Themed Storytelling Kits We are pleased to offer a number of valuable resources to help supplement early learning and literacy with children. We have approximately 40 themed storytelling kits that include a combination of books, flannelboard stories, book lists, craft ideas, activity sheets, poems, puppets, CDs and more. The kit themes listed in this booklet are available for checkout to any patron with a current Portage County Public Library card and are intended for adult use with children. We hope you find these materials useful. Kits are checked out for one week. We accept and encourage kit reservations in advance. The fine for overdue kits is $1.00 per day. If you have questions or would like to reserve a kit, visit the Youth Services Department or call 715-346-1549. Updated: September 2019 1 Themed Storytelling Kits ABC's MONSTERS BEARS MOTHER GOOSE BIRDS MULTICULTURAL BUGS & INSECTS OCEANS & SEA LIFE CAMPING POND LIFE CHRISTMAS RHYTHM & MUSIC CIRCUS ST. PATRICK’S DAY COLORS SPACE COOKIES SPRING 1 DINOSAURS SPRING 2 EASTER SUMMERTIME FALL – HARVEST THANKSGIVING FALL – HIBERNATION TRANSPORTATION FALL- LEAVES VALENTINE’S DAY I FAMILIES VALENTINE’S DAY 2 FARMS WEATHER FISH WINTER CLOTHES FOREST FRIENDS WINTER SNOW GARDEN ZOOS HALLOWEEN I HALLOWEEN II 2 ABC's (11 items) BOOKS: Alphabet Match-up Flip Book Bayer, Jane A My Name is Alice Beller, Janet A-B-C-ing Ehlert, Lois Eating the Alphabet Gag, Wanda The ABC Bunny MacDonald, Suse Alphabatics Miller, Edna Mousekin's ABC CD: Bollinger, Cathy Alphabet Jam MISCELLANEOUS: 4 Activity Sheets Alphabet tin with 25 letters Booklist BEARS (11 items) BOOKS: Asch, Frank Bear Shadow Freeman, Don Corduroy Marshall, James Goldilocks and the Three Bears Wildsmith, Brian Bear's Adventure CD: Stewart, Georgiana Teddy Bear Tunes FLANNELBOARD STORY: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (12 figures) MISCELLANEOUS: 5 Activity sheets Goldilocks and the Three Bears topsy-turvy doll (2 pieces) Bear jumping jack puppet and poem (2 pieces) Booklist Costain, Meredith Grumpy Grizzly (1 piece) 3 BIRDS (13 items) (updated 2010) BOOKS: Delafosse, Claude Birds Ehlert, Lois Feathers for Lunch Jonas, Ann Bird Talk Oppenheim, Joanne Have You Seen Birds? Rockwell, Ann My Spring Robin Thaler, Mike Owly Wildsmith, Brian Birds FLANNELBOARD: Good-Night Owl! (1 book & 14 figures) Ten Little Chickadees (10 figures, 1 string & script) Winter Snow (1 script & 20 figures) MISCELLANEOUS: 7 Activity Sheets & 1 Booklist Puppets: Bluebirds in Nest and Bluebird 4 BUGS & INSECTS (19 items) (updated 2012) BOOKS: Arlon, Penelope First Facts Bugs Edwards, Pamela Clara Caterpillar Gibbons, Gail Spiders Graham, Margaret Be Nice to Spiders Hoose, Phillip Hey, Little Ant Lawton, Caroline Bugs A to Z McDermott, Gerald Anansi the Spider Pallotta, Jerry The Beetle Alphabet Book Stein, Peter Bugs Galore Sturges, Philemon Ten Flashing Fireflies Tatchell, Judy Bugs and Slugs Williams, Rozanne Bugs Go Marching CD: Miss Spider’s Songs for Little Bugs MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist and 5 Activity sheets (6 pieces) Bug Movement Cards (1 instruction card, 11 cards) Bumble Bee Song (1 script, 1 puppet) 5 CAMPING (20 items) (updated 2012) BOOKS: Bauer, Marion When I Go Camping With Grandma Berry, Lynne Duck Tents Brillhart, Julie When Daddy Took Us Camping Carlson Laurie Kids