The Princess and the Pea by Paul Galdone

A home run with the preschool crowd (and older kids, too). Van Dusen’s bold, colorful illustrations are a great match with his outrageous story. From exterior (rubber bumpers = no dents) to interior (a pool and snack room), the rhyming text jauntily details the perfect kid-friendly car. While driving with Dad, a young boy begins to describe his dream car. The classic folktale by a classic reteller. When the biggest billy goat appears, he head-butts the troll into the river and he and his siblings sate their hunger. As the billy goats trip-trap across the bridge, they plead to the troll to wait for the next, larger, billy goat. Standing between them and a field of sweet, sweet grass is a bridge…and under the bridge, a troll, who isn’t going to let them cross. Three billy goats, all named Gruff, are hungry. The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Paul Galdone

A simple story with great repetition, the justice-themed ending is a crowd-pleaser for the preschool crowd. Overworked and exhausted, the animals on the farm unite to relieve Duck and get even with the Farmer. The farmer, lazy and fat, calls out to Duck: “How goes the work?” “Quack,” replies Duck every time. Here are this week’s titles:Įvery day, Duck works hard on the farm. In classic librarian form, I research and choose books I think they’ll like (and that I like, too!). And next time: Mac Barnett and Extra Yarn.Įach Tuesday, I read stories in my boy H’s Montessori classroom. Read this to learn more about why I’m writing about Stories Connect Us. Writing to authors and sharing the Stories Connect Us moment can have unexpectedly awesome results.Telling former teachers that you remember them and that they had an impact on your life is time well spent.Reading the About the Author page in books may spark something amazing.And she thinks I can write! Coming from an esteemed YA author, this is the highest of praise. And please, no major grammar mistakes!).Īs Flora would say, Holy Bagumba! My husband was right! Jenny Hubbard was his teacher, and she remembers him from 20 years ago (he is memorable, in the best of ways). I tweaked the original blog post, made it into a letter, and hoped for the best (translation: Let this be the person we think it is. Bonus points for being remembered after two decades. As a fellow educator, not much is better knowing you had an impact on a student. Not only did I want to give her a heads-up that I was publishing something with her name all over it, but I wanted to let her know that she was remembered as a teacher. Right before I hit the publish button, I had the idea to email Jenny. Later, I wrote about an exchange with my husband, who swears that Jennifer Hubbard was his English teacher freshman year of college. So a few weeks ago, I read and reviewed Jenny Hubbard’s new novel And We Stay.

The Princess and the Pea by Paul Galdone