Oh Hey, Oh Hi!
Thanksgiving Pie Stretch (PBJ stretch, but pie)
One of Each (Hoberman) 3-5
Oliver Toliver is quite content with his one-of-each lifestyle until he realizes that there's no room for a friend! Metered, rhyming verse carries us along through this tale of friendship and growth.
FP: Apple Share
Game: Let's Find a Friend
The House in the Meadow (Crum) 3-5
Follow the stages and workers involved in building a house in this count down book about a young family. Bright, paper-cut illustrations are inviting to all ages. Perfect for our little town of Naples where so many people build their own homes!Song: Love Grows
Wiggler: Jenny Works with One Hammer
OR (if enough older children are present)
Wiggler: Little Cabin in the Woods
Home for a Tiger, Home for a Bear (Williams) 2-4
Travel around the world exploring the homes and habitats of many animals. Can you find the spider threading his way through each page?
Prop: I Knew an Old Lady Who Swallowed a PieFB: Mr. Turkey's Feathers
Closer: Wave Goodbye Poem
Toddler Read Alouds
Ariel and Emily by Adele Greenspun
Bears On Chairs by Shirley Parenteau***
Elmer's New Friend by David McKee
Fran's Friend by Lisa Bruce
Hi, Harry by Martin Waddell
Maggie's Ball by Lindsay Barrett George
Mine by Kevin Luthhardt
My Friend Lucky by David Milgrim
New At the Zoo by Frank Edwards
Noni the Pony by Alison Lester
Pudgy, A Puppy to Love by Pippa Goodhart
Stick by Andy Pritchett***
Ten Friends by Bruce Goldstone
Thank You Bear by Greg Foley***
What About Me? by Helen Stepens
Who's At the Door? (Dutton Children's Books)
Preschool Read Alouds
Adventure With Olivia Owl by Maurice Pledger
Anthony and the Girls by Ole Konnecke
Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Cat & Mouse: A Delicious Tale by Jiwan Oh
Chicken, Pig, Cow and the Purple Problem by Ruth Ohi
Cloud Boy by Rhode Montijo
Come Along, Kitten by Joanne Ryder
Fluffy and Baron by Laura Rankin
Fox Makes Friends by Adam Relf**
Friends by Rob Lewis
Friends by Kim Lewis
Gary and Ray by Sarah Adams
Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard **
Happy Dog by Lisa Grubb
Help! by Holly Keller
Henry and Amy by Stephen Michael King
Me and You by Genevieve Cote
Princess Aasta by Stina Ordal
Squish Rabbit by Katherine Battersby
The Surprise by Sylvia van Ommen
Together by Jane Simmons
What About Bear? by Suzanne Bloom
What A Treasure by Will Hillenbrand
School Age Read Aloud
Audrey and Barbara by Janet Lawson
Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway
Being Friends by Karen Beaumont
Best Friends by Charlotte Labaronne
Don't Need Friends by Carolyn Crimi
Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup
Half the World Away by Libby Gleeson
Hole in the Middle by Paul Budnitz
I Know A Rhino by Charles Fuge
Jessica by Kevin Henkes (an invisible friend)
Little Sweet Potato by Amy Beth Bloom
Lonely Moose by John Segal
Once There Was A Hoodie by Sam McBratney
Pearl Bailey and Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey
Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend by Melanie Watt
Secret by Lindsay Barrett George
Swim! Swim! by Lerch
That's What Friends Are For by Florence Parry Heide
Together by George Ella Lyon
Two Cool Coyotes by Jillian Lund
Two Girls Can by Keiko Narahashi
A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
Yuck, A Love Story by Don Gillmor
Caregivers
Being Friends by Karen Beaumont
Ariel and Emily by Adele Greenspun
Bears On Chairs by Shirley Parenteau***
Elmer's New Friend by David McKee
Fran's Friend by Lisa Bruce
Hi, Harry by Martin Waddell
Maggie's Ball by Lindsay Barrett George
Mine by Kevin Luthhardt
My Friend Lucky by David Milgrim
New At the Zoo by Frank Edwards
Noni the Pony by Alison Lester
Pudgy, A Puppy to Love by Pippa Goodhart
Stick by Andy Pritchett***
Ten Friends by Bruce Goldstone
Thank You Bear by Greg Foley***
What About Me? by Helen Stepens
Who's At the Door? (Dutton Children's Books)
Preschool Read Alouds
Adventure With Olivia Owl by Maurice Pledger
Anthony and the Girls by Ole Konnecke
Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Cat & Mouse: A Delicious Tale by Jiwan Oh
Chicken, Pig, Cow and the Purple Problem by Ruth Ohi
Cloud Boy by Rhode Montijo
Come Along, Kitten by Joanne Ryder
Fluffy and Baron by Laura Rankin
Fox Makes Friends by Adam Relf**
Friends by Rob Lewis
Friends by Kim Lewis
Gary and Ray by Sarah Adams
Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard **
Happy Dog by Lisa Grubb
Help! by Holly Keller
Henry and Amy by Stephen Michael King
Me and You by Genevieve Cote
Princess Aasta by Stina Ordal
Squish Rabbit by Katherine Battersby
The Surprise by Sylvia van Ommen
Together by Jane Simmons
What About Bear? by Suzanne Bloom
What A Treasure by Will Hillenbrand
School Age Read Aloud
Audrey and Barbara by Janet Lawson
Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway
Being Friends by Karen Beaumont
Best Friends by Charlotte Labaronne
Don't Need Friends by Carolyn Crimi
Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup
Half the World Away by Libby Gleeson
Hole in the Middle by Paul Budnitz
I Know A Rhino by Charles Fuge
Jessica by Kevin Henkes (an invisible friend)
Little Sweet Potato by Amy Beth Bloom
Lonely Moose by John Segal
Once There Was A Hoodie by Sam McBratney
Pearl Bailey and Charlie Parsley by Aaron Blabey
Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend by Melanie Watt
Secret by Lindsay Barrett George
Swim! Swim! by Lerch
That's What Friends Are For by Florence Parry Heide
Together by George Ella Lyon
Two Cool Coyotes by Jillian Lund
Two Girls Can by Keiko Narahashi
A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
Yuck, A Love Story by Don Gillmor
Caregivers
Being Friends by Karen Beaumont
