Bathtime Storytime

Baby Storytime

Maisy Takes a Bath by Lucy Cousins
Rub-a-Dub Sub by Linda Ashman
I can take a bath! By Shigeo Watanabe
Splash! by Flora McDonnell
Is it Time? by Marilyn Janovitz

Toddler Storytime

Elephant Small and the Splashy Bath by Sally Grindley
Puppy & Me: Bath Day by Julia Noonan
What Next, Baby Bear! By Jill Murphy
Bath Time by Eileen Spinelli
Little Bunny’s Bathtime! By Jane Johnson
Big Red Tub by Julia Jarman
To the Tub by Peggy Perry Anderson
Tub Toys by Terry Miller Shannon & Timothy Warner
No Bath for Boris by Diana White
Squeaky Clean by Simon Puttock
Pet Wash by Dayle Ann Dodds

Preschool Storytime

Rabbit Ears by Amber Stewart
Bernard’s Bath by Joan Elizabeth Goodman
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
Just Me in the Tub by Gina and Mercer Mayer
No Bath! No Way! By Brigitte Weninger
I don’t want to take a bath! By Julie Sykes
Five Minutes' Peace by Jill Murphy
Dirt Boy by Erik Jon Slangerup

Action Rhymes

This is the Way We Wash (Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we wash our hands,
Wash our hands, wash our hands,
This is the way we wash our hands,
When we take a bath.

This is the way we scrub our face...
This is the way we wipe our ears...
This is the way we scrub our toes...
This is the way we wash our hair...

After A Bath (Suit actions to words)

After a bath I try, try, try
To rub myself dry, dry, dry.
Hands to wipe, and fingers and toes,
And two wet legs and a shiny nose.
Just think, how much less time I’d take,
If I were a dog, and could shake, shake, shake.

Blogs Featured on LCPL Website!

Check out the LCPL website to see what blogs are available! Besides this one, there are several at Ashburn and Cascades. So jump right in and leave comments!

Virginia Readers' Choice

We held our last meeting of the Middle School Virginia Readers' Choice book club where we voted on our favorite book. Here were the choices: (Click on the title to go to the LCPL catalog where you can request the book)

Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
Day of Tears: a novel in dialogue by Julius Lester (click here for a podcast review of this book)
Free Baseball by Sue Corbett
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble
Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach
Stanford Wong Flunks Big-time by Lisa Yee

The winner for our book club was Day of Tears: a novel in dialogue by Julius Lester, with two votes, and The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble, with one vote. We'll let you know what the statewide results are when they come in. Check out their site HERE.

Spring Storytime & Craft

Yesterday was our monthly storytime and craft and, despite the rain, we had a good turnout! Thank you to everyone who came, it was a lot of fun and I hope to see you at the Earth Day Storytime next month, registration begins April 8th.

Baby Storytime Books

Spring Things by Bob Raczka
Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters
Mud by Mary Lyn Ray
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming

Toddler Storytime Books

Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
Splish, Splash, Spring by Jan Carr
It’s Spring! By Else Holmelund
Does a Zebra Bloom in the Spring? By Viki Woodworth
Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters
Mud by Mary Lyn Ray
Spring Song by Barbara Seuling
Wake Up, It’s Spring! By Lisa Campbell Ernst
Rabbit’s Good News by Ruth Lercher Bornstein

Preschool Storytime Books

Round Robin by Jack Kent
Spring Thaw by Steven Schnur
Possum and the Peeper by Anne Hunter
Grandma Baba's sunny spring By Wakiko Sato
When Will It Be Spring? By Catherine Walters
Raven and River by Nancy White Carlstrom
The Spring Rabbit by Joyce Dunbar
Hopper Hunts for Spring by Marcus Pfister

Song

Little Ducks Song (Tune: "London Bridge")
Little ducks go quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack,
Quack, quack, quack -
Little ducks go quack quack quack
In the springtime.

2. Little lambs go baa, baa, baa
3. Little piglets go oink, oink, oink
4. Little bunnies go hop, hop, hop

Action Rhyme

The Big Round Sun
The big round sun in a springtime sky (form a large circle with arms.)
Winked at a cloud that was passing by. (wink eye)
The little cloud laughed as it scattered rain, (flutter fingers downward)
Then out came the big round sun again. (form a large circle with arms.)

Baby Animals Storytime

Today, as Spring is approaching, we read about baby animals. Click on the titles to see more about the book and to request it from the catalog.

