Lerner Building Blocks

Listeners will explore cultural topics like food and language to learn how their lives are alike or different from the lives of their friends and neighbors. Help young listeners develop literacy skills with these nonfiction and fiction series.

Full contents:

All Kinds of People by Lisa Bullard

Dress-Up Day: All Kinds of Clothes

Different Can Be Great: All Kinds of Families

Something Special: All Kinds of Foods

Our Own Place: All Kinds of Homes

A New Classmate: All Kinds of Languages

A Special Invitation: All Kinds of Religions

Be a Good Sport (Fiction) by Megan Borgert-Spaniol

Good Game

Jordan Says Good Job

Your Turn

Reiko’s Team

Not Yet!

Dev Tries His Best

Be a Good Sport (Nonfiction) by Katie Peters

Winning Well

Losing Well

Playing Fair

Being a Good Teammate

Following the Rules

Trying My Best

Character Builders (Fiction) by Megan Borgert-Spaniol

A Beautiful Day

Ready for Bed

Time to Clean

Caring for Sister

Character Builders (Nonfiction) by Katie Peters

I Am Positive

I Am Honest

I Am Responsible

I Am Caring

Holiday Time by Lisa Bullard

My Family Celebrates Hanukkah

My Family Celebrates Christmas

My Family Celebrates Day of the Dead

My Family Celebrates Thanksgiving

My Family Celebrates Halloween

My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa

Deadly Diseases

COVID-19: The Coronavirus Disease by Jackie Golusky

Bubonic Plague: The Black Death by Percy Leed

Malaria: An Ongoing Threat by Brianna Kaiser

Smallpox: A Vaccine Success by Brianna Kaiser

Typhoid Fever: A Deadly Infection by Percy Leed

Ebola: A Rare Killer by Jackie Golusky

Many Ways by Marie-Therese Miller

Feelings Like Mine

Families Like Mine

Homes Like Mine

Parents Like Mine

Step by Step

The Story of Syrup: It Starts with a Maple Tree by Melanie Mitchell

The Story of Bread: It Starts with Wheat by Stacy Taus-Bolstad

The Story of a Football: It Starts with Leather by Robin Nelson

The Story of a Tulip: It Starts with a Bulb by Lisa Owings

The Story of a Ladybug: It Starts with an Egg by Lisa Owings

The Story of an Oak Tree: It Starts with an Acorn by Emma Carlson-Berne

World’s Grossest by Scott Nickel

World’s Grossest Animals

World’s Grossest Jobs

World’s Grossest Human Body Facts

World’s Grossest History Facts

World’s Grossest Creepy Crawlers

World’s Grossest Plants