Read and Grow Theme Bags
Contain Books, Toys, Music, and Activities for children 0-5 years old. Check out the theme bags on your own or use the Library Card Catalog (search for Theme Bags).
Topics include: ABCs, Apples, Bilingual topics, Bugs & Insects, Colors, Cooking, Counting, Dinosaurs, Ducks, Fire Safety, Food, Halloween, Maps, Music, Non‐Fiction topics, Ocean, Rainforest, Rain, Reptiles, Space, Sports , Transportation, Weather, and Zoo.
- APPLES
- APPLES II
- BILINGUAL HALLOWEEN
- BIRDS
- BILINGUAL RAIN
- BILINGUAL HOME
- BILINGUAL BUGS & INSECTS
- BILINGUAL BUGS & INSECTS II
- BILINGUAL BUGS & INSECTS III
- BILINGUAL BABY
- BILINGUAL COUNTING
- BILINGUAL ABCs
- BILINGUAL DORA & DIEGO
- BILINGUAL TOUCH & FEEL
- BILINGUAL STORY TIME
- BILINGUAL FOOD
- BILINGUAL DINOSAURS
- BILINGUAL COLORS II
- BILINGUAL SPACE NONFICTION
- BILINGUAL REPTILES
- BILINGUAL OCEAN
- BUGS AND INSECTS
- BUGS AND INSECTS II
- CATERPILLARS
- CATS
- COUNTING
- COLORS
- COOKING
- CIRCUS
- CIRCUS II
- DENTIST
- DINOSAURS
- DINOSAURS NONFICTION
- DUCKS
- DUCKS II
- FATHERS
- FIRE SAFETY
- HALLOWEEN
- HALLOWEEN II
- HALLOWEEN III
- MAPS & TRAVEL NONFICTION
- MAPS
- MOMS AND DADS
- MOTHERS
- MOTHERS II
- MUSIC I
- MUSIC II
- MUSIC III
- MUSIC IV
- NURSERY RHYMES
- OCEAN
- OCEAN II
- PENGUINS NON-FICTION
- RAIN
- RAIN II
- RAINFOREST
- REPTILES NON-FICTION
- SPORTS
- SPIDERS
- SILLY
- SPACE
- TRANSPORTATION
- TRANSPORTATION II
- WEATHER
- ZOO
- ZOO II
THEME BAGS AND CONTENTS
APPLES
Books (5): Apples to Applesauce; I Am an Apple; Ten Apples up on Top; Ten Red Apples; A Visit to the Apple Orchard. CD (1): Country Goes Raffi. Toys: Red Apple Book. Activity: Coloring Pages; Craft.
APPLES II
Books (5): Apples to Applesauce; I am an Apple; Ten Apples Up on Top; Ten Red Apples; A Visit to the Apple Orchard. Audio Visual Materials (1): Country Goes Raffi. Toys (1): Red Apple Wood Puzzle. Activity (2): Coloring Pages; Craft.
BILINGUAL HALLOWEEN
Books (5): Barney’s Peek-A-Boo Halloween; Clifford’s First Halloween; El Primer Halloween de Clifford; Hoy es Halloween; Huggly y el Día de Halloween. Video (1): Dora’s Halloween. Toys: Witch Hat; Spider. Activity: Coloring Pages.
BIRDS
Books (5): Feathers for Lunch, Plumas Para Almorzar, Birds, The Birdwatchers, Welcome Brown Bird. DVD (1): Birds of a Feather. Toys (1): 3 plush birds. Activity (1): Coloring pages
BILINGUAL RAIN
Books (5): What Can I do When It Rains? Que Puedo Hacer Cuando Llueve?; Que Llueva, Que Llueva; La Lluevia/Rain; The Berry Big Storm; Listen to the Rain. VHS: On a Fun, Rainy Day. Toy (1): Rain Stick. Activity (1): Coloring page
BILINGUAL HOME
Books (5): Toca y Aprende El Hogar/ouch and Feel Home; Usborne First Words at Home; Hogares 1 2 3; El Departmento; A Frist Book About Animal Homes. CD (1): Greg and Steve’s We All Live Together. Toy (2): Listening Loto; Sounds at Home
BILINGUAL BUGS AND INSECTS
Books (5): The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Grouchy Ladybug; Los Animalitos; The Icky Bug counting Book; Cuenta Los Insectos. DVD (1): Bugz. Toy (1): Insect hole punches. Activity (1): Coloring page.
BILINGUAL BUGS AND INSECTS II
Books (4): Bugs for Lunch/Insectors para el Almuerzo; La Oruga, El Saltamontes; Busy Bugs; The Very Busy Spider. DVD (1): All Pupa’ed Out. Toy (1): Bug Rubbing Plates. Activity (2): Coloring Pages, Craft.
