Bears in Story and Song

Books:

Choose one or several to read together. Take time during the story to talk about the illustrations, and when it makes sense, to ask child to guess what happen next.

Books can be found at the Madison Library in the Children’s Room.

Picture books (these can be found on shelves in the center of the room, color coded with red tape on the spine, in order by author’s last name):

A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
The Winter Visitors by Karel Hayes
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Red Ted and the Lost Things by Michael Rosen
The Little Mouse, the Ripe Red Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood

Easy Reader books (these can be found on the bookcase between the windows, color coded with orange tape on the spine, in order by the author’s last name):

The Bear’s Toothache by David McPhail
A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

Read bear books online with Tumblebooks. Search for bear books using the Tumblesearch box at the upper left.

Song Activity:

Try your hand at the classic children’s movement and song game “Going on a Bear Hunt” where the child repeats each line after you and you both use motions to portray the action of the song. Help it along by keeping a steady rhythm by slapping your thighs for the walking parts of the “hunt.”

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!