Ms. Barbara's Pennekamp Library Website (2010-2021) - Weekly Readalouds

May 31, 2021

5/31/2021

Theme: Summer vacation
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TK: The Octopus Escapes, by Maile Meloy; A Balloon for Isabel, by Deborah Underwood; Pie Is for Sharing, by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard

K: I Don’t Want to Be a Frog, by Dev Petty; Ribbit! by Rodrigo Folgueira; A Frog Thing, by Eric Drachman

1st: Hattie and Hudson, by Chris Van Dusen; The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read, by Curtis Manley

DHH: The Little Red Fort, by Brenda Maier

2nd: Hattie and Hudson, by Chris Van Dusen; My Awesome Summer, by P. Mantis

3rd: The Antlered Ship, by Dashka Slater; Life, by Cynthia Rylant

4th: Pictures from Our Vacation, by Lynne Rae Perkins; Ideas Are All Around, by Philip C. Stead

5th: The Bunyans, by Audrey Wood; Tadpole’s Promise, by Jeanne Willis

TK: Octopus photographer at Kelly Tarlton aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand

May 24, 2021

5/22/2021

TK: There Might Be Lobsters, by Carolyn Crimi; Big Al, by Andrew Clements

K: The Very Impatient Caterpillar, by Ross Burach; Gotta Go, Gotta Go, by Sam Swope

1st: Also an Octopus, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall; Rufus the Writer, by Elizabeth Bram

DHH: Farfallina and Marcel, by Holly Keller; something about the moon?

2nd: Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots, by Michael Rex; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, by Deborah Hopkinson

3rd: The Happy Book, by Andy Rash; Little Brown, by Marla Frazee

4th: I’m Trying to Love Rocks, by Bethany Barton; A Stone Sat Still, by Brendan Wenzel

5th: Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785, by Michael Olshan

K: "The Great Monarch Migration"

5th: Creating the balloon-lifted house from Up, by National Geographic Channel

5th: "Clair de Lune": Alexandre Tharaud, Yoann Bourgeois, piano and dance

May 17, 2021

5/13/2021

Asian-American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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TK: Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India, by Chitra Soundar; The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families, by Susan L. Roth

K: Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding, by Lenore Look; Two of Everything, by Lily Toy Hong

1st: Luka’s Quilt, by Georgia Gubak; Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin, by Cheri Uegaki

2nd: Ruby’s Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges; The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng, by Sophia Gholz

3rd & 4th: Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person Ever to Run a Marathon, by Simran Jeet Singh; show summer reading list

5th: The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art, by Barb Rosenstock

TK: Mangrove trees; "Ecosystem of the Florida Mangrove"

1st: "Animal Sounds on the Violin"

2nd: "Jadav Payeng: The Forest Man"

3rd and 4th: Fauja Singh, oldest marathon runner

5th: Nek Chand Rock Garden of Chandigarh

May 10, 2021

5/5/2021

Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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TK: Two of Everything, by Lily Toy Hong; My Name Is Yoon, by Helen Recorvits

K: No Kimchi for Me, by Aram Kim; Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India, by Chitra Soundar

1st: The Firekeeper’s Son, by Linda Sue Park

2nd: Basho and the River Stones, by Tim Myers

3rd: Happy Birthday, Mr. Kang, by Susan Roth

4th: Barbed Wire Baseball, by Marissa Moss

5th: Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service, by Annette Bay Pimente

K: "How to Make Kimchi at Home"

2nd: a haiku by Basho, translated by Harry Behn

3rd: "Hua Mei Bird Garden, New York City"; Hua mei bird

4th grade: Kenichi Zenimura; Lou Gehrig, Kenichi Zenimura, and Babe Ruth

5th: Tie Sing, Yosemite

May 3, 2021

4/29/2021

Themes: Mothers Day (May 9) and Fathers Day (June 20)
and Asian American / Pacific Islander Month
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TK: Mister Seahorse, by Eric Carle; A Big Mooncake for Little Star, by Grace Lin

K: Mother Bruce, by Ryan T. Higgins; Ruby in Her Own Time, by Jonathan Emmett; Argus, by Michelle Knudsen

1st: Three Bears in a Boat, by David Soman; Interrupting Chicken, by David Ezra Stein

2nd: Top Job, by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales

DHH: Mother Bruce, by Ryan T. Higgins; A Big Mooncake for Little Star, by Grace Lin

3rd: Home in the Woods, by Eliza Wheeler; I Talk Like a River, by Jordan Scott

4th: Nine for California, by Sonia Levitin; Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea, by Tony Johnston

5th: It All Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way, by Kyo Maclear

Mid-Autumn Festival, Beijing, photo by Shizhao, Wikimedia Common

From Gyo Fujikawa's A to Z Picture Book (1974).

