To check out a Theme Kit please call
Laurel Indalecio at 915-543-5470.
The Theme Kit will be sent to the El Paso Public Library of your
choice.
You will need a valid El Paso Public Library card to check out
the kit for one week.
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A-B-C - The
Alphabet |
Ancient
Egypt |
Bats |
Bugs |
Colors
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Desert Life
Dinosaurs
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Life |
Fire Safety
& Fireman |
Five Senses
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Four Seasons
Gardens &
Gardening |
Going to the
Doctor |
Hats |
Inventors &
Inventing
Monsters
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Mother Goose |
1-2-3-Counting
| Shapes
| Sharing
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Teamwork
Transportation |
United
States |
Zoos
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A-B-C -
The Alphabet |
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Books
A to Z - Board
Alphabet Fiesta: An English / Spanish Alphabet Story
Alphabet Under Construction
Alphaboat
Arf! Beg! Catch! Dogs From A to Z
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
I Spy Little Letters - Board
What Pete Ate from A-Z
Zoe and Her Zebra - Board
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Educational Toy
My First ABC Puppets
Audio /
Visual
Maisy's ABC - Video
Alphabet Band - My First
Interactive Storybook - CD-ROM |
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Ancient Egypt |
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Books
Ancient Egypt Revealed
In Search of Tutankhamun: The Discovery of
a King's Tomb
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures - Ancient Egypt
Pyramids! 50 Hands-On Activities to
Experience Ancient Egypt |
Educational Toy
Audio / Visual
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Bats |
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Books
Bat in the Dining Room
Bat Jamboree
Batbaby Finds a Home
Bats
Bats! - Strange and Wonderful
Bats Around the Clock
Flores para Lucía, la Murciélaga /
Flowers for Lucia, the Bat
Liitlebat's Halloween Story
Marcelo el Murciélaga / Marcelo the Bat
Stellaluna
Some materials provided by:
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Educational Toy
Bat Puppet
Audio /
Visual
Kids Discover Bats - Video
Kids Discover Bats - Video - En Español |
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Bugs, Bugs, Bugs |
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Books
The Boll Weevil Ball
Cuenta Los Insectos - Spanish
Eyewitness Insect
Little Miss Spider
Mighty Spiders!
Over in the Garden
Oye, Hormiguita
Peekaboo Bugs
Ugh! A Bug
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Quiet Cricket
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Educational Toy
Tarantula Puppet
Audio / Visual
Pretty Insects - Our
Natural Heritage Series - Video
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Colors |
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Books
Angelina Ballerina's
Colors - Board
Blue Hat, Green Hat - Board
Colors - Board
D.W.'s Color Book - Board
Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland
Los Colores de Elmer / Elmer's Colors - Bilingual
Maisy's Colors - Board
My First Colors Board Book
My World of Color
Snappy Little Colors - Pop-up
Yellow, Blue and Bunny, Too! - Pull tab
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Educational Toy
Lakeshore Literacy Box - Colors
Audio / Visual
Maisy's Colours and
Shapes - Video |
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Desert
Life |
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Books
Crafts for Kids Who Are Wild About the Desert
Delicious Hullabaloo / Pachanga deliciosa
Desert Animals
Desert Plants
Desert Trek: An Eye-Opening Journey through the World's
Driest Places
In the Desert
Jackalope
Kissing Coyotes
Mountains and Deserts (Nature Unfolds Series)
Roadrunner's Dance
Who Grows Up in the Desert |
Educational Toy
Armadillo Puppet
Audio / Visual
Eyewitness Desert - Video
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Dinosaurs |
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Books
ABC T-Rex
Dinosaur Bones
Dinosaur: Minipedia
Dinosaurs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dinosaurumpus!
Flapdoodle Dinosaurs - Pop-up
Eyewitness - Dinosaur
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs
When Dinosaurs Go To School
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Educational Toy
Triceratops Puppet
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Visual |
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Farm Life |
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Books
Alberto y Lila
Barn Raising
Biscuit Visits the Farm
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
The Flea's Sneeze
Funny Farm - A Mix-up Pop-up Book
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Herd of Cows! Flock of Sheep!
Little Rabbit's First Farm Book
Living on Farms
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm
Old MacDonald had a Farm - A Pop-up Book
Old MacDonald had a Workshop
The Pig Who Ran a Red Light
Puzzle Farm|
Sally Goes to the Farm
William Wegman - Farm Days
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Educational Toy
Hand Puppets - Cat, Cow, Dog (2),
Duck, Fox, Horse,
Lamb, Mouse, Pig, Rabbit
Fun Foam Mask - Cat (3), Cow, Dog (2), Duck, Horse, Lamb,
Mouse, Pig, Rabbit, Rooster
Audio / Visual
The Cow That Went OINK - Book and Audio Cassette
Songs from the Farm - CD
A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm - Video |
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Fire Safety and Firemen |
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Books
Arthur's Fire Drill
Big Red Fire Truck - Lift the Flap
Corduroy goes to the Fire Station
Dot the Fire Dog
Fire!