Babies

Who Says Woof? By John Butler
Whose Nose and Toes? By John Butler
Wee Little Chick by Lauren Thompson
Snuggle Wuggle by Jonathan London
Wake-Up Kisses by Pamela Duncan Edwards
This Little Chick by John Lawrence
Domino by Claire Masurel
Where is My Mommy? By Julie Downing
Five Little Chicks by Nancy Tafuri
What the Baby Hears by Laura Godwin

Toddlers

Bunny, My Honey by Anita Jeram
Rabbits & Raindrops by Jim Arnosky
Why Do Kittens Purr? By Marion Dane Bauer
A Hug For You by Margaret Anastas
Kitten’s Big Adventure by Mie Araki
Little Lions by Jim Arnosky
Is Your Mama a Llama? By Debroah Guarino
Wee Little Chick by Lauren Thompson
Just Like You by Jan Fearnley
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
This Little Chick by John Lawrence
Hoppity Skip Little Chick by Jo Brown
Babies in the Bayou by Jim Arnosky
Wake up, Sleepy Bear! By Christine Morton-Shaw and Greg Shaw
Kittens! Kittens! Kittens! By Susan Meyers
Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! By Susan Meyers
Off We Go! By Jane Yolen
Little Quack by Lauren Thompson
You Are Special, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
At the Edge of the Woods: a counting book by Cynthia Cotton
Have You Got My Purr? By Judy West
The Quiet Little Farm by Janet Kerr
Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo? By Stella Blackstone and Clare Beaton
Ten in the Meadow by John Butler
Hush, Little Ones by John Butler
Dawdle Duckling by Toni Buzzeo
Mommy Mine by Tim Warnes

Preschool

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Just Like You by Jan Fearnley
What Did I Look Like When I Was A Baby? by Jeanne Willis
Know What I Saw? By Aileen Fisher
Little Quack by Lauren Thompson
You Are Special, Little One by Nancy Tafuri
Nancy, the Little Gosling by Eve Tharlet
Duck & Goose by Tad Hills
Somewhere in the Ocean by Jennifer Ward and T.J. Marsh
Fox by Kate Banks

Song

Counting Piglets Sung to: "Ten Little Indians"

One little, two little, three little piglets,
Four little, five little, six little piglets,
Seven little, eight little, nine little piglets,
Ten are in the mud.

All are pink with pudgy noses,
They don't smell a bit like roses,
Curly tails that look like hoses.
Rolling in the mud.

Ten little, nine little, eight little piglets,
Seven little, six little, five little piglets,
Four little, three little, two little piglets.
One is in the mud.

Action Rhymes

Animals
Can you hop like a rabbit? (hop in place with paws in front, twitching)
Can you jump like a frog? (jump in place saying rabbit)
Can you walk like a duck? (waddle back and forth with hands at sides saying quack)
Can you run like a dog? (run in place, tongue out, barking)
Can you fly like a bird? (flap arms and tweet)
Can you swim like a fish? (pucker lips like fish and swim in place)
And be still like a good child –
As still as this? (everyone sit and fold hands)

Puppies and Kittens
One little, two little, three little kittens (pop up three fingers)
Were napping in the sun. (rest head on hands)
One little, two little, three little puppies (pop up three fingers)
Said, “Let’s have some fun.” (smile)

Up to the kittens the puppies went creeping (creep right fingers up left arm)
As quiet as can be.
One little, two little, three little kittens
Went scampering up a tree! (wiggle fingers overhead)

Eight Baby Pigs
Two mother pigs lived in a pen (thumbs)
Each had four babies and that made ten (fingers of both hands)
These four babies were black and white (fingers of one hand)
These four babies were black as night (fingers of the other hand)
All eight babies loved to play (wiggle fingers)
As they rolled and rolled in the mud all day! (roll hands)

New Feature

Just wanted to let you know that we will be highlighting the new books we get into Lovettsville for Children and Teens. It is located on the right side of the blog under the links. You can click on the titles to go to the catalog where you can see the cover, read a summary (if available), and place a hold on the item. For now there is just a Picture Book section, but be on the look out for Juvenile and YA books soon!

Easter Picture Books

I've had a lot of interest this month in Easter titles, which seem to be flying off the shelf. So here are some that you can reserve through the catalog, just click the title and it will take you to it. If you can make it to storytime this month, I will also have titles available there for checkout.

The Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen
Happy Easter, Davy! By Brigitte Weninger
The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich
The Easter Chick by Geraldine Elschner
A Tale for Easter by Tasha Tudor
Little Bunny’s Easter Surprise by Jeanne Modesitt
The Easter Party by Lucy Su
The Great Easter Egg Hunt by Michael Garland
Love One Another: the Last Days of Jesus by Lauren Thompson
Easter Parade by Eloise Greenfield
Sunrise Hill by Kathleen Long Bostrom
Minnie and Moo – The Attack of the Easter Bunnies by Danys Cazet
The Story of Easter by Aileen Fisher
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by Du Bose Heyward
The Easter Cub by Justine Korman Fontes
The Grumpy Easter Bunny by Justine Korman
The Easter Bear? By Ann Braybrooks
Golden Egg Hunt by R. P. Anderson
Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco
An Easter Carol by Cindy Kenney
Corduroy's Easter Party by Don Freeman
The Bunny Who Found Easter by Charlotte Zolotow

Bunnies, Bunnies, Everywhere!!

Today was a celebration of bunnies, in honor of Spring and the upcoming holidays. Here are some that you can check out for yourself, just click on the title to view it in the catalog.

Baby Storytime
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Bunny and Me by Adele Aron Greenspun and Joanie Schwarz
Where Is It? By Tana Hoban
Ten Little Bunnies by Robin Spowart

Toddler Storytime
Nobunny’s Perfect by Anna Dewdney
Where Did Bunny Go? By Nancy Tafuri
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
What Do We Do with the Baby? By Rick Walton
Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Bunny My Honey by Anita Jeram
All Together Now by Anita Jeram
Flora’s Surprise! By Debi Gliori
Flora’s Blanket by Debi Gliori
We’re Rabbits! By Lisa Westberg Peters
Rabbits & Raindrops by Jim Arnosky
Bunnies and Their Hobbies by Nancy Carlson
What Does Bunny See? By Linda Sue Park
Overboard! By Sarah Weeks
The Magic Rabbit by Richard Jesse Watson
Will You Be My Friend? By Nancy Tafuri
Tick-Tock, Drip-Drop: a bedtime story by Nicola Moon
Rabbit Pie by Penny Ives
What Does the Rabbit Say? By Jacque Hall
Night Rabbits by Monica Wellington
Bunny’s Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Dinnertime! By Sue Williams
Astro Bunnies by Christine Loomis
Scuba Bunnies by Christine Loomis
Little Rabbit's Big Day by Charlotte van Emst

Preschool Storytime
Tom Rabbit by Martin Waddell
Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place by Rick Walton
Rabbit’s Wish by Paul Stewart
Our Twitchy by Kes Gray and Mary McQuillan
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! By Candace Fleming
Rabbit Ears by Amber Stewart
Rabbit’s Good News by Ruth Lercher Bornstein
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
The Spring Rabbit by Joyce Dunbar
Lettice: The Flying Rabbit by Mandy Stanley
Hopper Hunts for Spring by Marcus Pfister
A Surprise for Rosie by Julia Rawlinson
Rabbit Surprise by Eric L. Houck, Jr.
Little Bunny Foo Foo by Paul Brett Johnson
More Bunny Trouble by Hans Wilhelm
Dance Away by George Shannon
I Love You, Bunny Rabbit by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
Really Rabbits by Virginia Kroll
Rabbit Food by Susanna Gretz
The April Rabbits by David Cleveland

Song and Rhyme about Bunnies

Nine Little Bunnies - to the tune of "Ten Little Indians"
One little, two little, three little bunnies,
Four little, five little, six little bunnies,
Seven little, eight little, nine little bunnies,
Hopping* all around.

Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, STOP!**
Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, STOP!
Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, hop, STOP!
Hop, hop, hop, hop, STOP!

*Insert other actions as desired -- hop, jump, skip, run, walk, tiptoe, dance, etc.
**On the word STOP, students must freeze.

Baby Bunny Action Rhyme
Baby bunny bounces high; (Jump high.)
Baby bunny bounces low; (jump low.)
Baby bunny blinks his eyes; (Blink eyes.)
Baby Bunny waves good-bye. (Wave good-bye.)

Teen Reviewers Wanted!

To celebrate TEEN TECH WEEK, we will be accepting podcast reviews to put on the library's website, TEEN SCENE. Just tell us your name, the branch you are at, what book you are reviewing and what you thought about it. You can do this by stopping by the library and asking any of the staff about the podcasting.

AND, for every book that you review, your name will be entered into a drawing for an MP3 player! So, stop by library and share your review today!!

Birthday Celebration

As many of you know, the Lovettsville Library just celebrated their 18th birthday, with fun programs and cake. Here are some pictures from that fun-filled day:




























































Be sure to make it next year!