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It's Throwback Thursday and today those mischievous monkeys are back for more! If you remember Episode 24 where we read the original classic, you already know exactly how much trouble these monkeys can cause. Today we are reading More Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. The wonderful sequel to one of Storybeam's most beloved Wacky Wednesday reads. The peddler is back, the caps are back, an...

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we have possibly the most hilariously titled book we have ever read on a Wednesday and that is really saying something! We are reading We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins the brilliantly funny story of Penelope Rex who is absolutely thrilled to start school until she realizes that all of her classmates are children. And children are her favorite th...

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are celebrating one of the most heartwarming and unexpected friendships you have ever seen. We are reading Mouse and Giraffe by Kelly DiPucchio. A beautifully tender story about two creatures who could not be more different in size but discover that the truest friendships are never about how much you have in common. They are about how much you care! 📖 Grab t...

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with one of the most honest and important lessons any little one can learn. We are reading Sometimes It's Hard to Be Nice by Maggie C. Rudd. A beautifully real story that acknowledges something every child feels but rarely hears said out loud. Being kind is not always easy, and that is completely okay. What matter...

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are wandering into the most enchanting little library you have ever seen tucked inside a hollow tree, deep in a moonlit forest, shared by the most wonderful community of animal friends. We are reading Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree by Naoko Stoop. A br...

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are spending time with the most thoughtful gift giver in all of the animal kingdom! We are reading A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant by Briony May Smith. A wonderfully warm and whimsical story about finding the perfect gift for someone you love and discovering that the most meaningful presents are always the ones chosen with the biggest heart! 📖...

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the bravest, boldest and most determined little princess you have ever met! We are reading The Princess and the Giant by Caryl Hart. A wonderfully exciting story about a princess who refuses to back down when a giant threatens everything she loves. Get ready for an adventure packed Friday full of courage, cleverness and one very impressive l...

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are spending time with the most loveable, most enormous and surprisingly well mannered creatures that ever walked the earth! We are reading How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Be Kind by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. A beautifully illustrated classic about enormous dinosaurs learning the small but mighty acts of kindness that make the world a better place for everyone...

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we have possibly the most determined, most dramatic and most absolutely hilarious creature we have ever met on a Wednesday! We are reading Luigi the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen. the wonderfully silly story of a spider named Luigi who is completely convinced that he was born to be a kitten. Eight legs and all! 📖 Grab the book and support...

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are celebrating something absolutely extraordinary the unique, wonderful, one of a kind little boy in your life. We are reading Dear Boy by Paris Rosenthal. A gorgeous and heartfelt love letter to every boy who has ever been told to be tougher, quieter or smaller than he truly is. A tender and powerful reminder that boys can be brave AND gentle, loud AND kind...

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most important reminder any little one could ever hear. We are reading You're Here for a Reason by Nancy Tillman. A breathtakingly beautiful story that reminds every single child listening that they are not here by accident, that they matter deeply, and that the world is a more wonderful place simply beca...

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle, our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are reading one of the most breathtakingly beautiful and imaginative bedtime stories ever written. We are reading A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin. A stunning and lyrical story that explains how the moon changes shape each night, told through the m...

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are buckling up and heading to the skies for the most adorable travel adventure of the week! We are reading Bearplane! by Deborah Underwood a wonderfully sweet story about a little bear experiencing the excitement and wonder of air travel. And what a perfect way to wrap up a week that started with Flight School on Monday this week Storybeam has been all...

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the most mysterious, most thrilling and most bookish adventure we have ever had on a Friday night! We are reading The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty a wonderfully atmospheric story about a mysterious creature who sneaks through the forest at night stealing bedtime stories from sleeping animals. Who is the Snatchabook? And why are they taking...

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are spending time with the most wonderfully demanding little mouse in all of picture book history! We are reading If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff. The hilarious classic about a mouse who just needs one tiny thing and somehow ends up needing absolutely everything. If you have never read this series before get ready to fall completely in love...

It's Wacky Wednesday and today the ground is shaking, the trees are trembling and the most gloriously loud and stompy creatures that ever walked the earth are getting ready to PARTY! We are reading Dinosaurumpus by Tony Mitton. A brilliantly rhyming, foot stomping, tail shaking romp through the prehistoric world that is going to have every little listener jumping off the couch and dancing alon...

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are soaring high above the rooftops of New York City with the most wonderful grandmother you have ever met! We are reading Abuela by Arthur Dorros. A beautiful and magical story about a little girl named Rosalba and her beloved Abuela who take flight together over their city, discovering it in the most extraordinary and joyful way imaginable. A gorgeous celeb...

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the biggest, boldest, most soaring dream you have ever heard! We are reading Flight School by Lita Judge the absolutely hilarious and deeply inspiring story of a little penguin with the heart of an eagle who marches into flight school and announces that he was born to fly. The only problem? Penguins cannot fly. O...

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle! Our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are wrapping up the weekend with something truly extraordinary a love letter to the beautiful world we all share. We are reading This Land is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson a breathtakingly lyrical and gentle celebration of the land, the sky, the water and all th...

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are heading down to the shoreline for the most graceful, surprising and absolutely enchanting performance the ocean has ever seen! We are reading The Crab Ballet by Renée LaTulippe a beautifully lyrical story about crabs who discover the joy of dancing on the shore and remind every little listener that moving to your own rhythm is always something worth...

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the most unexpectedly hilarious surprise ending of the week! We are reading One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo, a delightfully funny story about a very proper little boy who visits the aquarium and politely asks his dad if he can have a penguin. What happens next is something nobody saw coming and your little ones are going to absolutely love it...

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are traveling back to 1978 for one of the most wonderfully absurd and deliciously imaginative stories ever written! We are reading Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett the legendary story of the town of Chewandswallow where it never rains water, it rains food! Breakfast, lunch and dinner fall right from the sky until things start to go very ver...

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we are about to learn the most wonderfully ridiculous, hilariously named groups of animals you have ever heard in your life! We are reading A Parliament of Owls by Devin Scillian a colorful, delightful romp through the wild and wacky world of animal group names! A flamboyance of flamingos? A murder of crows? A parliament of owls?! Get ready to shout them all out...

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are getting down low and looking very very carefully at the tiny world living right beneath our feet! We are reading The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis Manley a beautifully tender story about a little girl with the biggest heart who notices the smallest creatures and teaches everyone around her that every single life matters no matter how tiny! 📖 Grab t...

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most powerful, bold and brave energy we have ever brought to a Monday morning! We are reading I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong. A stunning celebration of a little girl who wakes up every single morning and decides to take on the whole world with everything she has got! 📖 Grab the book and support indie books...