Junior Kindergarteners giggled through The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber this week. This charming book from 1962 tells the story of the Primm family, who, when moving into their new home, find a crocodile in their bathtub! Lyle Crocodile soon becomes part of the family and entertains with his circus antics and lovable ways. While some of the language in the book is a bit advanced for the four-year-old crowd, the little ones loved the pictures of Lyle performing tricks and leading the parade downtown.
Preschool: We read Will You Be My Friend? by Nancy Tafuri, a simple yet powerful story about Bird and Bunny, who become friends after a storm ruins bird's home.
Junior Kindergarten: See opening post.
Kindergarten: In What Happened to Marion's Book by Brooke Berg, Marion the hedgehog accidentally spills raspberry jam on her library book. After learning that toothpaste, bubble bath and a spin in the washing machine are not good ways to clean a book, Marion finally takes responsibility and tells her librarian what happened. The story led into a good conversation about book care and what it means to be responsible.
1st Grade: We took a crazy journey through Judy Sierra's Wild About Books, a rhyming book about a librarian who accidentally drives the bookmobile to the zoo. 1st Graders loved pointing out the different animals in Marc Brown's colorful illustrations.
2nd Grade: 2nd Graders took a Library Tour, where we located Fiction and Nonfiction sections, the Book Drop, Library Cart and other important places in the library. We also paused to figure out how a Fiction spine label works.
3rd Grade: 3rd Graders crawled through the Lava Tubes this week and missed their library time.
4th and 5th Grade: 4th and 5th Graders went on separate Library Scavenger Hunts, finding important places and facts about the library: Fiction, Nonfiction, Easy Reader and Picture Book sections, the difference between Fiction and Nonfiction, and the librarian's name!
