Available for check out and appropriate for all grade levels!Patricia von Pleasantsquirrel by James Proimos.
A curious young girl wanna-be princess sets out on an adventure like Max in Where the wild things are by M. Sendak. Included is a long list of rules she is supposed to follow from the hippos who have made her their princess! The rules are too difficult to keep up with and she heads back home, where everything is simpler. Patricia even has her own writing blog which would be great fun for students to see!!
One of those days by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Amy has several fantastic books in our library now-come check them out! This one describes how some days can be not great days but always those days turn into a night and bada bing-morning!! This would be fun to use for a writing lesson-what kind of ho hum days can your class think of together! Amy's examples are "running late day", "nobody's listening to you day", "fun thing cancelled day" and "can't afford it day". I've definetely had ho-hum days, maybe like "way to crazy in the library" days!!
Corduro
y turned 40 in 2008 and a new book was published commemorating this wonderful story and its author, Don Freeman. This new Corduroy is unique because the last four pages of the book discuss the editing process Mr. Freeman and his NY editor went through to achieve such a timeless classic! The process is shown with envelopes and reproductions of letters between author and editor! Read this one with your students so they can see even adults like Don Freeman have to redo, rewrite and rethink!!
y turned 40 in 2008 and a new book was published commemorating this wonderful story and its author, Don Freeman. This new Corduroy is unique because the last four pages of the book discuss the editing process Mr. Freeman and his NY editor went through to achieve such a timeless classic! The process is shown with envelopes and reproductions of letters between author and editor! Read this one with your students so they can see even adults like Don Freeman have to redo, rewrite and rethink!!
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