This week in the library, Kindergarten shared two very silly stories. The first, The Loopy Coop Hensis about a trio of hens who are in love with a rooster who can fly. Well, the hens seem to believe he can. In this whimsical tale by Janet Morgan Stoeke, the hens discover there is a reason why Rooster Sam is so aloof…but they still adore him! In our second story, Charlie the Ranch Dogby Ree Drummond, Charlie the Ranch dog works hard to keep the farm running, but he never misses an opportunity for a bacon snack and a snooze! This story is based upon the author’s real life dog and includes a picture of Charlie on the back. Kindergartners considered what make a book funny and why humorous books are fun to listen to. Here are some of their responses:

“When it’s funny, it makes me smile.”
“Funny books aren’t sad books.”
“It is fun to see people do things you know they shouldn’t.”
“People are smarter than animals.So animal books are always funny.”

We concluded with book browsing and checkout.

Today in the library, Kindergarten students learned about Earth Day. We talked about why it is important to keep the earth healthy, and in what ways we can make a difference. We also shared Shel Silverstein’s classic story, The Giving Tree. Students created an Earth Day necklace to spread the message of green living in our community. We concluded with book browsing and checkout. Happy Reading!

Today in the library, Kindergarten met the Grandmas…Grandma Sal and Grandma Nan, that is. These two grandmas NEVER agree and they never seem to let their grandchildren get a word in edgewise. Emily Arnold McCully’s Grandmas series is full of awkward situations and humorous resolutions. These books are part of the I Can Read Book series (Level 2) and are geared toward beginning readers in Grades 1-3. In library today we shared Grandmas at the Lake and Grandmas at Bat.

We concluded with bookbrowsing and checkout. Happy Reading!

This week in the library, Kindergarten shared a group of humorous and colorful animal stories: Dear Bear by Joanna Harrison, Big Wolf Little Wolf by Sharon Phillips Denslow, A Bed full of Cats by Holly Keller, and Meeow and the Big Box by Sebastien Braun. Each story was accompanied by a corresponding animal call. We also talked about why authors give human characteristics to animals (such as talking, painting, driving) in stories.

We concluded with Book Browsing and Checkout. Happy Reading!

This week in the library, Kindergarten shared some African folktales. We began with two adaptations of Anansi the spider stories. The Anansi tales are originally from West Africa, but are also familiar in Caribbean culture, where Anansi is a beloved folklore character. Our first two stories, Anansi and the Talking Melon and Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock, are adaptations by Eric Kimmel, an award-winning author and Professor of Education at Portland State University. Our third story, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears is by Verna Aardema with lovely batik-style illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon.

We concluded with book browsing and checkout. Please make sure to return your library books so you can take out new ones! Happy Reading!

It’s frigid outside, but this week it was cozy with the Kindergarten in the library. We chose books this week all with a snowy theme. Our first selection was Caldecott-Award classic, The Snowy Day, by Jack Ezra Keats. We all practiced crunching our snow by turning our feet in and out as we marched around the library. Next, we shared Audrey Wood’s Little Penguin’s Tale, a light and playful romp across the polar cap, and lastly, we enjoyed Snow by Uri Shulevitz. This story celebrates how the first snowfall of the season can transform a whole village.
Each student also made a small wooden snowman to display in the library.

Please make sure to return your library books so that the students may check out new ones. Happy Reading!

Kindergarten stayed warm in cozy in the January chill by sharing the adventures of Tacky the Penguin. Helen Lester’s beloved series unfolds the trials and tribulations of a non-conformist penguin named Tacky. Tacky’s peers (aptly named Lovely, Neatly, Angel, Goodly and Perfect) are model penguins who march, dress, splash and slide with appropriate penguin-ish consistency. In many of the Tacky tales, however, these penguin pets find themselves in a sticky situation, from which Tacky, and only Tacky, is able to extract them. This week we read several Tacky stories including Tacky and the Winter Games, Tackylocks and the Three Bears and Tacky the Emperor. More Tacky adventures to follow when we conclude our penguin play next week!

Students finished up the class with book browsing and checkout. Happy Reading!