Stories from the Library: January 24-29

Preschoolers had a rollicking time with Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion. Harry, the family dog, decides that he dislikes baths so much, he buries his scrubbing brush and runs away! After playing in the rail yard, sliding down a coal chute and meeting other dogs to play with, Harry finally comes home, but he's so dirty his family doesn't recognize him. The Preschool class loved seeing Harry change from a white dog with black spots, to a black dog with white spots, and back again!


Junior Kindergarten: Junior Kindergartners were captivated by Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton. The little ones were drawn in by the detailed illustrations of 1930s machinery and the twisting and turning story of Mike Mulligan and Mary Ann, his trusty, but outdated, steam shovel.


Kindergarten: Kindergarteners finished up their fairy tale unit with Steven Kellogg's Jack and the Beanstalk. Each page of Kellogg's illustrations is an intricate piece of artwork that serves as the perfect backdrop to Jack's fun story. 


1st Grade: We were interrupted by a fire drill in the middle of reading Tacky the Penguin, a sweet and silly story about an "odd bird" and his perfect penguin friends. When the hunters come, Tacky's eccentricities come in handy...


2nd Grade: 2nd Graders laughed along with another fractured fairy tale, Prince Cinders by Babette Cole. In the story, the small gangling prince longs to go to the palace disco with his three big hairy brothers. True to Cinderella form, the prince is visited by his fairy godmother...but she can't seem to get her spells quite right. Unaware of these spell snafus the prince goes to the disco, loses his trousers, and gets the girl in the end.


3rd Grade: We encountered another bath-hater in this weeks' chapter from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle: "The Radish Cure." Patsy lives the dirty child's dream life for awhile. That is, until radishes start springing from her dirt-caked skin!


5th Grade: Still off in the land of The Little Prince...