Storytime Family Resources

If you're missing Storytime as much as Amanda and Jaime (our youth services librarians), visit this page or look for us on Facebook and Instagram for videos and ideas to help you have a mini Storytime at home.

This page will be regularly updated with all the Storytime links we've posted so far.
 

Storytime Videos from our youth librarians:

• Storytime at Home - "Bunnies Sleeping" song
   
• Farmyard Storytime - "Washing Baby's Back"
   
• Farmyard Storytime - "I Saw a Snake Go By Today" and "Eye Winker, Tom Tinker"
   
• Storytime at Home - "Rainbow Kittens" story
   
• Farmyard Storytime - "Dance Your Fingers Up" and "Slowly, Slowly" action rhymes
   
• Farmyard Storytime - "Dandy Pandy" song
   
• Storytime at Home - "Heckity Peckity" song/game
   
• Farmyard Storytime - "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" song
   
• Farmyard Storytime - "Rickety, Rickety Rocking Horse" and "Mother and Father and Uncle John" bounces
   

Digital books & book recordings:
 

• Storyline Online - Popular picture books read by famous people.
   
• TumbleBooks Library - Animated talking picture books available through WCCLS. Here are some of our favorite videos:
   
  • "I Must Have Bobo," by Eileen Rosenthal 
     
  • "Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do," by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
     
  • "Ira Crumb Feels the Feelings," by Nasreem Hrab
     
  • "You are Stardust," by Elin Kelsey
     
  • "Baby Animals Playing," by Suzi Eszterhas
     
• International Children's Digital Library - Free stories from around the world.
   
• #OperationStorytime - Authors, illustrators, and actors are reading books and recording activities for kids stuck at home. 
   
• "Quiet," by Tomie dePaola - Picture book video.
   
• "The Popcorn Book," by Tomie dePaola - Picture book video. This reader does a great job of practicing narrative skills. It’s OK to interrupt the story to talk about or explain what’s going on in the pictures.
   
• "Hello Baby!" by Mem Fox
   
• Goodnight With Dolly - A 10-week special series of weekly videos featuring Dolly Parton reading bedtime books.
   

Songs & Action Rhymes:
 

• Rhyme, Sing, and Play - Digital booklet of storytime songs and activities

   

• Jbrary - An amazing duo that has recorded lots of songs, fingerplays, baby bounces, and more for you to learn to do with your little ones. Here are some we'd recommend:
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  • "On My Foot There Is a Flea" fingerplay and tickle song
     
  • "There Was A Man" fingerplay
     
  • "Tall Trees" song
     
  • "Bread and Butter" rhythmic chant
     
  • "Here's a Cup" action rhyme
     
  • "A Hippopotamus Got On a City Bus" bounce song
     
  • "Hoot Hoot Went the Little Brown Owl" song 
     
• "A Root Chy Cha," sung by The Learning Station
   
• "The Goldfish," song by Laurie Berkner
   
• "Popcorn" - Action rhyme. When doing this with kids 18 months and older, have them jump on “pop” and jump forward on “corn in the pot.” Have them rock side to side on “shake it.” Ask them to jump extra high on the final “Popcorn!”
   
• "Silly Dance Contest," song by Jim Gill

​​Crafts & Coloring:
 

• Alphabet coloring sheets from 123kidsfun.com
   
• The Crafty Crow - Crafting ideas you can sort by age group, season, and more.