Winter Season Books and a Link

Winter Season Picture Books:

THE SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats (Puffin).

OWL MOON by Jane Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr (Philomel Books, 1987).

SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian (HMH Books, 2009).

THE SNOWMAN by Raymond Briggs (Random House, 1978).

RED SLED by Lita Judge (Atheneum Books, 2011).

SNOW by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998).

BEAR HAS A STORY TO TELL by Phillip Stead, illustrations by Erin Stead (Roaring Brook, 2012).

EXTRA YARN by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen (Balzer & Bray, 2012).

THE MITTEN by Alvin Tresselt, or newer version by Jan Brett (HarperCollins or Putnam).

WHITE SNOW, BRIGHT SNOW by Alvin Tresselt (HarperCollins).

DREAM SNOW by Eric Carle (Philomel Books, 2000).

THE POLAR EXPRESS by Chris Van Allsburg (HMH Books).

SANTA CALLS by William Joyce (HarperCollins, 2001).

'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Clement Clarke Moore, illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith and many other illustrators.


 Charlie Rose reads "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," CBS, December 2015:
'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Spooky Stories

Check out books by these authors at the library:

Avi: SOMETHING UPSTAIRS
Bruce Coville: THE GHOST IN THE THIRD ROW
Neil Gaiman: THE GRAVEYARD BOOK
R. L. Stine: WELCOME TO DEAD HOUSE (Goosebumps)
Jane Yolen: THE BAGPIPER'S GHOST; for preschoolers: CREEPY MONSTERS, SLEEPY MONSTERS

Canyon Mapping

This is a simple map drawing, which does not show the many trail switchbacks.

Some of the best trails to take for an extremely active adventure are the trails in Grand Canyon National Park. Our pencil journey this month takes us there.

Pencil Journey

Locate a map, picture, or virtual trail (see June 2015) of the Grand Canyon, and imagine the trail adventure you want. Sketch the trail on a big sheet of paper. Draw pictures along the way of things you will see/do and need to take along. Remember the trail goes down a long way, about ten miles. And then, you have to hike back out. Read IN THE CANYON for inspiration.

General information:

Grand Canyon National Park

New book about a Grand Canyon trail adventure:

IN THE CANYON, story by Liz Garton Scanlon, pictures by Ashley Wolff (Beach Lane Books, 2015).

Virtual Trails

Everyone can use virtual trails by Google for planning a real adventure.


Climb!!!
https://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/yosemite/

Hike!
https://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/treks/grand-canyon/

copyright 2013 Linnea Heaney 
On the South Kaibab Trail
in Grand Canyon National Park

Find Your Park:
http://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm

The Hero’s Journey

Some of the most popular stories in books are of a hero’s journey. Here are a few famous books using the hero’s journey.

Harry Potter series

The Time Quartet

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Hobbit

The Oz books

Alice in Wonderland
 

Which book is your favorite? Your librarian, teacher, or parent can help you find a hero’s journey book to read. Movies use the hero’s journey sometimes. Watch this clip from TED ED to learn about this kind of story. The journeys begin in the ordinary world. Do you hear the call to adventure?

ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero

Reading Aloud

A picture book to practice reading aloud with is THE ANIMAL THAT DRANK UP SOUND. Most of the words are easy. The punctuation helps to learn how to phrase the lines when reading aloud.

THE ANIMAL THAT DRANK UP SOUND by William Stafford, pictures by Debra Frasier (Harcourt, 1992).