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Max Spaniel: Funny Lunch

Awesome new reader series from one of our favorite illustrators, David Catrow! 

After you've finished reading this series, check out some of the other books illustrated by Catrow:

1000 Times No Book Trailer

Facing the terrible twos? Seems like this author was!

Check out 1,000 Times No  by Tom Warburton for a hilarious take on this wonderful phase!

Bunny Storytime

Silly bunnies

5 silly bunnies,

hopping all around,

Jump so high,

then touch the ground.

1 silly bunny says, "I just can't stay,"

So he turns around

and hops away.

4 silly bunnies…

Here is the bunny

Here is the bunny

With ears so funny

And here is his hole in the ground

When a noise he ears

He pricks up his ears

And jumps back in his hole in the ground

Little Bunny

There was a little bunny

who lived in the wood
He wiggles his ears

as a good bunny should

He hopped by a squirrel

He hopped by a tree

He hopped by a duck

And he hopped by me

He stared at the squirrel

He stared at the tree

He stared at the duck

And he made faces at me!

Funny Bunny Funny Bunny

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, turn around

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, touch the ground

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, show your shoes

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, how old are you?

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, reach up high,

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, wink one eye.

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, slap your knees,

Funny Bunny, Funny Bunny, sit down please.

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Little Bunny Foo Foo

hopping through the forest

Scooping up the field mice

And bopping them on the head

Down came the Goody Fairy

And she said, “Little Bunny Foo Foo,

I don’t want to see you

scooping up the field mice,

and bopping them on the head.

I’ll give you 3 chances and then,

I’ll turn you into a goon!”

Repeat…

10 little bunnies hop all around

1 little, 2 little, 3 little bunnies

4 little, 5 little, 6 little bunnies

7 little, 8 little, 9 little bunnies

10 little bunnies hop all around

Books:

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

The velveteen rabbit, or, how toys became real by Margery Williams

Little white rabbit by Kevin Henkes

My friend rabbit by Eric Rohmann

How do you read to a rabbit? by Andrea Wayne von Koniglow

Brown rabbit in the city by Natalie Russell

Little Rabbit and the meanest mother on Earth by Kate Klise

Hey, rabbit! by Sergio Ruzzier

Moon rabbit by Natalie Russell

Little rabbit gets messy by Kathleen Amant

The runaway bunny by Margaret Wise Brown

A boy and his bunny by Sean Bryan

Fish Storytime

Did you miss storytime this week? Well, don't worry- you can do it at home!

Open Shut Them

Open shut them, Open shut them,

Give a little clap clap clap!

Open shut them, Open shut them,

Put them in your lap, lap, lap!

Creep them, crawl them,

Creep them, crawl them,

Right up to your chin, chin, chin!

Open wide your little mouth,

But do not let them in!

Critters in the Sea

(tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

The fish in the sea swim back and forth, back and forth, back and forth

The fish in the sea swim back and forth

All day long.

…shark, chomp

…lobsters, pinch

…octopus, wiggle

…clam, open and shut

Three Little Fish

(tune: Three Blind Mice)

Three little fish, three little fish

See how they swim, see how they swim

Back and forth, how fast they go

Now they are going very slow

Three little fish, three little fish

Swimming in the Water

All the fish are swimming in the water

Swimming in the water,

Swimming in the water

All the fish are swimming in the water

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…. SPLASH!

(repeat with a little fish that has a tiny, little voice and then a big fish who has a BIG, HUGE voice)

Teasing Mr. Shark

Five little fish swimming in the sea

Teasing Mr. Shark, “You can’t catch me”

Along comes Mr. Shark,

Quiet as can be and…SNAPS that fish right out of the sea

…4,3,2,1

Five Little Fishies

One little fish swimming in the ocean blue, here comes another one

Then there were two

…two, sea

…three, near the shore

…four, swim around and dive

Here comes another one and now there are five

Here comes a shark, looking for some fun

Look out little fishies!... and away they run

Blue Fish

A blue fish went swimming by

He swam down low, he swam up high

He wriggled his fins and shook his scales

and swishes his graceful fishy tail.

(red, green, pink)

Fishy Pokey

(version of Hokey Pokey!)

Put your left fin in

Put your left fin out

Put your left fin in

You shake it all about

You do the fishy pokey

And you turn yourself around

That's what its all about

…head, tail, whole body

Two Little Blue Fish

Two little blue fish swimming in a lake

One named Jack and one named Jake

Swim away, Jack, Swim away, Jake

Come back, Jack, Come back, Jake

Two little blue fish swimming in a lake

One named Jack and one named Jake

Row your Boat

(sing)

Row row row your boat,

Gently down the stream,

Merrily merrily merrily merrily,

Life is but a dream.

(say)

Cast out your fishing line

Wait for a fish

We're waiting, we're waiting, we're waiting

This spot is NO GOOD! Let's keep going....

repeat song and conversation until you catch a fish and have to row back to shore really fast because you're so hungry!

Books:

Barner, B. Fish Wish

Berkes, M. Over in the Ocean

Clements, A. Big Al

Dahl, M. One Giant Splash

Diesen, D. The Pout-pout Fish

Ehlert, L. Fish Eyes

Jonas, A. Splash!

