Last fall, I posted the plan to my monster-themed storytime, that I do around this time every year. It’s a lot of fun for me, and, I think, the kids, too.
I wanted to add a couple of new additions for this year:
- McCarty, Peter. Jeremy Draws a Monster. When Jeremy draws a
monster, he soon realizes his mistake when the monster asks him to draw item after item: a sandwich, a comfortable chair, a television. But Jeremy’s pen also yields the solution in this non-scary monster book. I don’t THINK I really do voices, but when I read this one for the first time, the monster’s voice came out of me so clearly. It’s a sort of slightly-gruffer, more-enunciated Grover voice.
- Emberley, Ed. If You’re a Monster and You Know It. Okay, truth
be told, I haven’t yet read this to a child, nor have I actually even seen it. But I love There Was an Old Monster, so I’m pretty sure I’ll love this one too. Participatory stories are THE BEST.
- I like this rhyme:
If I were a happy monster, I’d go HA! HA! HA!
If I were a sad monster, I’d go BOO HOO HOO.
If I were a mad monster, I’d go STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!
If I were a scared monster, I’d go AHH! AHH! AHH!
But I’m just me, you see, so I’ll just READ, READ, READ. (open and close hands like a book)
I hope you’re all having fun with your little monsters (and I’m not referring to the Lady Gaga kind)!
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I used Leonardo for my Monster storytime, too!! Though it ended up being more of a spooky/scary type thing… but we had fun 🙂
Good picks! I also use a big book version of There’s a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Mayer, which has been a big hit.