The Sky is Falling!

Storytime Books:

Mother Goose Picture Puzzles by Will Hillenbrand

Summary: Twenty familiar Mother Goose nursery rhymes use pictures in place of words to entertain as they teach.

Old King Cole

Old King Cole

Was a merry old soul

And a merry old soul was he

He called for his pipe

And he called for his bowl

And he called for his fiddlers three

Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Summary:  Count from 1 to 10 with the big fat hen and all of her chicks.  This book revives a familiar rhyme.  Whether you have a baby who likes to be bounced to rhythm, a toddler who's learning number and counting, or a preschooler who can appreciate Baker's surprising ending, the big fat colorful illustrations stretch across pages and invite chorusing a rhyme that children have chanted for generation.

One Two Buckle My Shoe

One, two, 

Buckle my shoe

Three, four,

Shut the door

Five, six, 

Pick up sticks

Seven, eight,

Lay them straight

Nine, ten,

A big, fat hen

Henny-Penny by Harriet Ziefert

Summary:  "The sky is falling.  I must go and tell the king," says Henny Penny after an acorn falls on her head. In this easy reading adventure, Henny Penny is soon joined by her friends, the other farm yard animals until they meet the sly Foxy-Loxy.

Autumn Leaves Are Falling!

Storytime Books:

 

The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri

Summary:  The leaves have started to fall.  The air is cold.  Squirrel needs to get ready for winter.  He cannot nibble with the mice.  He does not have time to hop with the frogs or run with the dogs.  But there is one thing he can do!

Ouch! by Ragnhild Scamell

Summary:  Hedgehog has just finished building her winter nest and is giving one last yawn before she crawls in, when a juicy apple falls from the tree and gets stuck in her spines.  Now too big to fit into her nest, she asks the help of passing animals in getting it off.  But all their attempts backfire as more things get stuck to her.  When Squirrel pulls on the apple, three of his nuts stick.  When Hedgehog follows Pig's advice to roll on her back, a pear and a leaf are added to the collection.  Finally sporting an apple, three nuts, a leaf, a pear, a piece of paper, a water lily and four blackberries, Hedgehog happens to meet Goat, who welcomes the lunch she has brought him.

Storytime Song:

Ten Little Apples

(Sung to the tune of Ten Little Indians)

One little, two little, three little apples

Four little, five little, six little apples

Seven little, eight little, nine little apples

Ten little apples on the tree

Grey Squirrel by MaryLee on Baby-O-Activity Songs

Roly Poly by Juice Music on If Your Happy And You Know It Volume 3

Pirates...Arrr, Matey!

Storytime Books:

Pirate PiggyWiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox

Summary:  Yo-ho-ho!  The appealing little pig and his friends are swashbuckling through the seven seas!  PiggyWiggy, who's always exploring new career paths, now adds pirate to his adventures of fighting fires and exploring outer space.  He and his friends, including his beloved Teddy, don kerchiefs and eye patches, hoist the skull and crossbones, and set sail to a desert island, on the lookout for buried treasure.  Will they find it?  Of course they will but young readers may have to redefine buried treasure!

PiggyWiggy imagines what it would be like if he and his friends were swashbuckling pirates.

Bubble Bath Pirates! by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Summary:  "BATH TIME!" calls out the pirate mommy.  "ARGHHH!" answer her little pirates.  It's time to walk the plank for these two pirate pretenders.  To the refrain of "Yo ho, yo ho, it's off to the bath we go!" the pirates and their mommy make their way to a bath full of ships and suds and even a pirate rubber ducky.  After all hands on deck have been soaped and swabbed, it's time for a little pirate treasure of ice cream before bedtime!

Storytime Song:

A Pirate went to Sea

  (sung to "A Sailor went to Sea, Sea, Sea")

A pirate went to sea, sea, sea

  (move hands in curving motion to show ocean waves)

To see what he could see, see, see

  (place hand above eye and look around)

And all that he could see, see, see

  (place hand above eye and look around)

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea

  (move hands in curving motion to show ocean waves)

Over the Deep Blue Sea

by Susan Salidor

When I was one, I had some fun, on the day I went to sea

I jumped abroad a pirate ship, and the captain said to me

He said go this way, that way, forward, backward, and over the deep blue sea

When I was two, I tied my shoe, on the day I went to sea

I jumped abroad a pirate ship, and the captain said to me

He said go this way, that way, forward, backward, and over the deep blue sea

When I was three, I skinned my knee, on the day I went to sea

I jumped abroad a pirate ship, and the captain said to me

He said go this way, that way, forward, backward, and over the deep blue sea

When I was four, I closed the door, on the day I went to sea

I jumped abroad a pirate ship, and the captain said to me

He said go this way, that way, forward, backward, and over the deep blue sea

When I was five, I did some hand jive, on the day I went to sea

I jumped abroad a pirate ship, and the captain said to me

He said go this way, that way, forward, backward, and over the deep blue sea

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