Storytime: Dressed for the Snow

Preschool storytime about what we wear in the snow.

 Books:


Ants in My Pants
by Wendy Mould


 
Froggy Gets Dressed
by Jonathan London and pictures by Frank Remkiewicz



Snow On Snow On Snow
by Cheryl Chapman and pictures by Synthia Saint James


 
Three Little Kittens
by Anna Alter


 
Under My Hood I Have a Hat
by Karla Kuskin and pictures by Fumi Kosaka

Songs and Fingerplays: 


Snow Hokey Pokey 
(or the Winter Pokey) 

You put your right mitten in.
You put your right mitten out.
You put your right mitten in,
And then you shake it all about.
You do the snow hokey pokey,
and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!

Other verses:
Left mitten
Right boot
Left boot
Hat
Snowsuit  

Mitten Rhyme

Thumbs in the thumb place
Fingers all together
This is how we put our mittens on
In the chilly weather

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.