Australia Storytime

Theme: Australia


When I find a really cute book I usually end up planning my storytime around it's theme. For this week's storytime I found"Wombat Walkabout" by Carol Diggory Shields illustrated by Sophie Blackall in our new books. I love this book so I had to do an Australia theme. "Wombat Walkabout" is a great book for storytime because it is ADORABLE! The little wombats each have their own name and personality which the children love to follow. At the end of the story I always ask the kids which Wombat is their favorite. Not only is "Wombat Walkabout" adorable it has some great educational componants as well. Each wombat goes missing one at a time so that you subtract and count down as you read each page. The books is obvisouly great for learning about Australia, for instance children are introduced to Australian terms like Wombat, Kukaburra, Golden Wattle, Dingo, Billabong, and of course Walkabout.


My next book was "Big Rain Coming" by Katrina Germein illustrated by Bronwyn Bancroft.


This is a very simple and easy book perfect for three and four year olds. The illustrations are beautiful and shows the cultural side of Australia.

My last book I read for my Australia storytime is "Where to Little Wombat?" by Charles Fuge. This books is our funny book for the morning. Little Wombat is put in compromising positions as he finds a new home. For instance his head gets stuck in the mole hole or he falls into the wet pond. The "Little Wombat" series is cute and I use it a lot for back up stories.


Overall the Australia Storytime went well!