Scarecrows

Submitted By

1. Others

Story Books

1. Barn dance
   • Bill Martin
   Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.  
2. Nothing at all
   • Denys Cazet
   Early one morning, a little scarecrow whose father warns him that he is not fierce enough to frighten a crow goes out into the cornfield alone.  
3. Shoo crow shoo
   • Dana Rau
   A scarecrow is too friendly to do the job for which it was made.  
4. The Scarecrow's dance
   • Jane Yolen
   A scarecrow happily dances away from his post one windy night, until a child's prayer teaches him how important he is to the farm.  
5. The Scarecrow's hat
   • Ken Brown
   Chicken thinks Scarecrow's hat will make a nice nest, but first she must swap with Badger, Crow, Sheep, Owl and Donkey.
6. Scarecrow
   • Cynthia Rylant
   Although made of straw and borrowed clothes, a scarecrow appreciates his peaceful, gentle life and the privilege of watching nature at work.

Story Songs

1. Scarecrow, scarecrow

   [more of a chant]

   Scarecrow, scarecrow turn around

   Scarecrow, scarecrow touch the ground

   Scarecrow, scarecrow stretch up high

   Scarecrow, scarecrow blink your eye

   Scarecrow, scarecrow kick your feet

   Scarecrow, scarecrow flap like a sheet

   Scarecrow, scarecrow bend so low

   Scarecrow, scarecrow touch your toe

   Scarecrow, scarecrow nod your head

   Scarecrow, scarecrow go to bed.

2. Scarecrow

   [more of a chant]

   Scarecrow - what do you know?

   Guard the corn and watch it grow.

   If the birds fly in to eat

   I'll wave my arms and stomp my feet.