Backpack Storytime
Can’t get to the Library for storytime? Check out a Backpack Storytime!
Each Backpack Storytime contains 3-4 books on a particular theme, a music CD, manipulatives such as puppets and puzzles, and suggested enrichment activities. Designed for children ages 3 and up, Backpack Storytimes circulate for seven days. Families can borrow one at a time..
Backpack Storytimes promote early literacy skills by providing thematic and age-appropriate literature, music and activities. These kits will help you create a fun and stimulating environment wherever you are, which is key to creating a lifelong love of books and learning.
Themes and Contents:
Backpack for Military Families (N)
Over There Daddy version (book by Dorinda Silver Williams)
Over There Mommy version (book by Dorinda Silver Williams)
Home Again (book by Dorinda Silver Williams)
H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet (book by Devin Scillian)
Love Lizzie: Letters to a Military Mom (book by Lisa Tucker McElroy)
Celebration of America (music CD by Music for Little People)
World Map Floor Puzzle (33 pieces)
Three pamphlets: Honoring Our Babies and Toddlers Activity Suggestions
Insects: Biggest! Littlest! (book by Sandra Markle)
I Love Bugs! (book by Philomen Sturges)
Insects (book by Herbert S. Zim)
Bugs: Poems About Creeping Things (book by David L. Harrison)
Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes: Little & Big Animal Folk Songs (music CD by Pete Seeger)
Insect Rubbing Plates (6)
Caterpillar Puppet
Rhymes and Fingerplays, Activity/ Craft Suggestions
Bunches of Bears (EN)
Bears on Chairs (book by Shirley Parenteau)
The 3 Bears and Goldilocks (book by Margaret Willey)
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (book by Michael Rosen)
Time for Kids: Bears! (book by Nicole Iorio)
Teddy Bear Tunes (music CD by Georgiana Stewart)
Bear Puppet
Changeable Mood Bear Puzzle Box
Rhyme, Activity/Craft Suggestions
I Love Trains! (book by Philemon Sturges)
A Train Goes Clickety-Clack (book by Jonathan London)
Trains (book by Mary Lindeen)
Choo Choo (book by Petr Horáček)
Choo Choo Boogaloo: Zydeco Music for Families (music CD by Buckwheat Zydeco)
Freight Train Felt Story Set (1 flannel background, 10 pieces, book by Donald Crews)
Build-A-Train Play Puzzle (9 pieces)
Rhyme, Activity/Craft Suggestions
Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Book About Colors and Counting (book by Emma Dodd)
I Spy Colors in Art (book by Lucy Micklethwait)
Colors Everywhere (book by Tana Hoban)
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors (book by Joyce Sidman)
Color Wheel Cartwheel (music CD by Laura Freeman)
Hide ‘n’ Squeak Eggs (1 carton, 6 chicks with shells)
Color Glasses
Rhyme, Activity Suggestions
Buying, Training, & Caring for Your Dinosaur (book by Laura Joy Rennert)
Dinosaur Roar! (book by Paul and Henrietta Stickland)
Dinosaurs! (book by Gail Gibbons)
Gnash, Gnaw, Dinosaur!: Prehistoric Poems with Lift-the Flap Surprises! (book by Tony Mitton)
Dinosaur Rock (music CD by DinoRock)
Build-A-Saurus Dino (17 pieces)
Dinosaur Egg Puppet
Rhymes, Activity/Craft Suggestions, and 2 Laminated Dinosaur Templates
Why Do Dogs Bark? (book by Joan Holub)
Harry the Dirty Dog (book by Gene Zion)
Loose Leashes (book by Amy Schmidt)
BINGO (book by Rosemary Wells)
Kids Dance Party (music CD by The Party Cats)
Flannel Background (1) with BINGO Flannel Pieces (6)
Super Sized Floor Puzzle (24 pieces)
Rhymes and Songs
Activity/ Craft Suggestions
Big Red Barn (book by Margaret Wise Brown)
Old MacDonald Had a Farm (book by Jane Cabrera)
Hen Hears Gossip (book by Megan McDonald)
My Day at the Farm (book by Jory Randall)
Who Says Quack? (book by Jerry Smath)
