READING ADVENTURE TREASURE CHEST KIT #19
GOODMORNING; GOODNIGHT

This Reading Adventure Treasure Chest Kit has been assembled to provide a thematic list of storytime materials for use by enhanced members and their patrons.  The kit is geared toward the preschool age group yet is flexible enough to capture the interest of toddlers and early school age children.  The Activity Ideas are designed to be aids to use the materials listed in the kits.

If you would like more information concerning this project, contact SERLS via e-mail at dirserls@oplin.org.

Material Type	Title	Author
BOOK	The Bed Book	SYLVIA PLATH
BOOK	Can't You Sleep, Little Bear	MARTIN WADDELL
BOOK	Charlie Anderson	BARBARA ABERCROMBIE
BOOK	A Child's Good Night Book	MARGARET WISE BROWN
BOOK	Good-Night Owl!	PAT HUTCHINS
BOOK	Grandfather Twilight	BARBARA BERGER
BOOK	Maisy Goes To Bed	LUCY COUSINS
BOOK	Midnight Pillow Fight	JAN ORMEROD
BOOK	The Night Ones	PATRICIA GROSSMAN
BOOK	Overnight At Mary Bloom's	ALIKI
BOOK	Owl Babies	MARTIN WADDELL
BOOK	Owl Moon	JANE YOLEN
BOOK	Owl: See How They Grow	MARY LING
BOOK	Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me	ERIC CARLE
BOOK	Rise And Shine!	NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM
BOOK	Rockabye Farm	DIANE JOHNSTON HAMM
BOOK	Twinkle Twinkle Little Star	JANNAT MESSENGER
BOOK	Wake Up, City!	ALVIN TRESSELT
BOOK	Where Does The Brown Bear Go?	NICKI WEISS
BOARD BOOK	Good Night, Gorilla	PEGGY RATHMANN
BIG BOOK	Morning Noon And Night	SHARON TABERSKI
BIG BOOK	There's A Nightmare In My Closet	MERCER MAYER
RESOURCE BOOK	Finger Rhymes	MARC BROWN
BOOK & TAPE	Goodnight Moon	MARGARET WISE BROWN
CASSETTE	Songs For Sleepy Heads And Out-Of-Beds!	PAT CARFRA
VHS	The Napping House
PUPPET	Snowy Owl Puppet

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ACTIVITY IDEAS AND FINGERPLAYS

Ask each child to draw what their dreams look like.

Share several books before nap time. Sing lullabies. During naptime play the cassette tape softly as children go to sleep.

Make owl puppets from brown paper bags. Precut eyes, ears, and beaks which children can glue on their puppets. Children can color the body of the owls with crayons or you can purchase feathers for gluing.

Get in the mood and decorate your room with stars and constellations on the ceiling. Then read and sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. The last page of the picture book holds a special surprise for your children.

Three Little Owls
Three little owls without any home.
(Hold up three fingers)
Three little trees in a row.
(Hold up three fingers on other hand, holding arm higher)
Come build your nests,
(With "tree fingers," motion to come)
In our branches tall,
(Make owls fly to trees)
We'll rock you to and fro.
(Join all fingers and rock with arms)

Going to Bed
This little boy is just going to bed
(Use forefinger for boy)
Down on the pillow he lays his head.
(Lay finger cross-wise on other hand using thumb for pillow)
He wraps himself in the covers tight.
(Use fingers for cover)
And this is the way he sleeps all night.
Morning comes, he opens his eyes.
Off with a toss the covers fly.
Soon he is up and dressed and away.
Ready for fun and play all day.

Stars
At night I see the twinkling stars
(Clasping and opening hands)
And a great big smiling moon.
(Circle arms overhead)
My Mommie tucks me into bed
(Lay finger in cupped hand)
And sings a good-night tune.
(Rocking motions with hands)

Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays, activities and books such as these recommended titles:

• Going To Sleep On The Farm by Wendy Lewison. A little boy asks his Dad how each of the animals go to sleep.
• Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber. A little boy is excited at the prospect of spending the night at a friend's house but worries how he'll get along without his teddy bear.
• Midnight Farm by Reeve Lindbergh. A child's fear of the dark inspires her mother to take her on a sunset tour of house and barnyard.
• Milton The Early Riser by Robert Kraus. The first one to awake, Milton the Panda tries hard to wake all the other animals.
• Night Owls by Sharon Denslow Phillips. William and his Aunt stay up late to enjoy the beauty of a summer's night.
• No Nap by Eve Bunting. Dad tries various activities to get Susie tired enough to take a nap, but they only exhaust him.
• Only The Cat Saw by Ashley Wolff. As the family prepares for bedtime, only the cat watches the night fall.