Since we started this infant toddler storytime session with cats, it seemed only fitting to follow it up with stories about mice!


Books We Shared

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The way the mouse in Lunch by Denise Fleming eats his meal may remind you of a favorite little one in your life — he’s not exactly neat!   But he does have a big appetite, and manages to much his way through all the colors of the rainbow.  In Keiko Kasza’s When the Elephant Walks the elephant begins a chain reaction when he scares a bear who scares a crocodile, who scares… well you get the picture.  But who would be afraid of a mouse?  The answer may surprise you!  And while the text is simple, the illustrations, especially the animal’s facial expressions, are great in this book.

During toddler storytime we learned from our first book, Mice by Rose Fyleman, illustrated by Lois Ehlert, that many do not think highly of mice.  Well, many except the narrator of the story — can you guess who that may be?  This book is also wonderful to share with your toddler to talk about all the wonderful things that are featured in Ehlert’s illustrations — all labeled.  Pouring over the illustrations with your child and talking about what you see is a great way to increase your child’s vocabulary.  Next, we read Thank You Bear by Greg Foley.  Bear has found a box he thinks is wonderful — and he thinks mouse will like it.  But on his way to find mouse, he finds that not all his friends agree.  What will Mouse think?  Find out in this charming book.

 


Flannelboard Stories

Little Mouse, Little Mouse
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(Pattern & Rhyme from Felt Board Fingerplays by Liz & Dick Wilmes)

My friend mouse lives in one of these houses, but I cannot remember which!
Let’s see if we can find him.  Let’s ask:

Little mouse, little mouse
Are you in the ___color_____ house?

You can make this fun hide-and-seek story at home with some construction paper!

 


Nursery Rhyme

Hickory Dickory Dock
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(Template and Rhyme from Mother Goose’s Playhouse by Judy Sierra)

Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down.
Hickory Dickory Dock.


Film We Watched


“Playground” from Play Time Maisy

There are so many ways to have fun at the playground!


Continue the Fun

Squeak with these other mice stories for infants and toddlers at your local Pasadena Public Library branch.
Click the cover of each book to find it in the library catalog.

 

   

Children’s Room Infant Toddler Storytime 10/21/2014