Celestial bodies, which is really just a big way of saying the the sun, the moon and the stars is the theme for tonight’s storytime at the Pocono Township Library, in Tannersville, PA.
In my bag of tricks for tonight’s reading are What the Sun Sees/What the Moon Sees by Nancy Tafuri, The Dog Who Loved the Moon by Cristina Garcia, Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes, Stars! Stars! Stars! by Bob Barner, How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers, Sun & Moon by Lisa Desimini, The Sun’s Day by Mordicai Gerstein, and Star Climbing by Lou Fancher.
Had I miraculously figured out a way to bring my iPod back from the dead, I might have entertained the kids with one of my favorite They Might Be Giants tracks, “Why Does the Sun Shine?” and perhaps for scientific accuracy, their follow-up song “Why Does the Sun Really Shine?” but since neither will quite work for an a capella tune I will probably stick with old standbys like “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” (because the sun comes out to dry up the rain.)
Do you have a favorite celestial bodies story? A favorite celestial bodies tune?
My Books
I love “Kitten’s First Moon.” Always fun when the kids laugh that the kitten thinks the moon is a bowl of milk.
Why don’t you play Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon?” Ha! Actually I enjoy the song “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon.” It was sung by Ernie on Sesame Street and was later made into a picture book. Love it!
A favorite Celestial song or story?
A short middle grade novel by Katherine Patterson called The Green Book comes to mind.
Kathy: Adult’s love that part too. I ended up getting no takers for storytime so read to the grown-up staff at the library who loved kitten’s confusion about the bowl of milk.
Julie: I ended up not doing any singing since my only audience was Jan and Sue, and I would have felt way too silly!
Paul: I’ve never read The Green Book. I have to look for this one.
That sounds like so much fun! My favorite is Bad Moon Rising by Credence Clearwater Revival. I love that song!
Definitely A Wrinkle In Time
Sam, A Wrinkle in Time is an awesomely awesome book!
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