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The Youth Services Department of the
Portage County Public Library is pleased to be able to offer a number of valuable resources to
help supplement your work with children.
The aids listed in this booklet are available for checkout to any patron with a current
Portage County Public Library card, and are intended for adult use only.
We hope you find these materials helpful.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Storytelling Kits 3
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Themed Storytelling Kits
These are themed storytelling kits that include a combination of activity sheets, books, flannelboard stories, poems, puppets, CDs and more. Items within a kit may not be checked out individually. Kits are checked out for one week. We do accept and encourage box reservations. The fine for overdue boxes is $1.00 per day. If you have questions or would like to reserve a kit, stop in the Youth Services Department or call 715-346-1549.
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Themed Storytelling Kits ABC's ALLIGATORS & CROCODILES ART BATHTIME BEARS BEDTIME BIRDS BUGS & INSECTS CAMPING CAREERS CHRISTMAS CIRCUS CLASSIC TALES COLORS COMMUNITY PEOPLE COOKIES DINOSAURS EASTER FAIRY TALE FLANNELS FALL - HARVEST FALL – HIBERNATION FALL - LEAVES FAMILIES FARMS FISH FOREST FRIENDS FRIENDSHIP GARDEN GRANDPARENTS HALLOWEEN I HALLOWEEN II
I’M ME I’M SPECIAL LIBRARIES MANNERS MATTER MONEY MONSTERS
MOTHER GOOSE MULTICULTURAL NUMBERS OCEANS AND SEA LIFE PARTS OF THE BODY PENGUINS PETS POND LIFE PRESCHOOL STORIES RHYMES AND POETRY RHYTHM AND MUSIC ROCKS ST. PATRICK’S DAY SENSES SHAPES SPACE SPRING 1 SPRING 2 SUMMERTIME THANKSGIVING TRANSPORTATION VALENTINE’S DAY I VALENTINE’S DAY 2 WEATHER WINTER CLOTHES WINTER SNOW ZOOS
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ABC's (11 items)
BOOKS: Alphabet Match-up Flip Book
Bayer, Jane A My Name is Alice
Beller, Janet A-B-C-ing
Ehlert, Lois Eating the Alphabet Gag, Wanda The ABC Bunny
MacDonald, Suse Alphabatics Miller, Edna Mousekin's ABC
CD: Bollinger, Cathy Alphabet Jam
MISCELLANEOUS: 4 Activity Sheets
Alphabet tin with 25 letters
Booklist ALLIGATORS & CROCODILES (13 items)
BOOKS: Arnosky, Jim All About Alligators Crozat, Francois I Am a Little Alligator DePaola, Tomie Bill and Pete Fowler, Allan Gator or Croc Hurd, Thatcher Mama Don’t Allow Lionni, Leo Cornelius Sierra, Judy Counting Crocodiles Wallace, Karen Imagine You Are a Crocodile
FLANNELBOARD: Monkey Outwits Crocodile (1 text & 3 pcs.)
MISCELLANEOUS: 2 Activity Sheets Booklist Five Little Monkeys poem and finger puppets (6 pcs.) Crocodile Puppet
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ART (10 items) (updated 2008)
BOOKS: Carle, Eric Draw Me a Star DePaola, Tomie The Art Lesson Hurd, Thacher Art Dog Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon Lionni, Leo Frederick Lionni, Leo Matthew’s Dream McPhail, David Drawing Lessons from a Bear Walsh, Ellen Mouse Paint MISCELLANEOUS:
5 Activity Sheets Booklist
BATHTIME (10 items)
BOOKS: Buxbaum, Susan Splash!: All About Baths
Capucilli, Alyssa Bathtime for Biscuit Conrad, Pam The Tub People
Lewis, James Rub-A-Dub-Dub Science…
Tubby, I. M. I'm a Little Baby (bath book) Wood, Audrey King Bidgood's In the Bathtub
Ziefert, Harriet Harry Takes a Bath
FLANNELBOARD STORY: Fifteen Bathtubs (1 text, 25 figures: 26 pcs)
MISCELLANEOUS: 1 Activity sheet Booklist
BEARS (11 items)
BOOKS: Asch, Frank Bear Shadow Freeman, Don Corduroy Marshall, James Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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Wildsmith, Brian Bear's Adventure
CD: Stewart, Georgiana Teddy Bear Tunes
FLANNELBOARD STORY: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (12 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: 5 Activity sheets
Goldilocks and the Three Bears topsy-turvy doll (2 pieces) Bear jumping jack puppet and poem (2 pieces) Booklist
Costain, Meredith Grumpy Grizzly (1 piece) BEDTIME (12 items)
BOOKS: Arguego, Jose Rockabye Crocodile
Brown, Margaret Wise Good Night Moon Room
Child’s Play There Were Ten in the Bed Dale, Penny Ten Out of Bed
Delacre, Lulu Nathan and Nicholas Alexander Wood, Audrey The Napping House
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Hush Little Baby (1 lyric sheet, 8 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: 7 activity sheets
Goodnight Moon Poster May We Sleep Here Tonight? (1 book, 1 quilted bed apron, 8 puppets)
Bear Puppet Booklist
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BIRDS (13 items) (updated 2010)
BOOKS: Delafosse, Claude Birds Ehlert, Lois Feathers for Lunch Jonas, Ann Bird Talk Oppenheim, Joanne Have You Seen Birds? Rockwell, Ann My Spring Robin Thaler, Mike Owly Wildsmith, Brian Birds FLANNELBOARD: Good-Night Owl! (1 book & 14 figures) Ten Little Chickadees (10 figures, 1 string & script) Winter Snow (1 script & 20 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: 7 Activity Sheets Booklist Puppets: Bluebirds in Nest and Bluebird BUGS & INSECTS (19 items) (updated 2012)
BOOKS: Arlon, Penelope First Facts Bugs Edwards, Pamela Clara Caterpillar Gibbons, Gail Spiders
Graham, Margaret Be Nice to Spiders Hoose, Phillip Hey, Little Ant Lawton, Caroline Bugs A to Z McDermott, Gerald Anansi the Spider Pallotta, Jerry The Beetle Alphabet Book Stein, Peter Bugs Galore Sturges, Philemon Ten Flashing Fireflies Tatchell, Judy Bugs and Slugs Williams, Rozanne Bugs Go Marching
CD: Miss Spider’s Songs for Little Bugs
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MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist and 5 Activity sheets (6 pieces) Bug Movement Cards (1 instruction card, 11 cards) Bumble Bee Song (1 script, 1 puppet)
CAMPING (20 items) (updated 2012)
BOOKS: Bauer, Marion When I Go Camping With
Grandma Berry, Lynne Duck Tents Brillhart, Julie When Daddy Took Us Camping Carlson Laurie Kids Camp! Loy, Jessica Follow the Trail Mader, Jan Let’s Go Camping! Mayer, Mercer Just Me and My Dad Rey, Margaret Curious George Goes Camping Ruurs, Margriet When We Go Camping Van Dusen, Chris Camping Spree with Mr. Magee Wargin, Kathy-jo Scare a Bear
CD: 102 Full-Length Camp Songs (3 CD’s with cases)
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Let’s Go Camping (1 script, 26 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: 5 activity sheets Booklist Camping Matching Game (18 pieces)
Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card Finger Puppets and Tent (1 tent, 3 puppets, 2 rhymes) Two-sided Coloring Page
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CAREERS (10 items)
BOOKS: Berenstain, Stan Berenstain Bears on the Job Kalman, Bonnie Community Helpers from A to Z
Maynard, Christopher Jobs People Do
Rockwell, Anne Career Day
Rylant, Cynthia Mr. Griggs’ Work
Wellington, Monica Night City FLANNELBOARD STORIES: What Will I Be? (18 figures & book)
MISCELLANEOUS: 8 activity sheets
Booklist Community Helpers: 16 posters
CHRISTMAS (21 items) (updated 2016)
BOOKS: Cousins, Lucy Maisy's Christmas Presents Dewdney, Anna Llama Llama Holiday Drama Dougherty, Brandi The Littlest Elf Garland, Michael Oh, What a Christmas! Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas Pettiford, Rebecca Christmas Schertle, Alice Little Blue Truck's Christmas Wilson, Karma Bear Stays Up for Christmas Wood, Don Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear Yoon, Salina Penguin's Christmas Wish
CD: A Children’s Christmas With the Learning Station Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
FLANNELBOARDS: The First Christmas (12 pieces & 2 books) Rudolph, Rudolph (9 pieces & 1 script) Way Up High on the Christmas Tree (20 pieces & 1 script)
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MISCELLANEOUS: Activity Cards (12 action cards)
Jingle Bell (1 bell & 1 script) Coloring Pages (2) Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card
Santa Clause Finger Puppet CIRCUS (20 items)
BOOKS: Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline and the Gypsies Booth, Eugene At the Circus
Ehlert, Lois Circus
Prelutsky, Jack Circus
Rey, Margaret Curious George Goes to the Circus
CD: Corkery, Gayle Circus Day
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Circus Elephants (1 text, 1 string, 5 figures: 7 pcs.) Five Tall Clowns (5 figures, 1 text: 6pcs.) How to Become a Clown (1 text, 6 items: 7 pcs.) With Flying Colors (10 items, 1 rope, 1 text: 12 pcs.)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity packet (11 pieces) Booklist Bruna, Dick Circus flip book
(13 pgs. 1 script) Clown puppet
Dellosa, Janet Circus Fun Book MacDonald, Sharon We Learn All About the Circus
Menten, Theodore Circus Stencils (12 pgs. & folder) Pagnucci, Susan Acorn: Circus
Acorn: Giggles & Grins
Ringling Bros. Activity Packet (16 items)
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CLASSIC TALES (11 items)
BOOKS: Asbjørnsen, P. C. The Three Billy Goats Gruff Kellogg, Steven Chicken Little Zemach, Margot The Little Red Hen Ziefert, Harriet The Three Little Pigs
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: The Gingerbread Boy (1 text, 6 figures: 7 pcs) The Legend of George and the Dragon (10 pcs.)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity sheets (7 items) Booklist Little Pig Finger Puppet
Three Billy Goats Gruff Wooden Blocks (5 pieces) Wolf Face Mask
COLORS (16 items)
BOOKS: Burningham, John John Burningham's Colors
Hoban, Tana Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?
Martin, Bill Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Miller, J.P. Do You Know Colors?
Savage, Dorothy The Green Peephole Book The Red Peephole Book
The Yellow Peephole Book
Seuss, Dr. My Many Colored Days
Warren, Jean 1-2-3 Colors Six Color Books (National Geographic)
FLANNELBOARDS: The Happy Fruit Tree (1 text, 8 pcs.) Jennie Jenkins (1 text, 6 pcs.) Snowy, the Rabbit (1 book, 6 pcs.) MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
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Activity Sheets (2 pcs.) Puzzle (5 pcs.) COMMUNITY PEOPLE (11 items)
BOOKS:
Lasker, Joe The Do-Something Day
Merriam, Eve Daddies at Work
Merriam, Eve Mommies at Work
Rey, Margaret and H.A. Curious George at the Fire Station
Roennfeldt, Robert A Day on the Avenue
CD:
Ronno People in Our Neighborhood
FLANNELBOARD STORY: Community People (1 text & 4 figures) This is the House That Jack Built (11 pcs. & 1 script)
MISCELLANEOUS: 5 activity sheets
Booklist Paul the Policeman Action Figure
COOKIES (16 items) (*New 2017)
BOOKS: Beaumont, Karen Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? Bitterman, Albert Fortune Cookies Denise, Anika Baking Day at Grandma's Lass, Bonnie Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? Numeroff, Laura The Best Mouse Cookie Schmidt, Karen The Gingerbread Man (with CD) Wellington, Monica Mr. Cookie Baker Willems, Mo The Cookie Fiasco Wilson, Karma The Cow Loves Cookies
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FLANNELBOARDS: Decorate Cookies (25 pieces)
Who Took the Cookie…Cookie Jar? (25 pieces & 1 script)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Coloring Pages (2) Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card
DINOSAURS (19 items) (updated 2015)
BOOKS: Clanton, Ben Rex Wrecks It! Duddle, Jonny Gigantosaurus Gurney, John Steven Dinosaur Train Hughes, Catherine D. First Big Book of Dinosaurs Mitton, Tony Dinosaurumpus Mugford, Simon Dinosaur A-Z Preston-Gannon, Frann Dinosaur Farm
Willems, Mo Edwina Zoehfeld, Kathleen W. Dinosaurs
CD: Murphy, Jane Once Upon a Dinosaur
FLANNELBOARDS: I’m a Little Dinosaur (36 pieces and 1 script) Lost Little Dinosaur (6 pieces and 1 script)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Dinosaur Puzzle (7 pieces) Dinosaur Stamps (3 stamps and 1 stamp pad) Fingerplay/Song Card Fossil Rubbings Activity (6 plates and 1 instruction sheet)
Two-sided Coloring Page Two Sided Craft Idea Card (1 card with 4 templates)
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EASTER (19 items) (updated 2012)
BOOKS: Brett, Jan The Easter Egg
Chalmers, Mary Easter Parade Mathieu, Agnes The Easter Bunny Peppas, Lynn Easter Ross, Kathy All New Crafts for Easter Stoeke, Janet Minerva Louise and the Colorful
Egg Tegen, Katherine The Story of the Easter Bunny Wiese, Kurt Happy Easter
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Easter Eggs (1 script & 30 pieces) Five Little Bunnies (1 script & 5 pieces) Chocolate Bunny (1 script & 6 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: 1 Craft Idea Card 1 Fingerplay Card/Song Card 1 Booklist 1 Activity: Easter Memory Game (Inst. & 24 pieces) 3 Coloring Sheets 1 Rabbit Stuffed Animal FAIRY TALE FLANNELS (9 items)
BOOKS: Hawkins, Colin The Pop-Up Magic Castle
Fairytale Book
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Cinderella (12 pcs. & 1 text) The Frog Prince (12 pcs. & 1 text) The Princess and the Pea (11 pcs. & 1 text) Rumplestilskin (16 pcs. & 1 text)
Sleeping Beauty (17 pcs. & 1 text)
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MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Fairy Castle Flannel Fabric
FALL - HARVEST (20 items) (updated 2013)
BOOKS: Esbaum, Jill Apples for Everyone Esbaum, Jill Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie Goldstone, Bruce Awesome Autumn Hall, Zoe The Apple Pie Tree Harshman, Marc Red Are the Apples Kellogg, Steven Johnny Appleseed Rockwell, Anne Apples and Pumpkins Rustad, Martha E. H. Fall Harvests: Bringing in Food Steers, Billy Tractor Mac Harvest Time
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Harvest Song (1 script and 20 pieces)
Little Red House (1 script and 9 pieces) Two Red Apples (1 script and 4 pieces) What’s Inside? (1 diagram and 6 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Baked Apple Treat Activity Booklist
Craft Idea Card (1 card with template) Fingerplay/Song Card
Popped Corn on the Cob Craft (1 card and 2 patterns) Roly-Poly Worm (1 script and 1 puppet) Two-sided Coloring Page
FALL - HIBERNATION (18 items) (updated 2013)
BOOKS: Goldstone, Bruce Awesome Autumn Hubery, Julia A Friend for All Seasons Mebane, Jeanie Animal Hibernation Messner, Kate Over and Under the Snow
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Rustad, Martha E. H. Animals in Fall: Preparing for Winter
Stead, Philip C. Bear Has a Story to Tell Tafuri, Nancy The Busy Little Squirrel
Wildsmith, Brian Squirrels Wright, Maureen Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: How Squirrel Became Wise (1 script and 6 pcs) Over and Under the Snow (24 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Craft Idea Card (1 card with template) Fingerplay/Song Card
Squirrel in Tree (1 script and 1 puppet) Squirrel in Tree Craft (1 template) Two-sided Coloring Page
FALL - LEAVES (17 items) (updated 2013)
BOOKS: Ehlert, Lois Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Gerber, Carole Leaf Jumpers
Goldstone, Bruce Awesome Autumn McNaughton, Colin Autumn Metzger, Steve We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt Rawlinson, Julia Fletcher and the Falling Leaves
Rustad, Martha Fall Leaves: Colorful and Crunchy
Stein, David Ezra Leaves Wright, Maureen Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Five Autumn Leaves (1 script and 5 pieces) Leaf Counting Flannel Song (1 script and 15 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Craft Idea Card
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Falling Leaf Craft (1 double-sided template card) Fall Scavenger Hunt Cards (2 double-sided cards) Fingerplay/Song Card
Two-sided Coloring Page
FAMILIES (16 items) (updated 2015)
BOOKS: Bullard, Lisa My Family, Your Family
Curato, Mike Little Elliot, Big Family
Dustman, Jeanne Families Through Time
Fleming, Candace Smile, Lily!
Parr, Todd The Family Book
Ruurs, Margriet Families Around the World
Rylant, Cynthia The Relatives Came
Saunders-Smith, Gail We All Have Different Families
Shannon, George One Family
Sweeney, Joan Me and My Family Tree
FLANNELBOARDS:
Blue Ribbon Winners (20 pieces & 1 script)
Where is Your Mama? (28 pieces & 1 script)
MISCELLANEOUS:
Booklist Fingerplay/Song Card
Two-sided Coloring Page Two-sided Craft Idea Card
FARMS (18 items) (updated 2015)
BOOKS: Brown, Margaret Wise Big Red Barn
Cronin, Doreen Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
Dickmann, Nancy Farm Machines Dickmann, Nancy Food from Farms Elliot, David Henry’s Map
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Gibbs, Edward I Spy on the Farm Hillenbrand, Will Down by the Barn Komiya, Teruyuki Life-Size Farm Krosoczka, Jarrett J. Punk Farm Tickle, Jack The Very Happy Hen Wilson, Karma The Cow Loves Cookies
FLANNELBOARDS: Down By the Barn (24 pieces) I Spy on the Farm (21 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Fingerplay/Song Card 2 -Two-sided Coloring Pages Two Sided Craft Idea Card
FISH (14 items)
BOOKS: Aliki My Visit to the Aquarium
Ehlert, Lois Fish Eyes Lane, Margaret The Fish
Pallotta, Jerry The Freshwater Alphabet Book
Pfister, Marcus The Rainbow Fish
Sharp, N.L. Today I'm Going Fishing with My Dad
Wu, Robert Fish Faces
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Five Little Fish (5 figures, 1 script) Five Little Fish (5 figures & card) Fish (8 figures, 1 poem)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity sheets (5 sheets) Booklist Game: Building Fish (25 pieces) Rainbow Fish Puppet
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FOREST FRIENDS (15 items) (updated 2010)
BOOKS: Arnosky, Jim Crinkleroot’s Nature Almanac
Field, Nancy Northwest Trek Book
Kilborne, Sarah Peach & Blue
Kirk, David Miss Spider’s ABC
Schuler, Judy Foxes for Kids
Schwartz, David In a Tree
In the Forest Steptoe, John The Story of Jumping Mouse
Stevens, Janet The Tortoise and the Hare
CASSETTE SET: Ring, Elizabeth Loon at Northwood Lake (2 pieces)
FLANNELBOARD STORY:
Roache, Catherine S. What Are Forests For? (1 book, 22 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity Sheets (9 pieces) Booklist Foot Puppets (4 pieces) Loon - stuffed animal
FRIENDSHIP (10 items)
BOOKS: Carlstrom, Nancy Fish and Flamingo
Hoberman, Mary Ann And To Think That We Thought That We’d Never Be Friends
Kellogg, Steven Best Friends
Narahashi, Keiko I Have a Friend
Rogers, Fred Making Friends
Rogers, Jacqueline Best Friends Sleep Over
CD-SET: MacMannis, Don Ready To Rock Kids
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FLANNELBOARD STORY: May I Bring a Friend? (1 book, 1 poem, 11 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: 4 Activity sheets Booklist
GARDEN (17 items) (*new 2015)
BOOKS: Ayres, Katherine Up, Down and Around
Cole, Henry Jack’s Garden
Cousins, Lucy Maisy Grows a Garden
Dinardo, Jeff Worm and Farmer Maguire
Fine, Edith Hope Water, Weed, and Wait
Fleming, Candace Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
Park, Linda Sue What Does Bunny See?
Peterson, Cris Seed Soil Sun
Rattini, Kristin Baird Seed to Plant
Stevens, Janet Tops & Bottoms
FLANNELBOARDS:
Up, Down and Around (36 pieces)
What Does Bunny See? (21 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Fingerplay/Song Card Two-sided Activity Page Two-sided Coloring Page Two-sided Craft Idea Card
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GRANDPARENTS (12 items) (updated 2008)
BOOKS: Ackerman, Karen Song and Dance Man Anholt, Catherine Harry’s Home Bauer, Marion Dane When I Go Camping with Grandma James, Simon The Bird Watchers Lum, Kate What! Cried Granny MacLachlan, Patricia Through Grandpa’s Eyes Mayer, Mercer Just Grandma and Me Numeroff, Laura What Grandmas Do Best Polacco, Patricia The Bee Tree
FLANNELBOARDS: Grandma’s Secret (1 script & 12 figures) MISCELLANEOUS: 2 Activity Sheets Booklist HALLOWEEN I (14 items)
BOOKS: Balian, Lorna Humbug Witch
Brown, Marc Witches Four Brown, Ruth A Dark, Dark Tale
Kraus, Robert How Spider Saved Halloween
Kroll, Steven The Biggest Pumpkin Ever Marshall, Edward Space Case
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Four Jack O'Lanterns (2 poems,10 figures) Halloween Subtraction (1 text, 5 pcs.) Queer Company (1 text, 11 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist 6 activity sheets
Spider Hand Puppet Witch Hand Puppet
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Witch's hat stamp and black inkpad HALLOWEEN II (12 items)
BOOKS: Adams, Adrienne A Woggle of Witches
Asch, Frank Popcorn
Corwin, Judith Hoffman Halloween Fun
Foster, John Ghost Poems
Greene, Carol The Thirteen Days of Halloween
Kunhardt, Edith Trick or Treat, Danny CD: Halloween Fun
FLANNELBOARD STORY: Halloween Hilda (1 text, 17 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS:
5 activity sheets
Booklist Early Years Thematic Notes
Five Little Pumpkins (poem with glove puppet) I'M ME, I'M SPECIAL (18 items)
BOOKS: Carle, Eric The Mixed-Up Chameleon
Carlson, Nancy I Like Me! Martin, Bill Here Are My Hands
Mayer, Mercer All By Myself Pfeffer, Wendy All About Me
Shannon, George Lizard's Song
Tarpley, Natasha A. I Love My Hair Williams, Rozanne L. The One and Only Special Me
CD: Janiak, William Songs About Me
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Henry and the Red Stripes (1 book, 11 figures)
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Just Me (1 book, 13 figures) The Greatest One In the World (1 text, 10 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity packet (2 pieces) A Book About Me (4 sheets) Booklist Hakes, Cheryl A Cabbage Head in a Carrot Row (2 pcs) Sam's Face (5 pieces, 1 direction card) Super Me Stamp
LIBRARIES (6 items)
BOOKS: Alexander, Martha How My Library Grew, By Dinah
Porte, Barbara Ann Harry in Trouble
Sadler, Marilyn Alistair in Outer Space
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity sheet (3 pcs.)
