Stories to Go

It’s storytime in a box!  GVPL’s Stories to Go Boxes were created as a resource for families, caregivers, and early childhood educators to use with young children. Made possible with a generous grant from the Times Colonist, these theme boxes have been designed to meet a variety of interests while helping to develop early literacy skills. Boxes can be borrowed for 3 weeks on an adult card and can be picked up and returned to any branch.

Each box focuses on a theme and contains:
     8 children’s books
     2 music CDs
     a rhyme booklet
     puppets

Find out more about Stories to Go from our pdf brochure

For Preschoolers

Animals

BC West Coast

Bears

Bedtime

Big & Little

Birds & Ducks

Birthdays & Growing Up

Bugs

Cats & Dogs

Celebrating Diversity & Self Esteem

Clothes

Concepts – Counting, Colour, Shapes

Dinosaurs, Dragons & Monsters

Fairies and Princesses

Families

Farmyard

Feelings

First Nations

Folk and Fairy Tales

Friendship

Gardening

Going to the Doctor

Homes and Neighbourhoods

Horses

Imagination

Let’s Eat

Monkeys and Crocodiles

Moving Day

Musical Stories

New Baby

Noisy Stories

Nursery Rhymes

Pets

Pirates

Rescue Workers

Seasons

Silly Stories

Space

Sports

Tools and Construction

Transportation

Travel

Trucks

Under the Sea

Bilingual Boxes for Preschoolers

French (Bonjour)

Chinese

German

Italian

Punjabi

Spanish (¡Hola!)

For Babies and Toddlers (mostly board books)

ABCs

Animal Sounds

Babies

Bedtime

Bodies and Clothes

Concepts – Colours and Counting

Family Time

Farm Animals

Food

Goodnight

Mother Goose

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Playtime

Potty Training for Boys

Potty Training for Girls

Rhyming and Patterns

Sign Language

Wild Animals

Bilingual Boxes for Babies & Toddlers

French (Bonjour)

Chinese

Italian

Punjabi

Spanish (¡Hola!)

For information on borrowing, loan periods and overdues, see Borrowing.