Children’s storybooks featuring animals can be highly effective tools for teaching speech and language skills. Animals are often fascinating and relatable characters for children. Their unique characteristics, behaviors, and personalities capture children’s attention, making them more engaged in the story.
Party Animals! A Wild Collection of Speech Sound Poems

By Tali Kellerstein, Speech/language Pathologist Thank you so much for hosting my post, SLP Storytellers! I’m super excited to present my new book, Party Animals! A Wild Collection of Speech Sound Poems, which bridges speech, language and early literacy skills with a
Seeing is Knowing – Toucan, The Great Potoo, Kinkajou, and More
With the COVID-19 pandemic entering its fifth month I have been ruminating on an important aspect of storybooks. Children who are read to often and regularly have greatly increased chances for success in reading and in academia. One area that
Storybooks for Difficult Current Event Discussions
Early childhood speech/language pathologists have always had storybooks for their “go-to” material. My usual book reviews address specific goals for speech children. However, with all the bad news that our young children see, storybooks are filling another early childhood need.