Kansas Reads to Preschoolers 2013 - "Dog's Colorful Day"

I am not entirely sure how long it has been going on, but once a year a committee selects a preschool-age-appropriate book title to be used for a statewide event called Kansas Reads to Preschoolers (click here to go to website for information and examples).   Last year the book was Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archumbault.  This year's title was Dog's Colorful Day, by Emma Dodd.  The website referenced above had a lot of good activities to go with the book.  

 

 

"Can I Keep Him?" - February 7, 2013

There are TONS of pet books that are just wonderful.  I must admit though that I was really bad about remembering which books we used for this storytime, as we had visitors from our local Kiwanis Club come and read the books, so I was busy doing other 'housekeeping' items when they were reading, so I didn't burn the image in my mind :(

Here is the list of books that our library has that I pulled to have available for the kids, so the books that we read are in here somewhere :)

My Rhinoceros, by Agee
About Pets - McKay
Can I Keep Him? - Kellogg
Children Make Terrible Pets - Brown
The Prince's New Pet - Anderson
The Birthday Pet - Javernick
The New Girl - Robbins
The Pet Wash - Hooks
Guinea Pigs - Cuyler
Duck & Cover - Urbanovic
Don't Take Your Snake - Ireland
Me and My Dragon - Biedrzcki
Gilbert Goldfish wants a Pet - DiPucchio
Little Pink Pup - Kirby
The Pet Dragon - Niemann
What Pet to Get? - Dodd
Before You Were Mine - Boelts
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash - Noble
Mrs. Crump's Cat - Smith
10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster - Numeroff
Pinky & Rex and the Just Right Pet - Howe
Hondo & Fabian - McCarty
Dear Mrs. LaRue - Teague
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinocerous - Silverstein



Dog Envelope Craft

The Pets Go...
(Tune: The Ants Go Marching...)

The dogs go running one by one,
hurrah, hurrah
The dogs go running one by one,
hurrah, hurrah
The dogs go running one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go running round and round
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Love Your Pets
(tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

Love, love
Love your pets,
Love them
Every day.
Give them food
and water, too.
Then let them
Run and play.