Earth Day Storytime for K-4th Graders

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My Booklist:

• The Earth and I by Frank Asch


• Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel, Illus. by Alexandra Colombo


• The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry


• We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers by Lauren Child


• The Trouble With Dragons by Deb Gliori


• The Great Trash Bash by Loreen Leedy


• Paul Bunyan's Sweetheart by Marybeth Lorbiecki, Illus. by Renee Graef


• Fancy Nancy: Every Day is Earth Day by Jane O'Connor


• Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom by Patricia Polacco


• The Biggest Frog in Australia by Susan L. Roth


• Ballyhoo Bay by Judy Sierra, Illus. by Derek Anderson


• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback


• Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg

Storytime: Dance With Me

Possible reading for tonight:

• How Do You Wokka-Wokka? by Elizabeth Bluemle, Illus. by Randy Cecil
• Katy Duck is a Caterpillar by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, Illus. by Henry Cole
• Dancing Matilda by Sarah Hager, Illus. by Kelly Murphy
• Twist With a Burger, Jitter With a Bug by Linda Lowery, Illus. by Pat Dypold
• Elephants Cannot Dance by Mo Willems
• The Day We Danced in Underpants by Sarah Wilson, Illus. by Catherine Stock

For our song, we will go with good old Jim Gill's "Silly Dance Contest!"

Naughty Storytime

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Tonight we're doing a storytime about naughty and nice! Here are some book choices:

• Stanley's Party by Linda Bailey, Illus. by Bill Slavin
• Nobunny's Perfect by Anna Dewdney
• Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban, Illus. by Lillian Hoban
• I Always, Always Get My Way by Thad Krasnesky, Illus. David Parkins
• Bad Boys Get Cookie! by Margie Palatini, Illus. by Henry Cole
• The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter
• Naughty Nicky by Tony Ross
• Pierre: a Cautionary Tale by Maurice Sendak
• This Is the House That Was Tidy and Neat by Teri Sloat, Illus. by R. W. Alley
• Badness for Beginners by Ian Whybrow & Tony Ross
• Ten Naughty Little Monkeys by Suzanne Williams, Illus. by Suzanne Watts

Rob Reid's Comin' Down to Storytime

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"We'll be comin' down to storytime when we come. Yee ha!"

If you read to groups of kids in your library or organization, you will want to see Comin' Down to Storytime by Rob Reid. The text is a fun song set to the tune of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" to get kids excited about, you guessed it, storytime. Reid has written such excellent librarian's helpers as: Storytime Slam: 15 Lesson Plans for Preschool and Primary Story Programs, Shake & Shout: 16 Noisy, Lively Story Programs and more.

The book is cheerfully illustrated with joyful animals by Nadine Bernard Westcott, who has done the pictures for other story songbooks such as Miss Mary Mack, Down By the Bay, and I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, and other titles like Farm Flu and Panda Palace.

I look forward to reading this book to my Family Storytime folks!

"We will check out lots of books when we leave. Bye now!"

Cowpoke storytime

Yee Haw! Here are some titles to try:

• Princess Party (includes a cowgirl princess) by Joy Allen


• Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp by Denise Fleming


• Buckamoo Girls by Ellen A. Kelley, Illus. by Tom Curry


• Giddy Up, Cowgirl by Jarrett J. Krosoczka


• Don't Touch My Hat! by James Rumford


• Cowboy & Octopus by John Scieszka & Lane Smith

and a little ditty:

Way Out West

Original Author Unknown

Sung to: "Old MacDonald"

Way out West are buffaloes. Yippie-yippie-oh!

Way out West are buffaloes. Yippie-yippie-oh!

with a stomp, stomp here and a stomp, stomp there.

Here a stomp, there a stomp, everywhere a stomp, stomp.

Way out West are buffaloes. Yippie-yippie-oh!

Way out West are prairie dogs. Yippie-yippie-oh!

Way out West are prairie dogs. Yippie-yippie-oh!

with a bark, bark here and a bark, bark there.

Here a bark, there a bark, everywhere a bark, bark.

Way out West are prairie dogs. Yippie-yippie-oh!

Other Verses:

rattlesnakes - hiss,hiss

jackrabbits - twitch, twitch

coyotes - howl, howl

Happy trails to you!

Books for a Winter's Storytime

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Here are some titles that I'm considering for my Pajamarama Family Storytime:

• Duck Skates by Lynne Berry, Illus. by Hiroe Nakata


• Frozen Noses by Jan Carr, Illus. by Dorothy Donohue


• Diamond in the Snow by Jonathan Emmett, Illus. by Vanessa Cabban


• Is That You, Winter? by Stephen Gammel


• Danny's First Snow by Leonid Gore


• You Can Do It, Sam by Amy Hest, Illus. by Anita Jeram


• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats


• Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara


• Don't Wake Up the Bear! by Marjorie Dennis Murray, Illus. by Patricia Wittmann


• A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann


• Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle, Illus. by Matt Phelan


• A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart, Illus. by Chris Riddell


• Red Sled by Patricia Thomas, Illus. by Chris L. Demarest


• Hello, Snow! by Hope Vestergaard, Illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott


• Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, Illus. by Jane Chapman


• Dinos In the Snow! by Karma Wilson, Illus. by Laura Rader

Show Off: How to Do Absolutely Everything...

If you're looking for a fun book for the teens in your life, give Show Off: How to Do Absolutely Everything. One Step at a Time. by Sarah Hines Stephens and Bethany Mann a gander. I'm absolutely impressed by the variety of things to do that it provides. When I was a bored kid I would have loved it.

Targeted at young people ages 10-14, it offers 224 projects and activities categorized under Amaze, Investigate, Create, Explore, Cook, and Move. Every page is in color and each activity is broken down into simple steps. There truly is a wide scope here, from "fake a cheek piercing," "light up a lava lamp," and "cook campfire candy apples" to "read kitty's body language" and "skate a back crossover." Though at times the information seems a bit minimal, this book is a treasure for inspiration. I'm showing it to my Teen Advisory Group to see what they think of it.

As for me, I might try to "make a hive for mason bees," "make a compact disco ball" or "make a dessert aquarium"!