Today was the first day back at school for students and my first day with classes in the library. Because of Kindergarten and The Kissing Hand we had put together a small display of the Audrey Penn books, some other raccoon titles and two lovely plush raccoon toys ready for when Kindergarten came to visit. Well I've never had a display where every book went on one day and it was year 2 borrowing, not kindergarten. Raccoons obviously interested the students, despite the fact that they are not likely to ever see one in Australia.
To see some of the books we used for the display look here. These two books were brand new and went home for the first time.
• Mine by Frederica Muia. This book is nearly textless, but it has a wonderful message about sharing and teamwork and how much better they are than being greedy. Fits in well with the fruit and vegetable display as well.
• Little Juniper Makes It Big by Aidan Cassie. This book is perfect for the start of school...
"What Juniper lacks in size, she makes up for in heart. And her heart is dead-set on growing up and getting taller. Juniper is industrious, however, and builds several silly contraptions to help reach her goals. But it isn't until she makes a fun new friend at school, Clove, who is even smaller than Juniper, that she is able to see her world from a new perspective - and appreciate all sizes, big or small."
I love the enthusiasm of your students grabbing all of those delicious books.
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