Farm Animal Storytime, Friday, November 3 @ 10:30.
Old MacDonald pop-up book in Children's Storytime Reference starts things right. Make sure the moms sing along. Moo by David LaRochelle has exactly two words -- but what great two words! Horseplay! by Karma Wilson. What are those horses doing all night? Not sleeping, that's for sure! Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora is about a game preserve in Africa. I love teaching the idea of farms being something besides acreage in the US. Besides, its nice to read a book for this storyhour theme that isn't all mooing and quacking -- lots of lions roaring! The kids were so wiggly I just talked about farms and showed a few pages. Going to Sleep on the Farm by Lewison I picked this out because it's very short but has a little nice information about how animals sleep -- standing up, lying down, cuddling like piggies, etc. The kids had kind of lost it by this time, however. Dinosaur Farm by Frann Preston-Gannon...