Nonfiction Storytime Theme: Birds

While not your typical storytime, I think truly implementing a nonfiction theme into your storytime can have really positive effects! While kids love listening to stories, they also have a lot of questions about how the world works and what better way to answer some questions, that to search for those answers in books that are developmentally appropriate for little ones?

Similar to my Wild Animals nonfiction storytime lesson plan, this lesson plan focuses on animals because they tend to be some of the easiest nonfiction themes to implement. What’s great about nonfiction books is that you can easily adapt them to work well for storytime – read just the large print text and leave the smaller explanations for an older audience, or pick and chooses specific pages to read aloud. However you decide to create a nonfiction storytime, I think it’s worth a try and one that opens up even more great books to young children and their caregivers.

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Storytime Theme: Birds (Nonfiction)

Books

• The Bird Book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
• Bird Builds a Nest by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Richard Jones
• Bird Talk: What Birds are Saying and Why by Lita Judge
• Birdsongs by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Steve Jenkins
• Feathers: Not Just for Flying by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen
• Mama Built a Nest by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve Jenkins
• Odd Birds: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Flock by Laura Gehl, illustrated by Gareth Lucas
• What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest? by Rachel Ignotofsky
• Woodpecker Wham! by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Songs & Rhymes

• Five Little Ducks – Super Simple Songs
• Three Little Birds – Bob Marley and the Wailers
• Two Little Blackbirds – Jbrary

Crafts & Activities

• Paper Airplanes – Audubon for Kids
• Orange Bird Feeder – Montessori in Real Life
• Paper Plate Bird Craft – Kids Activities Blog