One, Two, Buckle My Shoe!

Storytime Books:

Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Summary:  Big Fat Hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chicks using the all time favorite nursery rhyme One Two Buckle My Shoe.

What's In Fox Sack?  by Paul Galdone

Summary: When a woman lets out the bumble bee that fox has put in his sack, the wily fox replaces it with a rooster and a pig -- and that leads to his downfall.

This is one of my favorite stories to tell, I get to use a sack (pillowcase) , puppets, and sing this silly song:

Nobody knows what's in my sack

Nobody know's what's in my sack

Nobody know's what's in my sack

Nobody know's but me!

                                   ... and did I mention that audience participation is required?

Hungry Hen by Richard Waring

Summary:  A greedy fox watches a hungry hen growing bigger every day, knowing that the longer he waits to eat her, the bigger she will be.

I fell in love with this book after the first reading...it's cute, simple, and has a surprise ending!

Storytime Songs:

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Fisher-Price on 1-2-3 Sing-Along

Very, Very Tall by Old Town School Of Folk Music on Wiggleworms Love You


More Fox and Hen Books:

The Little Red Hen by Byron Barton
Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester Laminack
One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
The Fox and the Hen by Eric Battut
Fox Tale Soup by Tony Bonning