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Circle Time Books: Community Helpers

Good books for circle time, recommended by children's librarians at Burnaby Public Library. This list includes books about community helpers such as hospital workers, bus drivers, teachers, firefighters, librarians, and other people working to make a difference. Do you have questions? Need more ideas? We can help! Call 604-436-5400, email kids@bpl.bc.ca or talk with us at the library.

Burnaby Public Library

19 items

  • 3 to 5 — Community helpers (includes those not traditionally celebrated as heroes)
    BookThomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2022] — j331.702 Bri
  • 3 to 5 — Community helpers
    BookNew York : Random House, [2020] — je Hega
  • 3 to 5 — Neighbours helping
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020. — je Atin
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Bus drivers
    BookNew York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — je Cuyl
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Playing doctor
    BookNew York : Clavis, [2018] — je Free
  • 3 to 5 — Dentists
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2018. — je Gomi
  • 3 to 5 — Neighbours helping
    BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — je Mora
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Day as a librarian
    BookNew York : Abrams Appleseed, [2017] — je Bigg
  • 3 to 5 — Librarian and library activities like storytime (with chickens)
    BookNew York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2016]. — je Ashe
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Day as a vet
    BookNew York : Abrams Appleseed, 2016. — je Bigg
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Firefighters
    BookNew York : Random House, [2015]. — je Aust
  • Toddlers and 3 to 5 — Firefighters
    BookHalcyon, CA : Temple Street Press, c2013. — je UlzI
  • 3 to 5 — Hospital workers
    BookLondon : Bloomsbury, 2009. — jer Arch
  • 3 to 5 — Librarian
    BookWatertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2006. — je McQu
  • These kits are for educators and group leaders who present circle times. They include picture books, words to rhymes and songs, music CDs, puppets, and felt stories.
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