Dear Parents and Caregivers: Our Toddler and Preschool storytimes celebrate the diversity of people, places, and more through books, fingerplays, and other materials. Please continue helping your child develop a love for the world around them and a love for books and reading by sharing these rhymes, books, and other activities with your child. To learn more about our Storytime Values, please see https://read.poudrelibraries.org/kids/storytime.cfm.

Books To Share

Princess Truly in I Am Truly by Kelly Greenawalt

The End by David LaRochelle

King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood

The Kiss that Missed by David Melling

The Three Bears by Byron Barton

King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bently

A Castle Full of Cats by Ruth Sanderson

Young Henry and the Dragon by Jeanne Kaufman

A Dragon Moves In by Lisa Falkenstern

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Stephen Carpenter

May I Bring a Friend by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers

Waking Dragons by Jane Yolen

The Cloud Spinner by Michael Catchpool

Fun With Fingerplays and Songs

All around the Castle (Tune: “Pop Goes the Weasel”)

All around the castle The knight chased the dragon. The dragon thought it was all in fun . ROAR went the dragon!

Additional verses: The princess chased the dragon… The king chased the dragon… The prince chased the dragon… The queen chased the dragon…

Castle Capers I am the king of running. I run and run and run. My subjects all run with me And we have so much fun!

I am the queen of jumping. I jump and jump and jump. My subjects all jump with me And fall down with a bump!

I am the prince of turning. I turn and turn and turn. My subjects all turn with me. It’s an easy thing to learn!

I am the princess of dancing. I dance and dance and dance. My subjects all dance with me And sit when they get a chance!

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Other Fun Things

Make a Story of your own Start a story "Once Upon A Time" and then encourage

your child(-ren) to create a personal story.

Build a Castle Work together to build a castle out of blocks or boxes.

Small figures (or your child, if the boxes are big

enough) can become the characters in their own

fairytale.

Glass Slippers After reading Cinderella, have your child try on lots

of different shoes around the house to see how they

fit. Talk about how the shoes are different from

Cinderella’s glass slippers.

If I Were a Dragon If I were a dragon, a dragon, a dragon, If I were a dragon, here's what I'd do: I'd fly and glide and soar and dip, If I were a dragon that's what I'd do.

If I were a dragon, a dragon, a dragon, If I were a dragon, here's what I'd do: I'd stomp and roar and blow my fire, If I were a dragon, that's what I'd do.

If I were a dragon, a dragon, a dragon, If I were a dragon, here's what I'd do: I'd twirl around then sit back down, If I were a dragon, that's what I'd do.

Dragon, Dragon Dragon, dragon, turn around. Dragon, dragon, touch the ground. Dragon, dragon, fly up high. Dragon, dragon float in the sky. Dragon, dragon, shake your tail. Dragon, dragon, pound a nail. Dragon, dragon, give a roar. Dragon, dragon, drop to the floor.

The Grand Old Duke of York The Grand old Duke of York He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill, And he marched them down again. When they were up, they were up, And when they were down, they were down, And when they were only halfway up, They were neither up nor down.

Little Dragon Little Dragon counts to three, Little Dragon bends one knee. Little Dragon touches his toes, Little Dragon touches his nose. Little Dragon makes a funny face, Little Dragon runs in place. Little Dragon lays on the floor, Little Dragon starts to snore.

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