Toddler Literature

A grandmother's love is forever, and her grandchildren are always in her thoughts. This grandma learns that a new grandbaby will soon be arriving. She wants to give her new little one a special gift, but her funds are low, and she is very far away, so she decides to write a book especially for her new little grandchild. Grandma writes down her fairy tales, poems, and songs that she hums softly to herself as she recalls singing them to her other grandchildren.

As Little Cub celebrates Easter with Papa, Mama, and her brother and sister, she begins to ask her papa questions about this very special day of the year. Papa lovingly explains God’s plans for his children, while taking Little Cub on a memorable walk through her stunning Arctic world, and he shares how Easter came about in clear, simple terms that even the littlest cubs can understand.

Mary Fern's bedtime series of books have help countless children to find restful gentle sleep and provided frazzled parents with a much needed break. Her new series is designed to help children stop sucking their thumbs. Each of the books helps to encourage children with a mindful approach to find the power from within them to help them break the habit. Simple poems reinforce the message that this is something they can do, and with a little help from their imaginary friends it will be an easy, and even fun journey.

Splat the Cat can't wait to be in his school play about castles and kings and queens - maybe he'll even get to play a knight! Will Splat find a way to steal the show? Join him and his classmates for another hilarious Splat the Cat adventure!

As children all over the world get ready for bed, the moon watches over them. The moon knows that when we sleep, we dream. And when we dream, we imagine what is possible and what the world can be. With poetic prose, Goodnight Racism delivers important messages about antiracism, justice, and equality in an easy-to-listen format that empowers listeners both big and small. Goodnight Racism gives children the language to dream of a better world and is the perfect audiobook to add to their social justice toolkit.

Splat is excited because his grandfather told Splat that you can hear the sea if you put a seashell up to your ear. Splat is determined to discover a shell like that to bring back for his grandfather. But as hard as he looks on the beach, all he can find is broken shells. Until he gets some help from a new friend - a whale. Splat the Cat: A Whale of a Tale is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for kids who are beginning to sound out words and sentences.

When Splat's teacher announces that the whole class is going to sing for their parents on Parents' Night, Splat is worried: he's afraid to speak in public, much less sing in public!

Hundreds of studies have concluded that listening to bed time stories together also gives you a great opportunity to create warm, wonderful memories with them, cultivate their imagination, foster empathy, lower their stress levels, and encourage engagement and conversation between parent and child. And this is where Hannah Watson’s audiobook, The Magic Unicorn, comes in. This audiobook is a collection of short bed time stories that help your toddlers fall asleep and relax, so they can dream about great unicorn fantasies all night!

Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you've wondered...what do snowmen do at night? This delightful wintertime tale reveals all! Caralyn Buehner's witty, imaginative verse offers many amusing details about the secret life of snowmen and where they go at night, while Mark Buehner's roly-poly snowmen are bursting with personality and charm.

The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus. It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have a magical adventure. It's about friendship and families, sleigh bells and Santa, singing elves and flying reindeer, music and magic. It's about discovering your heart's true desire and learning that the impossible might just be possible....

The president's retreat, Camp David, is one of the safest places in the United States. So why can't the President's son, Luke, and his friends Theo and Callie stay there without Secret Service agents constantly hovering over them, watching their every move? And yet, when an earthquake sets off a raging wildfire, causing a chain reaction that wreaks havoc at Camp David, they are suddenly on their own. Now Luke needs a plan....

In a big old house, the ladybird is visiting her friend the spider for the festive season. But those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are up to no good again. They have a devious plan - to steal the children's Christmas presents from their stockings! It's a good thing that the clever little ladybird has overheard their awful plotting, and she has a cunning plan to make sure they don't get away with it.

French bulldog Billy the Kid is one lucky pup. He has everything he could ever want: a place in Nashville, a great band, and even a cross-country tour. It's all totally tail-riffic...but he can't help but feel that something's missing. When Billy's band is scheduled to perform at Barkafeller Center on Christmas Day, he'll have to decide what matters most to him: fame or family?

Lemon Peabody loves spending time with Grandpa Walt. Even though he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and moved to an assisted living facility, he’s still the same funny, loving grandpa he’s always been. One of Grandpa’s claims to fame is his story about meeting an alien years ago—and that it looked like a garden gnome. Ever since, it’s been something of a town-wide joke, and the cause of a rift between Grandpa and Lemon’s dad. Lemon is determined to find those extraterrestrial gnomes and vindicate Grandpa Walt—while Grandpa can still remember it.

Are bedtime battles becoming a nightly struggle? Dive into the magical world of Bedtime Stories For Boys, an enchanting bedtime story collection curated by bestselling author Ella Swan.

Even if your kids have never tried meditation, this audiobook can help them create a potent new routine that enables them to relax profoundly and sleep deeply.

Meditation can help young children process their emotions and worries, release pent-up energy and feel soothed and comfortable at night. With practice and consistency, sleep meditation will surely create a more simple and joyful routine for your child and family. Designed to help kids chill out and drift off to sleep, bedtime meditation helps to bring on the "alpha" brain waves (akin to daydreaming or napping lightly) that occur prior to deeper phases of sleep. Especially at bedtime, children have a fundamental need to feel safe, cozy, and happy.

This audiobook contains 17 short stories inspired from famous classic fairy tales. In addition to 17 classic tales, you’ll get another three bonus stories from Aesop’s Fables book.

Astronaut Bedtime Stories For Kids turns bedtime struggles into a fun yet calming experience, offering solace to both parents and children alike. Let the soothing stories transport your little ones into a world of celestial wonders, easing them into a restful sleep.

An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes; her characters all teetering on the brink of self-destruction. In the famous title story, the protagonist loathes young girls but compulsively buys expensive clothes for little boys so that she can watch them dress and undress. Taeko Kono's detached gaze at these events is transfixing: what are we hunting for? And why?