Storytime: Fractured Fairy Tales

Storytime for older kids: K-5.  Mixed-up fairy tales including dragons and magic.


 
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs 
by Jon Scieszka with pictures by Lane Smith


 
The Frog Prince Continued
by Jon Scieszka and pictures by Steve Johnson






The Frog Princess?
by Pamela Mann and pictures by Jill Newton
(Great librarian humor.  I don't want to ruin the ending, but see if you can get your hands on it.)


 
Hush Little Dragon
by Boni Ashburn and pictures by Kelly Murphy


 
Poof 
by John O'Brien


 
The Wizard, The Fairy, and the Magic Chicken 
by Helen Lester and pictures by Lynn Munsinger


 
Snoring Beauty
by Bruce Hale and pictures by Howard Fine
(my favorite new read-aloud!)

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.