Fire Fighter Piggy Wiggy
Fire, Fire! Emergency
Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry!
Fire! The Drama...The Rigs...The Gear...
The Rescues...The Heroism
Firefighter Frank
Firemouse
Here Come Our Firefighters!
Maisy's Fire Engine
No Dragons For Tea: Fire Safety for Kids
Stop Drop and Roll
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Educational Toy
Fireman Puzzle Set - 4-12 piece
puzzles
Audio / Visual
Fire Safety for Kids - Video |
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Five
Senses |
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Books
Feeling Your Way
The Five Senses
Follow Your Nose
Forest Friends Five Senses
Open Your Eyes
Perk Up Your Ears
Quiet Night
Sense-Abilities: Fun Ways to Explore the Senses
You Can't Taste a Pickle with Your Ear: A Book
About Your 5 Senses
Your Tongue Can Tell
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Educational Toy
Lakeshore Instant Learning Center -
Five Senses
Audio / Visual
Bear in the Big Blue House -
Sense-sational! - Video |
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Four
Seasons |
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Books
All Year Round
Crafts for all Seasons
Green Eyes
It's Fall
It's Spring
It's Summer
It's Winter
Kipper's Rainy Day
Maisy's Seasons
Park Beat: Rhymin Through the Seasons
The Search for Spring
Snowy, Flowy, Blowy: A Twelve Months Rhyme
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Educational Toy
Lakeshore Literacy Box - Seasons
Audio / Visual
Baby Genius - The Four Seasons - Video
The Berenstain Bears' Four Seasons - Book with
Audio Cassette
Snow Family - Book with Audio Cassette |
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Gardens & Gardening |
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Books
Cecil's Garden
Garden Days – Celebrating gardens with rhymes, songs,
projects, games, and snacks
Green Thumbs: A Kid's Activity Guide to Indoor and
Outdoor Gardening
A Harvest of Color
How Groundhog's Garden Grew
Messy Bessey's Garden
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
No More Vegetables!
Paddington Bear in the Garden
Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed
Planting a Rainbow
Plants - Super Science Activities
The Very Busy Day
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Educational Toy
Audio /
Visual
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Going to
the Doctor |
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Books
Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor
Doctor / El Médico
Doctor Tools
Froggy Goes to the Doctor
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
Next Please
Shanna's Doctor Show
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Educational Toy
Little Doctor Kit
Audio /
Visual
Doctor De Soto (Dentist) - Book and Audio Cassette
Going to the Doctors - Video |
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Hats |
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Books
Caps for Sale
A Guide for Using Caps for Sale in the Classroom
Halloween Hats
The Hat
A Hat for Minerva Louise
Hats-Hats-Hats
Jennie's Hat
Milo's Hat Trick
Miss Fannie's Hat
Miss Hunnicutt's Hat
Old Hat - New Hat
Los 500 Sombreros de Bartolomé Cubbins
Se Venden Gorras
Twelve Hats for Lena
What Can You Do With A Paper Bag? Hats,
Wigs, Masks, Crowns, Helmets...........
Where's Mary's Hat?
Which Hat is That?
Zara's Hats
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Educational Toy
Cat in the Hat-hat,
Frog Prince Hat, Ladybug Hat,
and Pirate Hat
Audio / Visual
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Inventors & Inventing |
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Books
The Adventures of Archie Featherspoon
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares
Eureka! Poems About Inventors
Here's What You Do When You Can't Find Your Shoe:
(Ingenious Inventions for Pesky Problems) - Poems
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
How to Enter and Win an Invention Contest
Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of
Thomas Alva Edison
The Kids' Invention Book
The Man Who Made Time Travel
Og the Dog and the Uninventor
1000 Inventions & Discoveries
So You Want to be an Inventor
Sydney's Star
Thematic Unit - Inventions
The Warlord's Fish
What a Great Idea: Inventions That Changed the World!
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Educational Toy
Audio / Visual
The Great Inventors - This is America
Charlie Brown - Video |
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Monsters |
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Books
Bedtime Little Monster
Eek! Creak! Snicker, Sneak
Frankenstella and the Video Store Monster
Hide-and-Seek with Leo: A Hand-Puppet Book
Kipper's Monster
The Monster Who Loved Books - Pop-up
Monster Museum
My Monster Mama Loves Me So
Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster
Where the Wild Things Are
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Educational Toy
Go Away, Big Green Monster Puppet Kit
Audio / Visual
Mad, Mad, Mad, Monsters - Video |
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Mother
Goose |
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Books
Classic Color Rhymes - The Real Mother Goose - Board
Classic Sing-Along Rhymes - Board
The Everything Mother Goose: 300 favorites kids will
enjoy...