Camp! Loy, Jessica Follow the Trail Mader, Jan Let’s Go Camping! Mayer, Mercer Just Me and My Dad Rey, Margaret Curious George Goes Camping Ruurs, Margriet When We Go Camping Van Dusen, Chris Camping Spree with Mr. Magee Wargin, Kathy-jo Scare a Bear CD: 102 Full-Length Camp Songs (3 CD’s with cases) FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Let’s Go Camping (1 script, 26 pieces) MISCELLANEOUS: 5 activity sheets Booklist Camping Matching Game (18 pieces) Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card Finger Puppets and Tent (1 tent, 3 puppets, 2 rhymes) Two-sided Coloring Page 6 CHRISTMAS (21 items) (updated 2016) BOOKS: Cousins, Lucy Maisy's Christmas Presents Dewdney, Anna Llama Llama Holiday Drama Dougherty, Brandi The Littlest Elf Garland, Michael Oh, What a Christmas! Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas Pettiford, Rebecca Christmas Schertle, Alice Little Blue Truck's Christmas Wilson, Karma Bear Stays Up for Christmas Wood, Don Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear Yoon, Salina Penguin's Christmas Wish CD: A Children’s Christmas With the Learning Station Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas FLANNELBOARDS: The First Christmas (12 pieces & 2 books) Rudolph, Rudolph (9 pieces & 1 script) Way Up High on the Christmas Tree (20 pieces & 1 script) MISCELLANEOUS: Activity Cards (12 action cards) Jingle Bell (1 bell & 1 script) Coloring Pages (2) Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card Santa Clause Finger Puppet 7 CIRCUS (20 items) BOOKS: Bemelmans, Ludwig Madeline and the Gypsies Booth, Eugene At the Circus Ehlert, Lois Circus Prelutsky, Jack Circus Rey, Margaret Curious George Goes to the Circus CD: Corkery, Gayle Circus Day FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Circus Elephants (1 text, 1 string, 5 figures: 7 pcs.) Five Tall Clowns (5 figures, 1 text: 6pcs.) How to Become a Clown (1 text, 6 items: 7 pcs.) With Flying Colors (10 items, 1 rope, 1 text: 12 pcs.) MISCELLANEOUS: Activity packet (11 pieces) Booklist Bruna, Dick Circus flip book (13 pgs. 1 script) Clown puppet Dellosa, Janet Circus Fun Book MacDonald, Sharon We Learn All About the Circus Menten, Theodore Circus Stencils (12 pgs. & folder) Pagnucci, Susan Acorn: Circus Acorn: Giggles & Grins Ringling Bros. Activity Packet (16 items) 8 COLORS (16 items) BOOKS: Burningham, John John Burningham's Colors Hoban, Tana Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? Martin, Bill Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Miller, J.P. Do You Know Colors? Savage, Dorothy The Green Peephole Book The Red Peephole Book The Yellow Peephole Book Seuss, Dr. My Many Colored Days Warren, Jean 1-2-3 Colors Six Color Books (National Geographic) FLANNELBOARDS: The Happy Fruit Tree (1 text, 8 pcs.) Jennie Jenkins (1 text, 6 pcs.) Snowy, the Rabbit (1 book, 6 pcs.) MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Activity Sheets (2 pcs.) Puzzle (5 pcs.) 9 COOKIES (16 items) (*New 2017) BOOKS: Beaumont, Karen Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? Bitterman, Albert Fortune Cookies Denise, Anika Baking Day at Grandma's Lass, Bonnie Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? Numeroff, Laura The Best Mouse Cookie Schmidt, Karen The Gingerbread Man (with CD) Wellington, Monica Mr. Cookie Baker Willems, Mo The Cookie Fiasco