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!)

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: Jungle

Storytime featuring jungles for older kids: grades 3-5.



The Great Kapok Tree
by Lynne Cherry
as Reader's Theater


 
Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr. Seuss


 
Cha-Cha Chimps 
by Julia Durango and pictures by Eleanor Taylor

Storytime: Laugh it Up

Jokes and silly stuff for the parks and rec crowd (older kids, grades 3-5).  They loved this set of books.

 
(excerpts from) Jokelopedia 
by Ilana Weitzman, Eva Blank, and Roseanne Green


 
Monster Goose
by Judy Sierra and pictures by Jack E. Davis


 
The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo
by Sue Denim and pictures by Dav Pilkey


 
Dog Breath
by Dav Pilkey