Six More Weeks of Winter…Say It Isn’t So!

I know it is two days until Groundhog Day, but I am pretty certain that furry little creature is going to see his shadow and scurry back into the warmth of his cozy burrow for another six weeks. It’s okay. I am resigned to it. The library story room is warm and comfy and filled with fun. We will continue sharing stories and songs, fingerplays and giggles. So, don’t even check to see what the groundhog sees. It doesn’t matter. We will enjoy the next six weeks regardless.

 

Groundhog Day by Margaret McNamara  Wake Up, Groundhog! By Susan Korman Gregory’s Shadow by Don Freeman It’s Groundhog Day by Steven Kroll

Go To Sleep, Groundhog! By Judy Cox Substitute Groundhog by Pat Miller Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather  by Bruce Koscielniak Gretchen Groundhog, It’s Your Day! by Abby Levine

 

A LITTLE GROUNDHOG "I'm A Little Teapot" Here's a little groundhog, furry and brown, He's popping up to look around. If he sees his shadow, down he'll go. Then six more weeks of winter - oh, no! I'M A LITTLE GROUNDHOG I'm a little groundhog, Furry and Brown. When winter comes I sleep underground. I'm curled up As cozy as can be. When it's spring, Please wake me!

CAN YOU PLAY? "Frere Jacques" Little groundhog, little groundhog, Can you play, can you play? Popping up your head, Popping up your head, Can you play? Don't run away. Little Groundhog, Little groundhog, Can you play, can you play? Running all around, On the cold hard ground Can you play? Please, please stay! Little groundhog, little groundhog, Can you play, can you play? You can't see your shadow, You can't see your shadow, Here comes spring, hip hurray!

On Groundhog's Day "Mary Had a Little Lamb" Do you see your shadow, shadow, shadow? Do you see your shadow? On Groundhog's Day. Yes, I see my shadow, shadow, shadow, Yes, I see my shadow On Groundhog's Day. I don't see my shadow, shadow, shadow, I don't see my shadow On Groundhog's Day. I'm A Little Groundhog I'm a little groundhog, it's my day. Wake and stretch; go out and play. Down in my burrow, down so deep, Time to wake up, from my long winter's sleep. Grumble, grumble, scratch, scratch, Grunt, grunt, yawn. I'll eat my breakfast in your front lawn. I'm a little groundhog, it's my day. Wake and stretch; go out and play.

 

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