Storytime @ Home: Snakes | Round Rock Public Library

1) Gator, gator, gator!

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Bernstrom, Daniel

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A fearless little girl takes off in search of a giant gator--but she's not going into that swamp alone! No way! She wants YOU, the reader, to come along. Off you go, peering through the lush landscapes, looking for that gator! But each time you think you see it? Oops! Just a fox. Or some ducks! Or a snake. Maybe you'll never find the gator, gator, gator. Readers experience the feeling of being on a real adventure deep in the swamp. Rhyming, repeating,...

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Alligators, slithering snakes, and majestic sea turtles are all members of the diverse reptile family! Readers of this fascinating book will meet these and other incredible reptilian creatures.

3) Snakes on the job

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Dennis, Kathryn

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Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow a crew of snakes as they slide into trucks, operate a crane, and line up at the lunch truck, working together to reach their goal.

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Knot cannot do most of the things that Snake can do, such as slithering and hissing, but has one skill that saves the day when Snake is in danger.

5) First day critter jitters

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"It's almost the first day of school, and the animals are nervous. Sloth worries about getting there on time, snake can't seem to get his backpack fastened onto his body, and bunny is afraid she'll want to hop around instead of sitting still. When they all arrive at their classroom, though, they're in for a surprise: Somebody else is nervous too. It's their teacher, the armadillo! He has rolled in as a ball, and it takes him a while to relax and unfurl....

6) See the cat: three stories about a dog

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LaRochelle, David

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Easy Readers, Talking Book

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What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's...

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Book, eAudiobook, Mixed Media, Talking Book

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A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.

8) I need a hug

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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A little porcupine just wants a hug, but all the other animals shy away from his prickly spikes--except for a snake.

9) Snakes on a train

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Dennis, Kathryn

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Snakes slither and hiss on their train ride.

10) Noah builds an ark

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A storm is coming -- a big one. How does a young urban boy prepare? A lovely allegorical story about ecology and caring inspired by the ancient tale of stewardship. While his family readies his townhouse for an approaching storm, boarding up windows and laying in groceries, Noah heads to the back garden, where beetles are burrowing deeper into the bark and mice are stuffing their hole with moss. Quickly and efficiently, Noah sets to work building...

11) Holy Squawkamole!: little red hen makes guacamole

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Who will help little red hen make guacamole? Not Coati, Snake, Armadillo, or Iguana! But they'll help eat it when it's done...This tasty take on the classic Little red hen story has a deliciously spicy twist.

12) Rattlestiltskin

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In this Southwestern version of Rumplestiltskin, Rosalinda is in debt to the strange little snake man Rattlestiltskin after he teaches her how to make tortillas so light they float in the air, but can she outsmart the trickster and keep her freedom?

13) Wild reptiles: snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and turtles!

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The Kratt brothers activate their creature powers to introduce readers to different types of reptiles and what they can do.

14) Up in the garden and down in the dirt

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Over and under (Messner)

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"Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt."--

15) Garter snakes

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Everyday animals

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Offers a simple introduction to garter snakes, describing their appearance, where they live, what they eat, and common behaviors.--

16) One day in the eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree

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Bernstrom, Daniel

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Book, Talking Book

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Gobbled by a snake, a crafty boy finds a find a way out of his predictament by encouraging the snake to eat an increasing number of animals.

17) Do you really want a snake?

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Do you really want a pet?

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"Several snakes (and the narrator) teach a young boy the responsibility--and the joys--of caring for a pet snake. Includes 'Is this pet right for me?' quiz."--

18) wally wants to hug

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19) Nate the Great and the missing birthday snake

Author

Sharmat, Andrew

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Nate the Great volume 28

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Nate has to try to find a missing pet snake at a birthday party.

20) Class pet mess!

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My weird school (Easy readers)

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Easy Readers, eAudiobook, Talking Book

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Alexia's delighted when Mr. Cooper brings in Bob, a hognose snake, as class pet, but when Bob keels over, is Andrea's toy poodle or Alexia's neglect to blame?