Library Leaf March: S Simon`s visit

SANDBURG ELEMENTARY/MARCH 2012
LIBRARY LEAF
March is National Women’s History Month!
!
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t
believe is right.” -­‐ Jane Goodall Word of the Month:
New to our library
Author Douglas Florian was born
March 18, 1950. He wrote
Literacy:
The ability to read and write
Handsprings, A Year in the Country
and Bow Wow Meow Meow
March Birthdays
Author Mem Fox: “was born March
5, 1946 in Australia.
were missionaries.
Her parents
She moved to
Famous magician and escape artist
England when she was 18. Ms. Fox
Harry Houdini was born March 24,
is now retired but spends her time
1874 in Hungary. His family moved to
traveling all around the world to talk
the U.S. when he was only 4. He died
to children and adults about the
He’s coming!!!!!
at the age of 52 from a ruptured
importance of literacy. Some of her
On March 15 appendix.
we will welcome Mr. Seymour Simon books include (Feathers and fools,
Sophie, Time for Bed, and Night
Noises)
Kate DiCamillo is an American author
of many award-winning children’s
books. She won the Newbery Medal for
her book The Tale of Despereaux and
the Newbery Honor for Because of
Winn-Dixie and the Mercy Watson
series. You might also enjoy her book
Bink and Gollie. in Michigan. He makes pop-up
books. He now lives and works in
New York. One of his books, Saint
who inspired the holiday we celebrate.
Wanda Gag was born on March 11
in 1893 in Minnesota. She wrote
Dick King-Smith was born March 27
books and also illustrated them.
in 1922. You may know him from the
Both of her parents were artists.
movie that was made from the book he
Wanda had 6 brothers and sisters.
wrote: Babe, the Gallant Pig.
books: Millions of Cats or Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Mr. Simon was born in New York
City in 1931 and lived in a 5 story
apartment building.
He was in second grade when he
wrote his first story about space
monsters.
Check out Mr. Simon s website with
lots of amazing things to see and do.
His science blog is INCREDIBLE!!!
www.seymoursimon.com
Valentine, tells about the real doctor
You may have read one of Wanda’s
to Sandburg. Mr. Simon was once a science
teacher. He taught his students
about the science of air by flying
paper airplanes. He even wrote a
book about paper airplanes!
Robert Sabuda was born on March 8,
1965
Just for laughs Q: Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants? kookerkids.com A: In case he got a hole in one! In a recent interview (2/28/12) with
Jennie McDonald, Mr. Simon had this
to say about reading:
“Books and reading lit the fires in
my mind when I was young.”
My twin sisters taught me how to
read by reading to me every night
before I went to sleep.. I read
when I was 4 years old…simply
because there was an absolutely
warm feeling of having a family
member sit with you and read to
you before you go to sleep.”
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss Read Across America Day! http://www.educationalcoloringpages.com/drseuss Answer these questions to complete the word search: 1. This word means the ability to read and write: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. She was born in Australia and wrote Night Noises: _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. He likes to make pop-­‐up books: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. She wrote a book called Millions of Cats: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. He was a famous musician: Harry _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. The golfer wore two pairs of pants because he didn’t want to get a _ _ _ _ in one of them. 7. He wrote a book about a pig: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -­‐ _ _ _ _ _ 8. This is the author that will visit us: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 9. Mr. Simon was born in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10 Mr. Simon used to be a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ teacher. 11 He wrote a book about paper _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12. Mr. Simon wrote his very first book in second grade. It was a book about _ _ _ _ _ monsters. SANDBURG ELEMENTARY/MARCH 2012
LIBRARY LEAF
March is National Women’s History Month!
!
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.” -­‐ Jane Goodall 3/20/1937-present Lois Lowry: Lowry
Word of the Month:
has written over 30 books for children. She
Dynamo:
A device that generates electricity or won the Newbery Medal for her books
Number the Stars and The Giver.
an energetic, hardworking person.
