Don't CHICKEN OUT from our storyhour this Friday! Or DUCK out on these good times! Visit us at Squidoo Chicken and Duck Storytime for a complete list of chicken and duck booklists with readaloud tips, songs, activites and a shaker egg craft.
Books: Pop-Up Book: Animal Opposites by Horacek. Gorgeousity. Great attention getter. Caldecott Winner and a true Gripping Tale: Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. Although I admired the beautiful pictures in this book as much as anyone, I never thought I'd be using it for a storytime. But the very traditional tale worked out perfectly. Because it's a wordless book, it really lends itself to prediction -- prediction is all there is! What are those men unloading? A net! (A gasp goes up.) The kids ALL listened, even 20 month old Peter. This works year after year. Fun Read: I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry. I love this cute, funny tale, and so did the kids. Very short, repetitive text as the squid cruises by all the smaller critters. The kids had a great time calling out the different sea creatures on each page -- shrimp, crab, etc. The poor bragging giant squid came to a bad end in the end -- in the belly of a giant whale. Sophie's Big B...
PLUS: We're making Oobleck in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday. And I know how much you all just loooove oobleck. Here's my recipe: The day before mix up 2 cups of 20 Mule Team Borax with two quarts of hot water. Shake well before using. Andrew actually had to break the lumps up for me. Recipe: 1 T glue, 1 T of the sodium borate solution you just made, food coloring, and 2 tsp water. Call 391-2828 x 2 for an appointment. Or just come. It's a Big -- well, really little, Dog Party!!! These unbelievably cute pooches will be waiting at Gulf Beaches Library at 4:00 pm on Friday, March 1 for you to read them a story. Maybe you remember Rico, dressed like Senior Snow Man there on the right. His new compadre is the lovely Chinese crested powderpuff Bella. Technically, Bella really is a powderpuff. She had two options at birth; she could have been hairless, like the famous Chinese crested dog, Sam . He was the winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest . Who you calli...
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