BILINGUAL BUGS & INSECTS III
Books (5): Bugs Are Insects; El Mosquito; The Icky Bug Alphabet Book; La Cucaracha; La Mariquita Malhumorada. DVD (1): It’s a Bugs World. Toys: Puzzle. Activity: Coloring Pages; Craft.
BILINGUAL BABY
Books (7): Los Colores del Bebe; Buenas Noches, Bebe!/Good Night Baby!; Buenos Días, Bebe!/Good Morning Baby!; ¿Donde Está el Bebe? Los Bebes Disney en la Granja/Disney Babies at the Farm; Bebe Mickey Encuentra un Amigo/Baby Mickey finds a Friend; Feliz Cumpleaños: Tengo 1. CD (1): Dance Baby Dance!. Toy: Wooden Blocks (26) & Wooden Base; Elmo Hand Puppet; ABC Rotating Toy.
BILINGUAL COUNTING
Books (7): Cinco Pequeñas Mariquitas; Diez en la Cama con CD; Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed; Vamos a Contar en el Mercado; Un Alce, Veinte Ratones; Mama Clo-Clo!; En un Árbol Están los Cinco Monitos/Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree. CD (1): Cantemos en Español. Toy: Let’s Count Hand Puppet; Vamos a Contar; Flip Over Numbers Notebook.
BILINGUAL ABCs
Books (5): Elmo’s Big Word Book; El Abecedario con CD; The Alphabet; Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack; The Alphabet Rocks. CDs (2): ABC Sing-Along; !Cantemos el ABC!. Toys: Wooden ABC Letters (26): El Abecedario Mini-Books (6); Bilingual Memory Mate Game w/ Instructions (90); El Alfabeto/Alphabet Flash Cards (54).
BILINGUAL DORA & DIEGO
Books (5): Diego Discovers Colors, Animals, Shapes, & More; Cuentos de Dora y Sus Amigos; Happy Baby Colors/Colores; A Contar con Dora/ Count with Dora; Diego and Click Take a Pic!. CDs: (1): Dora the Explorer: Dance Fiesta. Toys (6): Diego Puzzle; Baby Boy; Baby Girl; Dora; Monkey; Fox.
BILINGUAL TOUCH & FEEL
Books (8); Besos Cucu; Besos de Animales; Toca, Toca Libro Juego; Jugamos al Escondite?; Tootle; Scuffy; Toca Y Aprende Navidad/Touch & Feel Christmas; Toca, Toca Libro Poema. Toys (2): Soft Train; Rubber Boat.
BILINGUAL STORY TIME
Books (7): ¿Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, Que Ves Ahí?; Maisy y Sus Amigos; My Little Car/Mi Carrito; The Poky Little Puppy; The Saggy Baggy Elephant. CDs (2): Baby Jamz: Nursery Rhymes Vol. 1. Toys: Soft Elephant; The Poky Little Puppy; Libors de Cuentos: Caja de Musica (5)
BILINGUAL FOOD
Books (5): Agrupemos Alimentos; Bear’s Picnic; The Cat Who Came for Tacos; Eat, Cried Little Pig; Food/Comida. Video (1): Madeline at Cooking School. Toys: Lunch Bag with Toys. Activity: Coloring Pages; Recipe
BILINGUAL DINOSAURS
Books (5): Destello el Dinosaurio; Dinosaurios; Dinosaurs; Libro de Pegatinas Dinosaurios; Little Dinosaur. DVD (1): Go Diego Go: The Great Dinosaur Rescue. Toys: Plastic Dinosaurs. Activity: Coloring Pages; Crafts.
BILINGUAL COLORS II
Books (5): Color Zoo; Dog’s Colorful Day; Eye Spy Colors; Freight Train/Tren de Carga; Marco’s Colors. CD (1): Colors, Shapes, and Counting. Toys: Color Puzzle. Activity: Coloring Pages; Songs.
BILINGUAL SPACE NONFICTION
Books (5): Astronauts; La Luna; Living on a Space Shuttle; The Magic School Bus Sees Stars; Naves Espaciales. DVD (1): The Magic School Bus: Space Adventures. Toys: View Master w/3 slides. Activity: Songs; Coloring Pages.
BILINGUAL REPTILES
Books (5): Hide and Snake; Mi Primera Enciclopedia de Winnie the Pooh: Reptiles y Anfibios; See You Later, Alligator; Slithery Jake; !Salta, Ranita, Salta! con cassette. CD (1): The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders. Toys: Rattlesnake. Activity: Finger Plays; Coloring Pages.
