This Post is Dedicated to my Very Smart and Very dear nephew who lives in Seattle Washington, Johnny I Love You!
For my book talk today I choose A
Serendipity Book classic, The Weedle on the Needle. For those of you that are not familiar with the
Serendipity collection allow me to introduce you, this collection consisted of
well over fifty books. They were written
by Stephen Cosgrove and illustrated by Robin James (sight links at bottom of
the page). The stories featured lovable
animals or fantasy creatures with the story centered on a moral theme.
The Weedle on the Needle that
my book talk is about is the original 1974 publication. This book has been re-released and is
different from the original version, personally I enjoy the way the original
story reads and the way it teaches the child to accept and accommodate the many
people and creatures we have in our world.
The book is dedicated to Seattle, Washington. The re-released copy is readily available at
The Space Needle.
Now, for a short summary of this
wonderful story; a weedle lived in the Northwest. One day a ship full of men arrived to settle
Seattle. While they were building they
began to whistle. Well the whistling
hurt the poor Weedle’s ears. So the
Weedle moves far away from the bay of Seattle to Mt. Rainier. He is finally able to sleep. He sleeps for many years. When he wakes the men have built right up to
the edge of Mt. Rainier and were still whistling. So the Weedle decides to stop the
whistling. He chooses The Space Needle
to put his plan into action. So the
people and the Weedle have to work together to solve the whistling
problem.
I did not give very good details at
the end of the summary because the end of a book should never be given away, it
should always be explored by its reader.
How can
this book be used in the classroom?
The Weedle on The Needle
would make a wonderful and light introduction to a social studies unit about
Seattle, Washington. It would also be
useful for explaining land marks such as The Space Needle. I really love the way that this book is
written it has strong paragraphs and is not just a short read. It will challenge students to infer about
what the Weedle is going to do and what the Mayor is going to do for the
Weedle.
http://stephencosgrove.com/
http://www.robinjames.net/
http://stephencosgrove.com/
The one thing I really loved about this book was its illustrations. THey really sttod out to me when the class was looking at all the boks today. It is interesting to me how this character looks just like the Lorax from Dr Suess. It sounds like a cute read. I think your ideas on how to use it in the classroom sound great. I personally dont know much about the Seattle area and I think it is important for children to discover that their is so many different exciting sites in the country they live. It opens up their minds to exploration and advetnure. I also loved how you brought in the little stuffed animal with your book. That is another great thing that young kids would love. Great work I would love to check this book oiut for myself.
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I agree with EnRica! This book is fantastic for showing kids what our country has to offer. I love that you told us of Serendipity books because they also seem like they have a lot to offer the classroom. I've never heard of this book but it sounds cute. I would be excited to share it with my future class. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYour blog is coming along so well! I love your suggested activities...all really nice for classroom conversations!! Talk, talk, talk!!
ReplyDeleteThis blog was so great!! Everything was easy to read and it flowed really nice!! I loved your book talk on this book, and I thought it was so cute that you brought in the little stuffed animal that you had. It was a great book talk and I liked the classroom activities you included in the blog. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI love how your blog is coming along. I thought it was very helpful that you put how it can be used in the classroom. I think kids can also learn how collaboration and helping each other is very important as the people and Weedle did in the book!
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