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Stories and Poems List


Here are some story and poem ideas, and how to prepare and tell them. There are more story ideas here than anything else. Most I haven't seen in books or on the web. All stories in this collection are large print size for easier reading to your Beavers.


Audience Participation StoriesAction — Action stories; stories that have audience participation built into them, and also appear in this list, are listed together on this separate page.

Autumn Leaves — Poem:  Read the poem to your Beavers. Teach them the actions to go with the poem. Then read the poem again while the Beavers perform the actions.

Boy in a Toyshop, AAction — This is a story of a boy whose mother accidently left him in a large store. Beavers follow the actions of the storyteller.

Brown Beaver's Surprise BirthdayAction — This is a story where the Beavers are the sound effects. Brown Beaver has a birthday coming up and his friends try to arrange a surprise birthday party for him.

Butter Bear — A bear who wants to make friends by being something that he isn't. This clever story uses food colouring and bleach to help make the point.

Bed, The — Beavers can participate in this story about a young boy, raised under a bed; along with a dog, cat, mouse, and pig.

Eric the Forgetful Elephant — This story can be told for Remembrance Day. It connects the idea that like Eric, who wore a red ribbon to remember his uncle, we wear a red poppy to remember the men and women who fought for our freedom.

Frontier Thanksgiving, AAction — A sound and action story about a settler and Indian both hunting for a turkey.

Fun at the PondAction — Beavers respond with actions to keywords in this variation of the Beaver story, Fun at the Pond.

Gecko — Large, medium and small animals compete at digging for water during a drought. A woman offers a prize to the winner. Gecko continues to dig long after the others have given up, but he succeeds and wins the prize.

Ghost Story, AAction — On a dark and windy night in October, a timid young girl sits alone in a coach. An old woman and dark man soon join her, but the old woman leaps in fear from the moving coach. Beavers make a sound whenever their character is mentioned.

Gluttonous Wife, The — A wife doesn't want to eat, yet she gets bigger. The husband hides and finds out just how much she does eat, when he's not there.

Good Day Vitamin — When Rusty goes fishing he finds out from Keeo how to get Good Day Vitamins.

Goldenbear and the Three Locks — A mixed up version of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears".

Hopping Fish, The — When a fish decides it would like to hop rather than swim, it meets with indifference, until he finds swimming is a good way to cool off.

How the Bear Got a Short Tail — This is a draw-and-tell story — The bear used to have a long, beautiful tail, but when it got frozen in the ice while ice fishing, it has been short to this day.

How Saturn Got Its Rings — The magical story of rings that used to play throughout the solar system.

Indian Hunter, TheAction — When a tribe goes hungry, an Indian brave goes in search of food for his people. Beavers make a sound whenever their character is mentioned.

The Jack-o'-Lantern Story — While your Beavers get ready for Halloween, tell them the story about the origin of the pumpkin jack-o'-lantern.

King with a Terrible Temper, TheAction — Beavers make a sound whenever their character is mentioned. The king has a major problem with a hideous monster. He will give the hand in marriage of one of his three daughter to anyone who will save the kingdom.

Legend of the Christmas Spiders, The — Spiders inspire a tradition on the Christmas tree.

Little Rap Riding Hood — A rap version of the traditional story.

Little White Duck — A short, repetitive story that Beavers can quickly get into.

Maligned Wolf, The — Red Riding Hood had her side of the story, but now the wolf reveals for the first time the real truth of the story.

Mrs. Jones Shopping CartAction — For this story, each shopping item has an action and/or sound.

Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle,The — A variation on a Brother's Grim story, children love the repetitiveness of this tale.

On the FarmAction — This story has both action and sounds. It covers the daily chores of a farmer, his wife, farm animals and poultry.

One Day in the Life of Three Little BeaversAction — An action story that gets everyone moving. Try this one on during a Parents' Night.

Pantomime Stories — You can use of pantomime to stimulate imagination. Beavers can act out the story while someone else reads the dialogue.

Quilted Memories — A Remembrance Day story. A grandmother explains why to her granddaughter.

Render Cilla — A spoonerism version of the Cinderella story.

Sagices — When the mayor, reeve and town clerk go to ask Sagices not to eat the villagers, it is the clerk who solves the riddle of the Möbius strip.

Santa's Annual VisitAction — Ask everyone in the group join in and see how Santa goes on his annual trip around the world. Everyone follows you and does what you do and say as you read this story.

Story of the Moor Monster, TheAction — When Harry Harper and his dog go exploring they discover a Moor Monster. Actions are with feet, hands and voice.

Story of Scouting and Guiding, TheAction — A somewhat longish action story about the origins of Scouting and Guiding.

Story of Warm Fuzzies, The — Whether you give a warm fuzzy or cold pickle, the spirit is returned in kind.

Trapezoid and Parallelogram — A Draw and Tell story about two space travellers, from the planet Geo, who find life on another planet.

Tailor, The — A nice story about a tailor, who, as his garments get older, makes them into something else. A repetitive line will involve the Beavers and keep their attention.

Tale About Tails, A — A poem: animals find out that life is much different when they switch tails.

Three Challenges, The — To win the hand of the princess in marriage, challengers must complete three challenges. The storyteller shows how the winning prince solved the princess's last challenge.

Treasure Map, TheAction — Ah, me hearties! So you got a pirate theme, does you now? Well I've a story that'll rip the barnacles from the sides of an old frigate. Change this action story t'the way you wants, but read it t'your youngsters t'stir their wee imaginations and get thems ready for t'theme.

Trip to the Moon, AAction — Divided into groups, the audience make the appropriate sounds when Captain Audio and Lieutenant Cheerio take a weird trip to the moon.

Turtle of Koka — A humorous story as Turtle outwits the villagers as they try to open it's shell.

Umbrella, The — A story for soon-to-be-Cubs. If your group gives Beavers the Cub Book, and they never open it and never read it, the book is of no value to the Beaver.

Yellow Finger Monster — Adults will like the punch line of this story, but Beavers will become entranced in the plot and repetitive verse.

Young Leopard and the Ram, The — A brave ram outwits a young leopard and his hungry friend the jackal.


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Last updated:  October 15, 2001

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