January Storytime Briefly 2015

Snow, snow, and more snow--that's what we should be seeing in my neck of the woods around this time of year.  Even though I didn't even pull my snow shovel off its hook in January, that didn't stop me from pulling some snow books off my shelves.

We talked about hats and earmuffs and read

• Brimsby's Hats by Andrew Prahin and
• Earmuffs for Everyone: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs by Meghan McCarthy.

Earmuffs for Everyone reminded one student of a book we had read a few months ago--Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum.  He was pretty pleased with himself when I pointed out that both were were written and illustrated by Ms. McCarthy.

We talked about snow and read

• Outside by Deirdre Gill and
• Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian.

I think those selections left us lamenting our lack of snow, so the next week I changed plans.

We talked about unreliable narrators and read

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith and
• The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach.

We considered the stories' narrators, and compared them to the narrator in a book we had read previously--Jon Klassen's This Is Not My Hat.  If you haven't seen The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, go find a copy now.  You can thank me later.

We read books about science:

• Gravity by Jason Chin and
• Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Universe by Stephanie Roth Sisson

We looked at the illustrations and talked about the upcoming ALA Youth Media Awards.  I can hardly wait for next week to share some of the winners!