Reading aloud to your infant, toddler or preschooler helps develop pre-reading skills and builds a lifelong love of reading. Join the Library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program and help your child learn and grow! Child care centers and preschool programs are invited to join as well. Teachers can keep track of reading and receive prizes for their classroom.
For more information about IndyPL's early learning programs, ask a Library staff member at any of our locations or call, text or email Ask-a-Librarian.
Made possible by Friends of the Library through gifts to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.
These are not your average alphabet books: Behold the best picture books to spin entire stories out of the ABCs. Check out the charming and clever narratives! Marvel at the magnificent manifestations of metafiction! There's fun for kids of all ages in these pages.
The letters Q and U are QUite a pair, always hanging out together. So what happens to the alphabet when U begins to feel Q is too clingy and decides to spend some time alone? This QUirky tale of friendship dynamics and orthographic chaos will appeal to young readers navigating such things for the first time. Also entertaining for confirmed word nerds, veterans of best friend QUarrels, and anybody who loves cheese.
What's it like for astronauts to wake up and go about their work on the International Space Station? Travel through the alphabet *and* a day in space with this awesome NASA photo album. There's a wonderful appendix too, with detailed captions, a vocabulary list, facts about the ISS, and more.
Parade through the alphabet with a celebration of Pride! Join a family of four and their pet dog on a Pride festival adventure. I love how the story of their day moves playfully from A to Z and the joyful illustrations include a whole alphabetical word search.