“A House for Birdie” is a book written by Stuart J. Murphy about a bird who doesn’t have a house. His friends help him find the perfect house. I took my inspiration from Wendy at Flannel Board Fun and added a few more details. With the way the birds and houses are designed there is opportunity to discussing relative size, colors, and matching.
Fiction
Cat and Mouse in the Night by Tomek Bogacki
Happy by Emma Dodd
Hooray for Today by Brian Won
Hoot Hoot! by Richard Powell
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan
Little Owl’s Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeny
Night Owl by Toni Yuly
Owlet’s First Flight by Mitra Modarressi
Wow! said the Owl by Tim Hopgood
Non-fiction
The Little Owl & The Big Tree: A Christmas Story
An Owl Sat Alone on the Branch of a Tree
from King County Library
An owl sat alone on the branch of a tree, Use arm as branch; holding owl puppet
And she was as quiet as quiet could be.
‘Twas night and her eyes were wide open like this; Circle eyes with fingers and look around
She looked all around, not a thing did she miss.
Some little birds perched on the branch of the tree, Fingers of other hand fly on tree
And sat there as quiet as quiet could be.
The solemn old owl said “whoo-whoo-whoo,”
And up jumped the birds and away they flew. Wave hand away, fluttering fingers behind back
Wide-Eyed Owl
There’s a wide-eyed owl circle your eyes with your hands
With a pointed nose make a beak with your fingers
Two pointed ears make ears with your fingers
And claws for toes wiggle your “claws”
He lives way up in the tree point way up
And when he looks at you point to children
He flaps his wings flap your wings
And says, “Whoo! Whoo!” say “whoo”
Folkmanis Screech Owl-I use this puppet with the fingerplay “An Owl Sat Alone on the Branch of a Tree”
This is a fun hide-and-seek game for storytime. Before we begin I have hidden the owl behind on of the trees. I like using all of the different colors because it is visually interesting and helps to reinforce color recognition. You could always add more colors if you want each round of the game to last longer. This particular owl is a piece of clip art that I had printed off and stuck a circle of Velcro to. The paper is thin enough that you can’t see a bulge from the tree that he is hiding behind.
Owl, owl, where do you hide?
Are you in the (color) tree? Let’s peek inside!
Storytime Shenanigans 