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18 // naughty or nice
Devlin, Jane. Hattie the Bad. Illustrated by Joe Berger. Dial, 2010.
Hattie puts frogs in her parents’ refrigerator and ties her daddy’s car keys to heliumfilled
balloons. Her parents claim she was dropped on her head as a baby. Hattie
eventually decides to be good. She becomes the perfect child. As she is about to accept
the award for “The Best-Behaved Child Ever,” Hattie reverts to her old self and yells,
“Underpants” during her acceptance speech. “Hattie the Bad was back (with just a
teensy bit of good).”
Storytelling Tip: Follow the various font changes to know which words to emphasize.
Take advantage of the bold “Bad” and the scripted “good,” and exaggerate these
two words when you read them.
song
“I Know a Song That Gets on Everybody’s Nerves,” traditional.
Sing this old camp song to the tune of “John Brown’s Body.” Sing it a few times with
the kids, and then do a mock scream and cover your ears.
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves,
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves,
I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves
And this is how it goes . . . (Repeat.)
Picture Book
London, Jonathan. Froggy Eats Out. Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. Viking, 2001.
Froggy and his parents go to a fancy restaurant called Chez Yum. He knocks over a
glass of water, hits the waiter with a spoon, hops loudly around the restaurant, and
pulls the tablecloth off—and everything on it. The family decides to leapfrog over to
Speedy’s diner, where they eat “burgers and flies.”
Storytelling Tip: As with all of London’s Froggy books, there are a lot of sound
effects written into the text. For example, as Froggy gets dressed, he buttons his
shirt—“zut! zut! zut!”—and ties his shoes—“zwit! zwit!” Exaggerate these words and
mime most of them, too. The children in the audience will instinctively follow suit.
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