Sheep!

Openers:
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling


The Sleep Sheep (Hannah Shaw) 3-5
Little Sylvie gets a taste of what her mother goes through to put her to bed when the sheep just won't sleep!

Magnet Board:  One Little, Two Little, Three Little Black Sheep
Touch/Talk: Fleece/Card/Roving/Drop Spindle/Yarn/Sweater




Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep-A Yarn About Wool (Teri Sloat) 2-4
Bright watercolors and playful line drawings help us learn the "sheep-to-shawl (or sweater)" process from the perspective of the sheep.  A fun and lovely story!

Song:  Dandelion Yellow and Gold




Little Lamb (Kim Lewis) 2-3
This simple tale shares the special joy of a child caring for this most adorable animal.


Song:  Mary Had a Little Lamb
Felt Board:  Baa Baa Black Sheep

Eggcellent Adventure

Openers:
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling

The Easter Egg (Jan Brett) 3-5
Explore the delights of various Easter egg coloring traditions as well as the greater delight of kindness and love.  Jan Brett's illustrations are always a visual feast.
Song:  Love Grows
Song:  Twelve Little Easter Eggs

 An Egg Is Quiet (Dianna Aston)2-6
The delicate watercolors this natural history book highlight the beautiful variety of eggs...many more than a young reader might imagine! Can be read with larger simple text for younger children or with extra natural history info. woven in.
Wiggler:  Now I'm Growing Very Tall
Felt Board: Eggs For Breakfast

The Odd Egg (Emily Gravett) 2-4
Patient Duck (and the other not-so-nice birds) gets a big surprise at the end of this progressive lift-the-flap book!
Song:  Five Little Ducks
Felt Board:  Easter Egg Hunt

Closer:
Wave Goodbye Poem by Rob Reid

Hide and Seek

Openers:
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling


Knuffle Bunny (Mo Willems) 3-5
Anybody with a dear and favorite stuffed animal will know...you can't leave them behind!  Find out what happens :).

Wiggler:  Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Who ate all the Cookie Dough? (Karen Beaumont) 2-4

Enjoy another delightful tale from Karen Beaumont.  Solve the mystery of the missing cookie dough by asking some friends...I'll bet something like this has happened at YOUR

 house!

Song: Where is Thumbkin
Magnet Board: Five Sweet Cookies

Hide and Snake (Keith Baker) 2-4
Test your 'finding' skills as you look for Snake in these colorfully painted illustrations.  A catchy poem moves the story along.

Song:  All the Snakes are Slithering
Wiggler:  This is the Way the Ladies Ride




Felt Board:  Fruit Guessing Game

Closer:  Wave Goobye

Green!

 Openers:
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling

Grandpa Green (Lane Smith) 2-4
Grandpa keeps shares his memories in a unique and lasting way...


 Game:  Skizamaroo and Timbuktu 

Stanley Mows the Lawn (Craig Frazier) 2-4
Find out how a simple discovery changes Stanley's mind.


FingerPlay: I Am a Snake
Song:  All the Snakes






Turtle Splash (Cathryn Falwell) 2-4
Hone those counting skills in this beautifully illustrated, vivid book of pond life.


Song:  If You're Happy and You Know It
Song:  Sticky Sticky Bubblegum


Felt Board: Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Colors!

Openers:
The More We Get Together
Up to the Ceiling
Why Is Blue Dog Blue? (Rodrigue)3-5
Artist George Rodrigue has developed children's books to accompany his blue dog muse who you may be lucky enough to spot in various venues around the country.  For a time, a huge Blue Dog graced the side of a barn in our own Springwater, NY!  Enjoy this playful book that explores the feelings and language of color.


Fingerplay: Where is Thumbkin?
Song: B-I-N-G-O

Mouse Paint (Ellen Stoll Walsh) 2-5
One of my favorites!  Enjoy these cute and curious mice as they discover (accidentally!) the mysteries of color mixing and the advantages of being just as they are...white.

Fingerplay:  There Once Was a Little Mouse
Song: Bumpin' Up and Down

I Went Walking (Sue Williams) 2-4
Soft yet saturated illustrations  are the key to this exploration of colorful barnyard buddies.


Wiggler:  Walking, Walking
Felt Board: Ice Cream Cone Match or Balloons
Closer: Wave Goodbye!


