Babybug May 2017

Kim and Carrots by Clara Vulliamy
Kim brings the chalk into the garden.

Kim draws a pretty pattern with
the blue and the orange.
Daddy draws some flowers . . .
and Kim colors them yellow.
Daddy thinks Kim is very clever!
Kim draws some green grass
around the flowers.
Then Kim and Carrots wash it all away
with the garden hose.
w me to the Guide for C

Follo ar egiver s! 1
Kangaroo Carpenter
by Pamela Love LArt by Jake Souva
If I could be a kangaroo,
I’d use my pouch to hold my tools.
And would I climb a ladder? No!
I’d jump up where I had to go.
art © 2017 by Jake Souva

Piff and
Her Sandbox City
by Carol L. MacKay LArt by Colleen Madden
Piff is not a baby. She is a builder!

She makes a winding road
to Grandma’s house.
She digs swimming pools.
along the avenues.
She plants trees
text © 2017 by Carol L. MacKay, art © 2017 by Colleen Madden

She helps kittens down
from the telephone poles!
She watches over her city and 2
does great, big, wonderful things.

Ice-Cream Cone by Heidi Bee Roemer
Art by Abby Carter
Sticky, tricky,
cold and sweet.
Quickly, eat your
creamy treat.
text © 2017 by Heidi Bee Roemer, art © 2017 by Abby Carter

Licky, drippy,
Oops. Kersplat!
Ploppy, plippy,
in your lap.
A FIRST CONCEPT
Green In-Between
by Carrie Finison
Art by Michele Noiset
Sister likes
yellow.
Brother likes
blue.
What I like is something
in-between.
Sister paints
yellow.
Brother paints blue.

3
I mix them up
and paint with green.
Sandbox
by Jestine Ware
Dig and pour. Shape and smoosh.

D
Welcome to my
sandbox!
Pat and push. Scoop and sift..
Beep beep. Sand

coming through!
Little Riddle
by Kurt Metzler
Art by Maine Diaz
I’m climbing in the morning.

At noon I’m overhead.
I paint the sky bright red and gold
Before I go to bed.
What a
m I? T
he
sun
!
art © 2017 by Maine Diaz
BABYBUG is for babies who love to be read to—and for adults who love to read to them.
Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of this “my backyard” issue of BABYBUG.
1. Kim and Carrots: Whether your child uses chalk or actually very short stories. Not only are they building
a bucket of water and a wide paintbrush, the sidewalk miniature cities, they’re also building strong narrative
makes an ideal canvas for toddler art. Try dipping comprehension.
sidewalk chalk in water-filled muffin tins for even
brighter colors. 3. Green In-Between: Young children are fascinated
when their actions create change. Help your child explore
2. Piff and Her Sandbox City: Toddlers delight in what happens when he squeezes a ball of yellow play
playing with sand, perhaps fascinated by how it can be dough and a ball of blue together. Or take two tubs of
mixed, squished, and molded. But in addition to being a water outdoors on a warm day. Put a few drops of yellow
rich sensory experience, sand play links directly to early food coloring in one and a few drops of blue in the other.
literacy. Like Piff, who busily rescues kittens and builds Add some plastic bowls and pitchers to play
roads in her sandbox city, children playing with sand with. Before long, you’ll both be seeing green.
discover ways to construct and play out scenes that are – Sally Nurss, M.Ed.
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Grateful acknowledgment is given to the following publishers and copyright owners for permission to reprint selections from their publications. All possible care has been taken to trace
ownership and secure permission for each selection. “Kim and Carrots,” text and art © 2000 by Clara Vulliamy; “Green In-Between,” text © 2012 by Carrie Finison, art © 2012 by Michelle
Noiset; “Little Riddle,” text © 2005 by Kurt Metzler; “Let’s Explore: Sandbox,” photo credits are as follows: 20 (TC) Master1305/Shutterstock.com, 20 (LC) Nik Merkulov/Shutterstock.com,
20 (RB) Osokina Liudmila/Shutterstock.com, 21 (LT) Halfpoint/Shutterstock.com, 21 (RT) © klankhoon, 21 (RC) AGorohov/Shutterstock.com, 21 (LB) GeniusKp/Shutterstock.com, 21 (RB)
pavla/Shutterstock.com; photo credits accompanying “Guide for Caregivers” are as follows (from left to right): 2p2play/Shutterstock.com, Sokolova Maryna/Shutterstock.com, Amelia Fox/
Shutterstock.com, Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com.
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Kim and Carrots by Clara Vulliamy

Kim brings the chalk into the garden.

w me to the Guide for C

I’d use my pouch to hold my tools.

And would I climb a ladder? No!

I’d jump up where I had to go.

art © 2017 by Jake Souva

Piff is not a baby. She is a builder!

text © 2017 by Carol L. MacKay, art © 2017 by Colleen Madden

does great, big, wonderful things.

text © 2017 by Heidi Bee Roemer, art © 2017 by Abby Carter

Brother paints blue.

Dig and pour. Shape and smoosh.

Beep beep. Sand

I’m climbing in the morning.

See all our new products at:

Look for these things in this BABYBUG.

May/June 2017 Volume 23 Number 5 cricketmedia.com $5.00

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