BILINGUAL OCEAN
Books (5): Hello Ocean/Hola Mar; I Live Near the Ocean/ Vivo Cerca del Mar; El Pez Arco Iris al Rescate; Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale; Rainbow Fish to the Rescue. Video (1): Fish. Toys: Orange Fish. Activity: Coloring Pages.
BUGS AND INSECTS
Books (5): Bugs are Insects; Grouchy Ladybug; Miss Spider’s Tea Party; Ten Little Ladybugs; Waiting for Wings. Video (1): Tell me Why Insects. Toys (2): Grasshopper & Plastic Dragonfly; Foam Stamps.
BUGS AND INSECTS II
Books (5): The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Very Lonely Firefly; The Very Quiet Cricket; Waiting for Wings; The Icky Bug. DVD (1): The Magic School Bus: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs. Toys: Caterpillar. Activity: Coloring Pages; Songs/Finger Plays.
CATERPILLARS
Books (5): Butterfly House; The Caterpillar and the Polliwog; Clara Caterpillar; The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Crunching Munching Caterpillar. DVD (1): The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Stories. Toys: Caterpillar & Hungry Caterpillar Food Items. Activity: Crafts; Coloring Pages.
CATS
Books (5): Touch and Feel Kitten, Cat and Dog, Cats and Kittens, Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, Kitten’s First Full Moon. DVD (2): Animal Stories for Children; Dogs and Cats. Toys (1): Kitten Mini Puzzle. Activity (1): Coloring pages
COUNTING
Books (5): 1,2,3 to the Zoo; Count!; Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed; How Many Kisses do You Want Tonight?; Splash!. DVD (1): Barney: It’s time for Counting. Toys: Cookies on a plate. Activity: Theme-a-saurus Counting & Numbers.
COLORS
Books (5): I Went Walking; Mouse Paint; My Many Colored Days; Planting Rainbow; The Crayon Box That Talked. DVD (1): Blue’s Clues Shapes and Colors. Toys: Mouse Paint Book & Three Mice. Activity: Colors Activity Book.
COOKING
Books (5): The Gingerbread Man; Grow a Pumpkin Pie; Let’s Make a Sandwich; The Milk Makers; No More Vegetables. Video (1): My First Cooking Video. Toys: Stove with pots. Activity: Simple Cooking Fun.
CIRCUS
Books (5): Funny Fingers Circus; Circus Family Dog; Circus Parade; Clifford at the Circus; Circus. DVD (1): A Day at the Circus. Toy (1): Finger Puppets. Activity (1): Fun at the Circus Activity Book
CIRCUS II
Books (5): Circus Play; Moses Goes to the Circus; Emeline at the Circus; Miss Bindergarten Plan a Circus with Kindergarten; The Golden Circus. DVD (1): Kidsongs- A day at the Circus. Toy (1): Fun with Circus Stencils. Activity (1): Coloring page.
DENTIST
Books (5): Andrew’s Loose Tooth, Whose Teeth are These, Vera Goes to the Dentist, Open Wide, Sweet Tooth. DVD (1): Open Wide. Toys (1): Giant Teeth, Giant Toothbrush. Activity (1): Health Activity Book.
DINOSAURS
Books (5): Dinky Dinosaur; The Dinosaur Store; Ten Terrible Dinosaurs; Triceratops; Tyrannosaurus Rex. DVD (1): Sesame Street: Dinosaurs. Toys: Plastic Dinosaurs. Activity: Coloring Pages.
DINOSAURS NONFICTION
Books (5): The Giant Dinosaur Book; Internet Linked Dinosaurs; My Book of the Prehistoric World; My First Dinosaur Board Book; What Did Dinosaurs Eat?. DVD (1): Really Wild Animals. Toys: Plastic Dinosaurs (30 pieces). Activity: Coloring Pages; Crafts.
DUCKS
Books (5): Duck on a Bike; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Little White Duck; One Duck Stuck; Starting Life Duck. DVD (1): Word World Lucky Duck. Toys: Click Clack Moo Puppet Set. Activity: Coloring Pages.
DUCKS II
Books (5): Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket; Do Like a Duck Does; Have You Seen my Duckling?; Quack, Daisy, Quack!; Watch me Grow: Duckling. Video (1): The Duck. Toys: Sporty Rubber Ducks (12). Activity: Bilingual Book of Rhymes, Songs, Stories, and Finger Plays.
FATHERS
Books (4): Does a Duck Have A Daddy; Daddy Cuddles; Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers; Guess How Much I Love You; Daddies Give You Horsey Rides. DVD (1): Little Bear, Mother and Father Bear. Toy (1): Child and Adult Hand Puppets. Activity (1): My Daddy Mini Book.
