More Read-Alongs added to Ebooks Minnesota

Read-along ebooks are an invaluable resource for building literacy skills and fostering a love of reading. By combining text with professional narration, these titles support emerging and reluctant readers, English language learners, and anyone who benefits from hearing words spoken aloud while following along on the page. They help strengthen vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, and comprehension, while also making reading a more engaging and interactive experience. For families and educators, read-alongs provide a versatile tool that can be used in classrooms, libraries, or at home to encourage independent reading and support shared story time. Ultimately, they make reading more accessible, inclusive, and enjoyable for all ages.

Here are a few of the read-along titles recently added to Ebooks Minnesota:

Worries are not forever = Las preocupaciones no duran para siempre
Helps children understand what worry is, and provides a series of tips to help readers identify and cope with worry. 

Exploring the solar system
Accessible text and color illustrations take a look at the planets, stars, comets, and satellites of the solar system.

The skydiving beavers: a true tale
Presents the true story of how Elmo Heter and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game figured out a plan to successfully relocate a beaver colony in 1948 by parachuting them into a new location - thanks to the test beaver, Geronimo, who proved it could be done and came to love skydiving.

Monarch butterfly
Describes the life cycle, body parts, and behavior of the monarch butterfly.

Walt Disney
This book chronicles the early life of Walt Disney, highlighting his World War I Red Cross service, tracing his development of a distinctive animation style, and featuring photographs, fact boxes, a map, a glossary, and comprehension questions.

To Mars!
A young girl journeys to Mars to learn about its landscape and legendary dust storms.