Cows & Ice Cream Storytime

Toddler Read Alouds

Brown Cow by Bijou Le Tord
Cow Moo Me by Stephen Losordo
Do Cows Meow?  by Salina Yoon
How To Be A Cow by Bo Vine
How Now Cow by Angela Chambers
I Like Ice Cream by Robin Pickering
Little Calf by Kim Lewis
Moo Moo Goes to the City by Jo Lodge
No Milk! by Jennifer Ericsson
Peek-A-Moo by Marie Torres Cimarusti
Wemberly's Ice-Cream Star by Kevin Henkes
Who Likes Ice Cream? by Andrea Butler

Preschool Read Alouds
And the Cow Said Moo by Mildred Phillips
Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun by Ellen Jackson
Cock-A-Doodle-Moo by Bernard Most
Cow by Malachy Doyle
Cows Can't Fly by David Milgrim
Cows Going Past by Bruce Balan
Cows to the Rescue by John Himmelmann
Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Everywhere the Cow Says "Moo!" by Ellen Weinstein
Good Humor Man by Kathleen Daly
Ice Cream Cows and Mitten Sheep by Jane Moncure
Isaac the Ice Cream Truck by Scott Santoro
Millie in the Meadow by Janet Pedersen
Oliver's Milk Shake by Vivian French
Too Many Pears by Vivian French
When Cows Come Home by David Harrison
Where's Mary's Hat? by Stephanie Barroux

School Age Read Alouds
Bill in a China Shop by Katie Weaver
Chilly Milly Moo by Fiona Ross
Click Clack Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Cow That Laid An Egg by Andy Cutbill
Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down by Paul Brett Johnson
Fair Cow by Leslie Helakoski
George Washington's Cows by David Small
Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root
Misery Moo by Mem Fox
Moo Who? by Margie Palatini
Sakes Alive! A Cattle Drive by Karma Wilson
Simply Delicious by Margaret Mahy
SuperMoo! by Babette Cole
Where Does Joe Go? by Tracey Pearson
Who Owns the Cow? by Andrew Clements

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannel Stories
And the Cow Said Moo by Mildred Phillips
Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Ms. Blanche the Spotless Cow by Zidrou
There's Nothing to D-o-o-o! by Judith Mathews

B-O-S-S-Y
(Tune: "Bingo")
There was a farmer had a cow, and Bossy was her name-o.
B-O-S-S-Y B-O-S-S-Y B-O-S-S-Y
And Bossy was her name-o
"Moo" instead of clapping: Moo-O-S-S-Y (etc.)

Do You Know the Ice Cream Man?
(Tune: "The Muffin Man")
Oh, do you know the ice cream man?
The ice cream man, the ice cream man
Do you know the ice cream man
Who drives the ice cream truck.

Yes, I know the ice cream man…

Moo Moo Brown Cow
(Tune: "Baa Baa Black Sheep")
Moo Moo brown cow,
Have you milk for me?
Yes, ma'am, yes ma'am
As tasty as can be!

Churn it into butter
Make it into cheese
Freeze it into ice cream
Or drink it if you please.

Moo Moo brown cow,
Have you milk for me?
Yes, ma'am, yes ma'am
As tasty as can be!

"Five Ice Creams"
Five big ice creams with sprinkles on the top.
Five big ice creams with sprinkles on the top.
And if somebody takes one and gobbles it all up –
There'll be how many ice creams standing in the shop?

"Talking Ice Cream"
Five little ice cream cones so good to eat
The first one said, "I'm a summertime treat."
The second one said, "It's such a hot day."
The third one said, "I’m melting away!"
The fourth one said, "Don't lose your top."
The fifth one said, "Oh dear – ker-plop!" (place the last cone upside down)

Take Me Out for Some Ice Cream
(Tune: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game")
Take me out for some ice cream
Take me out to the store
Buy me a super-jumbo cone
I don't care if I eat it alone
So, just SCOOP – SCOOP – SCOOP up the ice cream
Buy me two kinds I adore
For it's 1 – 2 – no more than 3
At the ice cream store!

