Be Brave Storytime

 I'm Not Scared! by Jonathan Allen


 Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes


I Want My Light On!: A Little Princess Story by Tony Ross

 Melvin Might? (Trucktown) by John Scieszka


 Pouch! by David Ezra Stein

 Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman


Going On a Lion Hunt

Goin' on a lion hunt.

Goin to catch a big one.

I'm not afraid.

Look, what's up ahead?

Mud!

Can't go over it.

Can't go under it.

Can't go around it.

Gotta go through it. [Make sloshing sounds and move hands as if slogging]


Refrain.

Tree!

Can't go over it.

Can't go under it.

Can't go around it.

Gotta go through it. [Make gestures climbing up and down.]



Refrain

Gate!

Can't go over it.

Can't go under it.

Can't go around it.

Gotta go through it. [Make gate-opening gestures.]


Refrain

River!

Can't go over it.

Can't go under it.

Can't go around it.

Gotta go through it. [make swimming gestures]


Refrain
Grass!

Can't go over it.

Can't go under it.

Can't go around it.

Gotta go through it. Grass [move hands together and apart]


Refrain

Cave!

Can't go over it.

Can't go under it.

Can't go around it.

Gotta go through it. [act like you are feeling your way in a dark cave]


Feel yourself along the wall.

Oh, oh, what's this?

Something funny.

With a long soft thing on it's end!

With two sharp things!

Two big gleaming sharp things!

A LION!!!

Run for your life!


Run out of the cave!

Crawl through the grass!

Swim across the river!

Run through the gate!

Run around the tree!

Slosh through the mud!

Run into the house!

Close the door!

Run up the front stairs!

Crawl under your bed!