Sparkler Book & Library Content
Sparkler’s Library has play-based learning activities that are tied to particular stories, as well as a number of parent tip units that are relevant to books/reading/literacy.
The following is a selection of the book/library content available within Sparkler. Parents can discover it on their own or programs/providers using Sparkler can suggest activities to parents in response to their questions or interests. (If parents click the link provided from a mobile device it will open the content within their Sparkler mobile app!)
Sparkler Play Activities Based on Stories
Three Billy Goats
Lion & Mouse
The Three Little Pigs
Little Red Hen
Cinderella
Abiyoyo
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
When You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
Clifford Goes to Kindergarten by Norman Bridwell
When’s My Birthday by Julie Fogliano
Harold and The Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson
Little Bear
123 by Eric Carle
Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
Sparkler Play about Books/Libraries
Sparkler has a group of cards about Library, which is available for T1 (1.5 years old) through L5 (5 years old). Play cards include:
Other book- and library-related play cards include:
Sparkler Read Alouds and Storytelling
- I’m Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff
- Three Pockets Full by Cynthia Rodriguez
- I Love Insects by Lizzy Rockwell
- The Night Is Yours by Abdul-Razak Zachariah
- Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
- Barry Needs a Hug by Sean Fournier
- Bing, Bop, Bam: Time to Jam by Valerie Bolling
- We Are More by Janine LaMendola
- Which is Which? by Roy Adams
- The Legend of the Coqui (Puerto Rico)
- The Magpie’s Nest (United Kingdom)
- The Flying Africans (USA)
- The Fox and the Mole (Peru)
- Goat’s Encounter with Tiger (West Africa)
- The Hill of Seven Colors (Argentina)
- The Businessman and the Donkey (Ethiopia)
- Good Little Bunnies (China)
- The First Fire, a Cherokee story (North America)
- The Two Frogs Who Hop Between Osaka and Kyoto, a Japanese story (Asia)
- How the Beetle Got Her Gorgeous Coat, a Brazilian story (South America)
- The Enormous Turnip, a Russian story (Europe)
- The Empty Pot, a Chinese story (Asia)
- Why the Cheetah’s Cheeks are Stained with Tears, a Zulu story (Africa)
