Summer Fun Storytime

This is our last storytime until fall. I will miss it!

Books:

• Duck Tents by Lynne Berry, Illus. by Hiroe Nakata
• Got to Dance by M.C. Helldorfer, Illus. by Hiroe Kakata
• Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross (ice cream)
• Going to the Beach with Lily and Milo by Pauline Oud
• The Enormous Turnip a folktale Illus. by Kathy Parkinson (gardening)
• I Want to Do It Myself by Tony Ross (camping)
• Brownie & Pearl Take a Dip by Cynthia Rylant, Illus. by Brian Biggs
• Minerva Louise at the Fair by Janet Morgan Stoeke
• Oh My Gosh, Mrs. McNosh! by Sarah Weeks, Illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott (fun in the park)
• Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Perfect Pets Storytime

Books:

• No Dogs Allowed! by Linda Ashman, Illus. by Kristin Sorra
• Wiener Wolf by Jeff Crosby
• Please Take Me For a Walk by Susan Gal
• One Moon, Two Cats by Laura Godwin, Illus. by Yoko Tanaka
• I Need a Snake by Lynne Jonell and Petra Mathers
• Dog Parade by Barbara Joose Illus. by Eugene Yelchin
• Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! by Leslea Newman, Illus. by Erika Olier
• The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle, Illus. by Hanako Wakiyama
• The Complete Adventures of Big Dog and Little Dog by Dav Pilkey
• Swim! Swim! by Lerch (James Proimos)
• There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz

Action Songs:

Head, Whiskers Knees and Tail

Head, whiskers, knees and tail, knees and tail.
Head, whiskers, knees and tail, knees and tail.
And eyes, and ears, and mouth and nose.
Head, whiskers, knees and tail, knees and tail.

From: Jacksonville Public Library, Library Storytime

If You’re a Pet and You Know It

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

And you really want to show it,

If you’re a doggie and you know it,

Say, “Woof, woof”.

Repeat with kitty/meow, fishy/blub, hamster/run in place, bird/tweet.

--Miss Mollie

From: What Happens In Storytime

Everything Changes Storytime

This week's books:

• Bob and Otto by Robert O. Bruel, Pictures by Nick Bruel (friendship between a worm and a caterpillar)
• Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett
• One Little Seed by Elaine Greenstein
• Perfect Square by Michael Hall ( a square is happy, no matter what form he takes)
• The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Jack Kent
• Tale of a Tadpole by Barbara Ann Porter, Illus. by Annie Cannon
• First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
• Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by Susan A. Shea, Paintings by Tom Slaughter
• Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery by Ellen Stoll Walsh (How did that Oak tree get there?)

This week's songs and rhymes:

The Life of a Butterfly

Tune: "Skip to My Lou"

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,

What'll I be my darlin'?

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,

What'll I be my darlin'?

A butterfly, come fly with me,

A butterfly, come fly with me,

A butterfly, come fly with me,

What'll I be my darlin'?

Now all together, let's do all three,

A caterpillar, a chrysalis, a butterfly, three!

Move your body like this with me,

The life of a butterfly, darlin'!

Dig a Little Hole

Dig a little hole (Dig)

Plant a little seed (Drop seed)

Pour a little water (Pour)

Pull a little weed (Pull up and throw aaway)

Chase a little bug (Shoo)

Heigh-ho, there she goes (Shade eyes)

Give a little sunshine (Cup hands, Lift to the sun)

Grow a little rose. (Smell flower)

The Frog Life Cycle Song

(to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Tadpole hatched out from an egg,

From an egg, from an egg,

Tadpole hatched out from an egg,

And liked to swim around.

Tadpole grew his two hind legs,

Two hind legs, two hind legs,

Tadpole grew his two hind legs,

And still he swims around.

Tadpole grew his two front legs,

Two front legs, two front legs,

Tadpole grew his two front legs,

And still he swims around.

Tadpole lost his tail so fine,

Tail so fine, tail so fine,

Tadpole lost his tail so fine,

And still he swims around.

Tadpole has become a frog,

Become a frog, become a frog,

Tadpole has become a frog,

And now he jumps on land.

Froggie can both swim and jump.

Swim and jump, swim and jump,

Froggie can both swim and jump,

He’s an amphibian.

From: www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/gifted_ed/.../frog_song.doc