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Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are setting sail for the most wonderfully stocked and spectacularly stocked pirate supply shop you have ever had the pleasure of visiting! We are reading Pirateria by Calef Brown. A brilliantly imaginative and delightfully rhyming story about the place where every self respecting pirate goes when they need superior wares for life at sea. Treasure chests, peg legs, planks and more! Pirateria has everything a pirate could ever dream of!📖 Grab the book at your local library! Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little pirates loved browsing the shelves of Pirateria today, check out How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long. A wonderfully funny story about a little boy who gets recruited by a real pirate crew and discovers that the pirate life is not quite what he expected. A perfect swashbuckling companion for today's treasure filled adventure: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780152018481We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Pirateria: Ask your librarian for help finding it! 📖 How I Became a Pirate: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780152018481⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most courageous, most colorful and most wonderfully adventurous little artist you have ever met! We are reading The Artist by Ed Vere. A beautifully inspiring story about a brave little artist who sets out on an extraordinary adventure to share her creativity with the whole wide world. A perfect Monday morning reminder that the greatest adventures of all begin the moment we find the courage to share what is in our hearts!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780525580874Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's brave little artist inspired your little one to create and share their own masterpiece, check out The Iridescence of Birds by Patricia MacLachlan. A beautifully lyrical story about how the colors and wonders of the natural world inspired one of the greatest artists who ever lived: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781596439481We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Artist: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780525580874⁠📖 The Iridescence of Birds: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781596439481⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we have a very special treat because we are returning to one of Storybeam's favorite authors! You may remember way back in Episode 1 we read The Snail and the Whale by the magnificent Julia Donaldson and tonight she is back! We are reading Tabby McTat the Musical Cat by Julia Donaldson a beautifully rhyming and deeply moving story about a busking cat who gets separated from his owner and must find his way back home. A perfect Sunday night journey of love, music and belonging!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781546110668Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's musical cat filled your little ones with warmth and wonder, check out Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen. A wonderfully creative little girl who builds her own flying machines and discovers that her greatest invention is her own generous and loving heart pure creative magic to carry your little ones beautifully into the week ahead: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780425288191We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Tabby McTat the Musical Cat: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781546110668⁠📖 Violet the Pilot: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780425288191⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are slowing right down and discovering that the most extraordinary adventures sometimes happen at the most unhurried pace imaginable. We are reading Snail Crossing by Corey Tabor. A wonderfully gentle and deeply heartwarming story about a slow but determined little snail whose kindness and perseverance bring him the very best reward of all: true friendship. A beautiful Saturday reminder that good things really do come to those who are patient and kind!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062878007Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved Snail's slow and steady journey today, check out Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor. It’s another brilliant, interactive picture book by the same author about taking a big leap of courage: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062878014We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Snail Crossing: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062878007⁠📖 Mell Fell: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062878014Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the most imaginative, most determined and most spectacularly accessorized little superhero you have ever met! We are reading Ladybug Girl by David Soman and Jacky Davis. The first book in the beloved Ladybug Girl series about Lulu, a little girl who transforms herself into the unstoppable Ladybug Girl and sets off on the most epic backyard adventure imaginable. A wonderful Friday reminder that the greatest superpowers of all live right inside every single one of us!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803731950Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little superheroes loved Lulu's backyard adventure tonight, check out Ladybug Girl and Bingo by David Soman and Jacky Davis. It's another fantastic story in the series focused on outdoor exploration and friendship!: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803735828We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Ladybug Girl: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803731950⁠📖 Rosie Revere Engineer: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803735828Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It is Wacky Wednesday and today we have a princess with a very strong opinion about a very small vegetable! We are reading Princess Penelopea Hates Peas by Susan D. Sweet and Brenda Miles. A wonderfully hilarious fractured fairy tale that turns The Princess and the Pea completely on its head to help children overcome picky eating. If your little ones have ever pushed a vegetable to the side of their plate, this one is going to hit very close to home and have everyone at the dinner table laughing!