Storytime, November 9

ABC...1,2,3...There are so many fun books to help toddlers learn the alphabet and counting. At Holladay Library there's a "Concept Book" area that features alphabet, counting, and color books. Not sure where to find it? Please ask!

Today we started with Paul Stickland's pop-up, A Number of Dinosaurs. If your toddler enjoys dinosaurs, you might explore Stickland's other books, such as Dinosaur Roar, or his board books such as Dinosaur Colors.

If you want to move on to other dinosaur titles, you might take a look at Tumblebooks online (on our website, go to the Kid Zone and then choose Tumblebooks), and the book All Aboard the Dinotrain.

Our dinosaur song, to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" went like this:

Pterodactyls wings go

flap, flap, flap

flap, flap, flap

flap, flap, flap

Pterodactyls wings go

flap, flap, flap

All around the swamp.

Tyrannosaurus Rex goes roar, roar, roar...

Triceratop's horn goes poke, poke, poke...

Stegosaurus's tail goes spike, spike, spike...

Brontosaurus goes munch, munch, munch...

After a flannel board rendition of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, we moved on to Bill Martin Jr.'s classic, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Alphabet books cover a range of ages - another favorite for toddlers includes Kipper's A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure, by Mike Inkpen.

I know the "Walking, Walking" song is very popular with the kids. Look for this and other fun songs on the CD, Songs for Wiggleworms, by Old Town School of Folk Music.

I'm looking forward to next week's storytime - I hope you and your toddler are too!