This week we had a set of very confused (but helpful) animals.
The Giant Jumperee
Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
ISBN: 9780735227972
A series of animals are scared in turn by a scary creature who has taken over a burrow; threatening each of them in JUUUST the right way to make them too scared to even LOOK at the obviously scary creature. But Mama Frog is made of tougher stuff (and she's probably got an inside track on who it is anyway) and she marches right in no matter what the creature says. A fun story, and it's cute to have all the "tricked" animals laughing and "in" on the joke instead of upset.
Cock-A-Doodle-Moo!
Bernard Most
ISBN: 0152012524
Cockerel has a sore throat, so the cow has offered to help him out by waking everyone in the morning with the signature CockADoodleDoo! - But Cow isn't really good with languages, so he's having some trouble getting the crow just right. With a lot of trial and error (lots of funny errors) the cow eventually gets it close enough to manage, just in time for Cockerel to feel better after all.
The Thingamabob
Il Sung Na
ISBN: 9780375961069
A lonely elephant finds an interesting Thingamabob, and he quite enjoys playing with it and hanging around with it, even though he has NO CLUE what it's supposed to be or do. He and an assortment of animal cameos make various suggestions for uses, but they all fall through, until it starts to rain, and the Thingamabob suddenly makes perfect sense.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Tuesday Storytime: Bedtime Storytime
It's been a while since I've done one of these.
One Ted Falls Out of Bed
Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Anna Currey
ISBN: 0805077871
Counts from one to ten, and back down again through nighttime adventures of a teddy bear.
Our poor Ted gets dumped from the bed, and the sleeping child is all unaware, so the toys in the bedroom conspire to console him, then to try and get him back into bed. Adorable, and the counting is a very cute way to organize the story.
Small Elephant's Bathtime
Tatyana Feeney
ISBN: 9780553497212
Pen and ink and a few bright splotches of color illustrate Small Elephant's shenanigans.
Our Small Elephant doesn't want to take a bath, and nothing Mommy does (toys, bubbles, pleading) is making any difference. Perhaps getting Daddy involved will help matters? Very cute and short, and love the response from the storytime mamas when the book invoked the Daddy card.
Ten, Nine, Eight
Molly Bang
ISBN: 0688009069
Short and sweet countdown of bedtime with an adorable black father and daughter.
I love this book because it's so sweet and perfect and timeless and universal, and it doesn't have white people as the default. We count down sweet simple calming bedroom things, with a few quiet jokes: "7 empty shoes in a short straight row" (which of course means one is missing, as it always is) and "4 sleepy eyes which open and close" (meaning Daddy is tired also). Very sweet, very calming. A great ending point.
Lots of babies and lots of new storytime toddlers these past few weeks, so I've been purposefully working with shorter and more narratively-simple books to help them feel successful at sitting and listening. There's nothing worse than having a really fun long book, but trying to present it to a young audience that's just so done with concentrating and books already.
Don't make things hard on yourself - there's always time later to move on to the complicated or longer books. Focus on each storytime as its own singular interaction, and do your best to make it the best it can be for the majority of the attendee children, and you'll come out on top most of the time.
One Ted Falls Out of Bed
Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Anna Currey
ISBN: 0805077871
Counts from one to ten, and back down again through nighttime adventures of a teddy bear.
Our poor Ted gets dumped from the bed, and the sleeping child is all unaware, so the toys in the bedroom conspire to console him, then to try and get him back into bed. Adorable, and the counting is a very cute way to organize the story.
Small Elephant's Bathtime
Tatyana Feeney
ISBN: 9780553497212
Pen and ink and a few bright splotches of color illustrate Small Elephant's shenanigans.
Our Small Elephant doesn't want to take a bath, and nothing Mommy does (toys, bubbles, pleading) is making any difference. Perhaps getting Daddy involved will help matters? Very cute and short, and love the response from the storytime mamas when the book invoked the Daddy card.
Ten, Nine, Eight
Molly Bang
ISBN: 0688009069
Short and sweet countdown of bedtime with an adorable black father and daughter.
