Week of May 4-May 8: Library Freyday #4:
The Day the Crayons Quit and The One and Only Ivan
Starting this week there will be two books available for your listening pleasure. One is a picture book, one is a Chapter Book. This week the picture book we'll be reading is The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt:
This week's chapter book read aloud is The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate:
For more connections, information, activities...
The Day the Crayons Quit:
This link is to a biography of Edwin Binney, the inventor of crayons:
This is a classic Mr. Roger's clip as he visits a Crayola Crayon Factory. Note that he's watching yellow crayons being made as yellow was his favorite color:
This link will take you to more information about author Drew Daywalt and illustrator Oliver Jeffers. I particularly liked Oliver Jeffers video about what he does as an illustrator. He kind of reminds me of Mo Willems. What do you think?
The One and Only Ivan:
Here is a link to a short video showing The Real Ivan when he was at Zoo Atlanta.
Here is a link to a longer video (about 8 minutes) about The Real Ivan as told by the curator at Zoo Atlanta who worked with Ivan for about ten years. She gives more details about Ivan's life after his stay - for twenty six years - at the Big Top Mall.
This link will take you to more information about Katherine Applegate, author. She provides a sneak peak into the upcoming sequel to Ivan, The One and Only Bob.
