Baby & Toddler Storytimes

B o o k s The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems.  I intro'ed storytime by asking who had a dog.  Emma immediately said she didn't have ANY pets and she REALLY wanted one, which was the perfect set up.  Then I read the title and said, "Huh? A pigeon is a BIRD?  And it wants a DOG?"  Dog's Day by Jane Cabrera.   Her bright illustrations make her books great pix for babies.  Spot's First Walk,  by Eric Hill.  I'm boycotting  Where's Spot . The vocab includes a grandfather clock, a grand piano, a door under a staircase, a mirrored armoire... But  Spot's First Walk , which I actually did at the end, was the only book to work for this group today.  Maybe next year I'll try just doing Spot books.  Lift the flap, simple vocab...  Doggies by Sandra Boynton.  A very fun read aloud, as you repeat with each finger (hold up your fingers as dogs) the different sounds they make. And in the end they all go Awroooooo! together.  Everyone howled just like the d

There was a rumble in the jungle at storytime and no mistake!  After our flying monkey did his things, the babies started LISTENING up. Books The Pop-Up Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae.  Love to turn the pages of this big, colorful pop-up, roar, hiss, clomp and snap the jaws of the book by turns. Good start. ROAR bd bk Litton.  OK. Tiny Little Fly Michael Rosen.  Excellent readaloud, and the kids really liked it. Busy Monkeys board book by Schindel. This series rhyme, has great pictures, and you can act out the motions as you read text which has quite a bit of sense to it.   Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins. I love this book, but choose a couple of pages to read -- not the whole thing.   Songs Five Little Monkeys Teasing Mr. Crocodile Itsy Bitsy Spider (Great Big Mama Tarantula) Wheels on the Bus Through the Jungle Row row row your boat, gently down the stream If you see a crocodile, don't forget to SCREAM! Down in the jungle... played on my Thai drum, ALL the babies wa