Birds Storytime

Books

Baby bird by Joyce Dunbar ; illustrated by Russell Ayto.
Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, c1998.
A bird falls out of his nest while trying to fly and has encounters with several animals before he finds success.

Round Robin by Jack Kent.
New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1982.
A robin who has eaten until he looks more like a ball than a bird finds when Fall comes that he can only walk south while the other robins fly.

Island baby by Holly Keller.
New York: Greenwillow Books, c1992.
Pops, a man who runs a bird hospital on an island, and his young helper Simon nurse an injured baby bird back to health.

Feathers for lunch by Lois Ehlert.
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1990.
An escaped housecat encounters twelve birds in the back yard but fails to catch any of them and has to eat feathers for lunch.

Inch by inch by Leo Lionni.
New York, I. Obolensky 1960
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

Brave bear by Kathy Mallat.
New York: Walker, 1999.
A bear bravely goes out on a limb to help a baby bird get back to its nest.

Little bird by Saviour Pirotta; illustrated by Stephen Butler.
New York: Tambourine Books, 1992.
Several animals describe their favorite activities to a little bird that asks, "What can I do today?"

Flannelboard:

The Big Fat Worm by Nancy van Laan

Puppet:

Mother bird with babies in nest (Click for picture)

Three baby birds sitting in their nest
Waiting for their mother, and taking a rest
Said the first little bird with a peep cheep peep
I wish I could eat a little brown seed
Said the second little bird with a peep cheep peep
I wish I could fly among the trees
Said the third little bird with a peep cheep peep
I wish I could build my own little nest
Back flew the mother with a worm in her beek
And she fed her babies and put them to sleep

Fingerplays:

Little Bird

I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop.
I told the little bird to stop, stop, stop.
I went to the window to say 'How do you do?'
He wagged his little tail and far away he flew!

Feathered Birds

Five feathered birds sitting on the door;
One flew away and then there were four.
Four feathered birds singing in the tree,
One flew away and then there were three.
Three feathered birds looking at you,
One flew away and then there were two.
Two feathered birds sitting in the sun,
One flew away and then there was one.
One feathered bird looking like a hero,
He flew away and now there are zero!

Two little blackbirds	Wiggle both hands
Sitting on a hill	Wiggle right hand
One named Jack
One named Jill.	Wiggle left hand
Fly away Jack	Hide right hand behind back
Fly away Jill	Hide left hand behind back
Come back Jack	Bring right hand back
Come back Jill.	Bring left hand back

Little robin red breast, stay upon a rail	hold up thumb and pinky, and curl down rest of fingers
Niddle, noodle went his head	wiggle thumb for head
Wibble, wobble went his tail	wiggle pinky for tail

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