Sloths Love to Read Podcast
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Welcome to Sloths Love to Read! 🌟 I’m KeriAnne Jelinek, bestselling author of 180+ children’s books, entrepreneur, and literacy advocate who champions the power of reading aloud. Each episode features traditional KidLit favorites and indie children’s books to spark imagination, build curiosity, and inspire a lifelong love of books. Perfect for parents, teachers, librarians, and kids everywhere! All stories are read and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, ensuring that every episode celebrates books legally and responsibly.
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Take a magical journey into these adorable animals’ first Halloween. A delightfully illustrated story with simple rhyme, adorable animals, lots of costumes, a little bit of magic, and all of your child’s favorite Halloween traditions. Find this book at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com or https://a.co/d/gTl6k7N
Only a witch can fly.But one little girl wants to fly―more than anything. So on a special night, with the moon shining bright and her cat by her side, she gathers herself up, she grips her broom tight, and she tries. And she fails. And she's brave. And she tries again. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
It's Halloween, and Lola has lots of exciting costume ideas. The only problem is, all the good ones are already taken! Can Lola find a costume that’s as unique as she is? Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
The witch and her cat are riding through the sky on a windy day, when the wind blows off the witches hat, bow, and then her wand! Is there room on the broom for all her new found friends? And when distasteful strikes, will her friends be able to save the witch from the hungry dragon? Find more fall and Halloween books at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
A little bat uses brains over brawn in this not-so-scary Halloween picture book. The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine.It’s so big the ghost can’t move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there’ll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day.How can the tiny bat succeed where bigger and strong spooky creatures have failed? You'll be surprised! Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
It’s Diwali, the Festival of Lights. A story about the best Diwali ever. Includes yummy food, clothing and the beautiful lighting of the diyas. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Join T. Rex and his friends as they try to find the perfect scary costume for Halloween trick-or-treating. Is it a bat? Or a cat? Or maybe a jack-o'-lantern? Or maybe T. Rex should just wear his big, toothy grin.Lois G. Grambling and Jack E. Davis's delightful, frightful tale teaches that, sometimes, what you need just might be in the last place you look—yourself. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
A Halloween jack-o-lantern leads a band of mischief makers before getting snuffed out. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
A fat little, round little, yellow little pumpkin dreams of growing up to be fierce and frightening, just like the scarecrow in the field. Then one day in autumn, when he has grown big and fat, the fierce yellow pumpkin gets the chance to become terrific and terrible. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
A witch’s favorite treat is frog soup. Luckily, it’s healthy and easy to make. To give it that extra kick and a pop of color, the key ingredient is a spoonful of frogs. But how do you keep the frogs on the spoon? They hop, they leap, they hide . . . and they escape. What is a poor witch to do? Don’t forget to check out our educational fall, winter and holiday books at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Christopher Pumpkin is not like the rest. He prefers cupcakes and hugs to cobwebs and slugs. Can he find a way to scare everyone and stay true to himself? Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Halloween is almost here, and Corduroy can't wait! He is going to have a party. He and his friends will carve a jack-o'-lantern, bob for apples, and go trick-or-treating! But there is one problem-Corduroy needs to choose a costume. What will he wear? Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Squirrel loves counting the leaves on his tree―red leaves, gold leaves, orange, and more. But hold on! One of his leaves is missing! On a quest to find the missing leaf, Squirrel teams up with his good friend Bird to discover who the leaf thief could be among their forest friends.With vibrant art and captivating characters, the magic of autumn is captured beautifully on each page as readers tag along Squirrel's forest adventure. Is there truly a leaf thief afoot, or is something else going on in Squirrel's forest? A perfect exploration of change―both seasonal, and the anxiety that change sometimes causes. Bonus material explaining about the changing of the seasons. Poised to be a new fall classic. Don’t forget to check out our educational fall, winter and holiday books at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
A classic Halloween story about a pumpkin gone missing is certain to delight readers of all ages!When a 700-year-old woman and an 800-year-old man want to make pumpkin pie on Halloween, they can’t find their pumpkin. “Our pumpkin’s been snitched,” cries the woman. And off they go to find it. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
When Bartlett's Farm Stand closes for the season, the Littlest Pumpkin, who longs to make someone happy for Halloween, is devastated to be the only pumpkin left, but when a group of mice come along, they make the Littlest Pumpkin the happiest pumpkin in the world! Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
It’s fall, and the rabbit family―Trudy, Jack, Mom, and Dad―are spending the day with pumpkins! After a yummy breakfast of pumpkin pancakes, they visit Pumpkin Hollow Farm and learn all about different kinds of pumpkins and how they grow. Then they pick pumpkins and carve pumpkins and make a delicious pumpkin supper, too. Pumpkin recipes and crafts just right for ages 5-8 are included in this fun seasonal story. With “simple, yet dynamic collage artwork” (Booklist, starred review), this book is sure to get you and your little ones in the mood to celebrate fall! Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Friends Horace and Hattie, prickly in physical appearance only, are back again in a seasonal adventure. When trying to put falling leaves back on trees, the duo encounter a critter (looking very much like a bat, but purple) who plays hide-and-seek with them across a landscape filled with pumpkins, acorns, and the colors of fall. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Little Nell chooses the bumpiest, littlest pumpkin in the patch to carve a jack-o'-lantern of her very own in this sweet Halloween companion.All summer, Little Nell has tended the garden with BIG Mama, BIG Sarah, and BIG Lizzie, and finally the pumpkins are ready for Halloween. Her sisters choose smooth, round pumpkins to carve, but Little Nell likes a bumpy little one best. Sarah and Lizzie jeer, "It's bumpy and little and ugly!" But Little Nell perseveres. With help from her animal friends, she scoops and carves it into a wonderful jack-o'-lantern! This sweet tale shows that jack-o'-lanterns, like people, come in all shapes and sizes, and that BIG ideas and a BIG heart resound in even the smallest of us. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Take a brisk journey into Fall with the ABCs of Fall! Come explore the alphabet through fall activities, food, and more! Apple Picking, Fall Festivals, Pumpkins, Hayrides, Leaves, and even Corn Mazes!An educational book that teaches the ABC's through your child's favorite fall activities! Perfect for Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, and Kindergarten.Find this book on Amazon.com or https://amzn.to/3EziPnB. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Special windows cut in holiday shapes give sneak peeks at the Halloween surprises ahead as two brave little kittens, Rascal and Rosie, go trick-or-treating. Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
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