She began her career as a
Try to use this word in a sentence. photographer and freelance
journalist. Her first children’s
March Birthdays
book, A Summer to Die, was
3/5/1946-present Mem Fox: “Literacy published in 1977. She is known
for dealing with difficult subject matter and
has become the great focus of my life complex issues such as racism, death and
it’s my passion, my battle and my
the Holocaust. Her book The Giver deals
mission and my exhaustion.” Fox was
with the controversial issue of questioning
born in Melbourne, Australia. Her
authority. She has received both praise
parents were missionaries. At age 18,
and criticism for her work on these issues.
she moved to England where she
(All About Sam, The Giver, Gathering
attended English Drama school. Since
Blue, Anastasia at your service)
her retirement from teaching, Fox
travels all around the world to talk
3/24/1874-1926 Harry Houdini was a
about the importance of literacy to
famous magician, escapologist, stunt
both children and adults. (Feathers
performer, actor, film producer and
and
fools,
Sophie,
Time
for
Bed,
and
aviator. He was born in Hungary and
moved to the United States with his family
Night
Noises)
when he was 4 years old. He began his
3/8/1965-present Robert Sabuda was magic career in 1891 with little success,
born in Pinckney, Michigan. He began but he soon grew to be one of the most
creating art at a very early age. He renowned performers of his time. He died
of a ruptured appendix at the age of 52.
specializes in 3D paper engineering
(a.k.a. pop-up books). He currently 3/25/1964-present Kate DiCamillo is an
lives and works in New York. (Saint American author of many award-winning
Valentine)
children’s books. She won the Newbery
Medal for her book The Tale of Despereaux
3/11/1893-1946 Wanda Gag: She was
and the Newbery Honor for Because of
an American author and illustrator
Winn-Dixie and the Mercy Watson series.
born in New Ulm, Minnesota. Both of
(Bink and Gollie, Great Joy, Because of
her parents were artists; they met in
Winn-Dixie, The Magician’s Elephant)
Germany and had seven children.
Gag’s father died when she was only 15 3/27/1922-2011 Dick King-Smith
Harriet’s Hare, The Stray, Babe, Smasher
and she helped care for her mother
and
siblings
until
the
age
of
20.
She
for laughs kookerkids.com Just considered herself a feminist and
Q: Why did the golfer wear wrote for political publications over the
two pairs of pants? course of her career. (Millions of
A: In case he got a hole in Cats, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs)
3/18/1950-present Douglas Florian:
one! New to our library
He’s coming!!!
Seymour
Simon
will be at our
school March 15.
If you haven’t looked at his
website, you don’t know what
you’re missing! Check out his
science blog for lots of amazing
tidbits on just about anything:
www.seymoursimon.com
Here are some fun facts from his
recent interview (2/28/12) with
Jennie McDonald:
“I have always loved teaching and
I think it’s what I’m best suited
to do. If I weren’t teaching I
would miss it terribly. Last
semester I spoke in about 60
schools all over the country. I
just adore it.”
“I still read my work out loud
after I’ve written it.”
“I don’t (use page numbers in my
photo essay books) because I
really don’t want my books to be
read the way you would read a
textbook. I want them read from
beginning to end, to be read as if
they were reading a storybook.”
“Books and reading lit the fires in
my mind when I was young.”
My twin sisters taught me how to
read by reading to me every night
before I went to sleep… I read
when I was 4 years old…simply
because there was an absolutely
warm feeling of having a family
member sit with you and read to
you before you go to sleep.”
Test your knowledge of Seymour Simon!
New York California Science Word Bank Over 2 million Four 1971 Sixty 1931 260 PE Creative Writing Choose Words from the Word Bank to Answer the following questions:
1. The year Seymour Simon was born _____________
2. The number of schools Mr. Simon visited in the first half of this school year ________
3. The number of books he has written _________
4. The age that Mr. Simon started reading _______
5. The year his Paper Airplane book was published _________
6. The number of copies of his books that have been sold ___________
7. The state he was born in _______________
8. The subjects that he taught in school _______________ and ____________________
St. Patrick's Day Crossword Puzzle
Across
Down
2. On St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is this nationality.
1. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on ____ 17th.
3. On this day, many people eat corned beef and ______. 2. The country of origin for St. Patrick's Day.
5. The shape that represents St. Patrick’s Day.
4. The treasure at the end of the rainbow
6. The color of St. Patrick’s Day.
7. The little man who represents St. Patrick’s Day
http://kookerkids.com/Puzzles/crossword_puzzles/st_patricks_day_crossword_puzzle.htm