We All Want An Ice Cream Cone
(Tune: "Mary Had A Little Lamb")
We all want an ice cream cone,
Ice cream cone, ice cream cone
We all want an ice cream cone, we'll eat it right away.

Chocolate is our favorite kind, favorite kind, favorite kind
Chocolate is our favorite kind, we'd eat it every day.

Strawberrry's our favorite kind, favorite kind, favorite kind
Strawberry's is our favorite kind, we'd eat it every day.

Chocolate mint's our favorite kind, favorite kind, favorite kind
Chocolate mint's our favorite kind, we'd eat it every day.

Dance Storytime

Toddler Read Alouds
Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont
Baby Rock, Baby Roll by Stella Blackstone
Dance With Me by Charles Smith
Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig
Dancing in My Bones by Sylvia Andrews
Dinosaur Stomp by Paul Stickland
If You're Happy and You Know It by Jane Cabrera
Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi
Ten Go Tango by Arthur Dorros
Toddler Two-Step by Kathi Appelt
Toddlerobics by Zita Newcome
Twinkle Toes by Karen Katz
Wiggle Waggle by Jonathan London

Preschool Read Alouds
Ballerina by Peter Sis
Ballerina Bear by Shana Corey
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
Big Bear Ball by Joanne Ryder
Brontorina by James Howe
Down By the Cool of the Pool by Tony Mitton
Emily’s Dance Class by Claire Masurel
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andrae
Got to Dance by M. C. Helldorfer
Harriet Dancing by Ruth Symes
Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson
Hokey Pokey by Sheila Hamanaka
How Can You Dance? by Rick Walton
I Am: I Am A Dancer by Eleanor Schick

Kindergarten Read Alouds
Ballerino Nate by Kimberly Bradley
Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt
Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer
Dogs Don't Do Ballet by Anna Kemp
Dream Dancer by Jill Newsome
Fritz Danced the Fandango by Alicia Potter
Hokey Pokey: Another Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler
Naughty Toes by Ann Bonwill
Rock'n'Roll Mole by Carolyn Crimi
Sock Monkeys Do the Monkey Monkey by William Winburn
Twist With A Burger, Jitter With A Bug by Linda Lowery Keep

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannels
Henrietta the Clumsy Hippo by John Greaves
Hilda Must Be Dancing by Karma Wilson

Did You Ever See A Hippo?
(To the tune of: Did You Ever See A Lassie?)
Did you ever see a hippo?
A hippo, a hippo
Did you ever see a hippo dance this way and that?
Dance this way and that way
And this way and that way
Did you ever see a hippo dance this way and that?

... Hop this way and that?
... Twirl this way and that?
... Pose this way and that?

Hippo Hop Hokey Pokey
(To the tune of: Hokey Pokey)
You put your clean foot in
You take your dirty foot out
You put your clean foot in
and you squish all about
You do the Hippo Hop and then you hop down in the mud

Repeat with other body parts...

Tommy Thumbs
Tommy Thumbs up, Tommy Thumbs Down
Tommy thumbs dancing all around the town
Dance them on your shoulders, Dance them on your head
Dance them on your knees, then tuck them into bed

Storytime about Bathtime

Toddler Read-Alouds
Bath Time by David Bedford
Bubbles Bubbles by Kathi Appelt
Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks
Dini Dinosaur by Karen Beaumont - fun, new title
Five Little Monkeys Jump in the Bath by Eileen Christelow
Mucky Duck by Sally Grindley
Muddypaws by Moira Butterfield
Not Again, Anna by Vivian French
Oh No, Anna by Vivian French
Pig Takes A Bath by Michael Dahl
Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Who's in the Tub? by Jun Takabatake
Scrubba Dub by Nancy Van Laan
Splash by Flora McDonnell
Ten Dirty Pigs, Ten Clean Pigs by Carol Roth
Ten Rubber Duckies by Williams Winburn
Tickle Tum by Nancy Van Laan
Ting-A-Ling by Siobhan Dodds
Uh-Oh! by Rachel Isadora

