Upcoming Movies From Books

Here are some more upcoming movies based on children's and teen books. Click on the movie title for more information.

Inkheart January 23rd Coraline February 6th I Love You, Beth Cooper July 10th Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince July 17th Where the Wild Things Are October 16th New Moon November 20th Alice In Wonderland March 5th 2010 Ramona March 19th 2010 Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader May 7th 2010 Guardians of Ga'Hoole July 23rd 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 November 19th 2010

All information is from imdb.com.

Storytime: Trucks

Storytime for first grade.



Truck Talk: Rhymes on Wheels
by Bobbi Katz

 
Truck Duck
by Michael Rex

 
Seals on the Bus
by Lenny Hort and pictures by G. Brian Karas

 
The Bus for Us
by Suzanne Bloom  



Windshield Wipers 
(while moving upper arms together)

Windshield wiper,
windshield wipers
What do they do all day?
Swish, swish, swish, swish.
They wipe the rain away.



and of course,  
The Wheels on the Bus.

Sesame Street Videos

Sesame Street's website now has video clips from episodes! Search for "library" and get some great library and reading clips at sesamestreet.org.

Storytime: Garbage Trucks

 Storytime for preschool featuring those big dirty trucks.

 
The Bus for Us
by Suzanne Bloom


 
Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!
by Barbara Odanaka and picture by Will Hillenbrand


 
Garbage Trucks (Machines at Work)
by Jean Eick



I Stink!
by Kate McMullan and pictures by Jim McMullan

Garbage Truck Alphabet Activity

Someone on PUBYAC mentioned they did an activity with this title. They used a box with a picture of a garbage truck on it, and then they had the children put a letter in the truck for the "alphabet soup" portion of the book. The preschool teachers I did this with were really impressed, and the kids loved it. My recommendation would be to hand out the letters right before the soup part, instead of at the beginning of the book. I ended up with some mangled letters that way.

 
Trashy Town
by Andrea Zimmerman with David Clemesha and pictures by Dan Yaccarino



Song: 

Picking Up Trash
(mime picking things up while singing)

We're picking up trash and putting it in a basket.
Picking up trash and putting it in a basket.
Picking up trash and putting it in a basket.
Way down back in the backyard patch.

Storytime: Folktales

Storytime for older kids: grades 3-5.



Love and Roast Chicken
by Barbara Knutson


 
Who Took My Hairy Toe?
by Shutta Krum and pictures by Katya Krenina


 
Mabela the Clever 
by Margaret Read MacDonald and pictures by Tim Coffey

Storytime: Frogs

Storytime for preschoolers about our jumpy, green friends.



A Frog in the Bog
by Karma Wilson and pictures by Joan Rankin


 
See How They Grow: Frog 
by Angela Royston and Mary Ling




Peeping and Sleeping 
by Fran Manushkin and pictures by Jennifer Plecas


 
Jump, Frog, Jump! 
by Robert Kalan and pictures by Byron Barton


 
The Wide-Mouthed Frog
by Keith Faulkner and pictures by Jonathan Lambert and Rory Tyger



Here is a Bullfrog

Here is a bullfrog
(make a fist)
Sitting on a rock
(place fist on hand, palm up)
Into the water he jumps
(make hand jump)
KER-PLOP
(clap hands together)  



Roll Your Hands

Roll your hands so slowly
As slowly as can be
Roll your hands so slowly
And fold them just like me
Roll your hands so quickly
As quickly as can be
Roll your hands so quickly
And fold them just like me
Clap your hands so softly
As softly as can be
Clap your hands so softly
And fold them just like me
Clap your hands so loudly
As loudly as can be
Clap your hands so loudly
And fold them just like me