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Bunnies Storytime
Books:
Hide-and-seek bunnies illustrated by Judith Moffatt.
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1996.
On board pages.
Will you be my friend? a Bunny and Bird story by Nancy Tafuri.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2000.
Bird comes to feel less shy when Bunny helps her rebuild her ruined nest, showing her what a good friend can be.
Pickin' peas retold by Margaret Read MacDonald; pictures by Pat Cummings.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1998.
Because a pesky rabbit picks peas from her garden, a little girl catches it and puts it in a box, but that doesn't solve the problem.
Jackrabbit by Jonathan London; illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray.
New York : Crown, 1996.
When a baby jackrabbit's home is destroyed by developers, she is cared for by a human family until she is big enough to live on her own in the wild.
Rabbit's good news by Ruth Lercher Bornstein.
New York : Clarion Books, c1995.
Rabbit leaves her warm dark burrow and discovers that spring has come.
Let's make rabbits: a fable by Leo Lionni.
New York : Pantheon Books, c1982.
Two rabbits made with a pencil and scissors become real after eating a real carrot.
Home for a Bunny by Margaret Weiss Brown, illustrated by Garth Williams.
New York : Golden Books Pub Co Inc, 1960
This is tender book of a little brown bunny rabbit who's in search of a home. On his journey, he meets many different animals, such as a frog, a groundhog, and a robin. He asks them where they live, but once he sees it, he realizes he needs to find something that's best for him. Until...he meets another bunny.
Lollopy written by Joyce Dunbar; illustrated by Susan Varley.
New York : Macmillan : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1991.
When a stuffed rabbit is left in the woods overnight, he becomes the unwilling participant in the games of some real rabbits.
Night rabbits written by Lee Posey; illustrated by Michael G. Montgomery.
Atlanta: Peachtree, c1999.
When her father becomes annoyed with the rabbits that are eating his carefully tended lawn at their summer cabin, Elizabeth tries to decide how to help because she loves the rabbits.
Bunny's Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Lisa McCue.
Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.
A little bunny listens to noises all around him and then makes some of his own.nbsp;
Flannelboard: Runaway Bunny based on book by Margaret Wise Brown
Puppets and Poetry:
Five Bunny fingerpuppets (Use with the following rhyme)
Five little Rabbits
Five little rabbits under a log
This one said "Shh! I hear a dog!"
This one said "I see a man!"
This one said "Run while you can!"
This one said "I'm not afraid!"
This one said, "Let's hide in the shade!"
A man and his dog went hurrying by,
And you should have seen those rabbits fly!
Folkmanis Rabbit
(use puppet to with the following poem)
A Poem In Praise of Rabbits
A bunny is a quiet pet,
A bunny is the best thing yet,
A bunny never makes a sound
A bunny's nice to have around.
Puppies whimper, bark and growl;
Kittens mew and tom cats yowl;
Birdies twitter, chirp, and tweet;
Moo-cows moo, and lambkins bleat;
Some creatures bellow, others bray;
Some hoot, or honk, or yap, or neigh;
Most creatures make annoying noises,
Even little girls and boyses.
A bunny, though, is never heard,
He simply never says a word.
A bunny's a delightful habit,
No home's complete without a rabbit.
Clare Newberry
Fingerplays:
Little Bunny
(There was a little Turtle)
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There was a little bunny who lived in the wood. |
Hold up two fingers |
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He wiggled his ears as a good bunny should. |
Place forefingers on either side of head and
wiggle |
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He hopped by a squirrel |
Two fingers hop down arm. |
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He hopped by a tree |
Repeat |
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He hopped by a duck |
Repeat |
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And he hopped by me. |
Hop over opposite fist |
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He stared at the squirrel |
Stare |
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He stared at the tree |
Stare |
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He stared at the duck. |
Stare |
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But he made faces at me! |
Wiggle nose rabbit fashion |
Tired Bunnies
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"Come my bunnies, it's time for bed." |
Beckoning motion with hand |
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That's what mother bunny said, |
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"But first I'll count you just to see |
Finger on chin contemplating |
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If you have all come back to me. |
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Bunny one, bunny two, bunny three, oh dear |
Hold up each finger as bunnies are counted |
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Bunny four, bunny five, yes you're all here. |
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You're the sweetest things alive |
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My bunnies one, two, three four five. |
Hug bunnies to chest |
Rabbit Doesn't Have a Tail at All
(London Bridge)
Rabbit doesn't have a tail at all,
Tail at all, tail at all.
