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Browse Books

Browse our best books for children under 5, and get expert staff recommendations. Encouraging a love of books is a great way to help your child get ready for reading.

Tips for Parents

Sing throughout the day and make up your own silly songs to introduce new vocabulary.

Let's Get Ready for Reading!

Easy, everyday activities that you do with your child help to build important pre-reading skills.

Talk

Talking with your child helps build language and vocabulary skills.

Read

Reading together is the best way to help your child become a strong reader.

Sing

Singing helps your child hear the sounds in words and build their vocabulary.

Play

Play is how children learn, and how they come to understand their world.

Write

Writing helps children learn that letters and words represent sounds and have meaning.

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