Sloths Love to Read Podcast
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.
Episodes
When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street is Elsa Okon Rael's beautiful story of family relations and the celebrations that can often ensue.
While staying with her grandparents in New York City in the mid-1930s, eight-year-old Zeesie joins in the celebration of Simchat Torah and sees a different side of her stern grandfather.
Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
"Howl" is an award-winning, whimsical tale of a wolf who so loved the moon that he made it his life's purpose to be with her.
Through creative thinking, perseverance and sheer will, he knows he will reach his goal. Howl is a book perfect for children and families!
Find this book on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/48y1jQR
Discover the vibrant world of Dia de Los Muertos in 'What is Dia de Los Muertos,' a captivating children's book that combines history and creativity. Unearth the rich traditions of this Mexican celebration as you journey through the past, and learn how families honor their ancestors.
With 15 imaginative ways to commemorate and celebrate, children of all ages will be inspired to create ofrendas, craft sugar skulls, and enjoy the...
Luna Lopez wants to be a witch.
Pheenie the witch wants to throw a Halloween party.
Together this unlikely pair strikes a deal: If Luna helps her pull off the best, most spectacular soiree in the neighborhood, Pheenie will teach her the secrets to her potions and spells.
There’s only one problem: Getting this party on track is harder than Luna expected. She’ll have to curb every one of the frazzled witch’s creepy, crawly i...
Spooky tricks and hilarious treats abound in this retelling of the beloved Halloween special that comes with holographic foil and embossing on the cover!Celebrate Halloween with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang!
It’s Halloween night, which means costumes, trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples…and waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Linus is certain that the Great Pumpkin will rise out of the pumpkin patch to bring toys ...
Four pairs of eyes stare from the blackness to watch fearsome creatures trick-or-treat.
Don’t forget to check out our seasonal Book Collections at: www.SlothDreamsBooks.com
Softly padding through the darkness, Moonlight explores the world on her favorite night, Halloween.The town and countryside glow with shining stars. The wide yellow moon lights pumpkins, racoons, and children out having fun.
Told in eloquently simple, lyrical words, with dazzling, luminous paintings, Moonlight evokes not just the excitement of Halloween, but something more -- the reassuring warmth and friendliness that is a special...
Everyone loves Halloween candy―even Turkey. But how can he and his barnyard friends get any when the farmers give it out only to children? With a costume, of course!
As his pals look on, Turkey comes up with one clever costume after the next. Each trick gets better and better...but will Turkey and his friends end up with any treats?
Don’t forget to check out our educational fall and winter books at: www.SlothDreams.com
Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard . . . clomp, clomp, shake, shake, clap, clap.
And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life! With bouncy refrains and classic art, this timeless Halloween story is perfect for reading aloud.
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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 s...
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.
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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
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