Spring 08 Storytime - May 6 - MOTHERS

Books:
A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
What Moms Can't Do by Douglas Wood
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? by Eric Carle
Mother, Mother, I Want Another by Maria Robbins
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse
My Mom by Anthony Browne
A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts

Fingerplays & Action Rhymes:
Grandma's Spectacles
Give Mom a Kiss

Flannel Song:
Five Little Ducks Went Out One Day

Flannel Story:
Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack

Spring 08 Storytime - Apr. 29 - COLORS

Books:
Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli
Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by George Shaw
White is for Blueberry by George Shannon
Cat's Colors by Jane Cabrera

Flannel Songs/Rhymes:
Teddy Wore His Red Shirt
Color Train

Song:
If You're Wearing Red Today

Nursery Rhyme:
Little Boy Blue

Craft:
watercolor sheep

Spring 08 Storytime - Apr. 22 - GARDENS

Books:
The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Farm-Fresh Cats by Scott Santoro
In My Garden by Ward Schumaker
Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek (pop-up)

Fingerplays:
Five Fat Peas
Way Up High in the Apple Tree
My Garden
Here is a Beehive

Flannel Rhyme:
Here is a Nest

Flannel Stories:
The Turnip
The Gunniwolf

Craft:
magazine leaf paper plate tree

Storytime Spring 08 - Apr. 15 - SPACE

Books:
I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton
The Sun Is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
How to Make a Night by Linda Ashman
What Next, Baby Bear! by Jill Murphy
Astro Bunnies by Christine Loomis
What the Moon Sees/ What the Sun Sees by Nancy Tafuri
The Moon Ring by Randy DuBurke
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle

Action Rhyme:
Bend and Stretch, Reach for the Stars

Flannel Rhyme:
Four Little Stars

Flannel Story:
The Rat's Daughter

Craft:
aluminum foil and ribbon comets

Storytime Spring 08 - Apr. 8 - PIGS

Books:
The Long-Nosed Pig by Keith Faulkner (pop-up)
The Pigs' Picnic by Keiko Kasza
Piggies by Audrey Wood
Annabel by Janice Boland
Cows in the Kitchen by June Crebbin
Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczka
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by David McPhail

Nursery Rhyme:
This Little Piggie

Fingerplay:
Two Mother Pigs

Flannel Story:
The Three Little Pigs

Craft:
pig cookies

Storytime Winter 08 - Mar. 3 - DINOSAURS

Books:
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Find-a-Saurus by Mark Sperring
Hi, Pizza Man by Virginia Walter
Tyson, the Terrible by Diane Fox
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton
Dad's Dinosaur Day by Diane Hearn

Action Rhymes:
Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Pizza Man

Songs:
I'm Bringing Home a Baby Dinosaur

Craft:
coffee ground fossils

Storytime Winter 08 - Feb. 26 - BEARS

Books:
Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
The Three Bears by Byron Barton
Who Is it?: Lots of Fairytale Fun by Sally Grindley
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood
Oh My Baby Bear! by Audrew Wood
Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland

Action Songs:
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around

Flannel Song:
A-Hunting We Will Go

Flannelboard Story:
The Goat in the Turnip Field

Craft:
bear sponge painting