Family reading

Video

Washington Learning Systems has a video available over the internet about reading to kids.  To see the video, click on your language under the photo in the middle of the page.

This video clip at ReadWriteThink shows a father reading to his child at home.

Family Reading Tips

The purpose of reading to children is just to enjoy the picture book with them.  But it is also the best way to give children a good foundation for learning to read later on.  Click here for some tips on reading to kids.

Stories Without Words

These are books with no words.  The pictures tell stories that children of any age will like. 

Albert's Alphabet, by Leslie Tryon

Truck by Donald Crews

Noah's Ark, by Peter Spier

Flotsam, by David Weisner

Carl books by Alexandra Day

You Can't Take a Balloon into the Museum of Modern Art, by Jacqueline Preiss

Click here to see a complete list of stories without words in the catalog.

Keep track of your reading

Click here to save a reading log to your computer.  Print it out and cut it in two.