show Ferne their stick insects, and they learn how to look after them, how to pick out their eggs, and how to hold them properly. A BBC Production.

Create: Clothespin Bee Craft
Make a cute bee friend at home! It’s easy and young kids will love to create and play with it.

Read: Learn French Words by M.J. York
Provides useful words, numbers, greetings, and phrases in French. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, an introduction to the basic grammatical rules of the language, and an introduction to the author and illustrator.

Listen: Hear-Say Spanish by Donald S. Rivera
Helps kids learn Spanish: First they hear a sound, then the word in the target language!

Listen: Learn Italian - Impara L'Inglese
Nursery rhyme songs to learn Italian, including the Bingo Song, Ten Little Speckled Eggs, and Learn Rainbow Colors.

Watch: Nita's First Signs
Baby sign language is an amazing tool of communication for little ones, and Nita’s First Signs makes it easy and fun! Get ready to learn ten essential signs, including eat, more, love, please, and thank you. Each sign is taught in context through a cute, simple story between baby Nita and her parents. With clear visuals set at a steady pace, little ones and guardians alike will learn baby sign language with ease! Nita’s First Signs is written by Kathy MacMillan, illustrated by Sara Brezzi and published by Familius with ASL/deaf culture advising done by Dr. Barbara Kannapell.

Watch: 10 Little Fish
Harry Bear and his friends are back, this time in English and Spanish! Dive in, splash along, and count all the fun fish as they swim in the lake. From one to ten, and from diez to uno, count them all while learning opposites like short, long / corto, largo; descriptions like yellow, blue / amarillo, azul; actions like swim, dive / nadar, saltar; and so much more!

10 LITTLE FISH combines numbers with simple adjectives ("fish above, fish below; seven fish, fast and slow") and simple verbs ("swim and dive fish, here are five fish"). This fun story is a perfect way to introducing kiddos to language arts in both English y Español.

Read: Chicken Big by Keith Graves
A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.

Read: Marvin Wanted MORE! by Joseph Theobald
Since Marvin the sheep is not happy with the way he is, he decides to keep eating until there's nothing more to eat, in a new edition of a silly tale about self-acceptance.

Listen: Small Pig by Arnold Lobel
Because the farmer's wife insists on cleaning his mud puddle, a little pig runs away to the city where he becomes permanently stuck in what he thought was a mud puddle.

Watch: Secret Life of Farm Animals
A magical new series that will change the way we look at farm animals forever. Meet the sheep who thinks he’s a dog, the lonely goose who’s in love with his own reflection and the cows who love music. Each episode is set against the backdrop of a farming season and follows the birth and development of one animal character – a lamb, a calf and a piglet. Along the way the series meets a whole supporting cast of animals – from harvest mice to ducklings. Full of extraordinary revelations and heart-warming stories, this enchanting series shines a light on a hidden world that has been virtually overlooked. Until now.

Create: Farm Sensory Bin
Use items around the house to make this fun sensory experience! Kids will love getting their hands dirty and experiencing different textures.

Read: Pizza and Taco by Stephen Shaskan
Best friends Pizza and Taco engage in a hilarious campaign to prove which of them is the best, inviting their friends Hot Dog and Hamburger to help them prove themselves during a popularity contest that tests the strength of their bond.

Read: Tito the Taco's Journey by Dan Owl Greenwood
Embark on a delightful bedtime adventure - a captivating children’s book that will whisk your little ones away to the enchanting world of Mexico! This vibrant bedtime story, crafted with care and imagination, is the perfect way to end the day.

Join Tito the Taco, a cheerful little treat, on a journey through the colorful landscapes of Mexico. With each page, young readers will be captivated by Tito’s spirited personality and the magical places he explores.

Listen: Pete the Cat's Wacky Taco Tuesday by James Dean and Kimberly Dean
It's Tuesday, and Pete is hungry for delicious tacos. But the taqueria is closed! Pete has an idea—he and his family will make their own tacos, even if they don't have the typical toppings. Will a scoop of creativity and a dollop of problem-solving be the right ingredients to save Taco Tuesday? Join Pete the Cat in this story full of family, friends, and wacky tacos!

Watch: Dragons Love Tacos (Read Along) by Adam Rubin
Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa...oh, boy. You're in red-hot trouble. The award-winning team behind Those Darn Squirrels! has created an unforgettable, laugh-until-salsa-comes-out-of-your-nose tale of new friends and the perfect snack. This title has Read-Along subtitles.

Create: Taco Card
Use colorful construction paper to make a taco that opens up to show a hidden message inside! This taco craft is so cute, and it’s really easy to make, just like the food itself.

