Designed for children ages 1 to 3 years old, the book's 52 storytimes promote pre-reading skills such as print motivation, vocabulary, and narrative skills.

Includes index.

Theme 1 : Apple munching --Theme 2 : Autumn -- Theme 3 : Aviation -- Theme 4 : Bath time bubbles -- Theme 5 : Bears -- Theme 6 : Berry delicious -- Theme 7 : Birds of a feather -- Theme 8 : Boats in the water -- Theme 9 : Bugs and other creepy crawlies -- Theme 10 : Cats and kittens -- Theme 11 : Chickens -- Theme 12 : Clothing and hats -- Theme 13 : Colors and patterns -- Theme 14 : Community workers -- Theme 15 : Construction site -- Theme 16 : Cool pool of water -- Theme 17 : Counting -- Theme 18 : Dinosaurs Theme 19 : Dogs and puppies -- Theme 20 : Farm animals -- Theme 21 : Fire trucks and firefighters -- Theme 22 : Flowers and gardens -- Theme 23 : Food, yummy food -- Theme 24 : Frogs and toads -- Theme 25 : Garbage and recycling -- Theme 26 : Gingerbread and other cookies -- Theme 27 : Green for St. Patrick's day -- Theme 28 : Halloween -- Theme 29 : Lunar new year -- Theme 30 : Monsters -- Theme 31 : Music and movement -- Theme 32 : My body and me -- Theme 33 : Nighttime -- Theme 34 : Nocturnal animals -- Theme 35 : Opposites -- Theme 36 : Pet parade -- Theme 37 : Pirate treasure -- Theme 38 : Rabbits and bunnies -- Theme 39 : Royalty -- Theme 40 : Silly fun -- Theme 41 : Spiders -- Theme 42 : Springtime -- Theme 43 : Summer in the sun -- Theme 44 : Thanksgiving turkeys -- Theme 45 : Toys -- Theme 46 : Trains on the track -- Theme 47 : Under the sea -- Theme 48 : Valentine hugs and kisses -- Theme 49 : Weather -- Theme 50 : Wheels on the road -- Theme 51 : Wild animals -- Theme 52 : Winter snow.