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Storytime Themes: Holidays

Halloween Storytime
Books: Humbug Witch ~ Lorna Balian
      Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
      The Vanishing Pumpkin ~ Tony Johnston
      Froggy's Halloween ~ Jonathan London
      Halloweiner ~ Dav Pilkey
      The little old lady who was not afraid of
          anything ~ Linda Williams
Flannel Board: Go away big green monster ~ Ed
          Emberly
      On Halloween Night ~ Harriet Ziefert
Finger Plays: Three Little Pumpkins
      Where is "Pumpkin?" (Where is Thumbkin?)
Songs: If you're a monster and you know it...
      Itsy Bitsy Spider
Activities: If you're a monster and you know it...
      In a Dark Dark Story (Carrie from Sandy Library likes to tell this one standing up, with the notes at her feet and her hands behind her back; when she gets to the end of the story, she SCREAMS and throws tiny mice out to the kids (spider rings could work too!)--just don't hurt anybody!
      What do monsters do?
Songs: Five Little Monsters
      Three Black cats
Craft: Ghost wind socks



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