Baby & Toddler Storytimes

           Try:  Splish, Splash, Splosh! by David Melling.  Counting Ducks at bathtime TUBBY TIME!   Books:   Tubby by Leslie Patricelli.  Love those Leslie Patricelli books! I had the props for this, so washed my face, played with rubber duck, and dried myself off with a towel. I passed out rubber ducks to the eager toddlers, and that was fine. Next year: Try shaving cream bubbles. Splish, Splash, Splosh! by David Melling. Ducks AND counting.   I'm a Dirty Dinosaur by Janeen Brian.  Great book for going over parts of a dinosaur's (very dirty) body. Splish, Splash! by Sarah Weeks. I love this goofy, rhymy book. Maybe next year I'll get around to making a flannelboard of it, or a clothesline. It's a fun, bouncy readaloud, as a bunch of animals crowd into a tub. Didn't get to:  The Three Little Kittens by Galdone or Clifford's Bathtime How to Bathe Your Little Dinosauar by Jane Clarke    board book Songs: Th...

Books: Monday the Bullfrog by Matthew Van Fleet. Boy, did I luck out with this donation. It's a perfect book for baby storytime -- an appealingly large bullfrog that eats brightly colored creatures. Food -- colors -- days of the week -- you see the endless possiblities. And for each new color, I pulled out a different colored strand of beads and put them on. ("What color is this?")  Do Crocs Kiss? An excellent book with a built in Q & A. Do crocs cry? NOOOO! Do crocs clap? NOOO! All I know is crocs go SNAP! The actions are simple enough so that even babies get them. (Note: A great sadness. Someone lifted the flap right up and off this book, and it was returned very inartistically taped together. When books are torn, please don't try to repair them yourself! I glue the edges so the glue doesn't show. I've been reinforcing the pages  (and spine)  with clear shelf paper , but this one got away from me. Dog also by Matthew Van Fleet.  Everyone must know thi...