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781433820465Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's princess and her pea problem made your little ones giggle check out I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child. It’s another classic, imaginative story about turning tricky foods into fun adventures: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763621803We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Princess Penelopea Hates Peas: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781433820465⁠📖 I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763621803⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are celebrating the most courageous, most creative and most wonderfully determined little red panda you have ever met! We are reading How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias. A beautifully heartfelt story about a red panda who notices there are not enough books about red pandas in the world. So she decides to write her own! But finishing a story is harder than it looks and she must find the courage to push through her doubts and believe in herself all the way to the very last page. A story about creativity, courage and the power of telling your own story!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781728265650Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's colorful look at emotional regulation resonated with your family, check out The Color Monster by Anna Llenas. It’s another brilliant picture book that helps kids identify and sort through their everyday feelings: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316450058We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 How This Book Got Red: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781728265650⁠📖 The Color Monster: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316450058⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most relatable, most loveable and most surprisingly wise little cookie you have ever met! We are reading The Smart Cookie by Jory John. A wonderfully encouraging story about a cookie who does not feel very smart compared to all the other cookies around her. But with a little patience, a little perseverance and a whole lot of heart she discovers something extraordinary about herself. The perfect Monday morning reminder that smart looks different for everyone!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780063045408Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little dreamers loved today's growth mindset story, check out The Bad Seed by Jory John. It’s another hilarious and thoughtful book from the same food group series about self acceptance and making positive choices: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062467768We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Smart Cookie: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780063045408⁠📖 The Bad Seed: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062467768⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle, our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are exploring the most magical journey imaginable. one that starts all the way up in the sky with the sun and travels through nature, through food and all the way into the bodies of the little ones we love most. We are reading Sun in My Tummy by Laura Alary. A beautifully gentle and wonderfully accessible introduction to how the sun's light becomes the energy that fuels every single one of us. Science has never felt so cozy!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781772782820Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's story filled your little ones with wonder for the natural world around them, check out Tree: A Peek Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup. A breathtakingly beautiful look at the natural world and how every living thing is connected to everything else around it. Pure Sunday evening wonder in book form:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781101932421We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Sun in My Tummy: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781772782820⁠📖 Tree: A Peek Through Picture Book: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781101932421⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are blasting off on the most exciting daytime adventure imaginable! We are reading Rocket Beam's Lunar Dreams by Chiara Colombi. A wonderful story about overcoming fears, forging friendships and discovering that things do not always turn out the way we planned and that is perfectly okay. Sometimes the unexpected detour leads to the best adventure of all!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9798217042081Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's lunar adventure inspired your little space explorers to reach for the stars even when they feel a little scared, check out Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitton. A wonderfully rhyming and irresistibly exciting space adventure that will have every little astronaut in the room ready for liftoff: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780753453056We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Rocket Beam's Lunar Dreams: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9798217042081⁠📖 Roaring Rockets: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780753453056⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the most magical, most whimsical and most breathtakingly beautiful unicorn story we have ever had the pleasure of reading! We are reading Once Upon a Unicorn's Horn by Beatrice Blue. A gorgeously illustrated and wonderfully enchanting story that captures the pure magic of believing in something extraordinary. The perfect Friday night adventure for every little dreamer in your family!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780358229261Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved tonight's magical unicorn adventure, check out The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires. A wonderfully relatable story about a little girl who is absolutely determined to make the most magnificent thing imaginable and discovers that the most magical results come from never giving up: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781554537044We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Once Upon a Unicorn's Horn: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780358229261⁠📖 The Most Magnificent Thing: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781554537044⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It is Throwback Thursday and today those mischievous monkeys are back for one more spectacular adventure and this time they are bringing the whole circus with them! We are reading Circus Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. The third and most spectacular installment in one of Storybeam's most beloved series. If you remember our peddler from Episode 24 and Episode 60, you already know exactly how wonderfully chaotic things are about to get. Welcome back to the greatest caps show on earth!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064437936Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones have loved following our peddler and his monkey friends check out Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. You can't beat returning to the original classic story that started all the monkey business: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064431439We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Circus Caps for Sale: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064437936⁠📖 Caps for Sale: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064431439⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It is Wacky Wednesday and today we have possibly the most gloriously absurd school situation any child has ever found themselves in! We are reading When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M. Campbell. The hilariously funny story of human children who must attend dragon school because the regular human school is completely full. Fire breathing, flying lessons and dragon sized homework await. What could possibly go wrong?!