Preschool Read Alouds
Big Red Tub by Julia Jarman
Elephant in the Bathtub by Kristina Andres
Five Little Monkeys Jump in the Bath by Eileen Christelow  - for small audiences
Get Out of My Bath!  by Britta Teckentrup (2015)
Good Night, Mr. Panda by Steven Antony (2018)
Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild by Mem Fox
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
I Know A Wee Piggy by Kim Norman - CROWD PLEASER
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
Messy Jesse by Paula Bowles (2015)
Mucky Duck by Sally Grindley
Mo's Stinky Sweater by David Bedford
No Bath Tonight by Harriet Ziefert
Max Cleans Up by Rosemary Wells
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley
On My Way to the Bath by Sarah Maizes
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
Pet Wash by Dayle Ann Dodds
Pigeon Needs  A Bath! by Mo Willems
Scrubbly Bubbly Car Wash by Irene O'Garden
Sea of Bath by Bob Logan
Squeaky Clean by Simon Puttock
Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson (2015)
Ten Stinky Babies by Ellen Olsen-Brown
Time for a Bath by Phillis Gershador (2014)
Time for Bed, Fred! by Yasmeen Ismail (2014) **
Treasure Bath by Dan Andreasen**
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck**
Who's in the Tub? by Sylvie Jones

School Age Read-Alouds
Bubble Trouble by Tom Percival (2015)
Dirty Gert by Tedd Arnold
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair by Lee Fox
Fish Is Me: Bathtime Rhymes by Neil Philip
Good Thing You're Not An Octopus by Julie Markes
Meet Wild Boars by Meg Rosoff
Mess Pets by Jill McElmurry
One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root
Pig Named Perrier by Elizabeth Spurr
Pig Pigger Piggest by Rick Walton
Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud by Lynn Plourde
Pigsty by Mark Teague
Presenting Tallulah by Tori Spelling - well-constructed narrative
Puddle Pug by Kim Norman (2014)
Sloppy Joe by Dave Keane
Take Me Out of the Bathtub by Alan Katz
Toad by Ruth Brown
Very Lonely Bathtub by Ann Rasmussen
Wet Dog by Elise Broach

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannels
Dirty Little Boy by Margaret Wise Brown
Five Pigs So Squeaky and Clean
I Don't Want to Take a Bath by Julie Sykes
I Know A Wee Piggy by Kim Norman
Peep and Egg: I'm Not Taking a Bath by Laura Gehl
Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Who's in the Tub? by Jen Takabatake
This Little Piggy Went to Market

Bathtime Song
I Took A Bath in a Washing Machine from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song...

Ducks in the Tub

(Tune of "Ten in the Bed") 

There are five in the tub,
And the little one says: Move over, move over!
So they all move over and one falls in
(count down until only one is left)

There was one in the tub, and the little one said:
I've got the whole tub to myself..

Five Elephants in a Bathtub
One little elephant going for a swim
Knock-knock
Splish-splash
Come on in!

(count up until you get to five:)
Five little elephants going for a swim
Thump-thump!
Uh-oh!
The tub fell in!

Five Little Ducks in a Great Big Tub
Five little ducks in a great big tub,
Mama scrubbed the (yellow) one
Scrubba-dub-dub

Four little ducks in a great big tub,
Mama scrubbed the (blue) one
Scrubba-dub-dub
(count down until none are left)

Five Pigs, So Squeaky Clean

(Tune of "Five Green and Speckled Frogs") 

Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink! (clap, clap)
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a great big thud
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.

P-I-G-G-Y
There was a pig out in the mud,
And Piggy was his name-o
P-I-G-G-Y, P-I-G-G-Y, P-I-G-G-Y,
And Piggy was his name-o.

Ten Little Piggies Rolling in the Mud
Ten little pigs rolling in the mud,
Squishy-squashy, felt so good.
The farmer took one pig out.
Oink, Oink, Oink, the pig did shout.
(Count with 9,8,7, and so forth...)

No little pigs rolling in the mud,
They all looked clean and good.
The farmer turned his back and then,
Those pigs rolled in the mud again!

Three Melting Popsicles

Three melting popsicles
So sticky and sweet
I ate the green one -
what a yummy treat!

