Everything is in one location – simply grab, checkout, and read!

Come into any Butte County Library branch and pick out a themed bag of books for you to engage with your new readers or your new arrivals. Search 'grab and read' in our catalog to find the kits!

Storytime Grab-'n'-Read! Kits (We have themes available!) Sharing your Library with new readers, and their parents, educators, and caregivers! Storytime Grab-‘n’-Read! Kits allow the County’s children a way to access themed books written by and about diverse people, do extension activities, and the parents are able to interact and engage with their children without having to purchase the items. These kits can also supplement an educator’s lesson. There are plenty of topics for educators to use and for children to read and improve their literacy and language skills. Themes ABC's and 123's Adventure Animal Arts and Crafts Bathtime and Bedtime Becoming a Brother/Sister Bugs! Castles and Dragons Cause and Effect Colors and Shapes Community Counting Dinosaurs Families Farm Feelings Five Senses Friendship Holidays Imagination Library Life Cycles Look and Find Manners Nature and Plants Nutrition and Cooking  Oceans, Lakes, and Rivers Opposites People are Unique Poetry Safety School Sound and Movement Space Sports STEM/STEAM Super Heroes Teamwork Things that Go Weather Wild Animals World Zoo

Babies Love Books Grab-'n'-Read! Kits (We have themes available!) Sharing your Library with expectant and new arrivals, and their parents and caregivers! Babies Love Books Grab-‘n’-Read! Kits are made specifically for expectant and new parents (under two years) to allow connections to be built with their new additions. Reading, singing, and talking to a baby in utero has been shown to lower maternal stress, but also help the child develop language regardless of the books read. A fetus can hear distinct sounds by week 18, and after week 24, the baby starts to react to sounds. Even after birth they are still absorbing language. By providing simple stories and rhymes for the parents to read to their new arrival(s), bonding will happen and the child will develop their understanding of the rhythms and modulations of speech. Themes ABC's and 123's ABC's and 123's 2 All about me! Babies Bathtime and Bedtime Bathtime and Bedtime 2 Colors and Shapes Colors and Shapes 2 Families Families 2 First Words Five Senses Food Food 2 Nursery Rhymes (coming soon!) Opposites Rhythm and Movement Sounds Touch and Feel Touch and Feel 2

Funding

This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian. This project was inspired by Sacramento Public Library's Read Together Kits and was made possible through the California State Library's CopyCat Grant program