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Learning on the Go: December 2025

Play is how young children learn best! Try these books that celebrate PLAY!

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  • Animals play, and so do we! Includes animal words in Cree.
    Book, 2021Vancouver [British Columbia] : Greystone Kids, [2021] — E FLETT
  • Let's Rumble!

    a Rough-and-tumble Book of Play

    Payne, Rachel G.
    Two siblings engage in some rough, but safe, play. Includes a child-friendly discussion of setting boundaries.
    Book, 2025New York, New York. : Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2025. — E PAYNE
  • Read this book and then build your own fort!
    Book, 2025New York : Viking, 2025. — E VENIT
  • Nimbus loves to play alone, and when the other clouds want to join them, they're unsure. Reminds us that there are lots of ways to be a friend!
    Book, 2025New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2025 — E TANAKA
  • When some animals find an abandoned toilet paper roll at a campsite, they find many ways to play with the unfamiliar object.
    Book, 2025New York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2025. — E MONTAGNANA
  • Rosemary, a dachshund with very long ears, has lots of playful fun until it's time to clean up.
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — E GHAHREMANI
  • Play is for everyone, not just able-bodied children!
    Book, 2024Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Publishing, [2024] — E NOVOTNY
  • A child and their parent take an imaginary seafaring adventure.
    Book, 2024New York : Anne Schwartz Books, [2024] — E BLACKALL
  • Saturdays with grandmother are fun because "Gaga" makes a lot of (intentional) mistakes!
    Book, 2024New York : Rocky Pond Books, 2024. — E STRAUB
  • Even though this child and her grandfather don't speak the same language, they still have lots of fun together!
    Book, 2023New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023. — E DABARERA
  • Another celebration of play, but this time - with sisters! Includes both the highs AND the lows of playtime.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2024. — E GOPAL
  • Let's play make-believe with everyday objects.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Minerva, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, [2024] — E CONRAD
  • This Is How We Play

    a Celebration of Disability and Adaptation

    Slice, Jessica,
    A celebration of all kinds of play by children of many abilities.
    Book, 2024New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024. — E SLICE
  • Sometimes play involves making a mess. It's okay!
    Book, 2024New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024 — E JOHNSON
  • What can you do on a rainy day? Build a rocket ship out of things around the house!
    Book, 2020New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2020] — E SHEPPARD
  • Build with blocks!
    Book, 2018Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018. — E HARRIS