As many teachers are pivoting to at least some form of remote learning for the upcoming school year, and as parents are being called upon to come up with supplemental or independent reading ideas,  we wanted to highlight some of the resources that you can access through the New York Public Library. In addition to some of the titles that teachers already assign (many available via grab-and-go pick up at a limited number of branches or as e-books through our SimplyE app), the library has a number of resources that allow unlimited check-outs and are always available. 

Below is a selection of books appropriate for students in preschool and kindergarten including beautiful picture books for read alouds, engaging biographies and non-fiction titles to complement science or history lessons.

STEM, Nature, and Hands-on Activities

Baby On Board: How Animals Carry Their Young  by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Cathy Morrison

Good Trick, Walking Stick! by Sheri Mabry Bestor, illustrated by Jonny Lambert

Our Renewable Earth: Plants by Andrea Rivera
 

         

Trains! by Charles Reasoner

Art is Every Day: Activities for the Home, Park, Museum, and City by Eileen Prince

History and Biography

         

President by Julie Murray

U.S. Constitution by Julie Murray
 

The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game by Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Jez Tuya 

To the Stars!: The First American Woman to Walk in Space by Carmella Van Vleet, illustrated by Nicole Wong

Life Lessons

        

When a Kid Like Me Fights Cancer by Catherine Stier, illustrated by Angel Chang

Anansi and the Pot of Beans by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk, illustrated by Baird Hoffmire

Far Apart, Close in Heart: Being a Family When a Loved One is Incarcerated by Becky Birtha, illustrated by Maja Kastelic
 

       

You Hold Me Up by Monique Gray Smith and Danielle Daniel

What Makes Us Unique? Our First Talk About Diversity by Dr. Jillian Roberts, illustrated by Cindy Revell

Feel-Good Picture Books

             

Norbert's Big Dream by Lori Degman, illustrated by Marco Bucci

Hooray for You! by Marianne Richmond
 

               

What If? What Makes You Different Makes You Amazing! by Sandra Magsamen

My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Julie Flett

For Laughs

         

You Can Read, Pout-Pout Fish! by Devorah Diesen, pictures by Greg Paprocki, based on illustrations created by Dan Hanna

Rapunzel and the Seven Dwarfs by Willy Claflin, illustrated by James Stimson
 

          

Breaking News: Bear Alert by David Biedrzycki

Please Please the Bees by Gerald Kelley

 

We have many more titles for a variety of age levels that have unlimited checkouts:

• Always Available: Titles for Pre-K and Kindergarteners
• Always Available: Titles for 1st and 2nd Graders
• Always Available: Titles for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders
• Always Available: Titles for Middle Grade Students
• Always Available: Titles for High School Students
• Always Available: Documentary Films for High School Students