More Books! (from Story Time Source Page)
Toddler Read Alouds 
Blue, Blue and Yellow, Too by Biruta Hansen
Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Carlo Likes Colors by Jessica Spanyol
Duckie’s Rainbow by Frances Barry
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
Hello Kitty, Hello Color by Byron Glaser
Maisy’s Rainbow Dream by Lucy Cousins
Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek
Meeow and the Big Box by Sabastian Brown
Moo Moo, Brown Cow by Jakki Wood
Who Said Red? by Mary Serfozo

Preschool Read Alouds
And to Name But Just A Few: Red, Yellow Green and Blue by Laurie Rosenwald
Black Meets White by Justine Fontes
Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek
City Colors by Zoran Milich
Deep Blue Sea by Audrey Wood
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
I Like Black and White by Barbara Hicks
I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
Kid Tea by Elizabeth Fiocelli
Patrick Paints A Picture by Saviour Pirota
Penny Loves Pink by Cori Derrfeld 
Red is Best by Kathy Stinson
Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler
We'll All Go Sailing by Maggie Spicer
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox
WOW! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood

School Age Read Alouds
Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan
Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Courage of the Blue Boy by Robert Neubecker
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar
Elmer by David McKee
Flyaway Katie by Polly Dunbar
I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Seeger
Little Green Witch by Barbara McGrath
My Many-Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
Red Lemon by Bob Staake

Teddy Bear

Openers:
The More We Get Together
PBJ Stretch

Don't Forget I LoveYou (Miriam Moss) 2-4
A soft and gentle tale of the concerns of a child lived through his stuffed animal, and about the love of a sensitive mother.
Wiggler: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Wiggler: This is the Way the Ladies Ride



Very Hair Bear (Alice Schertle) 2-4
A story of adorable illustrations with one very fuzzy, very oh-so-cute bear tackling the seasons with one problem....

Rhyme:  Fuzzy Wuzzy
Song:  A Hunting We Will Go

My Color Is Panda (Deborah Winograd) 2-3
Friends with something in common explore colors.


Action Rhyme: Ten Bears in a Bed
Magnet Board:  We're Going on a Bear Hunt













More Books! (from StorytimeSourcePage.com)
Toddler Read Alouds
Bear At Home by Sylvia Blackstone
Bear Play by Miela Ford
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
How Do I Put It On? by Shigeo Watanabe
I Love My Daddy by Sebastian Braun
I Miss You Mouse by Greg Foley 
Just Like You by Emma Dodd
No by Claudia Rueda - bear cub wants to stay awake 
Sleepy Bear by Lydia Dabocovich
Thank You, Bear by Greg Foley

Preschool Read Alouds
Bear Came Over to My House by Rick Walton
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Bread and Honey by Frank Asch
Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black
Gotcha! by Gail Jorgensen
I Don't Care, Said the Bear by Colin West
I Love You as BIG as the World by David Van Buren
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
Scare A Bear by Kathy-jo Wargin
Sitting On the Farm by Bob King
This is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch by Sarah Hayes
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

School Age Read Alouds
A Bear and His Boy by Sean Bryan
Beware of the Bears by Alan McDonald
Leola and the Honeybears by Melodye Rosales
Mightiest by Keiko Kasza
Panda and Polar Bear by Matthew Baek
Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!  by Maureen Wright
Sody Sallyratus by Teri Sloat
Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker

Mighty Fine Dinos!

Openers:
The More We Get Together


Tyson the Terrible (Dan and Christyan Fox) 2-5
A group of dino friends face down rumors and BIG fears in this playful story with a surprise ending.

Wiggler:  Now Tall, Now Small
Wiggler:  Head and Teeth and Claws and Tail
                 Spiky Head and Tough, Tough Scales

Dinosaur Dinosaur (Kevin Lewis) 2-5
A dino day isn't so different from yours!  Enjoy vibrant illustrations and playful rhyme as we follow a dino through his day.

Song: Dino Pokey
Chant: Five Yawning Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Dig! (Penny Dale) 2-4
Count along and find out what these heafty dinos are building with all this big machinery...

Song:  One Little, Two Little, Three Little Dinosaurs
Felt Board: Build a Dinosaur
Closer:  Wave Goodbye!












And More Books!
Toddler Read-Alouds
Dinosaur's Binkit by Sandra Boynton
Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton
Dinosaur Stomp by Paul Stickland
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
Five Little Dinosaurs by Will Grace
Flapdoodle Dinosaurs by David Carter
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen
Stomp, Stomp by Bob Kolar

Preschool Read-Alouds
Big Dog by Lois Grambling
Dino Pets by Lynn Plourde
Dinosaur Dig!  by Penny Dale ~ very interactive
Dinosaur, Dinosaur by Kevin Lewis
Dinosaur Train by John Gurney
I Am A Tyranosaurus by Anna Grossnickle Hines
If the Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard Most
Littlest Dinosaur's Big Adventure by Michael Foreman
Little Rex, Big Brother by Ruth Symes
T is for Terrible by Peter McCarty
Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg
Tyson the Terrible by Christyan Fox

School Age Read-Alouds
Bronto Eats Meat by Peter Maloney
Dinosailors by Deb Lund
Dinosaur Called Tiny by Alan Durant
Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
I'm Bad! by Kate McMullan
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields
Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus
Trouble At the Dinosaur Cafe by Brian Moses
Ugly Duckling Dinosaur by Cheryl Bardoe 
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach