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About 800 first grade students received a book as part of “My Book Day.” The event was held at the City Center and included different stations where local officials (such as the Police Chief and Fire Marshal) read to students. Kids were signed up for library cards at the event. They also had a choice to take home one of six different books. The Eden Prairie Noon Rotary Club funded the entire event. The books distributed this year included:
“Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon" by Patty Lovell, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001.
"Traction Man is Here!" by Mini Grey, Knopf, 2005.
"A Chair for My Mother" by Vera B. Williams, Greenwillow Books, 1982.
"Reading Makes You Feel Good" by Todd Parr Megan Tingley Books/Little, Brown, 2005.
"Actual Size" by Steven Jenkins, Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
"The Lion's Share" by Said Salah Ahmed, Minnesota Humanities Commission, 2006
This event got me thinking about the favorite books I read when I was a kid. I would have to say that “The Hobbit" was my favorite along with anything by Roald Dahl. I asked some of the volunteers at the event about their favorite children’s books:
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Rotary Club member Larry Kurzeka ----“The Cat in the Hat”
Judi Laurence ---Richard Scarry books
Nancy Tyra-Lukens----Nancy Drew books
Anybody else want to share what his or her favorite children’s book is?
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Back to page topHere's a list from the National Education Association of the Top 100 Children's Books.
"One Fish, Two Fish."...
Back to page top"One Fish, Two Fish."
(Karla Wennerstrom is the editor of the Eden Prairie News. She can be reached at editor@edenprairienews.com.)
I love "Where the Wild...
Back to page topI love "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. There's a line in there that goes "We love you so much we could eat you up" or something like that. My son loves that part because I act like I'm eating his tummy and he giggles and giggles. The pictures in this book are also very cool.
Another book that I've been reading with my son every night is "Time for Bed" by Mem Fox. This book is fun because we have a fun little thing we do for each animal that goes to bed. For example, "It's time for bed little foal little foal I'll whisper a secret but don't tell a soul" (We tell each other a secret)
Ditto for both those books....
Back to page topDitto for both those books. I also forgot to mention another favorite: "Where the Sidewalk Ends."
One of the librarians at the My Book Day event had a copy of that Shel Siverstein classic.
Here's a photo from "My Book...
Back to page topHere's a photo from "My Book Day." In this picture, a line of volunteers dressed as the Cat in the Hat get ready to greet the kids.