FIRE SAFETY
Books (5): Clifford: the Fire House Dog; Dot the Fire Dog; Drive a Fire Engine; Fire Engine/El Camion de Bomberos; A Visit to the Fire Station. DVD (1): Let’s go to the Fire House. Toys: (1) Giant Floor Puzzle.
HALLOWEEN
Books (5): Clifford’s Halloween; Eek! It’s Halloween; Five Little Pumpkins; Touch and Feel Halloween; Trick or Treat. DVD (1): Bug-a-Boo Day Play. Toys: Witch Hat. Activity: Recipes; Coloring Pages.
HALLOWEEN II
Books (5): Candy Corn; Frankensquare; Whooo’s Haunting the Teeny Tiny Ghost?; Boo Who?; Clifford the Big Red Dog: Glow in the Dark Halloween. DVD (1): Rolie Polie Olie: A Spookie Ookie Halloween. Toys: Ghost; Spider. Activity: Coloring Pages; Snacks.
HALLOWEEN III
Books (5): How do you know its Halloween?; Wee Witches Halloween; What a Scare, Jesse Bear; Where’s the Halloween Treat?; Who’s There?. CD (1): Max & Ruby’s Halloween. Toys: Ghost. Activity: Snacks; Recipes.
MAPS & TRAVEL NONFICTION
Books (5): A is for America: an American Alphabet; Looking at Maps and Globes; Maps; Our World; Where do I Live?. DVD (1): Travel Adventures. Toys: Box of Fifty Plates. Activity: Map Skills.
MAPS
Books (5): ABC Drive; Lisa’s Airplane Trip; Mapping Penny’s World; Muck’s Map; There’s a Map on my Lap. DVD (1): Map Adventures. Toys: Floor Map. Activity: Coloring Pages; Map Activities.
MOMS AND DADS
Books (5): Do You ABC’s Little Brown Bear; Dad and Me in the Morning; A Mother for Choco; Is Your Mama and Llama; Daddies are for Catching Fireflies. AV (1): Father Bear Comes Home w/cassette. Toy (1): Family Play Set. Activity (1): Coloring page.
MOTHERS
Books (5): Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too; I Love You, Little One; A Chair for my Mother; Owl Babies; Tell Me a Story, Mama. HVS (1): Are you My Mother?. Toy (1): Family Play Set. Activity (1): Coloring pages.
MOTHERS II
Books (5): Counting Kisses; Hazel’s Amazing Mother; Mama, Do You Love Me?; Mothers Are Like That; Quiero a Mi Mama Porque. DVD (1):
Families of USA. Toys: Nesting Box Set (10 boxes). Activity: Coloring Pages; Fingerplays.
MUSIC I
Books (5): A Day in The Life of a Musician; Froggy Plays in the Band; Hand, Hand, Fingers; Thumb, I want to be a Musician; My Family Plays Music. CD (1): Multicultural Rhythm Stick Fun; Toys: Rhythm Sticks kit w/24 Sticks.
MUSIC II
Books (5): Mole Music; The Remarkable Rakle McBride; Zin, Zin, Zin a Violin; M is for Music; Maisy Likes Music. CD (1): Nursery Rhymes Vol. 1. Toys: Musical Instruments. Activity: Coloring Pages; Finger Plays.
MUSIC III
Books (5): Maisy Likes Music; Mole Music; Shake, Shake, Shake; The Remarkable Farkle McBride; Zin! Zin! Zin!: A Violin. CD (1): Listen Learn & Grow. Toys: Musical Instruments.
MUSIC IV
Books (5): A Day in the Life of a Musician; Froggy Plays in the Band; I want to be a Musician; Music!; My Family Plays Music. CD (1): Multicultural Rhythm Stick Fun. Toys: Rhythm Sticks (24 Pieces). Activity: Coloring Pages; Songs/Finger Plays.
NURSERY RHYMES
Books (5): Baa, Baa, Black Sheep; Big Fat Hen; Hand Rhymes; Once Upon a Nursery Rhyme; Richard Scary’s Best Mother Goose Ever. CD (1)Nursery Rhymes. Activity (2): Once Upon a Nursery Rhyme. Toys (2): Story Telling Glove; Stories: Hey Diddle Diddle, Baa Baa Black Sheep, & The Itsy Bitsy Spider.
OCEAN
Books (5): A Fish Story; I spy in the Ocean; In the Ocean- a Touch and Feel Adventure; Into the A B Sea; Little Fish Lost. Video (1): Underwater Animals. Toys: Foamy Chunk Stamps. Activity: Crafts.
