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Rhyme: Where is Thumbkin
I love this story of the funny patchwork elephant.
Rhyme: Hickory Dickory Dock
Rhyme: Elephant Goes Like This and That
An elephant goes like this and that (stomp feet)
He's terribly big (hands up high)
And terribly fat (hands out wide)
He has no fingers (wiggle fingers)
He has no toes (point at your feet)
But goodness gracious, what a nose! (start at your nose and pretend to stretch it out and down, as if you're making a trunk)
I love this story about a group of mice babysitting for a baby Elephant. Sadly, it's out of print. :(
Song: Shake My Sillies Out< by Raffi Rhyme: HEY ELEPHANT! I got this one from Storytime Katie You should all be VERY jealous because I got to hang out with her at ALA and she's made of awesome.
One elephant went out to play
Upon a spider’s web one day
He had such enormous fun
He called another elephant to come…
(HEY, ELEPHANT!)
Two elephants went out to play
Upon a spider’s web one day
They had such enormous fun,
They called another elephant to come…
(You get the picture.)
Who doesn't love Elephant and Piggie? I also love a book where I can melodramatically fake sob. The best part is when Gerald the Elephant was sobbing about the COOL COOL ROBOT that Piggie did not see, one of the kids reached out to me and said "oh, it's ok."
Song: Young MacDonald had a Zoo
You all know about Old MacDonald, who had a farm, right? Well, did you know he had a daughter? She went by the name of Young MacDonald, and she had a zoo. And then it's Old MacDonald, but with zoo animals. This is great, because most zoo animals ROAR, and who doesn't like a ROAR ROAR here and a ROAR ROAR there? Here a ROAR, there a ROAR everywhere a ROAR ROAR
Another one that's heart-breakingly out of print. I love the lift-the-flaps of the mouse ringleader and the high diving elephant that let you play with perspective. This one ALWAYS goes down like gangbusters with kids and adults.
Song: Comin' Round the Mountain.
For display, I had a ton of nonfiction about elephants, other Elephant and Piggie books, and other Elmer books.
You are made of awesome too!
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