Rabbit doesn't have a tail at all,
Just a power puff.
His ears are longer than his tail,
Than his tail, than his tail.
His ears are longer than his tail,
It's a powder puff.
I'm a Little Bunny
(I'm A Little Teapot)
I'm a little bunny, with a cotton tail;
See me hopping down the trail,
When I see a carrot ---
My ears - they shake!
And then, of course,
A Bite I take!!!
CRUNCH!!!!!
Funny Bunny Hop
Funny, little bunny goes hop, hop, hop!
Funny little bunny, please stop,stop,stop!
Wiggle your ears and crinkle your nose.
Then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle right down to your toes.
Hop, Little Rabbit
Hop, little rabbit, hop, hop, hop,
Hop, little rabbit, don't you stop.
Hop, little rabbit, one, two, three.
Hop, little rabbit, hop to me.
10 Little Bunnies
(10 Little Indians)
1 little, 2 little, 3 little bunnies, 4 little, 5 little, 6 little bunnies, 7
little, 8 little, 9 little bunnies, 10 little bunnies hopping up and down.
You can add other actions as you go along - jumping up and down, twirling
around, standing on 1 foot..... the children love to give suggestions too.
Robbie the Rabbit
| Robbie the rabbit is fat, fat, fat |
Pat your belly |
| His soft little paws go pat, pat, pat |
Tap one hand with the other |
| His soft little ears go flop flop flop |
Arms over head, bend hands over and wave up and
down |
| And when Robbie runs he goes hop, hop hop! |
Hop three times |
BUNNY
(Bingo)
I know a rabbit with long pink ears
and BUNNY is its name-o
B U N N Y B U N N Y B U N N Y
And BUNNY is its name-o
Ears so Funny
| Here is a bunny with ears so funny |
Hold up two fingers, bent down |
| And here is his home in the ground |
Make a circle with thumb and index finger of other
hand |
| When a noise he hears, he pricks up his ears, |
Straighten fingers |
| And he jumps to his home in the ground |
Two fingers dive into circle of other hand. |
Storytelling:
Little Rabbit Foo Foo
Celebrate this naughty rabbit with gusto.
Sing to the tune of "Aloutte."
Sing:
Little Rabbit Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice, smack 'em on the head.
Speak:
Down came the good fairy and she said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo, I don't like your attitude.
Scooping up the field mice, smack 'em on the head,
"I'll give you three chances,
And if you don't stop that,
I'll turn you into a goon, Phoof!"
Next morning, Little Rabbit Foo Foo wakes up and says,
"Oh what a beautiful morning, I think I'll take a walk.
I really shouldn't, I really, really shouldn't, but I will."
Little Rabbit Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice, smack 'em on the head.
Down came the good fairy and she said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo, I don't like your attitude.
Scooping up the field mice, smack 'em on the head,
"I'll give you two more chances,
And if you don't stop that,
I'll turn you into a goon, Phoof!"
Next morning, Little Rabbit Foo Foo wakes up and says,
"Oh what a beautiful morning, I think I'll take a walk.
I really shouldn't, I really, really shouldn't, but I will."
Little Rabbit Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice, smack 'em on the head.
Down came the good fairy and she said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo, I don't like your attitude.
Scooping up the field mice, smack 'em on the head,
"I'll give you one more chance,
And if you don't stop that,
I'll turn you into a goon, Phoof!"
Next morning, Little Rabbit Foo Foo wakes up and says,
"Oh what a beautiful morning, I think I'll take a walk.
I really shouldn't, I really, really shouldn't, but I will."
Little Rabbit Foo Foo hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice, smack 'em on the head.
Down came the good fairy and she said,
"Little Rabbit Foo Foo, I gave you three chances,
And you didn't stop, now you are a goon! Phoof!"
And the moral of the story is hare today, goon tomorrow.
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