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Alligators and Crocodiles:
See You Later, Alligator Alphabet:
Alphabet Soup Autumn:
Fall, Leaves, Fall Babies:
I Kissed the Baby Balloons:
Up, Up, and Away!Bathtime:
Everybody Wash Bears:
Going on a Bear Hunt Bedtime:
Time for Bed Birds:
Birds of a Feather Bodies:
A Body of My Own Books:
I Love to Read Bugs:
Creepy Crawly Critters Butterflies:
Fly Away Home Cars and More Things on Wheels:
Going, Going, Gone!Cats:
Here Kitty!Christmas (Secular):
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Christmas (Religious):
Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him Clothes:
Time to Get Dressed Clouds:
I'm a Little Cloud Colors:
Color My World Cookies:
C is for Cookie Cows:
Happy Cows Dads:
My Dad Dancing:
I've Got Rhythm!Dinosaurs:
Stomp, Stomp, Roar Dogs:
Woof! Arf! Bark!Ducks:
Just Ducky
Easter:
Easter Parade
Elephants:
Elephant Walk Emotions:
The Way I Feel Farm Animals:
Down on the Farm Fish and Oceans:
Commotion in the Ocean Flowers:
A Rose By Any Other Name Food:
I'm Hungry Friends:
Will You Be My Friend?Frogs:
Jump, Frog, Jump! Gardens:
In My Pretty Garden Halloween:
Trick or Treat!Hats:
We Wear Many Hats Houses:
No Place Like Home Mice:
Quiet As a Mouse Moms:
My Mom Monkeys:
Silly Monkeys Monsters:
You Don't Scare Me!Moon:
Fly Me to the Moon Numbers:
I Can Count Pigs:
This Little Piggy Pizza:
Let's Make a Pizza Rabbits:
I Love My Bunny Rain:
Rain Makes Applesauce St. Patrick's Day:
Not Easy Being Green Sickness:
Get Well Soon Snakes:
Slithery Snakes Snow:
Let It Snow!Soup:
Soup's On!Space:
Space Race Spring:
Spring Is Here!Summer:
What Do You Do in the Summer Time? Thanksgiving:
Let's Give Thanks Trains:
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo Trees:
In the Leafy Treetops Turtles:
Slowly But Surely Valentine's Day:
Hugs and Kisses Winter:
When It Starts To Snow Wolves:
The Wolf is Coming!

There's No Place Like Home

	A House Is a House For Me by Mary Ann Hoberman Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Lists in rhyme the dwellings of various animals and things.

Song

The House

This is the roof of the house so good.
[Hold up hands, finger tips touching, hands spread apart at bottom.]
These are the walls that are made of wood.
[Extend hands parallel.]
These are the windows that let in the light.
[Make a square by extending index fingers up, thumbs out.]
This is the door that shuts so tight.
[Make a square by extending index fingers up, thumbs out.]
This is the chimney so straight and tall.
[Raise index fingers.]
What a good house for us, one and all!
[Extend hands in front, parallel to each other.]

	Building a House by Byron Barton Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Briefly describes the steps in building a house.

Flannel Board

[Artfelt has a The Three Little Pigs felt puppet set.]

The Three Little Pigs

There was a little pig,
And he built himself a house,
For the Wolf was eating
Every pig he saw, saw, saw.
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With straw, straw, straw.

A second little pig,
Built himself a little house,
When he heard the Wolf was
Eating all the pigs, pigs, pigs,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf ate him soon enough,
For the silly pig had built his house
With twigs, twigs, twigs.

Another little pig,
Built himself a little house,
But he never thought of
Using straw or sticks, sticks, sticks,
With a huff and then a puff,
Old Wolf blew, but not enough,
For this pig got wise and built his house
With bricks, bricks, bricks.

The House That Jack Built
by Simms Taback
Age Level: Preschool and up

Synopsis: Caldecott Award-winner Simms Taback infuses this favorite children's rhyme with his distinctive, creative flair and humor. His Jack builds a house like no other and fills it with cheeses from all nations, which of course attracts the rat that stirs up the cat. Taback takes the usual cast of characters in this classic cumulative rhyme and presents each in a funny new light that will keep readers laughing. His addition at the end neatly fits an appropriate character into Jack's story and makes his telling even more unique.

Song

Building a House

I'm going to build a little house,
[Form arch over head.]
With windows big and bright.
[Circles around eyes.]
With chimney tall and curling smoke
drifting out of sight.
[Stretch up arms, make drifting motion.]
In winter when the snowflakes fall,
[Flutter hands down.]
Or when I hear a storm,
[Cup hand to ear.]
I'll go inside my little house,
[Crouch inside.]
And I'll be safe and warm.
[Hug self or child.]

	Bunny Bungalow by Cynthia Rylant Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A family of rabbits moves into a cozy bungalow which they decorate and make into a perfect bunny home.

Song

Tap at the Door

Tap at the door,
[Tap one hand with fingers of other.]
Peep in,
[Form fingers into rings around eyes.]
Turn the knob,
[Make turning motion with other hand.]
Walk in,
[Walk fingers of one hand on palm of other.]
And - shut the door!
[Clap loudly.]

	The Napping House by Audrey Wood Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

	The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

Films

	Keeping House by Margaret Mahy Age Level: PreK-2
Synopsis: Ashamed to let the housekeeper see how untidy her house has become, Lizzie Firkin cleans it herself.

	The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi Age Level: PreK-2
Synopsis: A grandmother explains to her listeners why in their village on the side of a volcano the men live in square houses and the women in round ones.

	Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema Age Level: PreK-2
Synopsis: Rabbit has a problem: someone is inside her house and won't let her in.

More Books to Read On Your Own

Alfie Gets in First
by Shirley Hughes
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Alfie accidentally locks himself in the house alone.

Animal Homes
by Brian Wildsmith
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Animals including the armadillo, walrus, beaver, eagle, chameleon, wolf, and brown bear are pictured in their homes and briefly described.

Animal House
by Melissa Bay Mathis
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Various animals offer suggestions to make a children's treehouse a fun place to play.

Home for a Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Generations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his journey to find a home.

A House for Hermit Crab
by Eric Carle
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.

In Our House
by Anne Rockwell
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A member of the Bear family explores the rooms in their house, relating all the activities that take place there to make their house a happy home.

Lizard's Home
by George Shannon
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: When Snake starts sleeping on the rock where Lizard lives, Lizard must figure out how to get his home back.

Roxaboxen
by Barbara McLerran
Age Level: Kindergarten and up
Synopsis: A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.

This Is a House
by Colleen Bare
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Follows, in text and photographs, the building of a house from the architectural plans to moving-in day.

Where Do I Live?
by Neil Chesanow
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: "Your home is the place where your room is. It's the place where you live. Of course, you don't live at home all by yourself. Other people live there with you. They are your family."

Where Does a Pig Live?
by Paul Harvey
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A guessing game book.

More Songs for at Home

Houses

Here is a nest for the robin;
[Cup both hands.]
Here is a hive for the bee;
[Fists together.]
Here is a hole for the bunny;
[Finger and thumb make a circle.]
And here is a house for ME!
[Fingertips together to make a roof.]

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