Perry Public Library Storytime

               Eat your veggies!

Stories we shared:

The Surprise Garden:  by Zoe Hall                       Growing Colors:  by Bruce McMillan

Little Pea:  by Amy Krouse Rosenthal                 Farmer Duck:  by Martin Waddell

Other books you may enjoy sharing:

Vegetables Vegetables:  by Fay Robinson                                    June 29, 1999:  by David Wiesner

Miss Emma’s Wild Garden:  by Anna Hines                                  Tops and Bottoms:  by Janet Stevens

Vegetables Go to Bed:  by Christopher King                                 Growing Vegetable soup:  by Lois Ehlert

The Gumdrop Tree:  by Elizabeth Spurr                                          The year at Maple Hill Farm:  by Alice Provensen

The Gardener:  by Sarah Stewart                                                   Seasons on the farm: by  Jane Miller

How my garden grew:  by Anne Rockwell                                      Titch:  by Pat Hutchins

The carrot seed:  by Ruth Kraus                                                   Harvest Home:  by Jane Yolen

The Tiny Seed:  by Eric Carle                                                      Visit to the Graveson’s farm / Alice Flanagan

In my Mother’s Garden: by  Melissa Madenski                              Magic School bus plants seeds:  by Joanna Cole

This year's garden:  by Cynthia Rylant                                          Eating the Alphabet:  by Lois Ehlert

Oliver’s Vegetables:  by Vivian French                                          The Giant Vegetable Garden:  by Nadine Westcott

Moose in the Garden:  by Nancy Carlstrom                                  Mr. Carey’s Garden:  by Jane Cutler

From the Garden:  by Michael Dahl                                             Eating pairs:  by Sarah Schuette

No More Vegetables:  by Nicole Rubel                                        Growing Vegetables:  by Tracey Maurer

Oliver’s Vegetables:  by Vivian French                                          Vegetables:  by Susan Wake

Anno’s Faces:  by Mitsumasa Anno                                           Me and my Veggies:  by Isaac Witlatch

Songs and rhymes to share:

One Potato  (clap and count)                                                     I Dig, Dig, Dig                                                 

One potato, two potatoes                                                            I dig, dig, dig                  (pretend to dig)

Three potatoes, four                                                                   And I plant some seeds    (stoop down to plant)

Five potatoes, six potatoes                                                         I rake, rake, rake            (pretend to rake)

Seven potatoes, more!                                                                And I pull some weeds     (pull up weeds)

Eight potatoes, nine potatoes                                                      I wait and watch (hands on hips looking down)

Ten potatoes, and then…                                                            My garden sprouts         (hands low)

We dig them up,   (pretend to dig)                                               And starts to grow!         (raise hands)

and start again!                         

                                                                                                Five Green Peas         

Pease Porrigde Hot                                                                 Five green peas in a peapod, pressed      (make fist)

Pease porridge hot  (clap hands twice)                                         One grew, two grew and so did all the rest

Pease porridge cold  (tap knees twice)                                                     (raise fingers one at a time)

Pease porridge in the pot   (clap hands twice)                               They grew and grew and did not stop

Nine days old  (tap knees twice)                                                              (stretch fingers wide)    

Some like ‘em hot  (clap hands twice)                                          ‘Till one day that peapod just had to go……

Some like ‘em cold  (tap knees twice)                                          POP!    (clap hands)

Some like ‘em in the pot   (clap hands twice)                               

Nine days old  (tap knees twice)                                                  Planting Time  (to the tune of “Row Row Your Boat”)

                                                                                                Dig, dig, dig the earth                 (pretend to dig)

Jumping Beans  (bounce or jump)                                             Then you plant your seeds          (pretend to plant)

One, two, three four                                                                    A gentle rain                  (fingers flutter down)

Beans came jumping through the door                                         The bright sunshine        (arms circle overhead)

Five, six, seven, eight                                                                 And veggies you will see (open arms wide)

Jumping right on to my plate!

Dig a Little Hole                                                                       Round the Garden

Dig a little hole               (pretend to dig)                                      Round and round the garden (draw circle on tummy)

Plant a little seed           (pretend to plant)                                    Goes the teddy bear

Pour a little water           (pretend to water)                                   One step, two steps       (walk fingers up chest)

Pull a little weed            (pretend to weed)                                   Tickle under there!          (tickle neck)

Chase a little bug           (shoo with hands)                                   Round and round the garden (draw circle on tummy)

There he goes!               (wiggle fingers away)                              Goes the little mouse

Give a little sunshine      (arms circle overhead)                            One step, two steps       (walk fingers up chest)

Grow a little rose            (pretend to hold flower to smell)               Into his little house         (tickle under arm)

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