Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big by Berkley Breathed

Camara reccomends Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big: Berkley Breathed is the creator of the comic strip, “Bloom Country. This is one of his many children’s picture books. Edwurd Fubwupper has a knack for telling outrageous lies, but one day his lies catch up to him. Who will save Edwurd from the giant, three-eyed alien?.” The expressions on the characters’ faces will have everyone laughing aloud. It is sure to be a hit for kids and kids at heart.

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Pigs to the Rescue by John Himmelman

Camara recommends Pigs to the Rescue: Whenever things go wrong on the Greenstalk farm, the pigs are there to the rescue. But their missions of mercy only turn minor disasters into major ones with hysterical results as they leave comical destruction in the wake of their “helpfulness.”. At the end of the book, there is a hint about who’s going to be in the next book. This book is great for preschoolers.

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Toddler Storytime for Frogs! With Fingerplays, Books, and Songs

Hello!  This week's Storytime involved frogs!  There is still quite a bit of snow left in Maine, but soon it will be time for tadpoles. 

For Storytime, we listened to books by a few of my favorite authors, Karma Wilson and Ellen Stoll Walsh.  The frog songs were especially fun.  All week, I found myself humming "Five Green and Speckled Frogs."

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Storytime for Night with books, fingerplays, and rhymes

Hello again!  This week's theme was "night."  We sang some songs and read books about sleeping and saying good night.  We also listened to some famous books!  Goodnight Moon is a classic and The House in the Night won the Caldecott Medal in 2009. 

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Storytime, Rhymes, and Fingerplays for Shark Storytime!

Hello again!  It's Jessica and I'm happy to share some information about this week's theme: sharks!  We have some wonderful picture books on these interesting sea creatures.  The shark books deal with really neat ideas, such as "have you ever seen a shark in your park?" and "in a contest between a Shark and a Train, who do you think would win?"

Find out in these books below.  You will also be able to see the fingerplays and songs from this week's Storytime. 

If you like Mo Willems....

 

If you like Mo Willems' Pigeon stories, I would like to introduce you to two books with a similar sensibility that really tickled my funny bone!

The first is Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas. The main character, a ladybug, asks us to do many things, some quite silly. Each command leads to another. When the story finally  becomes too much for her, she asks us to make a scary face to frighten away her creation. It is great fun to watch children make, what they think, are the scariest faces imaginable! Here is an author who writes with preschool story time in mind!

The second book is New Socks by Bob Shea. This little chick is hard to resist. He is soooo happy with his new socks, he can't wait to tell you about them. He gets quite carried away with excitement! I think many parents will recognize their own little ones in this chick's enthusiastic chatter.

Both Jan Thomas and Bob Shea create stories that are wonderful to read aloud to small children. Their characters often speak directly to the reader/listener and have enough humor to keep parents happily re-reading them! ENJOY!

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Storytime for St. Patrick's Day!

Hello again!  This is Jessica and I'm so glad to share another Storytime with you. 

This post has the books, songs, fingerplays, and rhymes that we used for the Saint Patrick's Day Storytime on March 16th and 17th.

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