Fall 2009 Storytimes

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What's in a Name?

Picture Books:

Pass the Celery, Ellery by Jeffrey Fisher (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2000)

Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan was Her Name by Tedd Arnold (Scholastic, 2004)

Four Boys Named Jordan by Jessica Harper (Putnam, 2004)

What's in a Name? A Book of Name Jokes by Jill L. Donahue (Picture Window Books, 2007)

Sara Anderson's Books for Babies

Board Books:

Vegetables by Sara Anderson (Handprint Books, 2007)

Noisy City Night by Sara Anderson (Handprint Books, 2005)

Noisy City Day by Sara Anderson (Handprint Books, 2004)

Picture Books:

I've Got an Elephant by Anne Ginkel (Peachtree, 2006)

My Friend is Sad by Mo Willems (Hyperion, 2007)

Hippos Go Berserk by Sandra Boynton (Little, Brown, 1977)

Peanut by Linas Alsenas (Scholastic, 2007)

Owen and Mzee: A True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff (Scholastic, 2006)

Songs:

All you people step away,

Here comes an elephant big and grey.

Giant ears and eyes so small,

WATCH OUT! His trunk is spraying us all!

All you people step away,

Here comes an elephant big and grey.

(to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)

Fun With Baby

Board Books:

All About Me! A Baby's Guide to Babies by David Salariya (Random House, 2007)

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin (Simon & Schuster, 1989)

Playtime Peek-a-boo (DK, 2005)

Baby Cakes by Karma Wilson (Little Simon, 2006)

Picture Books:

Mama's Milk by Michael Elsohn Ross (Tricycle Press, 2007)

This is the Way a Baby Rides by Susan Meyers (Abrams, 2005)

Music CD's:

Tiny Tunes: Music for Very Young Children by Carole Peterson

Apples

Board Books:

Autumn Walk by Ann Burg (HarperFestival, 2003)

Rhymes:

Criss cross, applesauce, (criss cross on baby's back)

Spiders climbing up your back! (creep fingers up back)

Cool breeze, tight squeeze, (blow in ear, give a hug)

And now you've got the shivers! (rub arms)

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill (hands on shoulders)

One named Jack, one named Jill. (flap hands)

Fly away Jack! Fly away Jill! (hide hands behind back)

Come back Jack! Come back Jill! (bring hands to front)

Music CD's:

"Way Up High in the Apple Tree" from H.U.M: Highly Useful Music by Carole Peterson

Baby's Halloween

Board Books:

Dress Up Peekaboo! by Charlie Gardner (DK, 2007)

My First Halloween Board Book (DK, 2004)

Baby Faces

Board Books:

Baby Faces by Margaret Miller (Little Simon, 1998)

Mama Calls Me Monkeypants by J.D. Lester (Robin Corey, 2009)

Barnyard Fun

Board Books:

Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown (HarperFestival, 1995)

Picture Books:

Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin (Simon & Schuster, 2002)

Book, Book, Book by Deborah Bruss (Arthur A. Levine, 2001)

Bears, All Kinds!

Picture Books:

Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster, 2007)

Where Does the Brown Bear Go? by Nicki Weiss (Greenwillow, 1989)

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear by Michael Hague (Morrow Junior Books, 1997)