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250293015Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved today's dragon filled adventure, check out Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin. It’s a hilarious, modern classic full of dragon antics and spicy salsa surprises!: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803736801We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 When You Go to Dragon School: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250293015⁠📖 How to Catch a Dragon: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803736801Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are wrapping every little listener in the warmest, most heartfelt and most wonderfully imaginative declaration of love ever written. We are reading I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home by Kathryn Cristaldi. A beautifully sweet and playfully rhyming story about a love so big it stretches all the way to the barnyard and back again. Perfect for every family who has ever searched for a new way to say I love you!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062574220Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved today's blend of endless love and laugh-out-loud fun check out I Love You Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt. It’s another classic, funny tale about unconditional love no matter what: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780439635721We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 I Will Love You Till the Cows Come Home: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062574220📖I Love You Stinky Face: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780439635721⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most powerful, most inspiring and most beautifully bold celebration of what girls everywhere are capable of! We are reading Girls of the World by Lindsey Davis and Michael Tyler. A stunning and empowering picture book that encourages every little listener to be strong, brave and confident in everything they do. This one is a Monday morning battle cry for every child ready to take on the world!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780310749660Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little dreamers loved today's empowering message check out Dear Girl, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal. It is an extraordinary, heart-filled love letter to girls everywhere to be themselves and stay curious: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062422507We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Girls of the World: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780310749660⁠📖 Dear Girl: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062422507⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are heading deep into the rainforest for the most peaceful, most snuggly and most wonderfully calming bedtime story of the week. We are reading Sleepy Happy Cappy Cuddles by Mike Allegra. The irresistibly charming story of a charismatic capybara who calms the whole rainforest rumpus with personalized cuddles for every single animal friend. The perfect Sunday night wind down for every little listener who needs one more cuddle before sleep!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781645675594Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's cozy capybara cuddles sent your little ones floating gently toward dreamland, check out Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue. A beautifully reassuring bedtime story about a little child who discovers that every single creature in the whole wide world sleeps, and tonight it is their turn: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780547641027We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Sleepy Happy Cappy Cuddles: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781645675594⁠📖 Sleep Like a Tiger: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780547641027⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are zooming out and looking at the most beautiful, most extraordinary and most precious home any of us will ever have. We are reading A Planet Like Ours by Frank Murphy and Charnaie Gordon. A gorgeous and inspiring earth care story that reminds every little listener just how spectacular our planet truly is and how every single one of us has a role to play in keeping it that way. Little hands can do big things!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781534111530Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's story inspired your little earth keeper to care for the world around them, you might remember a beautiful nature story we shared back in Episode 16! Check out The Earth Gives More by Sue Fliess. A gentle and lyrical reminder of all the extraordinary gifts our planet shares with us every single day: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780807577103We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 A Planet Like Ours: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781534111530⁠📖 The Earth Gives More: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780807577103⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the sweetest, most thoughtful little elephant you have ever met! We are reading Oliver's Tree by Kit Chase. A beautifully warm story about Oliver the elephant and his two best friends who go on a mission to find the perfect spot for each of them to feel at home. A wonderful Friday reminder that the very best friendships are the ones where everyone looks out for each other!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780399546488Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved Oliver's big heart and his dedication to his friends tonight, check out Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev. A wonderfully sweet story about a little boy with a very unusual pet who discovers that true friendship means making room for everyone no matter how different they might be: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781481416474We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Oliver's Tree: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780399546488⁠📖 Strictly No Elephants: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781481416474⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It is Throwback Thursday and today we are spending time with one of the most encouraging and quietly magical ideas any little one has ever met. We are reading The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi. A beautifully timeless story about a powerful little word that changes everything. Yet. You cannot do it yet. You have not learned it yet. You have not figured it out yet. Yet is not the end of the story. It is just the beginning!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781368025621Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your kiddos enjoyed today's growth mindset adventure check out I Can't Do That YET by Esther Pia. It’s another brilliant story that teaches kids the power of perseverance: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781545237274We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Magical Yet: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781368025621⁠📖 I Can't Do That YET: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781545237274Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It is Wacky Wednesday and today we are meeting the most hat obsessed, most loveable and most unexpectedly wonderful dachshund you have ever encountered! We are reading Hats Off to Mr. Pockles by Sally Lloyd Jones. A wonderfully silly and surprisingly heartwarming story about Mr. Pockles, a lonely little dachshund who owns millions of hats for every possible occasion but has nobody to share them with. Until one glamorous panda loses her hat to some very hungry bunnies and everything changes!📖Look for Hats Off to Mr. Pockles on your next library trip!Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones giggled at today's whimsical story check out Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won. It’s another joyous, colorful read aloud about how sharing a fun hat can turn anyone's grumpy mood completely around: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780544930636We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Hats Off to Mr. Pockles: look for it at your local library!📖 Hooray for Hat!: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780544930636Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are exploring one of the simplest and most powerful things any little one can do every single day. We are reading Be Kind by Pat Zietlow Miller. A beautifully honest story about a little girl who witnesses something uncomfortable at school and wonders what it truly means to be kind. Not just in the big moments but in all the small quiet ones that nobody else might even notice!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250898456Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's story moved your little one to spread a little more kindness into the world, check out Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson. A quietly powerful and deeply moving story about a small act of unkindness and the ripple effect it leaves behind, reminding every listener that kindness is always worth choosing: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780399246524We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Be Kind: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250898456⁠📖 Each Kindness:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780399246524Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most important question any little one could ever ask themselves. We are reading What Do You Do With a Chance by Kobi Yamada. A beautifully brave story about a child who spots a chance floating by and is not quite sure what to do with it. What happens when we let a chance slip away? And what happens when we finally find the courage to grab it with both hands?Look for What Do You Do With a Chance on your next library trip!Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's story inspired your little one to reach out and grab every chance that comes their way, check out the companion book What Do You Do With and Idea? also by Kobi Yamada. It’s a wonderful story about nurturing your creativity and bringing big ideas to life: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781938298073We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 What Do You Do With a Chance: look for it at your local library!📖 What Do You Do With an Idea?: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781938298073⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are stepping into the most magical, most enchanting and most wonderfully mysterious place of all. The world that appears when little ones close their eyes and drift off to sleep. We are reading The Night Frolic by Julie Berry. A breathtakingly beautiful picture book about where children go when they fall asleep and the extraordinary adventures waiting for them in that magical in between place!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316591836Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's dreamy story sent your little ones floating gently toward sleep, check out: Long Night Moon by Cynthia Rylant. It is another quiet, gorgeous picture book celebrating the beauty of the moon throughout the year: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689854262We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Night Frolic: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316591836⁠📖 Long Night Moon: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689854262Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are diving into the most magical, most mysterious and most sparkly guide ever written for curious ocean lovers! We are reading How to Spot a Mermaid by Jane Yolen. A wonderfully playful guide style story that gives little ones everything they need to know about spotting a real live mermaid on their very next beach trip. Get your notebooks ready because class is in session!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781452182735Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's ocean magic inspired your little explorers check out, Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love. It is a breathtakingly beautiful, heartwarming story about self-expression, love, and creativity: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763690458We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 How to Spot a Mermaid: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781452182735⁠📖 Julián Is a Mermaid: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763690458Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the most unexpectedly brave little bird you have ever met! We are reading Knight Owl by Christopher Denise. The wonderfully funny and deeply courageous story of a small owl who dreams of becoming a knight. Everyone tells him he is too small, too tired and frankly too nocturnal for the job. But this little owl is not giving up without a fight!