Early Literacy
We are excited to provide these quality services, programs, and materials to help your child develop their literacy skills -- and have fun learning! Reader's AdvisoryRaise a Ready Reader
GLADL Reading Challenges
Looking for ways to challenge a student/child in their progress towards literacy excellence? Check out our Reading Challenges for grades K-6.
Our new “Fall into Reading”
Challenge begins
October 1, 2026!
Preschool / Picnic Playdate
Preschool Storytime for 1-6 year olds with their young siblings, parents or caregivers. Literacy enhancing activities include: reading stories and talking about them; singing; learning rhymes and fingerplays as we build fine and gross motor skills; learning the conventions and structure of language and having fun too! Special guests may include musicians, artists and community guest readers. Weather permitting Storytime is often held outside as a Picnic Playdate!
Visiting Storytimes
Trained GLADL staff bring Storytime out of the library-– to visit and read to children at local schools, preschools and childcare centers. A Visiting Storytime includes important elements of literacy, such as reading from several picture books; songs and rhymes; fingerplays, or other age-appropriate movement activities. Coloring sheets or other “take-home” handouts are often included for younger children.
Call or email to request a visit from one of our traveling storytellers!
517-627-7014 | progcoord@gladl.org
Discovery Packs of Learning
Our Discovery Packs enable pre-k to elementary school level learning about a selection of topics. Discovery Packs are ideal for hands on learners. Each black mesh backpack contains a selection of items such as books, flash cards, card games, puzzles, puppets, musical instruments, and DVDs.
Explore our selection of Discovery Packs!
Literacy Booster Packs
Take learning beyond the library with our Learning Packs! Each themed kit is packed with books, hands-on activities, games, and learning tools to make exploring new topics fun.
✨ Topics include:
🔤 Literacy ➕ Math 🌿 Nature
❤️ Health & Wellness 🦖 Dinosaurs
🌍 English Language Learning
👧 Ages 5–9
⏳ 3-week checkout
Learn. Explore. Discover.
Learning Booster Packs are funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library of Michigan.
Bookflix
Streaming picture books and ebooks for PreK-3rd grade
BookFlix pairs classic animated stories from Weston Woods with nonfiction ebooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. Try out a Curious George story and a read-along ebook to answer all your 2nd grader’s questions about monkeys! 140 pairs of fiction/non-fiction including 38 Spanish versions. Offers read-along and read-to-me, games, and “meet the creator” to introduce authors to young readers.
All-in-one Read Along!
There’s no need for computers, tablets, or CDs. Children simply push a button to listen and read.
VOX Books help capture a child’s reading attention while make learning and literacy development fun. The call number for all VOX Books is VOX, then Author’s Last Name. We are adding more titles each quarter, so keeping visiting our shelves!
Explore our catalog of VOX talking books!
Kid's Catalog
Our Kid’s Catalog has lots of series, chapter books and categories to choose from — all with friendly book covers for our younger readers to make choosing easier.
Great stories to read and share!
Check out one of these fantastic books today!
Virtual Storytime
Visit anytime to watch your favorites stories and songs from the GLADL collection!