Storytime Theme: Football
The football season here in the U.S. will be starting soon and I wanted to make sure we had a great fall storytime lesson plan that was ready to go for a beloved American pastime. Now, personally, I’m not one to watch a lot of sports (except international climbing), but football is a HUGE in a lot of country and kids love playing catch in the backyard. My nephew loves just about every single sport out there, but he’s been really excited about football in the past couple of years.
I was honestly surprised by how few picture books are out there about football. In fact, I had to really search to find enough books to put on this list! But, no worries, there are plenty of titles to choose from here – some are more recent than others, but check your local library for some of the older titles, we librarians tend to hold on to a lot of stuff! Check out the Gail Gibbons book. Gibbons is a prolific children’s book author who has written dozens of nonfiction titles about all sorts of topics!
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Storytime Theme: Football
Books
- Dino-Football by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Barry Gott
- Don’t Throw It to Mo! by David A. Adler, illustrated by Sam Ricks
- Football with Dad by Frank Berrios, illustrated by Brian Biggs
- Goodnight Football by Michael Dahl, illustrated by Christina Forshay
- Hooray for Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
- Kick, Pass, and Run by Leonard Kessler
- Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry G. Allard Jr., illustrated by James Marshall
- My Football Book by Gail Gibbons
- Touchdown! My Football Book by David Diehl
Songs & Rhymes
- Five Little Footballs – Adventures of a Bookworm
- Football, Football, Where Do You Hide? – Literary Hoots
- Huddle, Huddle, Huddle All Along – The Wiggles
Crafts & Activities
- Easy Football Craft – Crafts on Sea
- Football Counting Activity – Playdough to Plato
- Football Matching Game – Pink Oatmeal