Two melting popsicles
So sticky and sweet
I ate the purple one -
what a yummy treat!

One melting popsicle
So sticky and sweet
I ate the red one -
what a yummy treat!

No more popsicles
So sticky and sweet
I guess I'll have to find
something else to eat!

Dogs Storytime

Toddler Storytime
Along Came Toto by Ann Axworthy
Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Dog's Day by Jane Cabrera
Fran's Friend by Lisa Bruce
Hush, Little Puppy by April Pulley Sayre
Maggie and Michael Get Dressed by Denise Fleming (2016)
Maggie's Ball by Lindsay Barrett George
My Dog Rosie by Isabelle Harper
My Friend Lucky by David Milgrim
One, Two, That's My Shoe by Alison Murray
Please Puppy Please by Spike Lee
Pudgy: A Puppy to Love by Pippa Goodhart
Smick by Doreen Cronin (2015)
Sparky by Flora McDonnell
What Puppies Do Best by Laura Numeroff

Preschool Storytime
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Be Brown by Barbara Bottner
Daisy Thinks She is A Baby by Lisa Kopper
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar
Four Little Puppies by Matt Mitter
Grumpy Gloria by Anna Dewdney
I Don't Want A Posh Dog! by Emma Dodd
I Love Korky by Cristiano Sorrentino
I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein (2014)
Messy Jesse by Paula Bowles (2015)
Old Mother Hubbard by Jane Cabrera
The Pigeon Wants A Puppy! by Mo Willems
Puppy Is Lost by Harriet Ziefert
Sleepy Pendoodle by Malachy Doyle
Sniff! Sniff! by Ryan Sias (2015)
Yip! Snap! Yap! by Charles Fuge

Kindergarten Storytime
Bertie Was a Watchdog by Rick Walton
Buster by Denise Fleming
Chip Wants A Dog by William Wegman
Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
Dog Food by Saxton Freymann
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Farley Follows His Nose by Lynn Johnston
Good Boy, Fergus by George Shannon
How to Be A Good Dog by Gail Page
I'm My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein (2014)
Juggling Pug by Sean Bryan
Milo is Not A Dog Today by Kerstin Schoene (2014)
Nobody's Diggier Than A Dog by Susan Bartoletti
Time for Bed, Fred!  by Yasmeen Ismail (2014)
Wet Dog by Elise Broach
Yip! Snap! Yap!  by Charles Fuge

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books/Scripts That Translate Well Into Flannel Stories
All the Lassies
BINGO
Can't You Sleep, Dotty by Tim Warnes
A Dog's Best Friend by Massimo Mostacchi
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Helpful Puppy by Kim Zarins
Hugs and Kisses by Christophe Loupy

Book That Can Be Retold With Puppets
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

Six Little Dogs That I Once Knew
(tune of "Six Little Ducks")
Six little dogs that I once knew,
Brown ones, white ones, tan ones too.
But the one little dog with the shaggy fur,
He led the others with a GRR-GRR-GRR.
Grr, grr, grr Grr, grr, grr
He led the others with a GRR-GRR-GRR!

Home to the doghouse they would go
Barking and panting to and fro
But the one little dog with the shaggy fur,
He led the others with a GRR-GRR-GRR.
Grr, grr, grr Grr, grr, grr
He led the others with a GRR-GRR-GRR!

Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his cute little nose and his scritch-scratchy toes,
Oh where, oh where can he be?!

Little Dog, Little Dog,
Where can you be?
Are you hiding behind the ________________
Come back to me!

 *End with: “You came back to me!”

