READING ADVENTURE TREASURE CHEST KIT #42
FAMILY AND FRIENDS

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	"Hi, Pizza Man!"	VIRGINIA WALTER
BOOK	All Together Now!	NICK BUTTERWORTH
BOOK	Chester's Way	KEVIN HENKES
BOOK	The Family Reunion	TRICIA TUSA
BOOK	Friends Go Adventuring	HELME HEINE
BOOK	Gifts	JO ELLEN BOGART AND BARBARA REID
BOOK	Give Me Half!	STUART J. MURPHY
BOOK	Hush!	MINFONG HO
BOOK	If You Were My Bunny	KATE McMULLAN
BOOK	Mama Is A Miner	GEORGE ELLA LYON
BOOK	Mom And Me	JOHN KAPLAN
BOOK	One Of Three	ANGELA JOHNSON
BOOK	Papa's Bedtime Story	MARY LEE DONOVAN
BOOK	The Paperboy	DAV PILKEY
BOOK	A Sister's Wish	KATE JACOBS
BOOK	Sisters	TRICIA TUSA
BOOK	A Special Kind Of Love	STEPHEN MICHAEL KING
BOOK	Tom	TOMIE DePAOLA
BOOK	Twin Pickle	ANN DORO
BOOK	Welcome, Little Baby	ALIKI
BOOK	The Painter	PETER CATALANOTTO
BOARD BOOK	Moonbear's Friend	FRANK ASCH
BIG BOOK	Is Your Mama A Llama?	DEBORAH GUARINO
RESOURCE BOOK	Howdy Do Me And You	LINDA ALLISON AND MARTHA WESTON
BOOK & TAPE	A Baby Sister For Frances	RUSSELL HOBAN
CASSETTE	Sing ALongWith Bob #2	BOB McGRATH
VHS	Frog And Toad Together
TOY	Mama Do You Love Me? (Book and Doll)

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ACTIVITY IDEAS AND FINGERPLAYS

Have children draw group portraits of themselves with their best friends.

Give children a paper plate and crayons. Suggest that they make face masks of a friend. The paper plate mask will have the hair and eye color of their friend. Invite the children to wear the masks and pretend to be their friends.

Have children draw a picture of a favorite relative. Ask: What do you like most about this person? What kinds of things do you enjoy doing together? If you could tell this person how you feel about them, what would you say? Print children's messages on their pictures.

Have each child make a picture of their family's favorite things. Include photographs. Invite children to bring in and share their family's favorite book.

Have children bring in pictures of themselves as babies. Display these pictures. Invite them to tell stories about "My Life As a Baby."

Invite Grandmothers and Grandfathers to the center for a special tea and sing this song to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean:"

My Grandma is coming to visit,
My Grandma is coming to play.
My Grandma is coming to visit,
She's coming to visit today.

Refrain:
Waiting, waiting,
Oh waiting for Grandma today, today.
Waiting, waiting,
Oh waiting for Grandma today.
We'll go for a walk in the park,
We'll go for a walk in the zoo,
We'll go for a walk in the park,
I'll hope she will be her soon.

My Grandpa is coming to visit, . . .

Be My Friend
(Sung to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
Will you come and play with me?
Play with me, play with me.
Will you come and play with me?
Please be my friend.

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

• Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman. A baby bird asks everyone he meets if they are his mother until he finds her.
• At Grammy's House by Eve Rice. A brother and sister spend a day at Grammy's farm.
• Aunt Nina And Her Nephew And Nieces by Franz Brandenberg. When Aunt Nina gives a birthday party for her cat, the guests receive surprise presents.
• Frog And Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel. In five short chapters, which can be read continuously or as separate stories, Frog and Toad are best friends.
• Hound And Bear by Dick Gackenback. The tricks Hound plays on his friend always seem to backfire. When Hound realizes tricks don't build friendships, he changes his ways and makes a new friend.
• The Not-So-Wicked Stepmother by Lizi Boyd. Expecting her new stepmother to be mean, ugly and horrible, Hessie is surprised to find her not wicked at all.
• One Baby! by Riki Levinson. Danny seeks attention when his aunts and uncles come over to see his new baby sister.
• Trade-In Mother by Marisabina Russo. Max's mother won't do things his way and he threatens to trade her in.
• Your My Nikki by Phyllis Rose Eisenburg. As Mama prepares for her new job, Nikki worries that Mama may forget her.