Students in grades 3 through 5 welcomed author/illustrator Peter Brown on Monday, April 10. Peter has written and illustrated many New York Times’ best selling children’s books such as Wild Robot, Creepy Carrots, and Children Make Terrible Pets. Students were excited to meet him since many of them had enjoyed hearing the read aloud of Wild Robot. The students loved hearing about the adventures of Roz, the robot who had to adapt to her new home on an island full of animals. Mr. Brown explained how he came up with the idea for his novel, researched information about robots and animals, and created the art work to accompany the words in the book. Mr. Brown even created a Roz drawing for our students!
The OMS library media center was a bustling place on the afternoon of April 10. Kwame Alexander got the students in grades K, 1, and 2 chanting after him to repeat lines from one of his picture books. He also read some of the poems from his book, Animal Ark. The students were especially excited to hear about Mr. Alexander's poetry since they had written their own animal haiku poems during library lessons the week before his visit. Mr. Alexander enjoyed viewing the children's work. Musical accompaniment was provided by a guitar-playing, Mr. Randy.
Unsigned copies of Animal Ark by Kwame Alexander may still be purchased through the LMC until Thursday, April 20. Electronic copies of the order form are available on the LMC website. This book of poetry is inspiring all of us to get excited about our up-coming Poem-In-Your Pocket Day on April 27!
