Week of June 1 - 5,

The Day You Begin and

The One and Only Ivan (#5)

Hello UES Friends and Happy Friday,

Guess what?  This year's Red Clover Award winner is ... (drum roll please)  

POTATO PANTS!  That was last week's picture book read aloud.  If you missed it, I'll post it at the bottom of this entry or you can check out last week's post.

This week there are two books available for you to listen to and discuss.  Our picture book this week is another one of this year's Red Clover Books, The Day You Begin. It's written by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez.  Our other book is the next reading installment (#5) of The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate.

The Day You Begin

This week's chapter book read aloud is the continuation of The One and Only Ivan, written by Katherine Applegate, read by Mrs. Frey:

The One and Only Ivan, #1

The One and Only Ivan, #2

The One and Only Ivan, #3

The One and Only Ivan, #4

The One and Only Ivan, #5

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Week of May 18 - 22: Library Freyday #6

She's Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head and

The One and Only Ivan (#3)

Happy Friday!

Again this week there will be two books available for your listening pleasure.  One is a picture book, the other the continuation of reading the chapter book:  The One and Only Ivan.  This week the picture book we'll be reading is She's Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head, by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by David Catrow:  

She's Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head!

This week's chapter book read aloud is the continuation of The One and Only Ivan, written by Katherine Applegate, read by Mrs. Frey:

The One and Only Ivan, #1

The One and Only Ivan, #2

The One and Only Ivan, #3

For more connections, information, activities...