"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members."
Local-ish Charities We Support
Children's Books We Recommend
​Ages 0-2​
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The Wonderful Things You Will Be
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Where is Baby's Belly Button?
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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How Dinosaurs Say Goodnight
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Brown Bear
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Giraffes Can't Dance
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How Animals Kiss Goodnight
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Little Blue Truck
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Go, Dog, Go!
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Baby Signs (for parents)
Ages 2-4
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The Day the Crayons Quit
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How I Became a Pirate
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Have you Filled a Bucket Today?
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The Invisible Boy
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What Should Danny Do?
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Hairy Maclary
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The Kissing Hand
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Where the Wild Things Are
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Dr. Seuss books
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The Pigeon Has to Go to School
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The Giving Tree
FREE Resources for Kids
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Open Books (free books - 905 W 19th Street)
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South Loop Farmer's Market - kids area
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Harold Washington Library - free kids activities
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Architecture Foundation - free kids activities
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Chicago Park District - free play space + toddler classes
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Home Depot offers free craft classes to kiddos over a certain age
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Any Fire Station will show kiddos around the station and let them check out the fire trucks
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Free Museum days for Illinois residents OR rent a museum pass from the library!
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Maggie Daily Park
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Take a Water Taxi to Navy Pier and ride the Navy Pier Trolley around!
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Do a picnic at the Millennium Park
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Kids Music Classes in Chicago
Nanny Resources
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Because we've been in business for over 5 years we know a lot of nannies, caregivers and sitters!
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We would love to connect nannies with families! If you are a family looking for a nanny or a nanny looking for a job, locally - please email us at tinytunesstudio@gmail.com - we will try our best to get you connected :)