Booklist Little Monster Visits the Library (1 text, 5 pom puppets)
MANNERS MATTERS (11 items)
BOOKS: Behrens, June The Manners Book
Bridwell, Norman Clifford's Manners
Joslin, Sesyle What Do You Say Dear?
Panek, Dennis Matilda Hippo Has a Big Mouth
Reece, Colleen Saying Please
Reece, Colleen Saying Thank You
Ziefert, Harriet Thank You, Nicky
MISCELLANEOUS: The Happy Corner (1 script, 1 glove puppet) Hippo hand puppet
Activity Sheets (5 sheets) Booklist
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MONEY (updated 2008) (11 items)
BOOKS: Adams, Barbara The Go-Around Dollar Axelrod, Amy Pigs Will Be Pigs Barabas, Kathy Let’s Find out About Money Brisson, Pat Benny’s Pennies McMillan, Bruce Jelly Beans for Sale Schwartz, David If You Made a Million Viorst, Judith Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich
Last Sunday Wells, Rosemary Bunny Money
FLANNELBOARDS: Buying Jellybeans (13 coins, 11 jellybean pcs, 1 sheet)
MISCELLANEOUS: 2 Activity Sheets Booklist MONSTERS (18 items) (*new 2015)
BOOKS: Austin, Mike Monsters Love Colors
Bright, Rachel Love Monster
Cotter, Bill Don’t Push the Button!
Emberley, Ed Glad Monster, Sad Monster
Fredrickson, Lane Monster Trouble!
Hicks, Barbara Jean Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli
Ketteman, Helen Go to School, Little Monster
Noll, Amanda I Need My Monster
Smith, AJ Even Monsters…
Wing, Natasha Go to Bed, Monster!
FLANNELBOARDS:
Glad Monster, Sad Monster (21 pieces)
I’m a Little Monster (21 pieces & 1 script)
Monsters Love Colors (24 pieces)
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MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Fingerplay/Song Card
Glad Monster, Sad Monster (7 masks)
Two-sided Coloring Page
Two-sided Craft Idea Card
MOTHER GOOSE (11 items)
BOOK: dePaola, Tomie The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
The Real Mother Goose
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Hey Diddle Diddle (1 text, 6 figures) Humpty Dumpty (1 text, 11 figures) Mother Goose's Tea Party (1 text, 20 figures: 21 pcs)
Sing A Song of Sixpence (1 text 2 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist & 2 activity sheets Mary Had a Little Lamb glove puppet Old King Cole glove puppet and poem
Rock'n Learn Nursery Rhymes booklet and cassette MULTICULTURAL (15 items)
BOOKS: Daly, Niki Jamela’s Dress Dooley, Norah Everybody Cooks Rice Fox, Mem Whoever You Are Hamanaka, Sheila All the Colors of the Earth Katz, Karen The Colors of Us Kroll, Virginia Masai and I Morris, Ann Bread, Bread, Bread Smith, Cynthia Jingle Dancer Terzian, Alexandra The Kids’ Multicultural Art Book FLANNELBOARDS:
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Anansi and the Rock (1 script and 11 pcs.) The Stonecutter (1 script & 6 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: 3 Activity Sheets Booklist
1 Bookmark & 1 Educational Activities Book
NUMBERS (21 items)
BOOKS: Anno, Mitsumasa Anno's Counting Book
Bang, Molly Ten, Nine, Eight Carle, Eric The Rooster Who Set Out To See
the World
Cole, Joanna Animal Sleepyheads: 1 to 10
Ehlert, Lois Fish Eyes Hoban, Tana Count and See Jenkins, Emily Five Creatures
Keats, Ezra Jack Over in the Meadow Match-up Flip Book: Numbers
Noll, Sally Off and Counting
Schade, Susan The Noisy Counting Book
Tafuri, Nancy Who's Counting
Williams, Rozanne Who Took the Cookies From the Cookie Jar?
FLANNELBOARDS: The Rooster Who Set Out To See The World (15 pcs.)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity Sheets (3 pieces) Booklist
Counting Flags (10 pieces) Dick Bruno's 1-2-3 Frieze (4 pcs. & folder) Five Puppies (1 finger puppets & script) Magnetic Numerals (22 pcs.) 1-2-3 Fish (12 pcs.)