Eggs Storytime

Toddler Read Alouds
Are You My Mommy? by Carla Dijs
Big Fat Hen by Byron Barton
Cheep! Cheep! by Julie Stiegemeyer
Fluffy and Baron by Laura Rankin
Good Egg by Barney Saltzberg
Hatch, Egg, Hatch! by Shen Roddie
Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting
Little Chicken's Big Day by Katie Davis
Look Who’s Hatching by World Wildlife Fund
Oh Dear! by Rod Campbell
(Oliver) by Franceshelli
Ollie by Olivier Dunrea
Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tafuri
Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri

Preschool Read Alouds
Daisy and the Egg by Jane Simmons
Dora’s Eggs by Julie Sykes
Eggday by Joyce Dunbar
Eggs 123: What Will the Babies Be?  by Janet Halfman (2012)
Fox and the Hen by Eric Battut
Fred and the Little Egg by Julia Rawlinson
Hatch Egg Hatch by Shen Roddie
Hook by Ed Young
It’s Quacking Time! by Martin Waddell
Mama Hen's Big Day by Jill Latter
Most Wonderful Egg in the World by Helme Heine
Mrs. Hen's Big Surprise by Christel Desmoinaux
My Goose Betsy by Trudi Braun
Out of the Egg by Tina Matthews
Peep and Egg: I'm Not Hatching by Laura Gehl (2016)
Peep Leap by Elizabeth Verdick (2013)
Peepsqueak!  by Leslie Ann Clark
Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
Rex Finds An Egg by Steve Weinberg (2015)
Roly-Poly Egg by Kali Stileman
Strange Egg by Mary DePalma
There Was A Tree by Rachel Isadora
Tillie Lays An Egg by Terry Golson
Two Little Birds by Mary DePalma (2014)
Webster J. Duck by Martin Waddell
What Will Hatch? by Jennifer Ward (2013)
Who Am I?  by Gervase Phinn
Where's My Mommy? by Jo Brown

School Age Read-Alouds
Best Nest by by Doris Mueller
Cow That Laid An Egg by Andy Cutbill
Duck and Goose by Tad Hills
An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston
Egg-Napped by Marisa Montes
First the Egg by Laura Seeger
Foxy and the Egg by Alex T. Smith
Guji Guji by Chih-Yuan Chen
Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye
Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
Shelly by Margie Palatini

Display
Egg in the Hole by Richard Scarry
Oliver by Christopher Franceschelli

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannel Stories
Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
Fox the the Hen by Eric Battut
Most Wonderful Egg in the World by Helme
Singing Chick by Victoria Stenmark
Where's Baby Duckling?
Where's My Mommy? by Jo Brown

Books to Extend with Props
Fred and the Little Egg by Julia Rawlinson

An Egg is On My Nose
(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
An egg is on my nose, an egg is on my nose,
Heigh-ho, the derry-o, an egg is on my nose.
(Repeat using other body parts)

Cluck Cluck, Red Hen
(Tune: Baa Baa, Black Sheep)
Cluck, cluck red hen, have you any eggs?
Yes, cluck, yes, cluck, as many as my legs.
One for your breakfast, one for your lunch;
Come back tomorrow and I'll give you a whole bunch.
Cluck, cluck red hen, have you any eggs?
Yes, cluck, yes, cluck, as many as my legs.

Runny Eggs
(Tune: Alouette)
Runny eggs, funny, runny eggs!
Runny eggs are such a yucky food.
Do you have them on your face? Yes, I have them on my face!
On your face? On my face. O-o-o-oh!
Runny eggs, funny, runny eggs!
Runny eggs are such a yucky food!

Do you have them on your sleeve?...
Do you have them on your pants? ....
Do you have them on your socks? ....
Do you have them on your shoes? ....
Do you have them in your hair? ....

Something in the Egg
There’s something in the egg -
What can it be?
There’s something in this egg,
That I really can’t see.

This egg has a T on it
Can you guess what’s in this egg?
 (Give the children hints if they need it: what sound does the T make, he starts with the tuh- sound, he lives in a shell….)

