This week at storytime at the Handley Regional Library System we'll celebrate winter wildlife! Come enjoy some great stories and songs this week at any of our three library branches. Type in the tag: #woodlandanimals for plenty of wildly fabulous winter animal book suggestions.
Speaking of winter, it's not too late to sign up for our Winter Reading Challenge and count those storytime books towards your goal! If you haven't signed up yet, head over to our Winter Reading page and learn all about it. Sign up through Beanstack on your computer or phone and head in to Bowman, Handley, or Clarke County Library.
Don't forget that you can help us earn up to $50,000 in free books and author visits! We have a goal of 5,000 minutes read and you can also help us by sharing your progress or telling us what you're reading. Just tag @handleyregional and use the hashtag #WinterRead2020 on Facebook or Instagram.
How about some rhymes and songs to celebrate our winter friends?
Forest
Sung To: "Did You Ever See A Lassie"
If you're ever in the forest,
The forest, the forest,
If you're ever in the forest,
You might see some deer.
With antlers on one;
Another might run.
If you're ever in the forest.
You might see some deer.
Sleepy Bear
(Tune: Thumbkin)
Where is Bear? Where is Bear?
Here I am. Here I am.
How are you this winter?
Very tired, thank you.
Go to sleep. Go to sleep.
Little Skunk’s Hole
Sung to: “Dixie”
Oh, I stuck my head in the little skunk’s hole,
And the little skunk said,
“Well, bless my soul!
Take it out! Take it out! Take it out!
Remove it!”
Oh, I didn’t take it out,
And the little skunk said,
“If you don’t take it out, you’ll wish you had. Take it out! Take it out! Take it out!”
Pheew! I remove it!
Raccoon
Sung To: "Kookaburra"
Raccoon sleeps in a hollow tree
While the sun shines on you and me.
Sleep, raccoon.
Sleep, raccoon,
Warm and cozily.
In the darkest part of night
Raccoon has the best eyesight.
Look raccoon,
Look, raccoon,
My, your eyes are bright.
Raccoon hardly makes a sound
When he prowls all around.
Hunt raccoon,
Hunt raccoon,
Find food on the ground.