Need ideas for fun this month?
Here you go...
Don't miss that April 2nd is National Children’s Picture Book Day and to top that off April 16th is National Librarian Day and April 23rd is World Book Day.
So, READ! READ! READ!
April 3: Pony Express started and the first mail delivery started from St. Joseph, MO in 1860.
Would you want to be a Pony Express rider? Read. Then decide.
April 11: Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in major league baseball in 1947. Read two different biographies of this person. In your opinion, which is better? How do the books tell Jackie's story differently?
April 16: Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright was born in Milville, IN, in 1867. Read about the man. Then start flying your own planes--that's straw airplanes.
Click to link to directions.
April 17: Celebrate Bat Day
Read my book The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats (Millbrook/Lerner) to discover why bats are in trouble and why we need to help them.
Then follow the steps on this site to make an origami bat.
April 18: Paul Revere and William Dawes made their "Midnight Ride" in 1775.
Read a really fun telling of this moment in history as shared by Paul Revere's horse.
The San Francisco earthquake and fire happened from April 18-21, 1906.
What was it like to survive this quake and fire? Here is one fictional story about it.
April 22: Arbor Day often observed on this date. First observed in Nebraska in 1872, by planting trees. This is one of my favorite new picture books about trees. If ever an acorn was lovable, it's this one!
The first Seeing Eye Dog was presented as a guide dog on this day in 1928. I have a WONDERFUL Guide Dog story coming October, 2021 in my new book ANIMALS to the RESCUE: Amazing True Stories from Around the World (Lerner).
Would you want to be a Pony Express rider? Read. Then decide.
April 11: Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play in major league baseball in 1947. Read two different biographies of this person. In your opinion, which is better? How do the books tell Jackie's story differently?
April 16: Aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright was born in Milville, IN, in 1867. Read about the man. Then start flying your own planes--that's straw airplanes.
Click to link to directions.
April 17: Celebrate Bat Day
Read my book The Case of the Vanishing Little Brown Bats (Millbrook/Lerner) to discover why bats are in trouble and why we need to help them.
April 18: Paul Revere and William Dawes made their "Midnight Ride" in 1775.
Read a really fun telling of this moment in history as shared by Paul Revere's horse.
The San Francisco earthquake and fire happened from April 18-21, 1906.
What was it like to survive this quake and fire? Here is one fictional story about it.
April 22: Arbor Day often observed on this date. First observed in Nebraska in 1872, by planting trees. This is one of my favorite new picture books about trees. If ever an acorn was lovable, it's this one!
The first Seeing Eye Dog was presented as a guide dog on this day in 1928. I have a WONDERFUL Guide Dog story coming October, 2021 in my new book ANIMALS to the RESCUE: Amazing True Stories from Around the World (Lerner).
I can't share the cover yet but it's GREAT!
Enjoy a month of reading...
You might even spot yourself in one of my books.
