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Alligators and Crocodiles:
See You Later, Alligator Alphabet:
Alphabet Soup Autumn:
Fall, Leaves, Fall Babies:
I Kissed the Baby Balloons:
Up, Up, and Away!Bathtime:
Everybody Wash Bears:
Going on a Bear Hunt Bedtime:
Time for Bed Birds:
Birds of a Feather Bodies:
A Body of My Own Books:
I Love to Read Bugs:
Creepy Crawly Critters Butterflies:
Fly Away Home Cars and More Things on Wheels:
Going, Going, Gone!Cats:
Here Kitty!Christmas (Secular):
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Christmas (Religious):
Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him Clothes:
Time to Get Dressed Clouds:
I'm a Little Cloud Colors:
Color My World Cookies:
C is for Cookie Cows:
Happy Cows Dads:
My Dad Dancing:
I've Got Rhythm!Dinosaurs:
Stomp, Stomp, Roar Dogs:
Woof! Arf! Bark!Ducks:
Just Ducky
Easter:
Easter Parade
Elephants:
Elephant Walk Emotions:
The Way I Feel Farm Animals:
Down on the Farm Fish and Oceans:
Commotion in the Ocean Flowers:
A Rose By Any Other Name Food:
I'm Hungry Friends:
Will You Be My Friend?Frogs:
Jump, Frog, Jump! Gardens:
In My Pretty Garden Halloween:
Trick or Treat!Hats:
We Wear Many Hats Houses:
No Place Like Home Mice:
Quiet As a Mouse Moms:
My Mom Monkeys:
Silly Monkeys Monsters:
You Don't Scare Me!Moon:
Fly Me to the Moon Numbers:
I Can Count Pigs:
This Little Piggy Pizza:
Let's Make a Pizza Rabbits:
I Love My Bunny Rain:
Rain Makes Applesauce St. Patrick's Day:
Not Easy Being Green Sickness:
Get Well Soon Snakes:
Slithery Snakes Snow:
Let It Snow!Soup:
Soup's On!Space:
Space Race Spring:
Spring Is Here!Summer:
What Do You Do in the Summer Time? Thanksgiving:
Let's Give Thanks Trains:
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo Trees:
In the Leafy Treetops Turtles:
Slowly But Surely Valentine's Day:
Hugs and Kisses Winter:
When It Starts To Snow Wolves:
The Wolf is Coming!

The Better to Eat You!

	*What's the Time, Grandma Wolf?* by Ken Brown Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A group of brave, or foolhardy, little animals creeps closer and closer to Grandma Wolf as she gets down the stewpot, chops wood, lights a fire, and prepares to fix dinner, with a surprising outcome.

Flannel Board

[Artfelt has a The Three Little Pigs felt puppet set.]

The Three Little Pigs

There was a little pig,
And he built himself a house,
For the Wolf was eating
Every pig he saw, saw, saw.
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With straw, straw, straw.

A second little pig,
Built himself a little house,
When he heard the Wolf was
Eating all the pigs, pigs, pigs,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With twigs, twigs, twigs.

Another little pig,
Built himself a little house,
But he never thought of
Using straw or sticks, sticks, sticks,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf blew, but not enough,
For this pig got wise and built his house
With bricks, bricks, bricks.

	The Wolf is Coming! by Elizabeth MacDonald Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Running through the farmyard looking for a place to hide from the wolf, a father rabbit creates enough commotion to protect all the animals on the farm.

Song

I use a group favorite from any theme.

	The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results. Note: Artfelt has a The Wolf's Chicken Stew felt puppet set to go along with this book.

Song

I use a group favorite from any theme.

	Wolf! by Becky Bloom Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met. Note: Artfelt has a Wolf! felt puppet set to go along with this book.

Song

I use a group favorite from any theme.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
by B. G. Hennessy Age Level: Preschool and up

Synopsis: A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call.

Films

	Red Riding Hood by James Marshall Age Level: Preschool and up Running Time: 8 Minutes
Synopsis: A story about a little girl, who sets out through the woods to deliver a basket of freshly made custard to her grandmother and meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on the way to visit her grandmother.

	The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall Age Level: Preschool and up Running Time: 12 Minutes
Synopsis: The fairy tale of the three little pigs who build houses of various materials.

More Books to Read On Your Own

Wait, No Paint!
by Bruce Whatley
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: What happens when the illustrator runs out of red paint?

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Jon Scieszka
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: The wolf tells his side of the story.

Betsy Who Cried Wolf
by Gail Carson Levine
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: Funny take on the classic story of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." A serious young shepherd finds that there is more than one way to keep a wolf from eating her sheep.

The Wolf Who Cried Boy
by Bob Hartman
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Little Wolf is tired of eating lamburgers and sloppy does, but when he tricks his parents into thinking there is a boy in the woods, they could all miss a chance for a real feast.

The Boy Who Cried Wolf
by Katherine Evans
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call.

Beware of the Storybook Wolves
by Lauren Child
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: When two wolves escape one night from his fairy tale book and threaten to eat him, Herb enlists the reluctant help of Cinderella's fairy godmother.

The Red Wolf
by Margaret Shannon
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Roselupin, a princess locked in a tower by her overprotective father, uses yarn to knit a red wolf suit to free herself.

Little Red Riding Hood
by James Marshall
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Classic fairy tale spiced up by James Marshall. Feel free to use other versions or simply tell the story in flannelboard.

The Three Little Pigs
by James Marshall
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Classic fairy tale spiced up by James Marshall. Feel free to use other versions or simply tell the story in flannelboard.

More Songs for at Home

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

This popular song made famous by Disney's Three Little Pigs is still under copyright and cannot be printed here. But I highly recommend it for this storytime theme.

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