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316310628Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones fell in love with our brave little owl tonight, check out the sequel, Knight Owl & Early Bird by Christopher Denise. It’s another delightful story about working together and making unlikely friends:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316564526We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Knight Owl: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316310628⁠📖 Knight Owl & Early Bird: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316564526⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Throwback Thursday and today those mischievous monkeys are back for more! If you remember Episode 24 where we read the original classic, you already know exactly how much trouble these monkeys can cause. Today we are reading More Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina.The wonderful sequel to one of Storybeam's most beloved Wacky Wednesday reads. The peddler is back, the caps are back, and those monkeys are absolutely, hilariously back!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062499578Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones cannot get enough of that peddler and his mischievous monkey friends, go back to where it all started with the original Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. If you already have it on your shelf from a few weeks ago, tonight is the perfect night to pull it back out and read them back to back: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064431439We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 More Caps for Sale: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062499578⁠📖 Caps for Sale: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064431439Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we have possibly the most hilariously titled book we have ever read on a Wednesday and that is really saying something! We are reading We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins the brilliantly funny story of Penelope Rex who is absolutely thrilled to start school until she realizes that all of her classmates are children. And children are her favorite thing to eat. This one is going to have everyone in the room laughing!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781368003551Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved today's chaotic classroom adventure, check out The Bad Seed by Jory John. It’s another funny, charming story about changing bad habits and learning how to be a better friend: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062467768We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 We Don't Eat Our Classmates: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781368003551⁠📖 The Bad Seed: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062467768⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are celebrating one of the most heartwarming and unexpected friendships you have ever seen. We are reading Mouse and Giraffe by Kelly DiPucchio. A beautifully tender story about two creatures who could not be more different in size but discover that the truest friendships are never about how much you have in common. They are about how much you care!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780593465035Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved today's unlikely friendship, check out Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio. It’s a hilarious and sweet story about a bulldog puppy raised by a family of poodles who learns what family and belonging really mean: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781442451025We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Mouse and Giraffe: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780593465035⁠📖 Gaston: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781442451025⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with one of the most honest and important lessons any little one can learn. We are reading Sometimes It's Hard to Be Nice by Maggie C. Rudd. A beautifully real story that acknowledges something every child feels but rarely hears said out loud. Being kind is not always easy, and that is completely okay. What matters is that we keep trying!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780807574775Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's story inspired your little one to keep practicing kindness even on the hard days, check out The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig. It’s a gentle, beautiful book about empathy, inclusion, and the quiet power of a simple act of kindness: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781582464503We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Sometimes It's Hard to Be Nice:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780807574775⁠📖 The Invisible Boy: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781582464503⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are wandering into the most enchanting little library you have ever seen tucked inside a hollow tree, deep in a moonlit forest, shared by the most wonderful community of animal friends. We are reading Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree by Naoko Stoop. A breathtakingly beautiful story about a little girl and her forest friends who discover a hollow tree and transform it into the coziest outdoor library imaginable. A perfect Sunday night love letter to the magic of books and the friends we share them with!📖 Visit your local library and ask your librarian for help finding it!Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's cozy forest library filled your little ones with wonder and a deep love for books and reading, check out Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar by Emma Yarlett. It is another quiet, gorgeous picture book about a little bunny who loves books more than anything else: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781681192208We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Red Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree: Visit your local library and ask your librarian for help finding it!📖 Goodnight Moon: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781681192208Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are spending time with the most thoughtful gift giver in all of the animal kingdom! We are reading A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant by Briony May Smith. A wonderfully warm and whimsical story about finding the perfect gift for someone you love and discovering that the most meaningful presents are always the ones chosen with the biggest heart!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536228489Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved today's story about caring for a friend check out, Margaret's Unicorn, also written and illustrated by Briony May Smith. It is a breathtakingly gorgeous, cozy tale about friendship and magic in the countryside: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781984896537We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 A Practical Present for Philippa Pheasant: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536228489⁠📖 Margaret's Unicorn: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781984896537⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the bravest, boldest and most determined little princess you have ever met! We are reading The Princess and the Giant by Caryl Hart. A wonderfully exciting story about a princess who refuses to back down when a giant threatens everything she loves. Get ready for an adventure packed Friday full of courage, cleverness and one very impressive little princess!