Pet Friends

Our second graders are thinking about the question:

"How can a pet be an important friend?"

They are reading many blue fiction picture books to help them answer that question.

Here are some books from three different colors on the Rainbow of Books that will help you think more about how a pet can be an important friend.

Pet Friends Book Rainbow:
Orange:  Pet Heroes by Nicole Corse
Green:  Cat Poems selected by Myra Cohn Livingston and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
Green:  It's Hard to Read a Map with a Beagle on Your Lap by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Clément Oubrerie
Purple:  Henry and Mudge:  The First Book by Cynthia Rylant and Suçie Stevenson

If you've read Not Norman by Kelly Bennett you might want to listen to Norman's side of the story in Not Curtis also written by Kelly Bennett and read by Ms. Kramer.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Tell me what you think in the comments below!  You could...

1. Tell what you think about the Pet Friends Book Rainbow.

2. Compare Not Norman and Not Curtis.

3. Tell examples from any pet friends stories you've read that show how a pet can be an important friend.

Holly Keller

 More Holly Keller Books

This week the second graders in our school read Holly Keller's book Help!  A Story of Friendship. This book is blue on our rainbow of books because it is a fiction picture book. But Holly Keller has worked on books from other colors, too!

Here are some more Holly Keller books you might like to read.

Blue:  Pearl's New Skates by Holly Keller
Red:  Why I Cough, Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, & Yawn by Melvin Berger; illustrated by Holly Keller
Yellow:  Snow Is Falling by Franklyn M. Branley; illustrated by Holly Keller

Listen to Ms. Jones read Pearl's New Skates and tell me what you think in the comments!