Today's Theme:  Breakfast

 

Breakfast, what an important meal of the day, why not create a storytime around it!

In the picture you see a monkey amongst the books.  What I did during storytime, (some of you may be familar with this), was told the kids that I have a special friend visiting.  His name starts with an "M".  I gave the kids a little time to guess and once they gave up I showed them the "monkey"!  I told the kids that the monkey likes to sniff their fingers and guess what they ate for breakfast.  The kids thought this was hilarious!  So I walked around, (I had a small group this morning), and sniffed each child's fingers, then had the monkey whisper in my ear what he thought they ate then told the child.  I said normal stuff like cereal or eggs and I also said silly things like lasagna and hambugers.  Then I sat the monkey in my lap and read the stories. 

Below the first few books were what I read during storytime and the rest of the list are other options depending on the age of your group.

• If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff
• We're Making Breakfast for Mother by Shirley Neitzel
• My Square Breakfast by Mark Shulman
• Hey, Pancakes! by Tamson Weston
• Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaola
• Who's Been Eating My Porridge? by M. Christina Butler
• Breakfast for Jack by Pat Schories
• If You Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff
• If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
• Mr. Wolf's Pancakes by Jan Fearnley
• Foxy and Egg by Alex T. Smith
• Perfect Pancakes by William Wise
• Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
• Tyler Makes Pancakes by Tyles Florence

Visit the Matteson Public Library at 801 S. School St., Matteson, IL 60443 or call 708-748-4431 to reserve a book!