Tuesday Storytime: Bugs

Spring is officially here, and it's beautifully warm outside, and that means the bugs are out in full force. No better time to feature them in a storytime!

The Caterpillow Fight
Sam McBratney, illustrated by Jill Barton
ISBN: 1564028046
ADORABLE young caterpillars rile up and whale away with their 'caterpillows' in this tongue-twisty rhyme, at least until Big Caterpillar makes them settle down, and removes temptation in a clever way.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Lorianne Siomades
ISBN: 1563977273
I have yet to be able to get through this book without singing, but its a great way to model prediction and "what comes next" for the kids, because they all know (and sing) it along with the page turns. There's one glitch where a wordless spread precedes "out comes the sun" that ALWAYS causes hiccups. Still cute and fun. One of the only books I can do about spiders because the little guy is amazingly inoffensively non-spidery.

The Very Ugly Bug
Liz Pichon
ISBN: 9781589250482
A very ugly bug doesn't have plant-mimicking body parts like a leafy-green back, or wings to fly away into the sky, so how is she to avoid getting eaten by a big hungry bird? She tries a disguise and fake wings, but that fails spectacularly. A fun story, and a good lesson that "ugly" is only in your perception.

Tuesday Storytime: Zingy Blingy Rhythm

The Ring Went Zing! a story that ends with a kiss
Sean Taylor, illustrated by Jill Barton
ISBN: 9780803733114
Scratchy colored-pencil and watercolor anthropomorphic animals chase a ring, in growing numbers.

I Got the Rhythm
Connie Schofield-Morrison, illustrated by Frank Morrison
ISBN: 9781619631786
A delightful AA child beat-bops through a park associating rhythms with different senses and sounds.

Dancing Feet!
Lindsay Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown
ISBN: 9780375861819
A series of animal-feet-based "who does this" pages get kids involved, and then a splash page at the end has children and animals all dancing together.