A Day at the Farm with Farmer Jason (Music CD)
Farm Animal Finger Puppets (6)
Fridge Farm Magnetic Animal Set (one magnetic farm base, 10 animal pieces and instructional booklet)
Song, Rhymes, and Activity Suggestions
Froggy Goes to School (book by Jonathan London)
Mouse’s First Day of School (book by Lauren Thompson)
The Kissing Hand (book by Audrey Penn)
Panda Kindergarten (book by Joanne Ryder)
School Days (music CD)
Fisher-Price Little People Play ‘n Go School (schoolhouse with 7 pieces)
Songs and Activities
DK First Atlas (book by Anita Ganeri)
Global Babies (board book)
Say Hello! (book by Rachel Isadora)
To Be A Kid (book by Maya Ajmera)
Yoko (book by Rosemary Wells)
Multicultural Children’s Songs (music CD by Ella Jenkins)
Dress-To-Nest Dolls (5 pieces)
Stacking Rainbow Dancing Children (6 pieces)
Rhymes, Activity/Craft Suggestions
Picnics and Playgrounds (N)
Slide, Already! (book by Kit Allen)
Please Play Safe!: Penguins Guide to Playground Safety (book by Margery Cuyler)
Ready for Anything (book by Keiko Kasza)
Bats at the Beach (book by Brian Lies)
Picnic Playground: Musical Treats from Around the World (music CD by Putumayo)
Lady Bug Bean Bags (6)
Flannel Background with Felt Fruit Pieces (18)
Rhyme, Activity/ Craft Suggestions
Not All Princesses Dress in Pink (book by Jane Yolen)
The Princess Encyclopedia (book by Jo Casey)
Princess Bess Gets Dressed (book by Margery Cuyler)
The Princess and the Pea (book by Rachel Isadora)
Disney’s Princess Collection: The Music of Hopes, Dreams, and Happy Endings (music CD by Disney)
Prince & Princess Magnetic Wooden Dress-Up (2 dolls, 2 doll stands, 36 magnetic pieces of Royal Clothing)
Wand
Tiara
Craft/ Activity Suggestions
Bear’s Busy Family (book by Stella Blackstone)
My Senses (book by Leon Read)
Hello Ocean (book by Pam Munoz Ryan)
Five for a Little One (book by Chris Raschka)
Rain (book by Manya Stojic)
Move Your Body (DVD by Hi-5)
Visual Explorers (5 framed panels)
Song, Activity/ Craft Suggestions
A Trip to the Beach (N)
The Wave (book by Suzy Lee)
Miranda’s Beach Day (book by Holly Keller)
Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore (book by Jim Arnosky)
Catch a Wave: Various Artists (music CD by Music for Little People)
Binoculars
Pail and Shovel
Rhymes and Fingerplays
Activity/ Craft Suggestions
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean (book by Kevin Sherry)
Life in an Ocean (book by Carol Lindeen)
Swimmy (book by Leo Lionni)
What the Sea Saw (book by Stephanie St. Pierre)
Fins and Grins (music CD by Johnette Downing)
Jumbo Ocean Animals (4)
Scallop Puppet
Rhyme, Activity/Craft Suggestions
The Foggy Foggy Forest (book by Nick Sharratt)
Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints (book by Jim Arnosky)
I Took a Walk (book by Henry Cole)
Singable Songs for the Very Young (music CD by Raffi)
5 Green and Speckled Frogs Play Set (5 frogs, 1 log)
Flannel Backgrounds (2) with Little Red Riding Hood Felt Pieces (13)
Little Red Riding Hood Story Sheet
Rhyme, Activity/ Craft Suggestions
I’m a Big Sister (book by Joanna Cole)
I’m a Big Brother (book by Joanna Cole)
My Baby & Me (book by Lynn Reiser)
That New Animal (book by Emily Jenkins)
Black on White (book by Tana Hoban)
Come On, Get Happy (music CD by Daddy A Go Go)
Baby Cuddles Doll
Baby Blanket
Rhymes, Fingerplays & Songs Booklet
Rhymes, Activity Suggestions
Wild Birds (N)
Birds (book by Kevin Henkes)
Birds and Their Nests (book by Linda Tagliaferro)
Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists: Backyard Birds (book by Jonathan P. Latimer)
No Roses for Harry (book by Gene Zion)
You Are My Little Bird (music CD by Elizabeth Mitchell)
Binoculars
Backyard Life Habitat Puzzle
Rhyme, Fingerplay, Activity/ Craft Suggestions