Join Laurel for a reading of "The Night Before Christmas" as it had been published on Dec. 23, 1823 in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in upstate New York.

Join Laurel for a sweet retelling of the story of baby Jesus as retold on dltk-kids.com.  Merry Christmas!

Join Laurel for the sweet tale of Hiawatha and his childhood with his grandmother, Nokomis, who taught him all about the world around them.

Join Laurel for, "Elijah's Prayer", a special story from the Bible.  Elijah was a regular man who made mistakes, who was afraid sometimes, yet when it really mattered he trusted God.  Elijah did amazing things with God's help and God did amazing things for Elijah. 

Join Laurel for a beautiful story about Jesus and the powerful message of faith that he taught to Paul and his disciples. 

Join Laurel for two beautiful pieces of children's poetry: "Johnny Crow's Garden" by L. Leslie Brooke and "A Hole is to Dig, A First Book of First Definitions" by Ruth Krauss.  This week is a special week, because it is Read a Poem to a Child Week, as part of the annual 100,000 Poets for Change celebration of arts all over the world. 

Join Laurel for a soothing tale about a little girl who tries to find playmates among the woodland creatures.  

Join Laurel for two beautiful Aesop's Fables for bedtime: "The Crow and the Pitcher" and "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse".

Good Night Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, read by Laurel Santiago.  A sleepy child prepares for bed by wishing, "goodnight" to all of his/her favorite things.  

Mommy and Daddy Bear tuck their three baby bears into bed and tell them that they are the best baby bears in the whole world.  The baby bears start to think that they can't possibly all be the best, or can they?