Feelings

How do you feel? Learning to identify emotions is an essential skill for young children. When children can understand their own feelings, as well as the feelings of the people around them, they are able to thrive socially. Having well developed emotional awareness will eventually prepare children for success in a classroom setting, so here are some CLP “feelings favorites” to help support this important learning. 


Best Books for Babies 2022

  The Best Books for Babies Committee has been meeting for over 20 years and some members have participated since the beginning. Our goal is to identify books that are … Continued


Best Books for Babies 2021

The Best Books for Babies selection process looked a lot different this year. No surprise, right? But we’re happy to report that we still came up with a list of … Continued


Toddler Booklist: The Pittsburgh Ready Project

The Pittsburgh Ready project links the Library with child care providers to share robust early literacy resources. If you are looking for a wonderful title to share with a toddler, check out some of the titles on this list. 


Baby Booklist: The Pittsburgh Ready Project

The Pittsburgh Ready project links the Library with child care providers to share robust early literacy resources. If you are looking for a wonderful title to share with a baby, check out some of the titles on this list. 


Black Joy

These books celebrate Black kids–from babies to middle schoolers–being kids.



Best Books for Babies 2019

For the twentieth time since 2000, a group of local librarians and child development experts has sorted through the previous year’s publications to select and promote the ten Best Books … Continued


Surprisingly STEM

Let’s stretch STEM learning beyond the “T” for technology by exploring awesome books about science, engineering, and math for young children.