Just a reminder about summer storytimes: Family Storytimes are on Thursdays and Fridays at 9:30 a.m., 10:15 a.m., and 11:00 a.m. See you then!

This week’s storytime theme is “cryptid”! What is a cryptid you might ask? It is a mythical creature that people believe exists or have seen, but has not been proven yet.

Here are some wonderful books we might read in storytime and our recommendations for you to read at home:

El Cucuy is Scared, Too! Story by Donna Barba Higuera, Pictures by Juliana Perdomo

I Love My Fangs! by Kelley Leigh Miller

Buttercup the Bigfoot by Douglas Rees, illustrated by Isabel Munoz

Not Yet, Yeti written by Bethany V. Freitas, illustrated by Maddie Frost

Here are some songs and/or rhymes we might do in storytime:

Get Ready Song: If You’re Ready for a Story, Clap Your Hands (tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
If you’re ready for a story, clap your hands
If you’re ready for a story, clap your hands
If you’re ready for a story, if you’re ready for a story,
If you’re ready for a story, clap your hands

Hello song: Clap Everybody and Say Hello
Clap everybody and say “hello”
Clap everybody and say “hello”
Clap everybody and say “hello”
No matter what the weather!

Verses: For June we are learning how to say hello in Italian which is “Ciao”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Song: “Yeti Pokey” (Tune: Hokey Pokey)
You put your claws in, you take your claws out
You put your claws in, and you shake them all about
You do the yeti pokey and you turn yourself about
That’s what it’s all about!

Verses: horns, big feet, and furry self

Song: 5 Little Fairies (tune: 5 Little Monkeys)
Five little fairies playing by the pond,
One fell in and lost her wand,
Mama called the wizard and the wizard said,
“No more fairies playing by the pond!”

Song: “If You’re a Unicorn and You Know It”
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, shake your horn.

Additional verses: Stamp your hooves, Toss your mane, Twitch your tail, Prance around

Song: Go Away, Scary Monster
Go away, scary monster, go away. GO AWAY!
Go away, scary monster, go away. GO AWAY!
Go away, scary monster.
Go away, scary monster.
Go away, scary monster, go away. GO AWAY!

Verses: cryptid, bigfoot, yeti, mermaid, unicorn, ghostie, mothman, etc.

Shake My Sillies Out by Raffi
I’m gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
And wiggle my waggles away!

Verses: Clap my crazies… Jump my jiggles… Yawn my sleepies… finish with a fast shake your sillies!

Goodbye Song: We Wave Goodbye Like This
We wave goodbye like this,
We wave goodbye like this,
To all our friends at storytime,
We wave goodbye like this!

See you there!

Family Storytimes starting June 3rd until July 26th:
Thursdays and Fridays at 9:30, 10:15, and 11:00

No Family Storytimes week of July 29th and all of August.

Family Storytimes starting September 4th until Summer Reading: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:30, 10:15, and 11:00, Fridays at 9:30 and 10:30 except the 3rd Friday of each month