Pre-K Library Storytime

P r o p s Human Body j 612 Colombo How to make a flannel body B o o k s Pete the Cat and the 4 Groovy Buttons Molly at the Dentist   by Angie Sage. Molly the Monster has two teeth now so her mother takes her to the dentist so he can look at her teeth.  This short, bright lift-the-flap is a perfect intro to a dentist's visit. And it turned out that everyone in the room had teeth -- even Nicholas, nine months old, had just gotten one that week! I Ain't Gonna Paint No More   by Karen Beaumont. Bright pictures, funny rhymic text with predictable rhymes -- this book was a great opening number! The newcomers were immediately enthralled. Urgency Emergency:  Itsy Bitsy Spider.  I just love this new, wry series, and it's a good intro to ER visits as well as being very funny. You Are a Lion! by Taeeun Yoo.  This was the surprise hit of the day. The kids LOVED doing the yoga poses and ending with the animal noises.  They were all familiar with yoga and real...

Books: Silly Faces. See Me...In the Ocean. Larry Gets Lost Under the Sea   by Eric Ode. Shortened a tiny bit, but it was a surprise big hit. Ocean Picture Pops.  office. Don't Splash the Sasquatch  by Kent Redeker.   I'm pretty sure the lifeguard is Hispanic.     There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!   by Lucille Colandro. They always love it when you read the chorus as fast as you can. Penguin on Vacatio n by Salina Yoon.  Maybe not all that crazy about it. Ziggy Piggy and the Three Little Pigs by Frank Asch OR 3 Squids. The Pop-Up Commotion in the Ocean  by Giles Andreae.  If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, DON'T by Elise Parsley Sea & Rex by Molly Idle Cute trip to the beach with dino pal. Asiago at the beach Hush Little Beachcomber Moritz Be Glad Your Dad is Not an Octopus  by Logelin. The VPKs loved this book, but this group was a bit young. And there's not much about octopi in it really. 10...

Books   Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner.  Great opener & great readaloud! Carson fell over backwards! Try to gurgle the r in "frog" and don't forget to pinch up your mouth at the end for the alligator encounter.  I Don't Want to Be a Frog  by Dev Petty. Little Froggie is complaining bitterly to Froggie Dad about being a wet, slimy creature instead of an owl, say, or maybe a pig.  Until they bump into a wolf.... Ribbit by Folgueira,.  99 Tadpoles by Ken Kimura.  It gripped us! They were a bit wiggly today, so I told them the story of the Turtle Who Flew below Big Frog Can't Fit  In by Mo Willems. The sheer engineering genius of this book makes up for its underwhelming story. Try pushing the sad big frog/good friends angle. Little Quack's New Friend by Lauren Thompson I held up two turtle puppets and showed them the cracks on their backs. "This is the story of why turtles have cracks on their backs.  The birds and the turtles all lived...

No one tells a bug story like Eric Carle, and this one is justifiably his greatest. "What's the big deal?" a friend asked me once about this iconic tale. Hmmm, let's see. Carle manages to work into the mix colors, the days of the week, numbers, and food vocabulary, while (almost) staying within the bounds of a real caterpillar's life. But more importantly, this story speaks of growth and metamorphosis, the stage of life where a two-year-old finds himself. This is a book which truly speaks to a child in a powerful fashion. B o o k s My Bug Book  by Melissa Stewart.   Excellent riddle nonfiction by Smithsonian.  Hi Fly Guy  by Tedd Arnold. Not an immediate grabber. Irony was a bit much for this group. The Very Hungry Caterpillar  by Eric Carle. With no props and a huge audience, I asked how many people had read this story. Everyone raised their hands, so I said we would read it together. "How hungry is this caterpillar?" "VERY hungry." As I read...