Kalan, R. Blue Sea

Wood, A. Ten Little Fish

April Calendar

Spring Storytime

Spring has sprung at the library!

The Gardener Plants the Seeds

The gardener plants the seeds,

The gardener plants the seeds,

Hi ho the derry oh

The gardener plants the seeds.

The rain begins to fall...

The sun comes out to shine...

The seeds begin to grow...

The flowers open wide...

Three green and speckled frogs

Three green and speckled frogs

Sat on a speckled log

Eating the most delicious bugs

YUM!! YUM!!

One jumped into the pool,

Where it was nice and cool,

Now there are 2 green, speckled frogs

2,1.

Shake my sillies out

Gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,

And wiggle my waggles away.

Clap my crazies out

Jump my jiggles out

Yawn my sleepies out

The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah

The ants go marching one by one,

The little one stops to suck his thumb

And they all go marching down to the ground

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Two Little Blackbirds

Two little blackbirds sitting on the hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

Fly away, Jack! Fly away, Jill

Come back, Jack! Come back, Jill

Two little blackbirds sitting on the hill

One named Jack and one named Jill

Creatures in the Garden

Slowly, slowly, very slowly,

Goes the garden snail.

Slowly, slowly, very slowly,

Up the garden rail.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

Quickly runs the little mouse

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

All around the house.

Slowly, slowly, very slowly

Creeps the garden turtle

Slowly, slowly, very slowly

Through the garden myrtle.

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

Quickly runs the little rabbit

Quickly, quickly, very quickly

That's his everyday habit.

The UmbrellaThe first umbrella is red, it keeps rain off my head

The second umbrella is yellow for a very lucky fellow

The third umbrella is blue, it is the one I drew

The fourth umbrella is brown, I will carry it to town

The fifth umbrella is green, fit for a king or a queen.

Books:In like a lion out like a lamb by Marion Dane Bauer

Spring is here by Will Hillenbrand

Snow rabbit, spring rabbit : a book of changing seasons by Il Sung Na

Hooray for spring! by Kazuo Iwamura

Fletcher and the springtime blossoms by Julia Rawlinson

Ready for spring by Marthe Jocelyn

Spring things by Bob Raczka

Skunk's spring surprise by Leslẻa Newman

Spring is here by Lois Lenski

Mouse's first spring by Lauren Thompson

Grandma Baba's sunny spring by Wakiko Satō

River Storytime

Our beautiful St. John's River was the theme of our storytime today. We had lots of fun books and songs. We even looked at pictures of all SEVEN of Jacksonville's bridges.

If you missed it, don't worry- we've listed the songs and books we used and you can sing them/ read them at home!

 

Open Shut Them

Open shut them, Open shut them,

Give a little clap clap clap!

Open shut them, Open shut them,

Put them in your lap, lap, lap!

Creep them, crawl them,

Creep them, crawl them,

Right up to your chin, chin, chin!

Open wide your little mouth,

But do not let them in!

Jacksonville Bridges

(tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

The Main Street Bridge goes up and down,

Up and down, up and down.

The Main Street Bridge goes up and down,

All day long.

... railroad bridge goes open and shut

… Acosta Bridge is really tall

… Dames Point Bridge is EXTRA tall

Over the Bridge

(tune: The Bear Went Over the Mountain)

The bridge goes over the water,

The bridge goes over the water,

The bridge goes over the water,

And I go over the bridge! And I go over the bridge, and I go over the bridge.

The bridge goes over the water, and I go over the bridge.

Alligator, Alligator

Alligator, alligator sitting on a log.

Down in the river, he spied a frog.

SPLASH!

Goes the water, away swims the frog.

Teasing Mr. Osprey

Five little fish in the river blue

Teasing Mr Osprey

“How slow are you?!?”

Down swoops Mr. Osprey

Quiet as can be and…SNAP!

…4,3,2,1

Here Is the River

(suit actions to words)

Here is the river, the rolling river

Here is my boat,

And here is me

All of the fishes

Down below

Wiggle their tails

And way they go.

Little Duck

I saw a little duck go hop, hop, hop

I told the little duck to stop, stop, stop

I went to the riverbank to say, ‘How do you do?’

He wagged his little tail and away he flew!

Little Turtle

There was a little turtle,

He lived in a box,

He swam in the river

And climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped at a minnow.

He snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

But he didn't catch me.

Six Little Ducks

Six little ducks that I once knew

Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too

But the one little duck with a feather on his back

He led the others with his quack, quack, quack, Quack, quack, quack, Quack, quack quack,

He led the others with his quack, quack, quack

Down to the river they would go

Wibble-wobble, wibble-wobble to and fro…

Books
Bell, B. The Bridge is Up
Coker, F. We Love our River

Hills, T. Duck, Duck, Quack

 Pollard, N. The River

Thompson, L. Little Quack (we changed the word "pond" to "river")

Can you name all of the bridges?

Buckman Bridge

Fuller Warren Bridge



Acosta Bridge



Main Street Bridge

Dames Point Bridge



Mathews Bridge



Hart Bridge