Genre
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Storytime standouts
Illustration
Big and bold
Colorful
Subject
Animals
Birds

toddler/preschool (birds, actions)
punchy text with bird actions that invite the readers to wiggle and stretch along, combined with Lucy Cousins' bright, cheery illustrations make for a winning storytime share.

"Flap your wings and you can fly, higher and higher, up, up in the sky.
Hop, hop, hop!
Peck, peck, peck!
Now swim along and stretch up your neck. [picture of swan]"

Note that this might be too active for my packed crowds, and probably works best with older toddlers and preschoolers who are pretty good at following directions:
"..then swoop like a starling.
swoop up and down,
swoop round and round." ( )

This book is very colorful, fun, and allows students to use their imagination to picture what it would be like to be a bird. The illustrations in this book a bright and really engaging.

Such joy and happiness!! I will use this book over and over at the library. ( )

Lucy Cousins really delivers with this one! I've used it for Baby (with some of the pages clipped for length), Preschool and Family storytimes and everyone's enjoyed it. This book encourages movement (in particular, the kids loved catching and eating the snake and the fly) and imagination, getting the wiggles out without bringing the energy too far up. ( )