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OCEANS & SEA LIFE (21 items) (updated 2012)
BOOKS: Andreae, Giles Commotion in the Ocean Berkes, Marianne Over in the Ocean in a Coral
Reef Carle, Eric Mister Seahorse Diesen, Deborah Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big
Dark Galvin, Laura Gates Alphabet of Ocean Animals Gray, Samantha Ocean Marsh, Laura Weird Sea Creatures Petrone, Valeria Way Down Deep in the Deep… Van Dusen, Chris Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee Worth, Bonnie Wish for a Fish
FLANNELBOARDS: Animals in the Sea (1 script and 16 pieces) Five Little Ocean Friends (1 script and 5 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Clothespin Ocean Clip Cards (2 instr. cards & 17 clip cards) Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card Sea Shadows (1 instr. card, 2 shadow cards & 9 pcs.) Sea Shells (1 Container and 1 Gallon Ziplock) Starfish Two-sided Coloring Page
PARTS OF THE BODY (11 items)
BOOKS: Cole, Joanna Magic School Bus Inside the
Human Body Kroll, Virginia Hands Perols, Sylvaine The Human Body
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Rockwell, Robert Everybody Has a Body: Science from Head to Toe
Wilkes, Angela Question Time: The Human Body FLANNELBOARDS: Sort the Clothes (1 script and 22 pieces) What’s on a Face (1 script, 3 pattern sheets, 14 pcs)
MISCELLANEOUS: 9 Activity Sheets and 1 Booklist Parts of the Body puzzle PENGUINS (14 items)
BOOKS: Berger, Melvin & Gilda Penguins Cowcher, Helen Antarctica
Lester, Helen Tacky the Penguin
Lester, Helen Three Cheers for Tacky
Wood, Audrey Little Penguin's Tale FLANNELBOARD STORY:
Six Little Penguins (1 poem, 6 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist 5 activity sheets
Construction paper penguin
Display penguin - tagboard
Five Penguins (1 poem, 1 glove puppet: 2 pcs) Paper bag penguin craft example (1 pcs.) Paper bag penguin craft patterns (2 pieces) Stuffed toy penguin
PETS (16 items)
BOOKS: Balian, Lorna The Aminal Bridwell, Norman Clifford and the Grouchy
Neighbors
Bridwell, Norman Clifford's Pals
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Davies, Andrew Poonam's Pets
DeLuca, Patricia Taking Care of Pets
Gag, Wanda Millions of Cats
Maroli, Lisa Ann Look Before You Leap: Things to Know Before You Get a Pet
McPhail, David Emma's Pet Scruton, Clive Mary’s Pets
Urquhart, Jennifer C. The Pet's You Love
CASSETTE SET: Hamsa, Bobbie Far-Fetched Pets (3 pieces) CD: Schiller, Pam Critters and Company
FLANNELBOARD STORY: Ten Little Puppies (1 song, 10 fig, 1 fingerplay)
MISCELLANEOUS: 4 activity sheets
Booklist "Paws, Claws, Feathers & Fins" Activity Guide
POND LIFE (18 items)
BOOKS: Brown, Ruth Toad
Donald, Rhonda Lucas Frogs Fleming, Denise In the Small, Small Pond
Kellogg, Steven Frogs Jump
Lane, Margaret The Beaver Lane, Margaret The Frog
Langstaff, John Frog Went A-Courtin' Tafuri, Nancy Have You Seen My Duckling?
FLANNELBOARD STORY: Five Little Crocodiles (1 poem, 5 figures) Five Little Hoppers (1 poem, 5 figures) Frog Legs and Pollywog Tails (1 script, 20 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS:
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Booklist 7 activity sheets, 1 paper bag puppet, Acorn Magazine In the Pond
Frog & Turtle figurines
Frog Hand Puppet Poster: “One Small Square of a Pond” Frog and Tadpole Puppets
PRESCHOOL STORIES (16 items)
BOOKS: Bishop, Gavin The Three Little Pigs
Brown, Jerome C. Folktale Papercrafts
Carr, Jan Beauty and the Beast Galdone, Paul The Three Bears
Howell, Susan The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit Scholastic, Inc. Jack and the Beanstalk Little Red Riding Hood
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
CD: Stewart, Georgiana Nursery Rhyme Time
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: The Four Friends (1 text, 4 figures)
The Three Little Kittens (1 text, 1 string, 9 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Activity sheets (2 pieces) Mother Goose/The Mitten Story Board
Three Bears glove puppet Little Red Riding Hood puppet
RHYMES AND POETRY (10 items)
BOOKS: Coy, John Vroomaloom Zoom Martin, Bill, Jr. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Miranda, Anne To Market, to Market
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Prelutsky, Jack It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles Rovetch, Lissa Ook the Book Shaw, Nancy Sheep on a Ship
FLANNELBOARDS: Mixed Up (7 figures & 1 script)
MISCELLANEOUS: 1 Activity Sheet Booklist RHYTHM AND MUSIC (10 items)
BOOKS: Ackerman, Karen Song and Dance Man
Balet, Jan B. What Makes an Orchestra Johnson, Angela Violet’s Music
Lionni, Leo Geraldine, the Music Mouse
Prokofieff, Serge Peter and the Wolf Stecher, Miriam B. Max, the Music-Maker MISCELLANEOUS:
Activity sheets (3 pieces) 7 instrument identification cards
10 instruments (13 pieces) Booklist ROCKS (10 items)
BOOKS: Baylor, Byrd Everybody Needs a Rock Christian, Peggy If You Find a Rock Hurst, Carol Otis Rocks in His Head Lionni, Leo On My Beach There are Many Pebbles Marzollo, Jean I Am a Rock Pellant, Chris The Best Book of Fossils, Rocks and Minerals
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FLANNELBOARD: The Stone in the Road (1 script & 7 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: 1 Activity Sheet Booklist Rock Set (24 pieces) ST. PATRICK’S DAY (19 items) (updated 2012)
BOOKS: Bedeson, Carmen St. Patrick’s Day Berendes, Mary St. Patrick’s Day Shamrocks Edwards, Pamela The Leprechaun’s Gold Gibbons, Gail St. Patrick’s Day Holub, Joan Hooray for St. Patrick’s Day Mc Dermott, Gerald Tim O’Toole and the Wee Folk McGee, Randel Paper Crafts for St. Patrick’s Day Rockwell, Anne St. Patrick’s Day Wing, Natasha Night Before St. Patrick’s Day
FLANNELBOARD: Five Green Shamrocks (1 script & 5 pieces) Five Lucky Leprechauns (1 script & 5 pieces) Little Old Lady and the Leprechaun (1 script & 14 pcs)
MISCELLANEOUS: 1 Craft Idea Card 1 Fingerplay Card/Song Card 1 Booklist
1 Activity: St. Patrick’s Day Bingo (7 bingo cards & 18 pieces)
3 Coloring Sheets
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SENSES (15 items)
BOOKS: Aliki My Five Senses
Brown, Marcia Shadow
Parramon, Jose Maria The Five Senses--Hearing
The Five Senses--Taste
The Five Senses--Touch
The Five Senses-- Sight The Five Senses-- Smell Simon, Seymour Finding Out With Your Senses
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: What's In Fox's Sack? (1 text,11 fig.)