Storytime About Farms

Toddler Read Alouds
All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tafuri
Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Clip Clop by Nicola Smee
Go Sleep in Your Own Bed by Candace Fleming (2018)  -- CROWD PLEASER
Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel
Oh, Dear! by Rod Campbell
Old MacDonald Had A Farm by Jane Cabrera
Peek-A-Moo by Marie Torres Cimarusti
Pig-A-Boo! by Dorothea DePrisco
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson
Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri
This Little Chick by John Lawrence
What Does Cow Say?  by Joan Holub

Preschool Read Alouds
Down On the Farm by Merrily Kutner
Farm Life by Elizabeth Spurr
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
Go Sleep in Your Own Bed by Candace Fleming (2018)  -- CROWD PLEASER
Greedy Goat by Petr Horacek (2018)
Hungry Hen by Richard Waring
I Spy On the Farm by Edward Gibbs
Noisy Farm by Marni McGee
Old MacDonald Drives a Tractor by Don Carter
Sitting On the Farm by Bob King
There's A Cow in the Cabbage Patch by Clare Beaton

School Age Read Alouds
Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
Farm Fresh Cats by Scott Santoro
Particular Cow by Mem Fox
Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczke
Red Lemon by Bob Staake

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannel Stories
Cow Buzzed by Andrea Zimmerman
How Big is A Pig? by Clare Beaton
Is There Room on the Feather Bed? by Libba Moore Gray
Singing Chick by Victoria Stenmark
What Does Cow Say?  by Joan Holub

Books to Extend With Props
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

Traditional Songs
B-I-N-G-O
Farmer in the Dell
Old MacDonald

I Went to the Farm

(repeat first phrase and use whatever farmyard animal puppets you have)

I went to the farm, and what did I see?
A big chubby pig oinking at me!
A big brown horse neighing at me!
A fluffy chicken clucking at me!
A sleepy sheep baaing at me!

Little Pigs Say Oink-Oink-Oink

(Tune: Mary Had A Little Lamb)

Little pigs say oink-oink-oink,

Oink-oink-oink, oink-oink-oink,

Little pigs say oink-oink-oink

All around the farm.

(repeat with other animals)

Storytime About Colors

Toddler Read Alouds
Baby Parade by Rebecca O'Connell

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
Little White Fish by Guido van Genechten  -- definitely use with Toddlers
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
One Red Sock by Jennifer Sattler (2019)
Small Bunny's Blue Blanket by Tatyana Feeney
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
Chameleon Sees Colors by Anita Bijsterbosch (2015)
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 Know A Wee Piggy by Kim Norman - CROWD PLEASER
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

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Well Into Flannel Stories
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Little White Fish by Guido van Genechten

Color Balloons
(flannel script)
I had a great big red balloon
Until I let it go.
Now where, oh where, I wonder
Did my balloon blow?

I had a great big blue balloon
The string I held so tight
But when I opened up my hand
My balloon flew out of sight.

I had a great big green balloon
As pretty as could be
But when I let go of its string,
It flew away from me!

I had a great big yellow balloon
When I went out to play
But when I wasn't watching,
My balloon just flew away.

Red balloon, red balloon
Where can you be?
Red balloon, red balloon
Up in a tree.

Blue balloon, blue balloon
Where did you fly?
Blue balloon, blue balloon,
Up in the sky.

Green balloon, green balloon
Where can you be?
Green balloon, green balloon
Under the tree.

Yellow balloon, yellow balloon
Where did you fly?
Yellow balloon, yellow balloon
High in the sky.

G-R-E-E-N
(Tune of Bingo)
There was a frog who liked to jump,
And green was his color!
G-R-E-E-N...

If You’re Wearing…
(Tune of Happy & You Know It)
If you’re wearing red, shake your head,
If you’re wearing red, shake your head,
You’ve got red on and you know it,
So don’t be afraid to show it!
If you’re wearing red, shake your head.

If you’re wearing blue, touch your shoe…
If you’re wearing black, pat your back…
If you’re wearing yellow, shake like Jello…
If you’re wearing brown, turn around…
If you’re wearing pink, stop and think…
If you’re wearing green, make a scene…

Plain On Top
Five ice creams waited at the shop,
But no one wanted to eat them - because they were plain on top!
So, one ice cream took some time to think;
He mixed in some bubble gum and changed his color to PINK!

(Countdown)
... knew what to do; he mixed in some blueberries and changed his color to blue...
... was a smart fellow; he mixed in bananas and changed his color to yellow...
... got an idea in his head; he mixed in some cherries and changed his color to red...
... wanted to leave town; he mixed in some chocolate and changed his color to brown...

