Archive for November, 2008

Fairy tales revisited

Looking for variations on the traditional fairy tales? Here are two charming ones!

Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox

We remember the story of Rapunzel who used her hair to great advantage, but alas the Rapunzel in our story is having a bad hair day. And to boot, she must have beans in her ears because she just doesn’t get what the Prince is asking her to do. Students will have a great time guessing rhyming words to see what will come out of that window next!

Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox

The Prince is attracted to the sound of a beauty snoring and proceeds to try to wake her. The fairies try to tell him what will do the trick, but the Prince keeps interrupting before the instructions are completed. Wilcox has created an entertaining variation of this well-known fairy tale.

Thanksgiving recommendation


‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dave Pilkey


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Dave Pilkey has adapted Clement Moore’s classic poem for another holiday. The day before Thanksgiving finds eight boys and girls taking a field trip to a turkey farm. Although Farmer Mack Nuggett seems kind at first, the children eventually discover his horrible plan to kill the turkeys for Thanksgiving dinners. Smuggling the turkeys home with them, the children save the birds, who join eight families for vegetarian dinners.

 

 

 

 

New Opportunity

One of the favorite activities we enjoy in the library is reading aloud favorite books. Over the years, we have accumulated a list of titles that our students enjoy hearing. Of course, with great new books published every year, we want to add to our list of favorites to recommend to classes for read aloud times or for individual students to enjoy. This blog will highlight favorite books of Columbia Primary School faculty and students. Please add comments of your favorite read-alouds and ENJOY!


 

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