My Five Senses (14 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
5 Activity sheets
Messengers To the Brain: Our Fantastic Five Senses classroom activities folder
Poster: "Test Your Senses" SHAPES (13 items)
BOOKS: Falwell, Cathryn Shape Space Fries, Marcia I See Shapes
Friskey, Margaret Three Sides and the Round One
Hoban, Tana Circles, Triangles and Squares
Hoban, Tana Round, and Round, and Round
Hoban, Tana Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
Trend Enterprises, Inc. Shapes: Match-up Flip Book
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: The Birthday Cake (6 pieces, 1 text)
MISCELLANEOUS: 2 Activity Sheets
Booklist
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Cassette: “Colors & Shapes” 5 shape puppets
Little Busy Body Book (11 pages, 1 bag of shapes) SPACE (19 items) (updated 2015)
BOOKS: Carney, Elizabeth Planets Garton, Sam Otter in Space Haskins Houran, Lori A Trip into Space Hughes, Catherine D. First Big Book of Space Kelly, Mark Mousetronaut Mayo, Margaret Zoom, Rocket, Zoom! Mitton, Tony Roaring Rockets Rabe, Tish There’s No Place Like Space Rustad, Martha E. H. Space
Throp, Claire A Visit to a Space Station
CD: Kids in Space and Beyond
FLANNELBOARDS: We’re Flying Off to Space (18 pieces & 1 script) Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (20 pieces & 1 script)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Craft Idea Card & Four Coloring Pages Fingerplay/Song Card
Rocket Craft Template
SPRING 1 (21 items) (updated 2012)
BOOKS: Carr, Jan Splish Splash Spring Costain, Meredith Rainy Day (fold out book) Davis, Rebecca F. Flowers and Shower Esbaum, Jill Everything Spring Gay, Sandy Rain Drops
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Katz, Jill Spring Krauss, Ruth The Happy Day Rawlinson, Julia Fletcher and the Springtime
Blossoms Ross, Kathy Crafts to Make in the Spring Walters, Catherine When Will it be Spring
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Daddy Duck (1 script & 21 pieces) Flowers and Showers (45 pieces) When March Hats Blow (1 script & 9 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS:
1 Craft Idea Card
1 Fingerplay Card/Song Card 1 Booklist 1 Activity: Make a Pinwheel (1 how-to card) 2 -Two-sided Coloring Pages 1 Pinwheel
SPRING 2 (21 items) (updated 2012)
BOOKS: Allen, Marie Louise The Wind (fold out book) Dunbar, Joyce The Spring Rabbit Getz, Arthur Hamilton Duck’s Springtime Glaser, Linda It’s Spring Pfister, Marcus Hopper Hunts for Spring Serfozo, Mary Rain Talk Smith, Sian Spring Thompson, Lauren Mouse’s First Spring Ziefert, Harriet Finding Robin Redbreast
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Kites (1 script & 9 pieces) Mouse’s First Spring A Secret (1 script & 4 pieces)
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CD: Raffi: Everything Grows
MISCELLANEOUS: 1 Craft Idea Card &1 Fingerplay Card/Song Card 1 Booklist 1 Activity: Spring Dominoes (instructions & 21 pieces) 3 Coloring Sheets 1 Bunny Finger Puppet
SUMMERTIME (20 items)
BOOKS: Crews, Donald Parade
Crews, Donald Sail Away
Giovanni, Nikki Knoxville, Tennessee
July and August: Idea Booklet and Pocket Folder Organizer Major, Beverly Playing Sardines
Martin, Bill Jr. Up and Down On the Merry-Go-Round
McCauley, Jane Animals in Summer McNaughton, Colin Summer McPhail, David Emma's Vacation
Rockwell, Anne On Our Vacation
Summer: Early Years Thematic Notes
Wilder, Laura Ingalls Summertime in the Big Woods
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Five Little Waves (6 pieces, 1 poem) On a Picnic We Will Go (23 pieces, 1 script) Broderick (9 items, 1 text)
MISCELLANEOUS: 7 activity sheets
Booklist Fireworks Poem
Ladybug Magazine June, 1997
Watermelon puzzle (1 board, 10 pieces)
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THANKSGIVING (12 items)
BOOKS: Bunting, Eve How Many Days to America?
Child, Lydia Marie Over the River and Through the Woods
Gibbons, Gail Thanksgiving Day
Hennessy, B.G. One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims
Kroll, Steven One Tough Turkey
McDonnell, Janet Thankfulness
Ziefert, Harriet What is Thanksgiving?
FLANNELBOARD STORIES:
Sometimes It's Turkey, Sometimes It's Feathers (1 book, 12 figures) Five Little Turkeys (1 poem, 5 figures) Thanksgiving Story (1 text, 15 figures)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity sheets and Booklist (12 pieces)
TRANSPORTATION (24 items) (updated 2015)
BOOKS: Boyd, Ella Hello Bicycle Lyon, Ella Planes Fly!
