Best Picks for A Prickly, Stinky Storytime

This adorable porcupine puppet is available at Folkmanis. Treat yourself to a skunk and hedgehog puppet, too!

Toddler Read Alouds
Countdown to Bedtime by Mike Haines
Down in the Woods At Sleepytime by Carole Lexa Schaeffer
Hedgehog is Hungry by Beverly Randell
Not Very Mess, Unless... by Julia Boyce
Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
Sounds Like Smelly by Diane James
Tail of the Little Skunk by Marsha Diane Arnold
Terrible Itch by Roddie
Where Wild Babies Sleep by Ann Purmell

Preschool Read Alouds
Bouncy Baby Bunny by Joan Bowden
Hedgehog Howdedo by Lynley Dodd
If I Had a Gorilla by Mercer Mayer
Is There Room on the Feather Bed? by Libba Moore Gray
Happy Hedgehog Band by Martin Waddell
Harriet Dancing by Ruth Symes
Hedgehog's Magic Tricks by Ruth Paul
How Do You Hug a Porcupine?  by Laurie Isop
Hugs from Pearl by Paul Schmid
Hurry Up, Hedgehog by Deborah Dennard
Lawrence by Janet Morgan Stoeke
Prickly Hedgehog by Mark Ezra
Prickly Porcupine by Dawn Bently
Tickle, Tickle! Itch, Twitch!  by Julie Olson

Kindergarten Read Alouds
Don't Take Your Snake for A Stroll by Karin Ireland
Geez, Louise by Susan Middleton Elya
Hug Me by Patti Stren
Lizard's Guest by George Shannon
Mr. Fine Porcupine by F. Joly
Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid - great new read aloud!
Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester
Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler
Skunks! by David Greenberg
Tanka Tanka Skunk! by Steve Webb

Display Book
Perfectly Arugula by Sarah Dillard

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Into Flannel Stories
Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover Party by Bernard Waber
Is There Room on the Feather Bed? by Libba Moore Gray
Ouch! by Ragnhild Scamell
Porcupining by Lisa Wheeler

Books That Translates Into A Puppet Script
Hedgehog: A Sharp Lesson in Love by Dan Pinto

Tune: You Are My Sunshine
You are my porcupine, my only porcupine,
You keep me happy when skies are gray.
I do not care that you are so prickly,
Please don't take my porcupine away.

You are my stinky skunk, my only stinky skunk
You keep me happy when skies are gray.
I do not care that you are so stinky,
Please don't take my skunk away.


Must be a Skunk (Tune: Skip to My Lou)
There is animal we know well
It's black and white, with a terrible smell
Once you've smelled it you can tell
Must be a skunk you're smelling

Skunk, skunk, must be a skunk… (3x)
Must be a skunk you're smelling

If you see a skunk, take it from me
Watch where you step and watch what he sees
Don't scare a skunk or sorry you'll be
Sorry you'll be, my darling!

Skunk, skunk, must be a skunk… (3x)
Must be a skunk you're smelling

When you grow up and think you're so sweet
Take off your shoes and smell your feet!
Smells like a skunk, let me repeat
Must be a skunk you're smelling!

Skunk, skunk, must be a skunk… (3x)
Must be a skunk you're smelling

Prickly Little Porcupine (Tune of Twinkle, Twinkle)
Prickly little porcupine
Please don't poke me with your spine.
Ouch!

The Little Skunk
I stuck my head in a little skunk's hole.
And the skunk said, "Well, bless my soul!"
Take it out clap-clap
Take it out clap-clap
Re-move it!

Well, I didn't take it out, and the little skunk said,
"If you don't take it out, you'll wish you had!"
Take it out clap-clap
Take it out clap-clap
Psss-ssst!

P- U…I removed it too late! pinch nose with fingers as you say this line