Books To Make Into Flannel Board

  • A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock
  • Arthur's Valentine by Marc Brown- I created the valentines and pieces and would give each child a chocolate kiss (after I checked to make sure no one was allergic to chocolate- you could give a picture of a hershey kiss instead)
  • Bears in the Night by Stan Berenstain
  • Bertie and the Bear by Pamela Allen
  • Brown bear, brown bear.  Carle.
  • Drummer Hoff by Ed Emberly
  • Freight train. Crews.
  • Goodnight owl.  Hutchins
  • Have you seen the Crocodile by Colin West
  • Henny Penny illus by Paul Galdone
  • Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian- flannel girl dressed in her costume, have her set up before the students arrive. You take off the costume as the story progresses
  • It looked like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw - I traced the shapes on white flannel
  • Monkey face.  Asch.
  • My. Gumpy's outong.  Burningham.
  • No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold
  • Not true flannel stories:
  • One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogriam
  • One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevirtz
  • Over in the Meadow illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Rain. Kalan.
  • Sam who never forgets.  Rice.
  • Ten Apples Up On Top by Theo LeSieg- I cut out red flannel apples to add to the characters
  • The Biggest Sandwich Ever – with all the layers
  • The Carrot Seed – large carrot hidden behind a brown flannel cloth
  • The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins- I cut out a dozen tan flannel circles to look like cookies and used red yarn to divide the set as another guest rang the doorbell
  • The Gingerbread Boy illus by Paul Galdone
  • The Little Red Hen illus by Paul Galdone
  • Three bears.  Barton.


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