I love this book because it's so sweet and perfect and timeless and universal, and it doesn't have white people as the default. We count down sweet simple calming bedroom things, with a few quiet jokes: "7 empty shoes in a short straight row" (which of course means one is missing, as it always is) and "4 sleepy eyes which open and close" (meaning Daddy is tired also). Very sweet, very calming. A great ending point.
Lots of babies and lots of new storytime toddlers these past few weeks, so I've been purposefully working with shorter and more narratively-simple books to help them feel successful at sitting and listening. There's nothing worse than having a really fun long book, but trying to present it to a young audience that's just so done with concentrating and books already.
Don't make things hard on yourself - there's always time later to move on to the complicated or longer books. Focus on each storytime as its own singular interaction, and do your best to make it the best it can be for the majority of the attendee children, and you'll come out on top most of the time.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Tuesday Storytime: Summer Reading Program: Heroes!
We're in June, and the Summer Reading Program has started (even if the programs for older kids don't start until after school lets out on the 16th). I'm starting the local Heroes themes early for my Storytime kids, because if I'm going to be doing Storytime anyway, I might as well have it be themed for the summer. :)
Without further ado, Heroes!
Superworm
Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
ISBN: 9780545591768
Silly rhymes and sillier illustrations, with a Wizard Lizard and a community of creeping creatures.
Superworm helps out his friends in lots of ways - he's long and stretchy and imaginative. Sadly, his do-gooding draws the attention of the grasping Wizard Lizard and his hench-crow, who put him to hard labor digging "treasures" from the dirt. Sadly, no treasures are forthcoming, so Superworm is set to become crowfood, unless his friends can rally and rescue him. I love that despite the title, most of Superworm's saves are of the mundane and silly variety, while the un-super friends are the ones to make the wild plan and defeat the big bad. This one is on the list for the big kids later in the summer as well.
Chickens to the Rescue
John Himmelman
ISBN: 9780805079517
SC Picture Book Award for 2008-2009 school year. Saturday-morning-newspaper comic style.
LOVE this book and the rescue chickens. It's so deadpan and perfect, and the illustrations are just wild. It's like the less talkative version of The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash in that really all I have to do is show the page and everyone gets what's going on instantly. Lots of laughs from kids and adults. On my permanent favorites list, and it's fun to have the chickens recognized as heroes.
Fireman Small
Wong Herbert Yee
ISBN: 0395689872
Colorblocks and smudged edges work with repetitive rhymes to keep the mood light and smooth.
I've used this book for lots of themes, usually firemen or other "community hero" ideas. It's really sweet, it's an excellent book for the end of storytime, and it's a very sweet and low-key introduction to the concept of firefighters and what they do, and how a kind community treats them.
Without further ado, Heroes!
Superworm
Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
ISBN: 9780545591768
Silly rhymes and sillier illustrations, with a Wizard Lizard and a community of creeping creatures.
Superworm helps out his friends in lots of ways - he's long and stretchy and imaginative. Sadly, his do-gooding draws the attention of the grasping Wizard Lizard and his hench-crow, who put him to hard labor digging "treasures" from the dirt. Sadly, no treasures are forthcoming, so Superworm is set to become crowfood, unless his friends can rally and rescue him. I love that despite the title, most of Superworm's saves are of the mundane and silly variety, while the un-super friends are the ones to make the wild plan and defeat the big bad. This one is on the list for the big kids later in the summer as well.
Chickens to the Rescue
John Himmelman
ISBN: 9780805079517
SC Picture Book Award for 2008-2009 school year. Saturday-morning-newspaper comic style.
LOVE this book and the rescue chickens. It's so deadpan and perfect, and the illustrations are just wild. It's like the less talkative version of The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate The Wash in that really all I have to do is show the page and everyone gets what's going on instantly. Lots of laughs from kids and adults. On my permanent favorites list, and it's fun to have the chickens recognized as heroes.
Fireman Small
Wong Herbert Yee
ISBN: 0395689872
Colorblocks and smudged edges work with repetitive rhymes to keep the mood light and smooth.
I've used this book for lots of themes, usually firemen or other "community hero" ideas. It's really sweet, it's an excellent book for the end of storytime, and it's a very sweet and low-key introduction to the concept of firefighters and what they do, and how a kind community treats them.
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