📖 Ask your local librarian for help finding The Princess and the Giant! Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved our brave princess tonight, check out The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton. It’s a hilarious, heartwarming story about a warrior princess and her unexpectedly round, sleepy pony: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780545637084We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Princess and the Giant: Ask your local librarian for help finding it!📖 The Princess and the Pony: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780545637084⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are spending time with the most loveable, most enormous and surprisingly well mannered creatures that ever walked the earth! We are reading How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Be Kind by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. A beautifully illustrated classic about enormous dinosaurs learning the small but mighty acts of kindness that make the world a better place for everyone around them!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781338827200Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if you want to keep the beloved dinosaur theme rolling, check out How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, also by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. It's another fantastic, funny read aloud that helps little ones learn about classroom routines and teamwork: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780439020817We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Be Kind:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781338827200⁠📖 How Do Dinosaurs Go to School:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780439020817Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we have possibly the most determined, most dramatic and most absolutely hilarious creature we have ever met on a Wednesday! We are reading Luigi the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten by Michelle Knudsen. the wonderfully silly story of a spider named Luigi who is completely convinced that he was born to be a kitten. Eight legs and all!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536219111Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved Luigi's hilarious identity crisis today, check out The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. A chameleon who wishes he could be like every other animal he meets and learns the most important lesson of all: being exactly who you are is the greatest gift in the world: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064431620We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Luigi the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536219111⁠📖 The Mixed Up Chameleon: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780064431620Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are celebrating something absolutely extraordinary the unique, wonderful, one of a kind little boy in your life. We are reading Dear Boy by Paris Rosenthal. A gorgeous and heartfelt love letter to every boy who has ever been told to be tougher, quieter or smaller than he truly is. A tender and powerful reminder that boys can be brave AND gentle, loud AND kind, wild AND loving all at the same time!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062422514Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's story filled your heart with love for your little one, check out Dear Girl, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal. It’s an equally inspiring and empowering message all about celebrating who you are: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062422507We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Dear Boy: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062422514⁠📖 Dear Girl: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780062422507Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most important reminder any little one could ever hear. We are reading You're Here for a Reason by Nancy Tillman. A breathtakingly beautiful story that reminds every single child listening that they are not here by accident, that they matter deeply, and that the world is a more wonderful place simply because they are in it!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250106506Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's story reminded your little one how deeply connected they are to everyone around them, check out On the Night You Were Born, also by Nancy Tillman. It is a stunning, classic read aloud that celebrates how uniquely special every child is: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781427226464We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 You're Here for a Reason: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250106506⁠📖 On the Night You Were Born: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781427226464⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle, our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are reading one of the most breathtakingly beautiful and imaginative bedtime stories ever written. We are reading A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin. A stunning and lyrical story that explains how the moon changes shape each night, told through the most magical and tender mother and daughter story you have ever heard. This one is going to take your little ones' breath away.📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316404488Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's moonlit story filled your little ones with wonder for the night sky, check out Papa Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle. A classic and magical story about a father who tries to bring the moon down from the sky for his little girl. Pure bedtime magic from one of the greatest picture book illustrators who ever lived: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780887080265We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 A Big Mooncake for Little Star: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780316404488⁠📖 Papa Please Get the Moon for Me: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780887080265⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are buckling up and heading to the skies for the most adorable travel adventure of the week! We are reading Bearplane! by Deborah Underwood a wonderfully sweet story about a little bear experiencing the excitement and wonder of air travel. And what a perfect way to wrap up a week that started with Flight School on Monday this week Storybeam has been all about the magic of being up in the sky!