Storytime Theme: Apartment Living

People live in all different types of housing! But you might be surprised that so few books are set in apartment buildings. I don’t even live in a big city and we have a ton of apartment buildings in our community. I’m always looking for ways to show kids that they are seen in the books they read and this is another way to do that.

I will say that most of these titles really focus on city living, so if you live in an apartment in a more suburban area or an apartment that is a little different, you still might not see a similar living arrangement. Ranging from the everyday to the very absurd, you’re sure to find some great books about apartment living on this list!

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Storytime Theme: Apartment Living

Books

1. Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter, illustrated by Oge Mora
2. Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
3. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
4. My Family Four Floors Up by Caroline Stutson, illustrated by Celia Krampien
5. Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo
6. The New Neighbors by Sarah McIntyre
7. No Jumping on the Bed! by Tedd Arnold
8. Noisy Night by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Brian Biggs
9. What’s Cooking at 10 Garden Street? by Felicita Sala

Songs

• The Elevator Song – Jbrary
  This little rhyme is sooo much fun to do with kids of different ages!
• “Houses” fingerplay – Storytime Katie
  I’d change the last word to home, instead of house and it would work perfectly for this storytime!
• House Shapes feltboard – Read Sarah Read
  Again, more focused on house instead of apartment building, but I think you could make it work (when in doubt, add more windows!)

Activities

• Juice Box Apartments – Art Projects for Kids
  This looks super cut and could be covered in simple brown paper to make it nice and easy! Plus, who doesn’t love a juice box?
• Paperbag Apartment Building – Snippety Gibbet
  This is a little something different, focusing on a house, but you could easily add lots of windows to create an apartment building instead!
• What’s Inside? – Creative Jewish Mom
  This would be a lot of work without the pre-cut cardboard, but a simpler modified version might still work!

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