September 24 … Loving Literature

Buy three (3) award-winning children’s books suitable for 6-10 year olds (Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Jon Muth’s The Three Questions, and Munro Leaf’s Ferdinand the Bull are all fantastic).  Take them to a local elementary school and ask a 2nd or a 3rd grade teacher which of their students is “the best” and which student causes them the most problems.  Give one of the books to each of these two children, encouraging each of them to pass their book along to one of their friends when they are finished reading it.  Give the third book to the class in general and offer to read it to them before departing …