My Baby
Monsters

It's time to rhyme with cat… well, what do you think about that?

Once upon a time there was an ugly old cat
who liked to eat a sandwich of rat.
His friend, he was a person of fat,
who lived in England in a little square flat.
He sat on a chair where the hairy rat sat
and made it squish squash until it was flat.
But it was still alive, that rat for the cat,
and it crawled outside and sat on the welcome mat.

Have fun,
– Josie

Note to parents and educators: learn more about
Storytelling Games.

Add on to this "And Then" story to see what happens next.

Once upon a time
a little boy and his mommy went to the circus
to see the acrobats,
and eat cotton candy (which is Candyfloss in Danish),
and bounce in the bouncy house.

AND THEN

the bouncy house sprung a leak
and the boy and his mommy were eaten up by the plastic walls.

AND THEN

the manager of the bouncy house said,
"Why did you ruin this bouncy house?
I didn't buy it,
i rented it!

AND THEN

the boy said, while his mommy was crying,
"We didn't do anything. It just popped
and now we are going to sue you
so we can get our own bouncy house."

AND THEN

the manager said, "What does suing mean?

Have fun,
– Josie

Note to parents and educators: learn more about
"And Then" Storytelling Games.

The yellow flowers don't open when their cold,
they stay inside their house.

But when it's very hot outside,
they open up
so the bees and butterflies
can stop by for a drink.

All flowers have different flavors.

The purple flowers taste like blueberry.
The yellow flowers taste like kiwi.
The green flowers tasts like bananas.
The blue flowers tasts of coconuts.
The white flowers taste like snow.

Have fun,
– Josie

I want to swim under the sea with the clowns… just like in Nemo. What do you think this clown is doing?

Is he in the circus? Is he on vacation? I'd love to see your story.

Get the FREE Diving for Clowns Coloring Page (right-click to download) WRITE your story, COLOR your picture, SHARE your art. . . Find more FREE coloring pages at The My Baby Monsters Children's Storytelling Library or at This Storytelling Coloring Page was featured on the My Baby Monsters children's story sharing podcast, episode 8.5: Travel and Holiday / Vacation Stories [podcast]

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How to make great art:

1. Print the My Baby Monsters Storytelling Coloring Page (or load it into your favorite painting program)
2. Write on the sound waves.
3. Color the picture.
4. E-mail your new art to sharestories@mybabymonsters.com
5. And I'll add it to My Baby Monsters Children's Art Gallery.

Have fun,
– Josie (and dad)

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My Baby Monsters are not with me now,
they decided to stay at my grandparents' house
for a few extra days.

They like it there a lot.
They get to have ice cream and candy all the time.
And play in their special play house.
And stay up as late as they want.

I was with them over the weekend,
but then I had to come home
cause I had school on Monday.

But not My Baby Monsters.
They get to do whatever they want,
and they didn't want to go to school.

Not fair.

I didn't want to go to school either,
but I had too.
I have to do what I'm told.

Did you know that all aunts are baby monsters?
It's true, cause in Danish,
moster means aunt.

Do you have any baby monsters in your family?

Have fun,
– Josie

They were shooting cannonballs at our house.

Big BIG BOMBS!

I don't know who did it,
I was hiding under my bed.

I was so scared.

And then a cannonball hit our garden
and it eX-ploded,
shooting up dirt 100 feet in the air
and tossing our cucumbers,
tomatoes, and lettuce around
like a salad in a hurricane.

But my nightmare got worse.
It's hard to say what happened next
cause it makes me sad just to think about it…
a cannonball destroyed my Nintendo DS.

Have fun,
– Josie

I love animals… I could talk about them all day, well, okay, not all day, but for a long, long, long, long time. And candy too.

Listen in: The My Baby Monsters story sharing podcast is a collaborative storytelling internet radio program for kids, parents, and teachers. (what's a podcast?)

Stories featured in this podcast (to read or WRITE NOW, just click the link):

• About animals (storytelling game)
• The other day I saw a bear (storytelling game)
• What to do when a porcupine is in your bed
• The penguin who liked to eat popsicle sticks
• Be sure to check out our FREE Bengal Tiger coloring page.

In this show:

• My dad copied one of my favorite Dr. Seuss stories. Do you know which one?
• We also mentioned a few of my favorite podcasts: The SG Show, The Smelly Monkeys, and The Sugar Monster.
• And my dad and I played a lot of storytelling games. He knows a lot about storytelling.

Art of the week B is for Bear: As in I barely got out of there with my life. T-shirts and art for children and adults at My Baby Mon-Store

Have fun,
– Josie (and dad)

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