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780593112267Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved traveling through the sky with our little bear today, check out Maisy Goes on a Plane by Lucy Cousins. It’s a wonderful, clear, and reassuring look at airports for kids: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763697914We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grownups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Bearplane: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780593112267📖 Maisy Goes on a Plane: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763697914⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the most mysterious, most thrilling and most bookish adventure we have ever had on a Friday night! We are reading The Snatchabook by Helen Docherty a wonderfully atmospheric story about a mysterious creature who sneaks through the forest at night stealing bedtime stories from sleeping animals. Who is the Snatchabook? And why are they taking all the books? The answer is going to surprise every single listener in the most beautiful way!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781728250090Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little detectives loved today’s cozy mystery, check out Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar by Emma Yarlett. It’s another hilarious, story loving tale about a bunny who loves books just a little too much: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781681192208We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Snatchabook: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781728250090⁠📖 Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781681192208Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are spending time with the most wonderfully demanding little mouse in all of picture book history! We are reading If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff. The hilarious classic about a mouse who just needs one tiny thing and somehow ends up needing absolutely everything. If you have never read this series before get ready to fall completely in love and if you already know and love it, get ready to fall in love all over again!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780060283285Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones enjoyed the wild chain of events today check out If You Give a Pig a Pancake, also by Laura Numeroff. It’s filled with the same delightful, circular humor kids adore: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780060266868We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 If You Take a Mouse to School: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780060283285⁠📖 If You Give a Pig a Pancake: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780060266868Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Wacky Wednesday and today the ground is shaking, the trees are trembling and the most gloriously loud and stompy creatures that ever walked the earth are getting ready to PARTY! We are reading Dinosaurumpus by Tony Mitton. A brilliantly rhyming, foot stomping, tail shaking romp through the prehistoric world that is going to have every little listener jumping off the couch and dancing along! Get those stomping feet ready!📖 Grab the book at your local library! Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little dinosaurs loved stomping and roaring along today, check out How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. The beloved classic about dinosaurs doing the most relatable bedtime things and the perfect way to wind those little ones back down after all that Wacky Wednesday energy! https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780590316811⁠We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Dinosaurumpus: Check it out at your local library📖 How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780590316811Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are soaring high above the rooftops of New York City with the most wonderful grandmother you have ever met! We are reading Abuela by Arthur Dorros. A beautiful and magical story about a little girl named Rosalba and her beloved Abuela who take flight together over their city, discovering it in the most extraordinary and joyful way imaginable. A gorgeous celebration of family, imagination and the special bond between a grandchild and their grandmother!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780140562255Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if you want another beautiful book about family connections to add to your library bag check out Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina. It’s a sweet story about a girl and her grandmother finding ways to communicate across languages: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763695132We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Abuela: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780140562255⁠📖 Mango, Abuela, and Me: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780763695132⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the biggest, boldest, most soaring dream you have ever heard! We are reading Flight School by Lita Judge the absolutely hilarious and deeply inspiring story of a little penguin with the heart of an eagle who marches into flight school and announces that he was born to fly. The only problem? Penguins cannot fly. Or can they?!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781442481770Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's little penguin inspired your little one to chase their biggest most impossible dream, check out Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall. A beautifully honest story about a little boy who is completely ready to jump off the diving board except maybe he needs just one more minute. Every child who has ever stood at the edge of something brave will see themselves in Jabari: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536202908We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Flight School: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781442481770⁠📖 Jabari Jumps: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536202908⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Sunday Sparkle! Our favorite time to slow down, get cozy, and fill our hearts right up before a brand new week begins. Tonight we are wrapping up the weekend with something truly extraordinary a love letter to the beautiful world we all share. We are reading This Land is a Lullaby by Tonya Simpson a breathtakingly lyrical and gentle celebration of the land, the sky, the water and all the living things that make this world so endlessly wonderful and worth protecting.📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781459836099Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if tonight's lullaby filled your little one's heart with wonder for the world around them, check out Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. A quiet, magical story about a child and their parent walking through a snowy night looking for owls pure poetry in picture book form: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780399214578We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 This Land is a Lullaby: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781459836099⁠📖 Owl Moon: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780399214578Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Saturday! Today on Saturday Splash we are heading down to the shoreline for the most graceful, surprising and absolutely enchanting performance the ocean has ever seen! We are reading The Crab Ballet by Renée LaTulippe a beautifully lyrical story about crabs who discover the joy of dancing on the shore and remind every little listener that moving to your own rhythm is always something worth celebrating!📖 Ask your local librarian for help finding The Crab Ballet!Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae. It’s filled with bouncy, joyful rhymes about all kinds of aquatic animals: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781589253667We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Crab Ballet: Check it out at your local library! 📖 Commotion in the Ocean: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781589253667⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

We made it to Friday and Friday Favorites is bringing us the most unexpectedly hilarious surprise ending of the week! We are reading One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo, a delightfully funny story about a very proper little boy who visits the aquarium and politely asks his dad if he can have a penguin. What happens next is something nobody saw coming and your little ones are going to absolutely love it!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803734135Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones are now desperately wishing they could bring home a penguin, check out Penguin Problems by Jory John. A hilariously grumpy penguin who has complaints about absolutely everything kids cannot stop giggling at this one: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780553513370We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 One Cool Friend:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780803734135⁠📖 Penguin Problems:https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780553513370⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Throwback Thursday and today we are traveling back to 1978 for one of the most wonderfully absurd and deliciously imaginative stories ever written! We are reading Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett the legendary story of the town of Chewandswallow where it never rains water, it rains food! Breakfast, lunch and dinner fall right from the sky until things start to go very very wrong!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689707490Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved watching food take on a life of its own today, check out Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. A timeless classic about a magical pasta pot that simply will not stop cooking same delicious chaos, different century: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780671666064 We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689707490⁠📖 Strega Nona: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780671666064 ⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

It's Wacky Wednesday and today we are about to learn the most wonderfully ridiculous, hilariously named groups of animals you have ever heard in your life! We are reading A Parliament of Owls by Devin Scillian a colorful, delightful romp through the wild and wacky world of animal group names! A flamboyance of flamingos? A murder of crows? A parliament of owls?! Get ready to shout them all out loud with us!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781534111448Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved discovering all those wonderfully wacky animal names today, check out Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett. A hilariously illustrated classic that imagines what would happen if animals tried to dress like humans equally silly and equally unforgettable: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689205927We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 A Parliament of Owls: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781534111448⁠📖 Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780689205927⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Welcome to Tuesday Treasures! Today we are getting down low and looking very very carefully at the tiny world living right beneath our feet! We are reading The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures by Curtis Manley a beautifully tender story about a little girl with the biggest heart who notices the smallest creatures and teaches everyone around her that every single life matters no matter how tiny!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250246714Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if your little ones loved caring for tiny creatures today, check out Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton. It’s a hilarious, fact-filled picture book that turns fear of bees into total appreciation: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780593113721We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250246714⁠📖 Give Bees a Chance: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9780593113721⁠Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!

Happy Monday, Storybeam families! Today on Monday Magic we are starting the week with the most powerful, bold and brave energy we have ever brought to a Monday morning! We are reading I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong. A stunning celebration of a little girl who wakes up every single morning and decides to take on the whole world with everything she has got!📖 Grab the book and support indie bookstores: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250295088Our Storybeam Suggestion this week: if today's fierce energy inspired your little one to face something scary with courage, check out Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall. A beautifully honest story about a little boy who is completely ready to jump off the diving board except that maybe he needs just one more minute. Every child who has ever stood at the edge of something brave will see themselves in Jabari: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536202908We Want to Read Your Favorite Story!Grown ups, we want to know what books your little ones love. To request a story or nominate a Book of the Week for our upcoming episodes you can:Type your suggestion into the Spotify Q&A block belowSend us a quick email at: [email protected]🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music🔗 All our links: https://linktr.ee/storybeam.podcast☕ Love Storybeam? Support us: https://ko-fi.com/storybeam📖 I Will Be Fierce: https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781250295088⁠📖 Jabari Jumps: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/125553/9781536202908Thank you for listening and shining bright with us and don't forget, KEEP ON READING!