Read: Women's Art Work by Sophia Bennett
Discover the work of female artists who have made their mark on the art world. Women’s Art Work introduces readers to the lives and work of the world’s most renowned artists. This collection celebrates the creativity of women in more than 30 biographies, investigating their practices and exploring their contributions to the art world. From early pioneers to today’s most radical creators, these women have overcome obstacles, broken boundaries and enriched our understanding of what art is and can be.

Read: The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can’t draw - she’s no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. “There!” she says.

That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti’s journey of surprise and self-discovery.

Listen: The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day
Transporting readers back to turn-of-the-century Paris where they will bear witness to the heist of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, which made it the most famous artwork in the world, this nonfiction thriller is shot through with stories of crime and celebrity, genius and beauty.

Watch: Art
Children are introduced to the imaginative world of art and how a picture really can be worth a thousand words.

Create: Art with Joy
Follow along with this series of videos to create art! Joy’s gentle no-fail teaching method encourages children to develop their own vision, to use their imaginations, allowing them to draw for themselves and most of all, to enjoy their own art.

Read: The Awakening Storm by Jaimal Yogis
When the dragon egg she was given by a mysterious old lady hatches, Grace and her friends must protect it from those who want to abuse its powers.

Read: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland
Determined to end a generations-long war among the seven dragon tribes, a secret movement called the Talons of Peace draws on a prophecy that calls for a great sacrifice, compelling five appointed dragonets to fulfill a painful destiny against their will.

Listen: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the quiet and thoughtful son of the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, tries to pass the important initiation test of his Viking clan by catching and training a dragon. Can Hiccup do it without being torn limb from limb?

Join his adventures and misadventures as he finds a new way to train dragons - and becomes a hero.

Watch: Rupert and the Knight
Rupert loses his battle to break an age-old tradition when his attempts to kindle a friendship between a knight and a fire-breathing dragon ultimately end up with them engaged in a duel to the death. Only after does Rupert realize that the fight was staged and now, having done what was traditionally expected of them, the dragon and knight can co-exist as friends.

Create: Paper Dragon Puppet
Whether you want to set up a 10 minute, nearly no-mess craft, educate little ones about Chinese New Year, or you just want to incorporate more pretend play into the day, these quick dragon puppets fit the bill.

Read: When I Get Sick by Dagmar Geisler
The perfect tool to teach children about infectious, chronic, and mental illnesses they may be experiencing firsthand. The children in this book discuss their different experiences with being sick so that every reader can find themselves on these pages. Children will learn about germs, viruses versus bacterial infections, and contagious versus noncontagious illnesses and issues. They’ll see children attend doctor’s appointments, experience blood tests and imaging, and even spend time in the hospital for surgeries. Preventative techniques such as handwashing, a healthy diet and exercise, and vaccinations are also discussed in detail.

Read: The Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Join Mama, Papa, Brother, and Sister as they head to Doctor Grizzly’s office for their important check-ups where they will have their temperatures taken, their eyes examined, and their ears looked in. This beloved story is the perfect way to introduce children to what happens when they go to the doctor.

Listen: Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson
When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.

Watch: A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Amos McGee was a zookeeper who always made time for his animal friends. One day, when his sniffles and sneezes prevented him from going to the zoo, he received some unexpected guests. This is a gently humorous tale of friendship and dedication.

Watch: Feeling Sick is No Fun
Jay and the team talk about what it's like to feel sick and how you might not feel like playing.

Read: Alone in the Woods by Rebecca Behrens
Rising eighth-graders Jocelyn and Alex, former best friends forced together on a family vacation, must cooperate to survive when they get lost in the Wisconsin Northwoods.

Read: Wildfire! by Ashely Wolff
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal the struggles of forest animals to survive when fire breaks out on Spruce Mountain, and the actions of the firefighters who work through the night to stop the blaze.

Listen: Wildoak by C.C. Harrington
Twelve-year-old Maggie's stutter causes her much heartache and only her menagerie of pets, whom she can speak with fluidly, provide her comfort, but when she finds Rumpus, an abandoned snow leopard in a forest in Cornwall, their chance encounter will change their lives forever.

Watch: Exploring Forest Biomes
Using vivid footage filmed on location around North America, this video explores the characteristics, locations, and inhabitants of the three main types of forests – deciduous forests, coniferous forests, and rainforests. Additional concepts and terminology: biome, rainfall, climate, deciduous tree, coniferous tree, taiga, tropical and temperate rainforests, and epiphyte.

Create: Bear and Owl Finger Puppets
These bear and owl finger puppets are so cute and your child will enjoy imaginative play time with these two fun characters.