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Fall Animal Friends Storytimes

We’re heading to the forest this week to find some fall animals friends. First stop, the library! 


Search our catalog for the tag: #woodlandanimals for great books to place on hold or come into the library and see all that we have to offer! You can check out books such as, Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert, Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around by Claudia Rueda, Forest Tracks by Dee-Dee Duffy, Over in the Forest by Marianne Berkes, and The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri. Scroll down to the song activities to download a Raccoon Mask you can color and act out while you explore the forest and sing a song!

Fall Animal Friends Book Graphic

Don’t forget to check our library calendar for this weeks’ online programs. You can even create your own storytime at home with songs, rhymes and activities.

Raccoon (Download your Raccoon Mask Here!)
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.

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.

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 removed it!

Sleepy Bear
Sung to: 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.