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6 // “F” is for Funny (and Fun) Flip, Flop, Drip, Drop, Time to move So ever funny, Let me see you (pause) sit down! (Surprise them by sitting quickly. They’ll follow.) Closing Picture Book Thomas, Jan. Can You Make a Scary Face? Beach Lane, 2009. This highly interactive picture book has a bug asking the kids in the audience to stand up, sit down, stand up again, wiggle a pretend bug off your nose, laugh, blow, do the chicken dance, and make a scary face when a big frog shows up. The bug is so frightened by the children’s scary faces, he runs away with the frog. Storytelling Tip: I wish there were more books like this. The text will do all the work for you. Just be sure to read at a nice, even pace, and don’t rush. Consider substituting these Picture Books There are many directions you can take with other F stories. Here are a few more: Arnold, Tedd. Frog in Space. Dial, 2009. Wilma the frog is minding her own business when a UFO lands in her swamp. An alien child who looks a lot like a blue frog slips out of its spacesuit and goes for a swim. Wilma is accidentally grabbed and thrown into the spaceship. The alien parents discover Wilma high up in outer space and decide the Earth water turned her green. When Wilma chases a fly, she hits the spaceship’s controls, and the ship heads back to Earth. The aliens boot Wilma out the door and grab their child. Storytelling Tip: Wilma is constantly chasing flies throughout the story. Ask the children to make buzzing sounds when they see her doing so. Darbyshire, Kristen. Put It on the List! Dutton, 2009. A family of chickens is constantly running out of food and other items. They have pancakes but no syrup; toothbrushes but no toothpaste (“Mom, chickens don’t have teeth”); and cookies but no milk. Mom finally flips out and makes a meal out of whatever is in the house. This results in “peanut butter and pickled grub on macaroni casserole.” The new family policy becomes—make a list! www.alastore.ala.org
“F” is for Funny (and Fun) // 7 Storytelling Tip: After reading the book, produce your own checklist and look it over, saying to yourself (loud enough for the children to hear), “Hmmm . . . let’s see. Picture books . . . check. Story room . . . check. Storyteller . . . check. Kids? Where are the kids?” Of course, the kids will all yell, “HERE!” Harrison, Joanna. Grizzly Dad. David Fickling, 2008. A boy notices that his father wakes up in a terrible mood. “He grrroaned and grrrizzled . . . and gRRRUMPED!” The father goes back to sleep. When the boy tries to wake him up, we learn that Dad has turned into a grizzly bear. The two have fun at the park and in a movie theater. All of the other movie patrons are too frightened to enter. Back at home, the bear gives the boy a great big bear hug and turns back into Dad. Storytelling Tip: Pause after reading the first double-page spread, about Dad waking up in a “GRRRRIZZLY” mood. Point out that two kids are fighting on top of Dad, one is sticking his finger up Dad’s nose, the cat is scratching itself on Dad’s head, and the dog is taking off with Dad’s glasses. Ask your audience, “Wouldn’t you be in a gRRRRIZZLY mood, too?” Plourde, Lynn. Field Trip Day. Illustrated by Thor Wickstrom. Dutton, 2010. Mrs. Shepherd’s class goes on a field trip to Farmer Fandangle’s Organic, Environmentally Friendly Farm. The first stop is to see the cows. One student goes missing. It’s Juan. They find him and move on to the chickens. Once again, Juan goes missing. He shows up checking out the wind turbines. This continues until the farmer realizes two of his calves—earmarked to be sent to a charity—are missing. It’s Juan who finds them—on the farmer’s bed. “I just thought about where I’d wander off to if I was leaving home for the first time . . . Someplace cozy.” Storytelling Tip: Every time the teachers take a head count, lead the audience members in counting along. Willems, Mo. Today I Will Fly! Hyperion, 2007. Friends Elephant and Piggie are hanging out when Piggie decides that she wants to fly. A dog chases Piggie, and she goes up into the air, convinced she flew. Elephant points out that she jumped. A pelican comes along and helps Piggie fly with a rope. Elephant is excited for his friend. Storytelling Tip: Play up Piggie’s last line in the book. Elephant states, “Tomorrow I will fly!” Piggie looks at the reader. Take the time to look out at the audience with a look of disbelief. Piggie puts her hoof by her mouth and says, “good luck.” Say this phrase out of the side of your mouth. www.alastore.ala.org
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