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Featured Upcoming Events at The Reading Bug:

Outdoor Storytime with Lauren!

Fri, 06/09/2023 - 11:00am

We are thrilled to share outdoor storytime right in front of The Reading Bug!  Join us for 30 minutes of stories and music!  You can now listen to Reading Bug Adventures music on spotify or your favorite streaming service to practice your moves!  And be sure... (read more)

Outdoor Storytime with Miss Mary Ann!

Sat, 06/10/2023 - 11:00am

Join Miss Mary Ann outdoors for stories and songs!   Reminders: Masks are now optional outdoors No child may be left unattended inside or outside The Reading Bug Remember to stop inside to buy a book or two to support our FREE events!

Outdoor Storytime with Lauren!

Fri, 06/16/2023 - 11:00am

We are thrilled to share outdoor storytime right in front of The Reading Bug!  Join us for 30 minutes of stories and music!  You can now listen to Reading Bug Adventures music on spotify or your favorite streaming service to practice your moves!  And be sure... (read more)
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RECOMMENDED BY THE READING BUG STAFF

Octopus Shocktopus! By Peter Bently, Steven Lenton (Illustrator) Cover Image
Lauren's Storytime Books
Antoinette (Gaston and Friends) By Kelly DiPucchio, Christian Robinson (Illustrator) Cover Image
Neurodiversity
How to Welcome a New Baby (How To Series) By Jean Reagan, Lee Wildish (Illustrator) Cover Image
New Babies & Big Siblings
My First Big Book of Undersea Creatures (My First Big Book of Coloring) By Little Bee Books Cover Image
Coloring & Activities
All Are Neighbors By Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illustrator) Cover Image
Kindness & Acceptance
Learning Kindness By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
Social & Emotional Learning
3 2 1 Awesome!: 20 Fearless Women Who Dared to Be Different By Eva Chen, Derek Desierto (Illustrator) Cover Image
Strong Girls, Strong World
Goodnight Moon Board Book By Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) Cover Image
Classics
Pluto!: Not a Planet? Not a Problem! (Our Universe #7) By Stacy McAnulty, Stevie Lewis (Illustrator) Cover Image
Kids Non-Fiction
Neither By Airlie Anderson Cover Image
Pride 365
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country By Amanda Gorman, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by) Cover Image
Banned Books
Night Market Rescue By Charlotte Cheng, Amber Ren (Illustrator) Cover Image
AAPI Books
Repeat After Me: Big Things to Say Every Day By Jazmyn Simon, Dulé Hill, Shamar Knight-Justice (Illustrator) Cover Image
Black Voices
Remixed: A Blended Family By Arree Chung, Arree Chung (Illustrator) Cover Image
Tough Conversations
Beach Babies Wear Shades (An Urban Babies Wear Black Book) By Michelle Sinclair Colman, Nathalie Dion (Illustrator) Cover Image
Fun in the Sun and Surf

STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS BY AGE

The Octopus Escapes By Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illustrator) Cover Image
Babies & Toddlers
Weather Together (Not Quite Narwhal and Friends) By Jessie Sima, Jessie Sima (Illustrator) Cover Image
Picture Books
Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea: A Graphic Novel (Dog Man #11): From the Creator of Captain Underpants By Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illustrator) Cover Image
Early Readers
Penny Draws a Best Friend By Sara Shepard Cover Image
Middle Graders
Squished: A Graphic Novel By Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illustrator) Cover Image
Graphic Novels
Solitaire By Alice Oseman Cover Image
Young Adults

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