April 26, 2021

4/20/2021

Theme: Poetry and Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated on April 23
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TK: In a Garden, by Tim McCanna; Snail Crossing, by Corey R. Tabor

K: Feathers, Fur, or Fin: All of Us Are Kin, by Diane Lang; DKfindout! site; Trevor, by Jim Averbeck

1st: Margaret's Unicorn, by Briony May Smith; Thelma the Unicorn, by Aaron Blabey

2nd: Will’s Quill, or How a Goose Saved Shakespeare, by Don Freeman: OR Hotel Deep, by Kurt Cyrus

DHH: Snail Crossing, by Corey R. Tabor

3rd: Romeow and Drooliet, by Nina Laden

4th: You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks, by Evan Turk

5th: Will’s Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk, by Jane Sutcliffe

LEGO mini-figs perform scenes from Shakespeare!

1st and 2nd: "CBeebies: Who Is William Shakespeare?"

Quill pen and inkwell, from Shakespeare's time

3rd and 5th: "Horrible Histories: Shakespeare Goes to School"

4th: A spoken word poem on writer's block, written and performed by Asha Christensen, at TEDxKids

4th: "Making of You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks, by Evan Turk"

5th: "Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter"

April 19, 2021

4/18/2021

Theme: Earth Day, April 22
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TK: Mole and Baby Bird, by Marjorie Newman; The World that We Want, by Kim Michelle Toft; Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, by Peter Brown

K: The Cloud Spinner, by Michael Catchpool; The World that We Want, by Kim Michelle Toft

1st: Pond, by Jim LaMarche; Please Please the Bees, by Gerald Kelley

2nd: Bloom, by Doreen Cronin; Please Please the Bees, by Gerald Kelley

DHH: TBD

3rd: No Monkeys, No Chocolate, by Melissa Stewart

4th: We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom; also maybe A Cool Drink of Water, by Barbara Kerley

5th: The Fate of Fausto, by Oliver Jeffers

4th: map of DAPL proximity to Standing Rock Sioux sites

March 29, 2021

3/26/2021

Themes: Spring and insects
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TK: No library due to Laura Numeroff event

K: No library due to Laura Numeroff event

1st: Lucky Ducklings, by Eva Moore; The Perfect Nest, by Catherine Friend

2nd: no library due to new district rule

DHH: no library due to the Friday holiday

3rd: Moth: An Evolution Story, by Isabel Thomas; video below

4th: no library due to the Friday holiday

5th: Honeybee, by Candace Fleming

"Guirec Soudée Is Sailing Around the World with His Chicken Monique"

"Nature's Masters of Disguise," from NPR's Skunk Bear channel

For grade 2 and 5, "What's the Waggle Dance and Why do Honeybees Do It?" and "Dance of the Honeybee" (both below)

Dance of the Honey Bee from AbelCine on Vimeo.

March 22, 2021

3/12/2021

TK& K: Swashby and the Sea, by Beth Ferry; Little Crab, by Chris Haughton

1st: Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist, written by Jess Keating

DHH: spring—TBD

2nd: The Lights and Types of Ships at Night, by Dave Eggers; What Floats in a Moat, by Lynne Berry

3rd: The Donkey Egg, by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel

4th: The Yankee at the Seder, by Elka Weber

5th: Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor, by Robert Burleigh

For grade 5, Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea

March 15, 2021

3/12/2021

Promote book fair
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TK, K, 1st: announce CYRM winners; promote book fair; Bear Came Along, by Richard T. Morris

2nd: announce CYRM winners; promote book fair; The Ocean in Your Bathtub, by Seth Fishman

DHH: announce CYRM winners; promote book fair; Bear Came Along, by Richard T. Morris

3rd: announce CYRM winners; book fair video; The Ocean in Your Bathtub, by Seth Fishman

4th: Your Place in the Universe, by Jason Chin, with pie video from last week

5th: announce CYRM winners; how to review books; book fair video (no readaloud)