Grandmothers's Nursery Rhymes / Las Nanas de Abuelita
Here Comes Mother Goose
The Lucy Cousins Book of Nursery Rhymes
Mother Goose Phonics - Activity Book
The Movable Mother Goose - Pop-up
My First Real Mother Goose Bedtime Book
Tomie's Little Mother Goose - Board
Tortillitas Para Mama and other Nursery Rhymes
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Educational Toy
Hey, Diddle Diddle Glove Puppet
Audio / Visual
Mother Goose Rocks - CD |
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1-2-3 -
Counting |
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Books
Carlo Likes Counting
Doggies: A Counting and Barking Book - Board
Eight Animals on the Town
¡Fiesta!
My First Number Board Book
Numbers: A Match-the-flap-book
Olivia Counts - Board
One Leaf Rides the Wind
Rainbow Fish - 1,2,3
10 Little Monsters - Pop-up with finger puppets
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Educational Toy
Lakeshore - Number Match-ups Puzzle
Set
My First 1-2-3 Puppet Soft Book
Audio / Visual
Richard Scarry's Best
Counting Video Ever - DVD |
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Shapes |
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Books
Kathy Ross Crafts: Triangles, Rectangles,
Circles, and Squares!
Let's Learn Shapes: A Fun Flip Activity Book to Play
Together
Looking at Shapes
My Shapes / Mis Formas
Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes
Shapes: More Than 30 Flaps & Tabs - 40 Hidden Pictures
The Silliest Shapes and Colors Book in the Wild West
Snake Gets in Shape - Lift up Flaps
A Star in My Orange
Turn and Learn Shapes
Twizzlers: Shapes and Patterns
The Wing on a Flea: A Book About Shapes
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Educational Toy
Let's Start Shapes - Book and Foam
and Stencil Shapes
Audio / Visual
Baby Newton - All
About Shapes - Video
Bear in the Big Blue House - Colors
and Shapes - Video |
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Sharing |
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Books
The Apple King
It's My Turn, Smudge!
The Little Hands Playtime Book: 50 Activities to
Encourage Cooperation & Sharing
Messy Bessey's Closet
Mine!
Not Fair, Won't Share!: A Pinky and Blue Story
Sharing
Sheila Rae's Peppermint Stick - Board
That's Not Fair Hair
Two Can Share, Too - Bear in the Big Blue House
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Educational Toy
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the
Big Hungry Bear Activity Kit
Audio / Visual
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Teamwork |
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Books
Big Pumpkin
Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!
Cooperation
Giant Ball of String
Jack and Rick
Just a Little Bit
The Little Hands Playtime Book: 50 Activities to
Encourage Cooperation & Sharing
Old Cricket
Teamwork
Three Monks, No Water
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Educational Toy
Audio / Visual
Arthur Makes the Team - Video |
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Transportation |
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Books
Amazing Airplanes
Arty Facts: Machines, Transportation & Art Activities
Bunnies on the Go
My Car
My Truck is Stuck
Seymour Simon's Book of Trains
Things That Go - Lift the Flap
Thomas Gets His Own Branch Line
To The Rescue - Movable Parts Book
Transportation / El Transporte
Where's Everybody Going?
Who Drives This - Board
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Educational Toy
Lakeshore Literacy Box -
Transportation
Audio / Visual
Kidsongs - Cars, Boats, Trains
and Planes- DVD
I Love Big Trains - Video
The Wee Sing Train: A Charming Chug-A-Long
Sing-A-Long - Video |
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United States |
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Books
America the Beautiful
American Revolution: Discover How a Few Brave
Patriots Battled a Great Empire
First Facts About the States
1001 Ways to Celebrate America
Our Country: Dozens of Instant and Irresistible Ideas
and Activities to Teach About the Flag, the
Pledge......
Our Country's Presidents
The Pledge of Allegiance
Remember the Ladies: 100 Great American Women
Scholastic Atlas of the United States
The Scrambled State of America
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the
Declaration of Independence
The Star-Spangled Banner
Star Spangled Crafts
The United States of America: A State-by-State Guide
We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the
United States
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Educational Toy
United State of
America Wooden Puzzle
Audio / Visual
Under the Stars & Stripes - A
Children's
Celebration in Song and Dance - Video
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Zoos |
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Books
At the Zoo
The Baby Beebee Bird
Birthday Zoo
Curious George Feeds the Animals
Drawing Animals
Good Night Gorilla
Jungle Jack Hanna's-What Zoo-Keepers Do
Lunch at the Zoo: What Zoo Animals Eat and Why
More Games and Giggles - Wild About Animals!
My Animal Book - Board Book
Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo
A Pelican Swallowed My Head and Other Zoo Stories
Safari
Working at the Zoo
Zoo
Zoo Animals! Ideas and Activities
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Educational Toy
Flip Quiz Animals - Age 7-9
Flip Quiz Animals - Age 9-10
Hand Puppets - Alligator, Bear, Elephant,
Giraffe, Kangaroo, Lion, Monkey, Panda,
Penguin, Shark, Tiger, Whale, Zebra
Fun Foam Masks - Bear, Cheetah, Elephant,
Giraffe, Koala, Lion, Moose, Panda,
Raccoon, Tiger, Zebra
Audio /
Visual
A Trip to the San Diego
Zoo - Video
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