Hello everyone! I want to apologize for not having this post up last week. The Youth Department was not in at the library! We hope you are all excited for Zombies Don't Eat Veggies by Megan & Jorge Lacera! Leanna and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Monday, October 19, the kits will be available to pick up for our online storytime.
"Zombies Don't Eat Veggies!" by Megan & Jorge Lacera
Mo Romero is a zombie who loves nothing more than growing, cooking, and eating vegetables. Tomatoes? Tantalizing. Peppers? Pure perfection! The problem? Mo’s parents insist that their niño eat only zombie cuisine, like arm-panadas and finger foods. They tell Mo over and over that zombies don’t eat veggies. But Mo can’t imagine a lifetime of just eating zombie food and giving up his veggies. As he questions his own zombie identity, Mo tries his best to convince his parents to give peas a chance.
You will have the book read to you by actor Jaime Camil. He does such a great job, we hope you enjoy him reading as much as we did!
Kits include:
a borrowed copy of Zombies Don't Eat Veggies by Megan & Jorge Lacera (You must return this book to the library!)
information page
colors game (5 colored corn)
a flyer for this website
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
rhymes/song pages with web links (maraca included)
a veggie craft
3 magnets from the story
stickers
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included corn ear handouts Can You Show Me…? (tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”) Can you show me the yellow corn? yellow corn, yellow corn? Can you show me the yellow corn? And wave it in the air? Pink… orange… red… green Hold It High – Choose one corn from handouts Hold your corn high and stand Now wave it around in gestures grand! Hold your corn below your chin Now hold it way up high again Hold your corn against your nose Now touch the corn to your toes Touch your corn to the ground Now wave that corn all around! Hold your corn in front of you Now turn around – one time, two! Hold your corn and jump up high! Now let your corn fly fly fly (throw it in the air) SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included maraca Creepy Zombies by PinkFong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnLCzixReCQ Halloween Stomp by The Singing Walrus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jieCxKqPk0 A Healthy Meal by PinkFong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ11C-U7S8I Vegetables Song by Cocomelon
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap) Making Soup (Tune: “The Farmer In the Dell”) Let’s make some soup, Let’s make some soup, Put some water in a pot. Stir, it’s getting hot. (move child in a stirring motion) First we add some broth Then we add some salt, Stir the soup in the pot, (move child in a stirring motion) The soup is getting hot. Then we add potatoes, Then we add some corn. Stir the soup in the pot (move child in a stirring motion) The soup is getting hot. Next, we add some carrots, Then we add some peas. Stir the soup in the pot (move child in a stirring motion) The soup is getting hot. Last, we add onions, Celery and spinach, Stir the soup, oh what fun. (move child in a stirring motion) The soup is now done! ACTION RHYMES Five Little Zombies On A Halloween Night Five little zombies on a Halloween night Made a very, very spooky sight The first one danced on his tippy-tip-toes The second one tumbled and bumped his nose The third one jumped high up in the air The fourth one just stood and stared The fifth one sang a Halloween song Five zombies played the whole night long
Hooky Spooky
(tune: “Hokey Pokey”)
Put your zombie arms in, put your zombie arms out,
Put your zombie arms in and shake them all about
Do the Hooky Spooky and everybody shout
“That’s what it’s all about! BRAINS!”
Put your right foot in…
Put your left foot in…
Put your head in…
Put your zombie self in…
The Haunted House
(tune: “Wheels on the Bus”)
The zombie in the house goes “Brains! Brains! Brains!”
“Brains! Brains! Brains! Brains! Brains! Brains!”
The zombie in the house goes “Brains! Brains! Brains!”
On Halloween.
The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
The steps in the house go “Creak, creak, creak”
The people in the house go “Eek, eek, eek”
We Are String Beans
(Tune: “Mary Had A Little Lamb”)
We are string beans, green and fine,
Green and fine, green and fine.
We are green beans, green and fine.
Growing on a leafy vine.
We are carrots, orange and long…we make you big and strong.
We are onions, round and white….we make soup taste right.
MORE LINKS!
Megan and Jorge Lacera’s website: http://www.studiolacera.com/
Lee and Low’s Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies teacher’s guide: https://www.leeandlow.com/books/zombies-don-t-eat-veggies/teachers_guide
Let us know what your little ones thought of Zombies Don't Eat Veggies! What did they think of the activities? Do you have any suggestions for us?
We look forward to continuing storytime in November with The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn and Stellaluna by Janell Cannon!