Showing posts with label planned preschool storytime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label planned preschool storytime. Show all posts

Friday, March 27, 2020

Selected picture books about eggs, new life, and Easter for 4-6 year olds

Selected picture books for this planned storytime:


Nonfiction to introduce topic:"Chick Life Cycle" by Elizabeth Bennett" or "From Egg to Chicken" by Robin Nelson
    (For preschool storytime, it is appropriate to use a short informational text to introduce a topic. I rarely read every word to the children.)

or 



1. "There is a Bird on Your Head" by Mo Willems



2. "Hank Finds an Egg" by Rebecca Dudley



3. "Flap Your Wings" by P. D. Eastman




4. "The Easter Egg" by Jan Brett





5. "Easter Bunny's Assistant" by Jan Thomas



6. "Otter Loves Easter!" by Sam Garton





7. "Turkey's Eggcellent Easter" by Wendi Silvano






8. "The Story of the Easter Bunny" by Katherine Tegen




9. "The Easter Bunny That Overslept" by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich 






10. "Betty Bunny Loves Easter" by Michael B. Kaplan






11. "The Best Easter Egg Hunt Ever" by Dawn Casey 


12. "Milo the Really Big Bunny" by Stephen Krensky





Extra one that I have used in the past:
"Roly Poly Egg" by Kali Stileman  (No longer available in my library system)
            

Monday, March 23, 2020

Best books about spring for 4 to 6 year olds

Selected books for this theme for preschool storytime:


1. "In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb" by Marion Dane Bauer













2. "And Then It's Spring" by Julie Fogliano













3. "Finding Spring" by Carin Berger
















4. "In Blossom" by Yooju Cheon













5. "Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms" by Julia Rawlingson













6. "Skunk's Spring Surprise" by Leslea Newman













7. "When Will It Be Spring" by Catherine Walters













8. "Signs of Spring" by Justin Korman Fontes













9. "Horray For Hoppy!" by Tim Hopgood











10. "Hurray For Spring" by Patricia Hubbell














11. "Spring for Sophie" by Yael Werber














12. "Do the Fairies Bring the Spring" by Liza Gardner Walsh














13. "Bear Wants More" by Karma Wilson













14. "The Thing About Spring" by Daniel Kirk