Wilson, Karma The Cow Loves Cookies FLANNELBOARDS: Decorate Cookies (25 pieces) Who Took the Cookie…Cookie Jar? (25 pieces & 1 script) MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Coloring Pages (2) Craft Idea Card Fingerplay/Song Card 10 DINOSAURS (19 items) (updated 2015) BOOKS: Clanton, Ben Rex Wrecks It! Duddle, Jonny Gigantosaurus Gurney, John Steven Dinosaur Train Hughes, Catherine D. First Big Book of Dinosaurs Mitton, Tony Dinosaurumpus Mugford, Simon Dinosaur A-Z Preston-Gannon, Frann Dinosaur Farm Willems, Mo Edwina Zoehfeld, Kathleen W. Dinosaurs CD: Murphy, Jane Once Upon a Dinosaur FLANNELBOARDS: I’m a Little Dinosaur (36 pieces and 1 script) Lost Little Dinosaur (6 pieces and 1 script) MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Dinosaur Puzzle (7 pieces) Dinosaur Stamps (3 stamps and 1 stamp pad) Fingerplay/Song Card Fossil Rubbings Activity (6 plates and 1 instruction sheet) Two-sided Coloring Page Two Sided Craft Idea Card (1 card with 4 templates) 11 EASTER (19 items) (updated 2012) BOOKS: Brett, Jan The Easter Egg Chalmers, Mary Easter Parade Mathieu, Agnes The Easter Bunny Peppas, Lynn Easter Ross, Kathy All New Crafts for Easter Stoeke, Janet Minerva Louise and the Colorful Egg Tegen, Katherine The Story of the Easter Bunny Wiese, Kurt Happy Easter FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Easter Eggs (1 script & 30 pieces) Five Little Bunnies (1 script & 5 pieces) Chocolate Bunny (1 script & 6 pieces) MISCELLANEOUS: 1 Craft Idea Card 1 Fingerplay Card/Song Card 1 Booklist 1 Activity: Easter Memory Game (Inst. & 24 pieces) 3 Coloring Sheets 1 Rabbit Stuffed Animal 12 FALL - HARVEST (20 items) (updated 2013) BOOKS: Esbaum, Jill Apples for Everyone Esbaum, Jill Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie Goldstone, Bruce Awesome Autumn Hall, Zoe The Apple Pie Tree Harshman, Marc Red Are the Apples Kellogg, Steven Johnny Appleseed Rockwell, Anne Apples and Pumpkins Rustad, Martha E. H. Fall Harvests: Bringing in Food Steers, Billy Tractor Mac Harvest Time FLANNELBOARD STORIES: Harvest Song (1 script and 20 pieces) Little Red House (1 script and 9 pieces) Two Red Apples (1 script and 4 pieces) What’s Inside? (1 diagram and 6 pieces) MISCELLANEOUS: Baked Apple Treat Activity Booklist Craft Idea Card (1 card with template) Fingerplay/Song Card Popped Corn on the Cob Craft (1 card and 2 patterns) Roly-Poly Worm (1 script and 1 puppet) Two-sided Coloring Page 13 FALL - HIBERNATION (18 items) (updated 2013) BOOKS: Goldstone, Bruce Awesome Autumn Hubery, Julia A Friend for All Seasons Mebane, Jeanie Animal Hibernation Messner, Kate Over and Under the Snow Rustad, Martha E. H. Animals in Fall: Preparing for Winter Stead, Philip C. Bear Has a Story to Tell Tafuri, Nancy The Busy Little Squirrel Wildsmith, Brian Squirrels Wright, Maureen Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! FLANNELBOARD STORIES: How Squirrel Became Wise (1 script and 6 pcs) Over and Under the Snow (24 pieces) MISCELLANEOUS: Booklist Craft Idea Card (1 card with template) Fingerplay/Song Card Squirrel in Tree (1 script and 1 puppet) Squirrel in Tree Craft (1 template) Two-sided Coloring Page 14 FALL - LEAVES (17 items) (updated 2013) BOOKS: Ehlert, Lois Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Gerber, Carole Leaf Jumpers Goldstone, Bruce Awesome Autumn McNaughton,