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Join Teton County Library in celebrating our 75th year as a public library! Our official birthday is in January, but we’ll keep the revelry going all year round, with monthly themes that spotlight and celebrate what the library and community offer to one another.

Below, find fun online resources and books to explore based on this month’s theme. Enjoy!

Online Resources

Story Blocks
Get your child ready to read! Watch short videos modeling songs, rhymes, and fingerplays. Each video includes helpful early literacy tips and is sorted by age groups (babies, toddlers, and preschoolers).
http://www.storyblocks.org/

The Story Home
This site that provides original and classic children’s audio stories for free. Find classic, originals, podcasts, featured authors, holiday stories, animal stories, storytelling tips and more on this fun filled site.
http://thestoryhome.com/

Story Nory
Online audio stories that are free to download. You will find a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories, and poetry.
www.storynory.com

Leading to Reading
An early literacy website “where young children discover the world of reading and grownups enjoy the journey.” Young children can read, sing, play, and explore a variety of subjects and books. Also available in Spanish.
http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/leadingtoreading.htm

Books

The best story
Author:Eileen Spinelli ; illustrations by Anne Wilsdorf.
Summary:When a contest at the local library offers a prize for the best story, a girl tries to write one using her family’s suggestions, but her story does not seem right until she listens to her heart.
Call #: J PICTURE SPINELLI E

S is for story : a writer’s alphabet
Author:Esther Hershenhorn
Summary:Writer’s tips and inspiring quotes from award-winning authors dot the entries. All facets of being and becoming a writer at any level are introduced in rhyme and explained in simple text.
Call #: J PICTURE HERSHENHORN E

Drop Everything and write
Author:Linda Leopold Strauss
Summary:Drop everything and write! : an easy breezy guide for kids who want to write a story.
Call #:J 808.02 STRAUSS L

Online Databases

The Library’s databases are fun and helpful, but you need a password to access them.
If you know the password, or are using a computer inside the library, link to any of the databases below and sign in.

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