Let’s Play a Game! — preschool storytime

Today’s storytime was full of games a riddles!

Stories

First we hunted for treasure with Max, Ruby and their friends by following a series of lift-the-flap clues. Kids had to rack their brains for fill in the blank nursery rhymes.

Max & Ruby’s Treasure Hunt by Rosemary Wells: When their tea party is rained out, Max and Ruby and their friends Louise and Lily go indoors, where Grandma has arranged a treasure hunt.

Kids then put their wits to the test in Where’s the Baboon? by answering the question on each page. The answer is in observing the the pictures.

Where’s the Baboon? by Michael Escoffier; illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo: If you love word games and riddles, you are really going to love this book! If you love cats, rats, rabbits, and baboons, then this book is for you! If you like reading or are just learning to read, this book is for you! Or if you don’t yet know how to read but like playing with letters and words, or even if you are no good at reading, you don’t even like the alphabet, you were just passing by and happened to see this book, or maybe you are just curious to know what happens in a school where all the students are total animals…THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU!!!

We approached Open Very Carefully with caution because it really is a book with bite! We followed Croc as he

Open Very Carefully by Nicola O’Byrne; with words by Nick Bromley: A crocodile falls into a quiet storybook and wreaks havoc on the characters, in a tale that invites youngsters to slam the book shut or find the courage to take a peek inside.