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Hedgehog image copyright 2005 by  Lois EhlertOnline Storytime - RABBITS

Today's Stories
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Playtime With Rosie Rabbit by Patrick Yee
Playtime With Rosie Rabbit

by Patrick Yee

Rabbits and Raindrops by Jim Arnosky
Rabbits and Raindrops

by Jim Arnosky

The Runaway Bunny
and
Bunny's Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Bunny’s Noisy Book
by Margaret Wise Brown

Where Is It? by Tana Hoban

Lettice the Flying Rabbit by Mandy Stanley
Lettice the Flying Rabbit

by Mandy Stanley

Tick-tock, Drop-drop! A Bedtime Story by Nicola Moon
Tick-tock, Drip-drop!
A Bedtime Story

by Nicola Moon

Tickle Tum! by Nancy Van Laan
Tickle Tum!

by Nancy Van Laan

Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt
Pat the Bunny

by Dorothy Kunhardt

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
My Friend Rabbit

by Eric Rohmann

Online story times are designed to introduce your child to language, literature and the library. By exposing your toddler to a wide variety of the best books available and making reading an everyday part of life, you will lay the foundations for a lifelong love of reading.

Learn more about Toddler Story Times.
Check the calendar for Babies & Books and Tales for Twos story times.

Fun Activities

Sign Language
Rabbit: Cross your hands at the wrists, palms facing away from each other. Extend your index and middle fingers of each hand (fingers kept together) and quickly bend the fingers twice, like a rabbit’s ears twitching.

Play Time
Animal riddles are good for times when you are waiting for things to happen (such as being called into the doctor’s office). Try these:

I eat grass. I say moo. What am I?
I gallop. I trot. My hooves go clip, clop. What am I?
I have feathers. I peck and peck. I say cluck, cluck. What am I?

Songs & Nursery Rhymes

Little Rabbit
I saw a little rabbit go hop, hop, hop.
(hop in place)
I saw his long ears go flop, flop, flop.
(“flop” hands over head)
I saw his little eyes go wink, wink, wink.
(blink eyes)
I saw his little nose go twink, twink, twink.
white bunny rabbit(wiggle nose)
I said, “Little Rabbit, won’t you stay?”
(make beckoning motion)
He looked at me and…hopped away!
(hop quickly)

Five Rabbits
Five rabbits were hiding
(clenched fist)
In the woods one day.
1-2-3-4-5 jumped out
(fingers come out as they count)
And then they ran away.
(imitate running with fingers.)

I Caught A Hare
One, Two, Three, Four, Five
(hold up one hand, count fingers)
I caught a hare alive
(close fist)
Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
(count fingers on other hand)
I let it go again.

Roll and Clap
Roll your hands so slowly,
as slowly as can be;
Roll your hands so slowly,
And fold your arms like me.

Roll your hands so quickly,
As quickly as can be;
Roll your hands so quickly,
And fold your arms like me.

Clap your hands so softly,
As softly as can be,
Clap your hands so softly,
And fold your arms like me.

Clap your hands so smartly,
As smartly as can be;
Clap your hands so smartly,
And fold your arms like me.

During the Springblue flowers coming out of the ground
During the Spring, it often showers
(flutter fingers down)
Or the sun shines for many hours
(form circle in the air with arms)
Both are good for the flowers!
(cup each hand and extend arms like flowers)

 
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