In Wisconsin, even after the mildest winter, we look forward to "Spring At Last." As our thought turn to Spring, I look forward to introducing and reading some of my favorite Springtime stories both aloud and silently. Of course, 'Miss Rumphius' by Barbara Cooney tops my list. This story of a young girl who is challenged as a child to make the world a better place is one of my favorites, perhaps because the first thing the child does is become a librarian.
I always read "Make way for Ducklings' by Robert McClosky because this gentle Caldecott winner from 1941 puts me back on my mother's lap as we read about Jack, Kack, Lack , Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack and laughing about what our family of eight children would be like if our names were all the same except for the first letter. The Thompson's Little Quack stories and the Duck and Goose series by Hills are favorites of mine and the youngest children enjoy these. And as St Patrick's day approaches, we add a little magic to our reading in the form of "Shannon and the World's tallest leprechaun" by Sean Callahan.
As April comes closer, we will be reading Easter stories and talking Poetry--April is National Poetry month--but that is another blog down the road.
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