Curious Crazy Creatures and their Custodial Caretakers

Curious Crazy Creatures and their Custodial Caretakers
A wacky, zany and totally funny 30 minute Story time for 1st-6th graders as presented by our fabulous storyteller and fellow librarian Julie E.!

Resources:

Books:

My Little Sister Ate One Hair by Bill Grossman
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Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox

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Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
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Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett
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Wait! No Paint by Bruce Whatley
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Visuals:

Goose
Pig
Sheep
Horse
Cow
Hen
Fox
Doll clothes

Program:

1) Welcome, favorite animals, going to the zoo

2) Edward the Emu

3) Assign 7 children to be the animals

4) Hattie and the Fox

5) Practice, “but she didn’t!”

6) My Little Sister Ate One Hair

7) Song: Chicken Lips (For Our Children CD)
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8) What kinds of clothes do animals wear? Why? Have some children try to put clothes on one of the animals

9) Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

10) If there is still time left, Wait! No Paint

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Additional titles that come to mind:

Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
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My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Bill Grossman
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Hildegard Sings by Thomas Wharton
Out of print title, not available at the library





 
Sarah's Story by Bill Harley
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Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? by Shel Silverstein
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Philadelphia Chickens: a too-illogical zoological musical revue by Sandra Boynton
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Blue Moo: 17  Jukebox hits from way back never by Sandra Boynton
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Amazing Cows: A book of bovinely inspired misinformation by Sandra Boynton
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Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
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Chicken Butt by Erica Perl
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Interrupting Chicken by David Stein
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Check out an amazing example of telling Interrupting Chicken by one of Orem Library's volunteer storytellers, Mary D

 

Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin
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Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
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Itsy Bitsy Rap

It's the Itsy Bitsy Rap!

Have you ever listened to the 1991 CD For Our Children by various authors for the Aids Foundation?

I just love the ideas it's inspired in me!

From Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips - who knew? Bruce Springsteen you've got some surprises in you.

To one of my Laptime staples:

The RAP version of Itsy Bitsy Spider done by Little Richard!

No, I do not sing it just like Little Richard, can't improve on a master, but it DID give me the courage, after listening to it over and over and over, to try a mini version in Laptime.

Now, I'm not claiming that I thought of this all on my own, it all started with one wonderful Laptime volunteer who introduced me to the version and put me onto the CD.

So, come on you all, be brave, take old ideas, turn them around, give them a twist, make them your own, and let's SING!

...ready now, in your best rap persona...

Itsy Bitsy Rap

The itsy bitsy spider
climbed up the water spout

Down came the rain and
washed the spider out

Out came the sun and
dried up all the rain,

And that itsy bitsy spider
climbed up the spout again

Yo Yo Yo Yo!
Yo Yo Yo Yo!

...arms crossed laid back, best rapper pose

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p.s. Unfortunately I cannot find the CD on Amazon. All I can find is the 1996 sequel: For Our Children Too!