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Moonlight Checkout

12 scenes · 24 talking words · 3 language levels

Tap the glowing spots in every scene to hear the words out loud.

About Moonlight Checkout

Nia receives her first library card in a green folder, pads past cubbies and crafts, and searches sunny shelves for a just-right bedtime story. When the folder slips away, a loft view helps her spot it again, check out a moonlit book, and ride home in Grandpa's wagon.

What happens, scene by scene

  1. 1A New Folderfolder · key
  2. 2Cubbies Full Todayhat · shoe
  3. 3Three Tiny Wishespencil · rug
  4. 4A Pocket Ideayarn · thread
  5. 5Sunny Thinking Spottable · window
  6. 6Round World Booksglobe · rock
  7. 7Covers Everywhere Todaygame · bin
  8. 8Flower Chair Pausevase · chair
  9. 9Where Is Cardthumb · zipper
  10. 10Look From Abovenest · kite
  11. 11A Moonlight Checkoutdesk · ticket
  12. 12Home In Wagondoor · wagon

Words your child will hear and say

Every scene hides two tappable pictures. Tap one and it says its word out loud, then it is your child's turn.

Want to practise a specific sound instead? Open Practice in the story toolbar and pick any of the 26 sound decks — Buddy brings five cards from it into this story, without leaving the page.

How to read it together

Start at the right level

Level 1 is single words for early talkers. Level 2 is short phrases. Level 3 is full storybook sentences. Switch any time, even mid-scene — the art stays put and only the language changes.

Let them find the words

Two glowing spots hide in every scene. Tap one, hear the word, then pause and wait — the wait is where your child's turn happens.

Session-ready

Therapist mode mutes the narration and lays out each scene's target words with their speech-sound tags, so a clinician models and elicits every word live.

More stories in The Library Card

Moonlight Checkout is one of four stories set in The Library Card. They share the same illustrated world and none of them tells the same tale twice.

Browse all 141 Buddy stories

Reviewed by a licensed speech-language pathologist.