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Welcome to Storybeam Selects ! the special episode where YOUR book picks take the spotlight! This week's nomination comes from our youngest nominator yet Broly, just two years old, from Maryland! Broly you may also know as our wonderful friend Froggyandturtle from the Spotify comments and we are so incredibly glad they found us! Today we are spending time with a little tortoise who wakes up on...

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 Geraldine the Music Mouse by Leo Lionni a magical, gentle story about a little mouse who discovers music living inside a giant piece of cheese and shares its extraordinary beauty with everyone around her. The perfect Sunday evening melody! 📖 Grab...

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are blasting off into outer space to tackle one of the biggest questions in our solar system what exactly happened to Pluto?! We are reading A Place for Pluto by Stef Wade a wonderfully funny and surprisingly touching story about a little planet searching for where he belongs in this great big universe! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: http...

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is wrapping up the week with the most important reminder of all! We are reading You're All Kinds of Wonderful by Nancy Tillman a breathtakingly beautiful celebration of every unique, special, one of a kind little person listening today. This one is a Friday hug in book form! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9...

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are traveling all the way back to 1942 for one of the most beloved and timeless picture books ever written! We are reading The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown the enchanting story of a little bunny who wants to run away and a mother who lovingly promises to follow him wherever he goes. A beautiful reminder that a parent's love never ever stops! 📖...

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we have the silliest, most ridiculous book ever created and the best part is there is not a single picture in it! We are reading The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak a brilliantly funny story that forces whoever is reading it aloud to say the most absurd things imaginable. Fair warning things are going to get very silly in here very fast! 📖 Grab the book and su...

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are going on a search for something that costs nothing but means absolutely everything. We are reading Finding Kindness by Deborah Underwood. A beautifully gentle story that shows little ones how kindness can be found in the smallest, most unexpected moments every single day! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250...

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most powerful three words any little one can say, I think I can! We are reading The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, the ultimate classic story about believing in yourself even when the mountain ahead looks impossibly big! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/97...

Welcome to Storybeam Selects, the special episode where YOUR book picks take the spotlight! This week's nomination comes from a very special Storybeam listener — Papa Tony, all the way from Connecticut! Tony nominated this beloved classic especially for his granddaughter and we think he has absolutely incredible taste! Today we are following the most imaginative little boy in all of picture bo...

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 The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield a breathtakingly beautiful story about a bear who discovers a piano in the forest, follows his dream all the way to the biggest stages in the world, and learns that no matter how far you go, home is always...

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are spending time with the most entertainingly stubborn panda you have ever met. We are reading The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood a brilliantly funny story about a panda who is absolutely convinced he has a problem, even when everything around him is completely and perfectly fine! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a...

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing the most hilariously determined bird you have ever met! We are reading Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems and fair warning, this pigeon is going to try EVERYTHING to get behind that wheel. Whatever you do. Do NOT let him! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780786819881 Our Storybeam S...

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are traveling all the way back to 1963 for one of the most iconic picture books ever written! We are reading Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, the legendary story of young Max, his magical forest, and the wild rumpus that has been capturing children's imaginations for over sixty years! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bo...

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we have a very frustrated peddler and a whole lot of very mischievous monkeys! We are reading Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. A classic silly story that has been making children laugh for over 75 years. See if you can stamp your feet and shake your hands right along with us! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/97800644...

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are curling up with one of the most beloved bedtime stories ever written. We are reading Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney a gentle, heartwarming story about a little bunny and his father trying to measure something that simply cannot be measured. Love! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536210637 Our Sto...

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most powerful thing any little one can do, make their mark on the world! We are reading The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds a beautiful story about a little girl who thinks she cannot draw, until one small dot changes absolutely everything! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553...

Welcome to Storybeam Selects, the special episode where YOUR book picks take the spotlight! This week's nomination comes from a very special Storybeam friend. Aziza, age 5! Aziza, this one is all for you! Today we are heading to the farm to spend time with the silliest, most loveable goose you have ever met. We are reading Petunia by Roger Duvoisin a classic story about a goose who discovers a...

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle the coziest time of the week! Tonight we are wrapping up the weekend with a very mischievous, very sparkly unicorn who absolutely cannot be trusted with a crayon. We are reading Never Let a Unicorn Scribble by Diane Alber a hilarious, colorful story that will have your little ones giggling all the way to bedtime! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://book...

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are packing our bags and taking a trip to one of the most exciting cities in the world! We are reading New York City by Apple Jordan. a colorful, vibrant tour through the city that never sleeps, perfect for little explorers with big dreams! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780593304471 Our Storybeam Suggestion...

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is taking us on the most out of this world adventure yet! Today we are jumping into the TARDIS and blasting off through time and space with Doctor Who: The Runaway TARDIS . Hold on tight! this one goes fast! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781683691846 Our Storybeam Suggestion this week, if your little ones lov...

It's Throwback Thursday and we are staying in the forest for another adventure! Today we are reading Little Acorn by Melanie Joyce, a sweet, timeless story about a tiny acorn discovering just how much potential is hidden inside something small. Paired perfectly with yesterday's Wacky Wednesday. Two acorn stories in one week! 📖 Ask your librarian to help you find it! Our Storybeam Suggesti...

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we have a little acorn with a BIG personality! We are reading Acorn Was a Little Wild by Jen Arena — a hilariously relatable story about a little acorn who just cannot stop being exactly, wonderfully, chaotically himself! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781534483156 Our Storybeam Suggestion this week, if your little w...

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are stepping outside and celebrating the beautiful world around us. We are reading The Earth Gives More by Sue Fliess a gentle, rhyming reminder of all the gifts our planet shares with us every single day! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780807577103 Our Storybeam Suggestion this week if your little ones loved con...

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are kicking off the week with a little courage and a whole lot of heart. We are reading Braver Than Brave by Janet Sumner Johnson, a story that reminds every little listener that being brave looks different for everyone, and that is what makes it so powerful! 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781...

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we cuddle up and read the beautiful, comforting story The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin, to remind every little listener just how wonderful they truly are. 📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/97803853767...