Transportation Storytime

Toddler Read Alouds
Baby Goes Beep by Rebecca O'Connell
Boy On the Bus by Penny Dale
Bridge is Up! by Babs Bell
Bus for Us by Suzanna Bloom
Clip Clop by Nicola Smee
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Duck’s Key, Where Can It Be? by Jan Alborough
Giddy-Up! Let’s Ride! by Flora McDonnell
Hello Airplane!  by Bill Cotter (2014)
How will You Get There, Maisy? by Lucy Cousins
My Big Rig by Jonathan London
My Bus by Byron Barton (2014)
My Car by Byron Barton
Old MacDonald Drives A Tractor by Don Carter
Sputter, Sputter, Sput! by Babs Bell

Preschool Read Alouds
Beep Beep by Anne Miranda
Bus for Us by Michael Rosen (2015)
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? by Jane Yolen
Hush Little Digger by Ellen Olson-Brown
In the Driver’s Seat by Max Haynes
Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham
Night Light by Nicholas Blechman
Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz (2016)
Pete the Cat: The Wheels On the Bus by James Dean
Pugs in a Bug by Carolyn Crimi -- rhythmic and fun!
Scrubbly Bubbly Car Wash by Irene O'Garden
Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Sheep in A Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa by Jonathan London
Trucks Roll by George Ella Lyon
Vroomaloom Zoom by John Coy
Vroom! Vroom! by Steve Augarde
What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince
Wheels on the Race Car by Alex Zane
Wheels on the... Uh Oh! by Sue Tarsky (2018)
Who Is Driving? by Leo Timmers

School Age Read Alouds
All Aboard! by Susan Kuklin
Cows Going Past by Bruce Balan
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
From Kalamazoo to Timbuktu! by Harriet Ziefert
Hansel and Diesel by David Gordon
Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord
Number One Sam by Greg Pizzoli (2014)
On the Go by Ann Morris
Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root
Sakes Alive, A Cattle Drive by Karma Wilson
Smash! Mash! Crash! by Barbara Odanaka
Ugly Truckling by David Gordon
With Any Luck, I'll Drive A Truck by David Friend (2016)

Hats Storytime

Toddler Read Alouds
Baby Party by Rebecca O'Connell (2015)
Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke
Hat Off, Baby! by Jan Ormerod
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tafuri
Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin
What’s On My Head? by Margaret Miller
Whose Hat? by Margaret Miller
Who’s Under that Hat? by Don Carter
Yellow Hat, Red Hat by Basia Bogdanowicz

Preschool Read Alouds
A Good Day for A Hat by T. Nat Fuller and Rob Hodgson (2017)
Grandma it’s for You by Harriet Ziefert
Hooray for Hat by Brian Won (2014)
I Love My Hat by Douglas Florian (2014)
Magic Hat by Mem Fox
Magic Rabbit by Richard Watson
Mouse, the Cat, and Grandmother’s Hat by Nancy Willard
Twelve Hats for Lena by Karen Katz
Where’s Mary’s Hat? by Stephane Barroux
Which Hat is That? by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan Nodset
Whose Hat Is That?  by Anita Bijsterbosch (2014)

School Age Read Alouds
Aunt Lucy Went to Buy a Hat by Alice Low
Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan
Coco the Carrot by Steven Salerno
Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli
Ho for a Hat by William Smith
Milo’s Hat Trick by Jon Agee
My Lucky Hat by Kevin O'Malley
Virginnie’s Hat by Dori Chaconas

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannels
The Bridge Is Up by Babs Bell
Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen

Books That Translate Well Into Prop Stories
I Stink! by Kate and Jim McMullan

Books That Translate Well Into Puppet Stories
Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham

I Saw A Giraffe Drive By
One day, I saw a giraffe drive by,
In a shiny car with a big bow tie.
I saw a sheep driving a jeep!
I saw a duck driving a truck!
I saw a goat sitting in a boat!
I saw a bear flying through the air;
He was parachuting through the sky!
What a lot of funny animals went by!

Twinkle Twinkle Traffic Light
(Tune of: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Twinkle, twinkle traffic light,
Standing at the corner bright,
When it's green it's time to go,
When it's red, you stop you know,
Twinkle, twinkle traffic light,
Standing at the corner bright.

Wheels on the Train
(Tune of Wheels on the Bus)
The wheels on the train go clickity-clack,
Clickity-clack, clickity-clack.
The wheels on the train go clickity-clack,
All along the track.

The whistle on the train goes whoo-ee-whoo,
Whoo-ee-whoo, whoo-ee-whoo.
The whistle on the train goes whoo-ee-whoo,
All along the track.

The people on the train go up and down,
Up and down, up and down.
The people on the train go up and down,
All along the track.

The conductor on the train says “All aboard!
All aboard! All aboard!”
The conductor on the train says “All aboard!”
All along the track.

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannel Stories
Juice the Pig by Martine Oborne
Martin’s Hats by Joan Blos
Whose Hat is That? by Ron Roy
Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan Nodset

Books That Translate Well Into Puppet Stories
A Good Day for A Hat by T. Nat Fuller and Rob Hodgson (2017)

Book That Works Well As a Prop Story
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Five Summer Hats On a Shelf in A Store
Five summer hats
On a shelf in the store,
Bear bought the (fishing) one,
That leaves four more
(repeat until none are left)

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are Under the Purple Hat?
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat,
Are you under the (purple) hat?
(repeat until kitten is found)

Little Bat, Whose Hat Is That?
Little Bat,
Whose hat is that?
(repeat with various hats that exemplify different vocations)

On My Head I Wear A Hat
(Tune of “This Old Man”)
On my head I wear a hat
It is such a funny hat
That my hat will wiggle wiggle to and fro
Where else can my fun hat go?

On my foot I wear a hat
It is such a funny hat
That my foot wiggle wiggle to and fro
Where else can my fun hat go?

Repeat with different body parts...

One Little Cat On A Sunny Day

(puppet script for Toddlers)

One little cat on a sunny day,

Put on his hat and went out to play.

Spunky the Clown
(flannel script)
Spunky had a hat, and that hat was RED,
He wore that hat upon his head
Till one day, he looked in the mirror and said: "Boring!"
So he went to the circus to see what other colors there were…
"This Crocodile looks great in green! That's the best color I've ever seen!"

Spunky wore a green hat on his head,
Till one day, he looked in the mirror and said: "Boring!"
So he went to the circus to see what other colors there were…
"There's a Seal with a ball - PURPLE is the very best color of all!"

Spunky wore a purple hat on his head,
Till one day, he looked in the mirror and said: "Boring!"
So he went to the circus to see what other colors there were…
"This Kangaroo has a pocket of PINK! That's the color for me, I think!"

Spunky wore a pink hat on his head,
Till one day, he looked in the mirror and said: "Boring!"
So he went to the circus to see what other colors there were…
"That Elephant looks great in BLUE!
It looks good on him – it'll look good on me, too!"

Where Has My Hat Gone?
(Tune of “Where Has My Little Dog Gone?”)
Oh where, oh where has my red hat gone?
Oh where, oh where can it be?
I’ve looked up high and I’ve looked down low.
Did someone hide it from me?

Repeat with different colors...