This week’s storytime theme is “sharks”! Do you have a favorite shark? Where do sharks go on vacation? Fin-land.

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

I’m a Shark by Bob Shea

Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale, illustrated by Guy Francis

Nugget & Fang: Friends Forever – or Snack Time? by Tammi Sauer and Michael Slack

Mako & Tiger: Two Not-So-Friendly Sharks by Scott Rothman, illustrated by Mika Song

Save Your Friends by Hyewon Kyung

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 July we are learning how to say hello in Swahili which is “Jambo”! Then we repeat again with the signs for clap, hello, and weather.

Song: The Sharks in the Sea (tune: Wheels on the Bus)
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp,
Chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp,
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp,
All day long!

Verses: Fish/swim, lobsters/pinch, dolphins/jump and splash, crabs/scuttle, jellyfish/wiggle, octopus/wiggle, waves/up and down, etc.

Five Little Fishies and Mr. Shark
Five little fishies swimming in the sea,
Teasing Mr. Shark, “You can’t catch me!”
Along comes Mr. Shark, as quiet as can be,
And SNAPPED that fishy right out of the sea!

Verses: Four, three, two, one…
Zero little fishies swimming in the sea, just Mr. Shark as full as can be!

Song: One Little Blue Shark (tune: One Little Blue Fish)

One little blue shark swimming in the water, (Make a fish with your hands)
Swimming in the water, swimming in the water (Move your fish back and forth)
One little blue shark swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, (draw circles leading up with your pointer finger)
Chomp! (Clap your hands)

Verses: great white shark, tiger shark, goblin shark, lemon shark,

Song/Movement: If You’re a Shark and You Know It
If you’re a shark and you know it, show your teeth (grin and point to teeth)
If you’re a shark and you know it, show your teeth
If you’re a shark and you know it, and you really want to show it,
If you’re a shark and you know it, show your teeth

Verses: …wiggle your fin (place hand behind back with fingers up, and wiggle) …swim around (turn in a circle) …swish your tail (wiggle behind) …go chomp, chomp (open and close stiff arms)

Song: Slippery Fish
Slippery fish, slippery fish, swimming in the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh no! It’s been eaten by a….

Great white shark, lurking in the water…. Giant squid, squiggling in the water… Humungous whale, spouting in the water…

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