Families
Although the materials of the Ready to Read Resource Center are designed for check-out by early childhood professionals, families are welcome to:
Borrow Lapsit Bags
Lapsit Bags can be checked out for 3 weeks with a library card. View a list of Lapsit Bag themes.
Read it! Storypackets
Families may also be interested in checking out Read it! Storypackets, which are similar to Lapsit Bags but geared toward the 3-5 age group. View a list of Read it! Storypacket themes.
Borrow Read to Me at Home bags of books from your early childhood agency
These bags are small canvas totes that contain three board books per bag. They are contained in a Read to Me at Home Tub, which your early childhood agency (such as pre-school, rural library, child care center or home, health clinic…) can borrow from the Ready to Read Resource Center. Your agency, in turn, may loan the bags of books to you to take home and read with your young children.
Enjoy Ready to Read Tubs at your local community library
If you are outside of the Municipality of Anchorage, encourage your local community library to borrow Ready to Read Tubs so that you can have access to an assortment of board books and picture books in your library. They are colorful, lively, simple, plentiful, and fun-- just right for you and your young child to explore together. Ask your library to borrow tubs regularly to provide your community with a fresh variety of books throughout the year.
If you are in Anchorage, help your child get ready to read at the
Anchorage Public Library
- Come to our storytime programs where young children and their caregivers enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, and fingerplays together! (APL Events Calendar)
- Check out board books, picture books, and music CDs from our collection of thousands of materials!