diverse picture book (caretaker-child tummy tickle rhymes; babies and up)
* Prominently features divers characters: babies of different skin colors being attended to by snuggle-loving bears; Part 1 mentions Mommy (and pictures a human mommy).
* great for lapsit/pre-walker storytimes: if you want to try just one part at a time (each part is about 8 pages of interacting-with-baby text; Part 1: Tumble me Tumbily=wake up tickles; Part 2: Yum Tummy Tickly=feeding time interactions; Part 3:Snuggle Me Snuggly=time for a nap), or maybe flip to a few select pages to sample, that would work. A lot of these pages would make great tickle/wiggle rhymes just on their own. If that goes over well with your group you could probably read the whole book straight through. I don't think it would work as well with walkers/toddlers and up for a storytime group (maybe as a one-on-one readaloud) since they would just walk up to the librarian/teacher and then won't benefit from the caretaker interaction like a lap-bound baby would, and then they might just lose interest and wander off. ( )

31 May 2015 ( )