Thanks to Roberta L. Meyer, Youth Services Librarian at the Helen Matthes Library in Effingham, IL for this compilation of Baby Animal storytime ideas!
BOOKS
- Animal surprises / Christopher Gunson
- Baby animals / Seymour Simon
- Baby beebee bird / Diane Redfield Massie
- Baby food / Saxton Freymann
Baby seal / Aubrey Lang- Cowgirl Rosie & her five baby bison / Stephen Gulbis
- Dawdle duckling / Toni Buzzeo
- Eaglet’s world / Evelyn White Minshull
- Flamingo chick grows up / Joan Hewett
- Growing up wild : penguins / Sandra Markle
- Hush, little ones / by John Butler
- Hushabye Lily / Claire Freedman
- I kissed the baby / Mary Murphy
- I like it when / Mary Murphy
- I love you as much… / Laura Krauss Melmed
- I love you because you’re you / Liza Baker
- Johnny Lion’s book / Edith Thacher Hurd
- Jubela / Christina Kessler
- Kiss kiss / Margaret Wild
- Kitten’s first full moon / Kevin Henkes
- Little brown hen’s shower / Pamela Duncan Edwards
- Little engine that could : baby animals / Watty Piper
- Little Farmer Joe / Ian Whybrow
- Little wood duck / Brian Wildsmith
- Mole & the baby bird / Marjorie Newman
- Nap in a lap / Sarah Wilson
- Oops-a-Daisy / Claire Freedman
- Owl babies / Martin Waddell
- Project hippopotamus / Susan Ring
- Project polar bear / Jennifer Nault
- Quiet! / Paul Bright
- Sebastian lives in a hat / Thelma Catterwell
- Ten little babies (can use as flannelboard) / Gyo Fujikawa
- The Baby Duck books / Amy Hest
- The Gossie, Gertie, and Ollie books / Olivier Dunrea
- The Little Quack books / Lauren Thompson
- Tiger baby / Susi Bohdal
- Tough beginnings / Marilyn Singer
- What the baby hears / Laura Godwin
- Whose baby am I? / John Butler
- You are special, little one / Nancy Tafuri
- Babies on the go / Linda Ashman
- Egg-napped! / Marisa Montes
- Ollie / Olivier Dunrea
- Tippy-toe chick, go! / George Shannon
CRAFTS
GAME
Touching Game: Wiggle your fingers; touch your chin. That’s the way the game begins. Touch your eyes; touch your knees. Now pretend you’re going to sneeze. Touch your hair; touch one ear. Touch your two pink lips right here. Touch your nose; touch your toes. Turn around and sit right down. Touch your elbows where they bend, That’s the way this touch game ends.