unloved animals — Storytime — Teeny Tiny Library

I don't know about YOUR library staff, but my library staff can frequently be found squeeing over pictures of tiny cute animals on the internet. We love us some tiny cute animals. This made me think about OTHER animals. What about the weird looking ones? (We also just got Pink is for Blobfish by Jess Keating) I dug around and found enough stuff for an Unloved Animals storytime.

BOOKS:

We read Aaaarrgggh! Spider by Lydia Monks and Vulture View by April Pulley Sayre.

I really like Aaaarrgghh! Spider. It's so fun. The kids also LOVE the random yelling of AAAAHHHH!!!! SPIDER! Vulture View really is the absolute perfect book for this theme. It's about vultures (not generally everyone's favorite animal) and the text is beautiful and simple. And I can't say enough good about Steve Jenkins' illustrations. Actual Size is definitely one of my favorite nonfiction picture books.

FINGERPLAY:

I brought back the oldie, but goodie, "I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee." The moms really got a kick out of this one because they knew the song. It's not a proper song, but it's funny and silly and brings you back to the time when you thought all things should be fun and silly.

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee
OUCH! it stung me!

I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm squishing up my baby bumblebee
EW! It's all over me!

I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm wiping off my baby bumblebee
BYE-BYE baby bumblebee!

SONG:

We listened to Moose on the Loose by Ozomatli. HOLY COW THIS SONG IS AWESOME!

CRAFT:

We made our own vultures! This is a really terrible picture of my vulture - I took the board down before I could get a good one. They were a nice easy craft.