Lyons, Shelly Transportation in My Neighborhood
Mayo, Margaret Choo Choo Clickety-Clack McMullan, Kate I’m Mighty Randall, Ronne Let’s Talk About Vehicles Root, Phyllis Rattletrap Car Schertle, Alice Little Blue Truck
Shields, Amy Planes Shields, Amy Trains
CD:
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Most Amazing Truck, Train & Plane Songs FLANNELBOARDS: This Little Train (24 pieces & 1 script) Stop & Go Songs (22 pieces & 1 script)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card Two-sided Coloring Pages - 2
Templates: Boat, Car, Train - 3 Transportation Fun -To- Know Fact Cards (26 cards) Transportation Puzzles - 2 (5 pieces & 6 pieces)
VALENTINE’S DAY 1 (16 items) (updated 2014)
BOOKS: Bridwell, Norman Clifford’s Valentine’s Day Brown, Marc Arthur’s Valentine Friedman, Laurie Ruby Valentine Saves the Day Jackson, Alison Ballad of Valentine London, Jonathan Froggy’s First Kiss Miller, Reagan Valentine’s Day Parish, Herman Amelia Bedelia’s First Valentine Roberts, Bethany Valentine Mice Rylant, Cynthia If You’ll Be My Valentine Scotton, Rob Splat the Cat Funny Valentine
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Queen of Hearts (1 script and 5 pieces) Ten Valentines (1 script and 10 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Craft Idea Card (1 double-sided card) Fingerplay/Song Card (1 double-sided card)
2 - Two-sided Coloring Pages
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VALENTINE’S DAY 2 (16 items) (updated 2014)
BOOKS: Bond, Felicia Day it Rained Hearts Bridwell, Norman Clifford’s Valentine’s Day Brown, Marc Arthur’s Valentine Capucilli, Alyssa Satin Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day Friedman, Laurie Love, Ruby Valentine Jackson, Alison Ballad of Valentine Miller, Reagan Valentine’s Day Parish, Herman Amelia Bedelia’s First Valentine Rylant, Cynthia If You’ll Be My Valentine Scotton, Rob Splat the Cat Funny Valentine
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Fancy Valentines (1 script and 5 pieces) Six Little Valentines (1 script and 12 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Craft Idea Card (1 double-sided card) Fingerplay/Song Card (1 double-sided card)
2 - Two-sided Coloring Pages WEATHER (18 items)
BOOKS: Aardema, Verna Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Anholt, Catherine Sun Snow Stars Sky DeWitt, Lynda What Will the Weather Be?
Gibbons, Gail Weather Forecasting
Kalan, Robert Rain
London, Jonathan Hurricane
McMillan, Bruce The Weather Sky
Shaw, Charles G. It Looked Like Spilled Milk Simon, Seymour Weather Taylor, Barbara Weather and Climate
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Dressing For The Seasons (25 pieces)
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Five Fluffy Clouds (5 pieces, I text) Four Little Raindrops (4 pieces, 1 text) R-A-I-N-Y (6 pieces, 1 text) What’s the Weather (5 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Activity sheets (9 items)
Booklist Wooden Weather Puzzle (5 pieces) WINTER CLOTHES (19 items) (updated 2014)
BOOKS: Barnett, Mac Extra Yarn Elliot, David Knitty Kitty Fleming, Denise The First Day of Winter Melling, David Don’t Worry, Douglas! Murphy, Stuart Missing Mittens Pinkney, Jerry Three Little Kittens Stringer, Lauren Winter is the Warmest Season Tatyana, Feeney Little Owl’s Orange Scarf Vestergaard, Hope Hello, Snow! Wright, Maureen Sneezy Snowman
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Five Little Hats (1 script and 10 pieces) Matching Mittens (28 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Craft Idea Card (1 card) Fingerplay/Song Card (1 double-sided card) Snowey Pokey Activity Card
Snowman Button Game (1 instruction card, 5 cards & 10 buttons) Two-sided Coloring Pages (2 double-sided cards)
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WINTER SNOW (19 items) (updated 2014)
BOOKS: Baker, Keith No Two Alike Cassino, Mark The Story of Snow Esbaum, Jill Winter Wonderland Fleming, Denise The First Day of Winter Gay, Mary-Louise Stella, Queen of the Snow Hubbell, Patricia Snow Happy Keats, Ezra Jack Snowy Day Morgan, Alan Sadie and the Snowman
Norman, Kim If it’s Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws!
Van Laan, Nancy When Winter Comes Yolen, Jane Owl Moon
FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Five Little Snowflakes (1 script and 5 pieces) I’m a Little Snowman (1 script and 24 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Craft Idea Card (1 card) Fingerplay/Song Card (1 double-sided card) Snowflake Color Match Activity (1 instr. card & 18 cards) Snowman Sun Catcher Template (1 double-sided card)
Two-sided Coloring Pages (2 double-sided cards) ZOO (18 items) (updated 2015)
BOOKS: Bleiman, Andrew Zoo Borns!
Bostrom, Kathleen Long The View at the Zoo
Komiya, Teruyuki Life-Size Zoo
Martin, Isabel A Zoo Field Trip
Rathmann, Peggy Good Night, Gorilla
Rey, Margaret & H. A. Curious George Visits the Zoo
Shaw, Gina Curious About Zoo Vets
Smith, Danna Two at the Zoo
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Smith, Marie and Roland Z is for Zookeeper
Stead, Philip C. A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Wilson, Karma Animal Strike…Zoo, It’s True!
Wu, Mike Ellie
FLANNELBOARDS:
At Night in the Zoo (24 pieces & 1 script)
Two at the Zoo (55 pieces)
MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist
Fingerplay/Song Card Two-sided Coloring Page Craft Idea Card