January 2018
Prek & K: Soup Storytime
1st & 2nd: The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson, Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box by David McPhail, Beatrix Potter and the unfortunate tale of a borrowed guinea pig by Deborah Hopkinson
February 2018 (RES 1st)
Alan's Big Scary Teeth by Jarvis, Goodnight already by Jory John, I Love You Already by Jory John, After the Fall by Dan Santat
February 2018 (Ranger)
PreK & K: Dogs
1st & 2nd: dog books, Violet & Victor write the best-ever bookworm book and Violet & Victor write the most fabulous fairy tale by Alice Kuipers
PreK @ MPL: The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond, XO, OX: A Love Story by Adam Rex, A Letter for Leo by Sergio Ruzzier, Stanley the Mailman by William Bee; Flannel Board: "I Made My Dog a Valentine" by Jack Prelutsky; Finger Plays: Hearts, How Many Valentines
February 2018 (Other schools)
PreK & K: Fairy Tales Storytime
1st & 2nd: Fairy tale riddles from Spot he Plot by J. Patrick Lewis, A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale by Penny Parker Klosterman, flannel board fairy tale guessing game, Creature Features by Steve Jenkins (use masks)
March 2018 (Peachtree)
PreK-5th: Kids Artists by David Stabler, Imagine That! How Dr. Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat by Judy Sierra, Dr. Seuss's ABC, The Foot Book, What Pet Should I Get?, What Was I Scared Of?, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
April 2018
Prek & K: Poetry Storytime
1st & 2nd: selections from Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky, World Ray Day by J. Patrick Lewis, If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky
God's Little Arce: Poetry Storytime + Boo's Beard by Rose Mannering
May 2018
2nd @ APL: selections from Flying Frogs & Walking Fish or Never Smile at a Monkey both by Steve Jenkins, Frog on a Log & Dog on a Frog by Kes Gray
K @ RES: Foxes Storytime + Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes by Margie Palatini & My Luck Day by Keiko Kasza
1st @ RES: selections from My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky, What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
PreK & K: Farm storytime (On the Farm by David Elliott, Pete the Cat: Old Macdonald Had a Farm by James Dean, I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs
1st & 2nd: Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon, Living Color by Steve Jenkins, I've Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Preltusky
September 2018 (Bears)
PreK & K: Llamas storytime or Steve Antony storytime
1st & 2nd: David Biedrzycki's bear books (Ranger), More Bears! by Kenn Nesbitt, and The Bear Who Wasn't There by LeUyen Pham; Bear facts from Wild about Bears by Jeannie Brett, Bears! Bears! Bears! by Bob Barner, and If You Were a Panda Bear by Wendell Minor; poetry break from Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky (students draw numbers out of basket)
October 2018 (Not So Scary Stories)
PreK & K: Names storytime
1st & 2nd (Ranger & AES 1st @ APL): Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, The Dark by Lemony Snicket, selections from Apex Predators: The World's Deadliest Hunters, Past and Present by Steve Jenkins; poetry break from Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky (students draw numbers out of basket)
November 2018 (Dinosaurs)
PreK & K: Book: Am I Yours? By Alex Latimer; Counting Rhyme with Flannel Board: Five Enormous Dinosaurs; Movement Activity: Dinosaurs; Book: I’m Bad by Kate & Jim McMullan; Movement Song: “Dinosaurs in Cars” by Nancy Stewart; and Book: Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
1st & 2nd: The Itchy Book by LeUyen Pham (with Mo Willems), Goldilocks & the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems, The Greatest Dinosaur Ever by Brenda Z. Guiberson, Prehistoric Actual Size by Steve Jenkins, poetry break from Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky (students draw numbers out of basket)
December 2018 (Winter)
PreK & K: Book: A Loud Winter’s Nap by Katy Hudson; Flannel Board Activity: Make a Snowman (offer the kids different options for the snowman’s eyes, nose, mouth, arms, hat, and neckwear); Book: Red Sled by Lita Judge;
Sing-Along Song: “Jingle Bells”; Movement Rhyme: Snowflakes Dance Around; Fingerplay: The Snowman; Book: Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre; GLA: The Gingerbread Man retold by Eric A. Kimmel
1st & 2nd: Wonderful Winter by Bruce Goldstone, Tippy-Tippt-Tipyy, Hide by CAndace Fleming, Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins, If Picasso Painted a Snowman by Greg & Amy Newbold, make a snowman on the flannel board; poetry break from Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky (students draw numbers out of basket)