Family Play Festival Five Practices: READ

Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them. This humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the "scary" out of monsters.

It's cleaning day, but the family cat will do anything to avoid getting a bath. So instead of mopping the floor or feeding the fish, the family is soon busy rocking the rug, vacuuming the lawn, and sweeping the dishes. Bouncy rhyme carries the story headlong into the growing hilarity, until finally Dad restores some kind of order -- but will the family cat avoid getting his whiskers wet? The cat keeps scrambling the list of chores with hilarious effects....

Shailey loves bedtime until her father gets distracted by a new job, so she advertises for a replacement "Bedtime Storyteller" and finds herself interviewing her favorite fairytale characters.

In this fun and funny celebration of literacy, kids of all ages will discover that the act of reading is a daring adventure that can take you anywhere! You can read at the playground, under the sea, at the opera and even in outer space! It turns out you can read everywhere! And when you do, you open yourself to a universe of adventure. Presented in light-hearted, rib-tickling verse that's perfect for reading aloud, You Can Read sings it loud and proud:...

At bedtime, a young boy who cannot find his favorite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.

Rhyming text celebrates reading in its many forms as it follows a diverse group of children who read wherever and whenever they can.

"A book for all ages about noticing the wonder and beauty in the world both near and far"--

"An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story"--

"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"--Provided by publisher.

At the end of the day a little boy falls asleep as his mama reads about a bear hibernating.