Perry Public Library

Perry Public Library Storytime

Moving Along!

Stories we shared:

Stella and Roy: by Ashley Wolff
I love boats: by Flora McDonnell
Who Can Fix It? By Leslie Ann MacKeen
Freight Train: by Donald Crews
Crossing: by Phillip Booth

Other stories you may enjoy:

Train Song : by Harriet Ziefert

William the vehicle king: by Laura Newton

Mr. Gumpy’s Motorcar: by John Burningham

Puff Puff Chugga Chugga: by Christopher Wormell

Chugga Chugga Choo Choo: by Kevin Lewis

Truck Song: by Diane Siebert

Ferryboat: by Betsy Maestro

Grandather’s Trolley: by Bruce McMillan

Take me for a ride: by Michael Gay

Jiggle wiggle prance: by Sally Noll

Bicycle Race: by Donald Crews

Airplane: by Donald Crews

School Bus: by Donald Crews

Sail Away: by Donald Crews

Bus Riders: by Sharon Denslow

Hiawatha passing: by Jeff Hagen

Sheep in a Jeep: by Nancy Shaw

Sheep in a Ship: by Nancy Shaw

Elvis the Bulldozer: by Rick Meyerowitz

Things that go: by Anne Rockwell

What’s the matter Sylvie Can’t you ride? By K. Anderson

D.W. Rides again: by Marc Brown

Big Wheels: by Anne Rockwell

Planes: by Anne Rockwell

Trucks: by Anne Rockwell

Boats: by Anne Rockwell

I love Trains / I love Planes : by Philemon Sturges

Cars: by Anne Rockwell

Fire Engines: by Anne Rockwell

Machines at work: by Byron Barton

Hot rod Harry: by Catherine Petrie

Make way for trucks: by Gail Herman

Trains: by Gail Gibbons

Trucks: by Gail Gibbons

How many trucks can a tow truck tow? by C. Pomerantz

Sailaway home: by Bruce Degen

Tooth gnasher Superflash: by Daniel Pinkwater

Redbird: by Patrick Fort

Great Town and country bicycle balloon race: by B. Douglass

Songs and rhymes to share:

Wheels on the Bus

Row Row Row Your Boat

Bumping Up and Down by Raffi

Little Red Caboose by Joanie Bartels

Down by the Station

Auto Auto

Auto Auto may I have a ride? (hold out thumb)

Yes sir yes sir, step right inside (wave in)

Pour in the oil (pretend to pour)

Turn on the gas (pretend to turn key)

Chug away chug away (pretend to steer)

But don’t go too fast! (shake finger)

I’m a Train

I’m a choo choo train (hold arms at sides)

Chugging down the track

First I go forward (rotate arms and lean forward)

Then I go back (rotate arms and lean backwards)

Now my bell is ringing (pretend to pull bell cord)

Hear my whistle blow (toot like a whistle)

What a lot of noise I make (cover ears)

Everywhere I go!

The Airplane

The airplane has great big wings (stretch arms out)

Its propeller spins around and sings (move arms in circles)

The airplane goes up (raise arms)

The airplane goes down (lower arms)

The airplane flies high (stretch arms to sides)

All over town (lean side to side)

Riding in a Rocketship

(sing to "Ring around a rosie")

Riding in a rocket ship

Reaching for a star

Stardust stardust

Land where you are

My Big Blue Boat

I love to sail in my big blue boat, big blue boat, big blue boat (sway side to side)

I love to sail in my big blue boat, far across the sea

My big blue boat has two red sails, two red sails…. (sway arms side to side above head)

I love to sail in my big blue boat, big blue boat…

I love to sail in my big blue boat, far across the sea

Train is A-Comin' (Spiritual)

Train is a-comin', oh, yes - Train is a-comin', oh, yes

Train is a-comin', train is a-comin'

Train is a-comin', oh, yes

repeat with

- Better get your ticket, oh, yes

- Room for many and more, oh, yes

- Train is a-leavin', oh, yes

Get A Ticket Engine

Get a ticket, ticket, ticket for the train.

Don't stand out in the wind and rain.

Get a ticket, ticket, ticket for the train.

Other verses …

-Bus; Climb aboard, you can ride with us.
-Plane; Don't stand out in the wind and rain.
-Boat; The water's too cold to swim or float.
-Bike; It's way too far to walk or hike.

On The Track

Here is the engine on the track (hold up thumb )
Here is the coal car, just in back (pointer )
Here is the box car to carry freight (middle )
Here is the mail car. Don't be late. (ring )
Way back here at the end of the train. (little finger)
Rides the caboose through the sun and rain.

Pete the Pilot (To the tune of Old MacDonald)
Pete the Pilot has a plane

Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.

And on that plane there are some wings.

Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom

With a zoom, zoom, here......

Other verses:

- Dan the driver has car, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, (car has a horn)...

- Emma engineer has a train, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, (has a smokestack)

Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck (steer wheel)
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! (Ring bell)
- repeat with…
Hurry, hurry, turn the corner (Lean to the right)
Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder (Pretend to climb)
Hurry, hurry, squirt the water (Pretend to spray)
Slowly, slowly, back to the station (Lean slowly to the left and right)

Cut out the airplane's shape along the dark solid line. Next, fold the top half at the grey line so that it meets the bottom half. Don't, however, fully crease the paper at the fold (we want to make a nice 'tear drop' air foil shape). After folding the paper back, put a small piece of tape at the wing tips and at the center at the points marked A, B, and C. Now fold the plane along the center crease so that it creates a flattened out 'V'. The angle of the 'V' should be no more than about 15 degrees.

Test fly the plane and adjust its stability. Keep the nose of the plane from rising (stalling) by adding a small weight to the nose (point D), a paper clip or two does nicely. You can also adjust how much the plane dives or climbs by cutting small slots in the tail of the plane and bending the paper at the cuts up or down. Experiment with putting them up or down and seeing what effect that has on the way the plane flies.

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