Traditional Rhymes
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Jump, Jump, Went the Little Green Frog
Little Boy Blue

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...

Body Parts Storytime

My nephew Adam and the SpongeBob bag I created for him from a plain yellow bag from the Dollar Store.

Toddler Read Alouds

All of Baby Nose to Toes by Victoria Adler
Funny Face, Sunny Face by Sally Symes (2015)

Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr.
If You’re Happy and You Know It by Jane Cabrera
Look At the Baby by Kelly Johnson
Mommy, Carry Me Please by Jane Cabrera
Piggies by Audrey Wood
Ten Tiny Tickles by Karen Katz
This Little Piggy by Jane Manning
Whose Nose and Toes? by John Butler
Wiggle Your Toes by Karen Katz

Preschool Read Alouds
All of Me by Molly Bang
Body Book by Shelley Rotner
Clarabella’s Teeth by An Vrombaut
Do Your Ears Hang Low?   by Jenny Cooper (2017)
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Hand Hand Fingers Thumb by Al Perkins
Handiest Things in the World by Andrew Clements
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
If You’re Happy and You Know It by Jan Ormerod
Moving Day by Robert Kalan
My Two Hands, My Two Feet by Rick Walton
Nose Like A Hose by Jenny Samuels
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
These Hands by Hope Lynne Price
We’ve All Got Bellybuttons by David Martin
Who has Wiggle-Waggle Toes? by Vicky Shiefman (2019)

School Age Read Alouds
Adventures of a Nose by Viviane Schwartz
Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant by Jack Prelutsky
Belinda the Ballerina by Amy Young
A Beautiful Girl by Amy Schwartz
The Best Part of Me by Wendy Ewald
A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan
Good Thing You’re Not An Octopus by Julie Markes
Head Body Legs: A Story From Liberia by Won-Ldy Paye
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
Moose Tracks by Karma Wilson
Mr. Blewitt’s Nose by Alastair Taylor
My Octopus Arms by Keith Baker (2014)
Parts by Tedd Arnold
The Queen’s Feet by Sarah Ellis
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
Wild About Us!  by Karen Beaumont (2015)

DisplayMy Octopus Arms by Keith Baker

Flannels, Songs and Story Extensions

Books That Translate Into Flannel Stories
Bread and Honey by Frank Asch (also works as a draw-and-tell)
If You’re Happy and You Know It by Jan Ormerod
Moving Day by Robert Kalan
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

Songs for This Theme
“Heads and Shoulder, Knees and Toes” from Carol Hammet’s It’s Toddler Time
“Hokey Pokey” from Carol Hammet’s It’s Toddler Time
“Knuckles Knees” from Jim Gills Sings Do Re Mi on His Toe Leg Knee
“Oh What A Miracle Am I” from Hap Palmer’s Walter the Waltzing Worm
“Spider on the Floor” from Raffi Singable Songs
“Wake Up Toes” from Joannie Bartels’ Morning Magic
“Wiggle in My Toe” from Joe Scruggs’ Late Last Night

Songs, Rhymes and Fingerplays

Fe Fi Fo Fum
Fe, fi, fo ,fum
See my fingers
See my thumbs
Fe, fi, fo, fum
Good-bye fingers!
Good-bye thumbs

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,
Eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes,

Open Them, Shut Them
Open them, shut them… Open them, shut them…Give a little clap
Open them, shut them… Open them, shut them…Put them in your lap

Ten Little Pearly Whites
One little, two little, three little pearly-whites
Four little, five little, six little pearly-whites
Seven little, eight little, nine little pearly-whites
Ten little pearly whites on top

One little, two little, three little pearly-whites
Four little, five little, six little pearly-whites
Seven little, eight little, nine little pearly-whites
Ten little pearly whites on the bottom

Brush, brush, brush those pearly-whites…

This is the Way We Clap Our Hands
This is the way we clap our hands,
Clap our hands, clap our hands.
This is the way we clap our hands,
So early in the morning.
Shake our legs...
Wiggle our toes...
Swing our arms...
Tickle our tummies...