There's a cat in the library! And a lion too!
For our September program I read Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library!
It is a picture book version of the Dewey books, also by Vicki Myron.
The kitten was found in the outside book drop on a cold Janurary morning at the Spencer Public Library in Iowa in 1988. When the staff found him they decided to adopt him and named him Dewey Readmore.
He was loved and cared for by staff and patrons alike;
he also brought worldwide attention to this small town library.
It is a picture book version of the Dewey books, also by Vicki Myron.
The kitten was found in the outside book drop on a cold Janurary morning at the Spencer Public Library in Iowa in 1988. When the staff found him they decided to adopt him and named him Dewey Readmore.
He was loved and cared for by staff and patrons alike;
he also brought worldwide attention to this small town library.
Library Lion is by Michelle Knudsen and beautifully illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. This is a book about a lion visiting the New York City Public Library. The lion is welcome to stay as long as he obeys the rules. No roaring in the library. The lion came everyday and he is befriended by the patrons and most of the staff until one day he heroically breaks the rule.
A teaching guide is available from Candlewick Press
http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763622621.kit.1.pdf
The lion character is taken from the statues Patience and Fortitude leading up to the stairs of NYPL. |
| http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/library-lions |
The craft was a wireless notebook covered with brown paper bag that was glued on and the spine taped with masking tape. In the center of the notebook I drew a circle as a reference for the lion mane collage that they tore out National Geographic magazines. I had pre-cut the head form and demonstrated how to draw a lion face on it. Their creativity flowed as they ripped and pasted; they were proud of their notebooks and some have commented since that they have been journaling in them.
I could not resist these cute lion cupcakes.
My sample. I baked the cupcakes the night before and frosted them with a cream cheese frosting that I colored a brownish orange. The mane is caramel popcorn, chocolate chip eyes and nose with pretzel whiskers. I just set it up as a center after they finished their notebook.
I played Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) and other cuts from The Lion King at craft time.
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