February and March, 2019 Story Time

Colors

Stories include: "Mixed: A Colorful Story" by Arree Chung, "Wow! Said the Owl" by Tim Hopgood, "Lemons are Not Red" by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, "Quiet Bunny's Many Colors" by Lisa McCue, retold as a puppet story, and "White Rabbit's Color Book" by Alan Baker, retold with flannel bunnies

Songs and Rhymes: Making a Rainbow with the Magic Bag, and Animal Colors Song

Hibernation

Miss Amanda reads: "William's Winter Nap" with words by Linda Ashman and pictures by Chuck Groenink, "Over and Under the Snow" by Kate Messner with art by Christopher Silas Neal, and "William Wakes Up" with words by Linda Ashman and pictures by Chuck Groenink

Song: "Sleeping Animals" -- based on the song "Sleeping Bunnies"

Puppet Story: Miss Amanda shows how to retell "William Wakes Up" (an important pre-reading skill) using puppets.

Rumble in the Jungle

Miss Amanda reads: "Rumble in the Jungle," a book of animal poems by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz

Song: "If You're a ___ and You Know It" -- sung to the tune "If You're Happy and You Know It"

A Very Prickly Story Time

Stories this episode: "The Snowy Nap" by Jan Brett, "Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story" (puppet story) by Lisa Wheeler and illustrated by Janie Bynum, "Perfectly Percey" by Paul Schmid, "Hedgehugs" by Steve Wilson and Lucy Tapper

Songs and rhymes: "What is a Hedgehog," "Two Little Hedgehogs," "A Hedgehog Picture Story," "Hedgehog, Hedgehog" -- based on "Teddybear, Teddybear," "Five Little Porcupines" -- based on "Five Green and Speckled Frogs"