OCEAN II
Books (5): Fish Eyes; Fish Faces; A House for Hermit Crab; Pattern Fish; Sharks. Video (1): Eye Witness Ocean. Toys: Octupus; Crab. Activity: Coloring Pages.
PENGUINS NON-FICTION
Books (5): Antarctic Antics; Penguin Chick; Penguins (All About Wild Animals); A Penguin Chick Grows Up; Penguins. DVD (1): National Geographic Animal Holiday. Toys: Polar Play Set (22 Pieces). Activity: Penguins Primary.
RAIN
Books (5): The Rain Came Down; Down Comes the Rain; Ruby’s Rainy Day; The Rainy Day Book; The Water Hole. DVD (1): Little Bear Rainy Day Tales. Toys (1): Frog. Activity (1): Craft
RAIN II
Books (5): Clifford and the Big Storm; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; It’s Raining, It’s Pouring; The Rain Came Down; Storm is Coming. DVD (1): Bear in the Big Blue House. Toys: Foam Stamps (5): Activity: Crafts.
RAINFOREST
Books (5): Lemurs; If I ran the Rainforest; Rainforest Animals; The Bird, the Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle; Australian Rainforest Animals. Video (1): The Magic School Bus: In the Rainforest. Toys: Monkey; Bird; Activity; Coloring Pages.
REPTILES NON-FICTION
Books (5): The Salamander Room; The Yucky Reptiles Alphabet Book; Reptiles; Watch Me Grow, Frog; One Tiny Turtle. DVD (1): Remarkable Reptiles. Toys (1): Plush Toy. Activity (1): Coloring page, fun with reptiles stencils
SPORTS
Books (5): Diamond Life: Baseball Sights, Sounds, and Swings; Jimmy’s Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk; NFL ABC; Super Sports; Touch and Feel Baseball. Video (1): George and Martha: Games Hippos Play. Toys: Jump Rope. Activity: Crafts; Games.
SPIDERS
Books (5): Little Miss Spider; Spiders Biggest! Littlest!; Squash the Spider; Eency Weency Spider; Diary of a Spider. AV (1): Insects and Spiders Activity Book w/CD. Toy (1): Spider finger puppet. Activity (2): Coloring page, Itsy Bitsy Spider finger puppet craft. Books (8): You’ll Soon Grow into Them, Titch; Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers; Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver; Max and Ruby’s Snowy Day; Franklin’s Baby Sister. DVD (1): Meet Blue’s Baby Brother. Toy (1): Family Play Set. Activity (1): Coloring Pages.
SILLY
Books (5): A Bad Case of Stripes; Imogene’s Antlers; Silly Sally; There’s a Wocket in my Pocket; Would you Rather…. DVD (1): Richard Scary’s Best Silly Stories and Songs Video Ever!. Toys: Where’s My Head? Where’s My Tail? (21 pieces). Activity: The Book of Monthly Ideas.
Books (5): Bugs in Space; Martian Rock; Rabbits on Mars; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Rooftop Rocket Party. DVD (1): Little Einsteins: Race for Space. Toys: Foam Stamps; Stencils. Activity: Coloring Pages.
TRANSPORTATION
Books (5): Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom; Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car; I Love Planes; Inside Freight Train; On the Road. DVD (1): Here Comes the Big Red Car. Toys: Semi Truck. Activity: Coloring Pages; Craft.
TRANSPORTATION II
Books (5): Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble!; Chugga-chugga Choo-Choo; Flying; My First Spanish Truck Board Book; Truck Jam. DVD (1): The Little Cars 1 in the Great Race. Toys: Wooden Truck Blocks. Activity: 1-2-3 Draw Cars, Trucks, and other Vehicles.
WEATHER
Books (5): Can it Rain Cats and Dogs?; The Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm; Weather; Weather: Lift the Flap; What makes the Seasons?. Video (1): A Cloudy Day in Sunny Patch. Toys: Weather Puzzle. Activity: Weather Forecasting.
ZOO
Books (5): Adding it up at the Zoo; Animals in the Zoo; At the Zoo; Color Zoo; There’s a Zoo in Room 22. DVD (1): A Trip to the San Diego Zoo. Toys: Elephant. Activity: Zoo Animal Stencils (12); At the Zoo: Explore the Animal World with Craft Fun.
ZOO II
Books (5): 1,2,3 To The Zoo; Dear Zoo; Going to the Zoo; Good Night Gorilla; Peek-A-Zoo. DVD (1): Curious George: Zoo Nights and other Stories. Activity (2): Coloring Pages; Songs. Toys (2): Giraffe; Zebra.