Squeaky Clean by Simon Puttock Age Level: Toddler and up

Synopsis: Mama Pig's new little piglets are all clean and beautiful but, being piglets, they soon get grubby. Straight into the bath they go, but not without protesting that they do not WANT to be clean! Mama Pig entices them with rubber ducks and lots and lots of bubbles, and now the three piglets can?t wait to go out and get dirty so they can have ANOTHER bath. But one bath a day is more than enough for Mama Pig!

Flannel Board

	To Bathe a Boa by C. Imbior Kudrna Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: At bathtime a youngster has to struggle to get his recalcitrant pet boa into the tub.

Song

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Rub-A-Dub-Dub
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker.
Turn 'em out, knaves all three.
And how do you think they got there?
They all jumped out of a rotten potato,
'Twas enough to make a man stare.

	I Don't Want to Take a Bath by Julie Sykes Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: "I don't want to take a bath!" cries Little Tiger. Even though Mommy Tiger tells him taking a bath is fun, Little Tiger does not agree, and off he scampers into the jungle to play. He grows dirtier and dirtier and none of his friends mind - that is until Little Tiger meets Peacock.

Song

The Lady with the Alligator Purse by Mary Ann Hoberman Age Level: Toddler and up

Synopsis: "Miss Lucy had a baby, his name was Tiny Tim. She put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim." This silly rhyme features a joyfully portrayed cast of characters. The Lady's purse appears to be real alligator; its back opens up magically to produce pizza. The rest of the loony people include a goofy doctor and nurse and the intrepid Tiny Tim, who attempts to swallow a whole bathtub in one zany picture.

Films

	The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble Age Level: K-2
Synopsis: Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.

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More Books to Read On Your Own

Max's Bath
by Rosemary Wells
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Ruby gives her brother Max two baths, but he winds up dirtier than ever.

Harry, the Dirty Dog
by Gene Zion
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him as a black dog with white spots.

Pig Sty
by Mark Teague
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: When Wendell doesn't clean up his room, a whole herd of pigs comes to live with him.

The Beast in the Bathtub
by Kathleen Stevens
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Lewis gets into mischief with an imaginary beast in the bathtub while his parents are watching television.

Time to Get Out of the Bath, Shirley
by John Burningham
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: During her bath Shirley is off on a series of imaginative adventures about which her mother, tidying up the bathroom, has no idea.

There's a Hippo in My Bath!
by Kyoko Matsuoka
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A turtle, two penguins, a hippo, and a host of other unlikely animals join a young boy in his bath.

Dirt Boy
by Erik Jon Slangerup
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: To avoid taking a bath, Fister Farnello runs away from home and is befriended by Dirt Man, a filthy giant who lives in the woods.

Five Minutes Peace
by Jill Murphy
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A mother elephant finally finds some peace in the bathtub.

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More Songs for at Home

Miss Lucy

Miss Lucy had a baby
She named him Tiny Tim
She put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim
He drank up all the water
He ate up all the soap
He tried to eat the bathtub
But it wouldn't go down his throat

Miss Lucy called the Docter
Miss Lucy called the Nurse
Miss Lucy called the Lady
With the Alligator Purse

Mumps said the Doctor
Measles said the Nurse
Nothing said the Lady
With the Alligator Purse

Out went the Doctor
Out went the Nurse
Out went the Lady
With the Alligator Purse.

The Mulberry Bush

Here we go 'round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush,
So early in the morning.

This is the way we wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
So early Monday morning.

This is the way we iron our clothes,
Iron our clothes, iron our clothes.
This is the way we iron our clothes,
So early Tuesday morning.

This is the way we mend our clothes,
Mend our clothes, mend our clothes.
This is the way we mend our clothes,
So early Wednesday morning.

This is the way we sweep the floor,
Sweep the floor, sweep the floor.
This is the way we sweep the floor,
So early Thursday morning.

This is the way we scrub the floor,
Scrub the floor, scrub the floor.
This is the way we scrub the floor,
So early Friday morning.

This is the way we bake our bread,
Bake our bread, bake our bread.
This is the way we bake our bread,
So early Saturday morning.

This is the way we go to church,
Go to church, go to church.
This is the way we go to church,
So early Sunday morning.

My Bath

Getting in the bathtub is so much fun, you see;
Ducks and trucks and sailboats
[Point to pretend toys.]
All waiting there for me.
[Point to self.]
I guide them through the bubbles,
["Swim" hands up and down.]
Then put them in their place.
Then Mommy always asks me:
"Did you wash your face?"
[Pretend to wash face.]

Bathtub Time

A rubber duck and a sailboat;
I watch my bath toys sink and float.
They keep me company in the tub
'Til Mommy makes me soap and scrub
I love to take a bath each night,
And go to bed all clean and bright!

Notes

I won't reprint it here for copyright reasons, but Take Me Out of the Bathtub (Tune: "Take Me Out to the Ballgame") from the book by the same name is a great, great song to include.

Also for copyright reasons, I can't reprint the text to "Rubber Ducky" from Sesame Street although I highly recommend it's use with this storytime theme.