SANDBURG ELEMENTARY/DECEMBER 2011 LIBRARY LEAF  

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December birthday authors 12/1/1949 Jan Brett: As  a  child,  Jan  Brett  decided  to  be  an  illustrator  and  spent  many  hours  reading  and  

drawing.  She  says,  "I  remember  the  special  quiet  of  rainy  days  

when  I  felt  that  I  could  enter  the  pages  of  my  beautiful  picture  

books.  Now  I  try  to  recreate  that  feeling  of  believing  that  the  

imaginary  place  I'm  drawing  really  exists.”  (The Mitten, Gingerbread Baby, The Wild Christmas reindeer, The Three Snow Bears)    

12/5/1901-1966 Walt Disney

12/9/1899-1937 Jean de Br    unhoff (Babar the Elephant books)  

12/19/1928 Eve Bunting has  earned  numerous  

awards  and  honors  include  the  Golden  Kite  Award  from  the  

Society  of  Children's  Book  Writers,  the  PEN  Los  Angeles  Center  

Literary  Award  for  Special  Achievement  in  Children's  

Literature,  and  the  Edgar,  given  by  the  Mystery  Writers  of  

America.  (Dandelions, A Day’s Work, Going Home, How Many Days to America?)  

 

12/22/1939 Jerry Pinkney (The Lion and the Mouse, The Little Red Hen, Three Little Kittens) 12/23/1937 Avi a.k.a. Edward Irving Wortis: Avi  explains  how  he  got  his  nickname:  “My  twin  sister  gave  it  to  me  

when  we  were  both  about  a  year  old.  And  it  stuck.”  Avi  has  won  

numerous  awards  including  the  Newbery  Award  and  the  Newbery  

Honor  (twice!).  (The Christmas Rat, Murder at

Midnight, The Barn, Poppy)

12/25/1951 Pam Muñoz Ryan is  the  National  Education  Association’s  Author  recipient  of  the  Civil  and  Human  Rights  

Award,  the  Virginia  Hamilton  Award  for  Multicultural  Literature,  and  is  

twice  the  recipient  of  the  Willa  Cather  Literary  Award  for  writing. (Riding Freedom, When Marian Sang)

12/30/1865-1936 Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book, Captain Courageous)

 

New Books

In Our Library this month  

Explore  Titanic    Spiders      Scholastic  Book  of  World  Records,  2012    Weird  but  True!    Bad  Kitty  Meets  the  Baby    Ten  Little  Caterpillars    Dewey                                      Some  of  the  best  gifts  don’t  come  in  packages!    We  are  thankful  to  our    wonderful  library  volunteers  who  give  us  the  gift  of  their  time  each  week!      Mrs. Reeves (Lily’s mom) Miss Theresa Reeves (Lily’s sister) Mrs. Freer (Luke and Grayson’s mom) Mrs. Pasman (Sam and Hannah’s mom) Mrs. Sawyer (Jackson Steven’s gramma) Miss Jenny Sawyer (Jackson’s aunt) Mrs. Plog (our favorite storyteller!)

December is read a new book month!

“It  is  only  with  the  heart  that  one  can  see  rightly;  what  is  essential  is  invisible  to  the  eye.”              -­‐The  Little  Prince    

                                   Holiday  Humor    (answers  on  page  2)  What  do  you  get  when  you  cross  a  snowman  with  a  vampire?    What  do  elves  do  after  school?    What  has  two  humps  and  can  be  found  at  the  North  Pole?  

Word of the Month: Lollygag:

It means to dawdle; to be lazy; or to avoid work. Do you ever lollygag at home or at school?  

Featured Person 12/5 Walt Disney: (1901-1966)  

Walt  Disney  was  born  on  December  5th,  1901  in  Chicago,  Illinois.    Walt  had  very  early  interests  in  art;  he  would  often  sell  drawings  to  neighbors  to  make  extra  money.  He  pursued  his  art  career  by  studying  art  and  photography  at  McKinley  High  School  in  Chicago.    During  the  fall  of  1918,  Walt  joined  the  Red  Cross  and  was  sent  overseas  to  France,  where  he  spent  a  year  driving  an  ambulance  and  chauffeuring  Red  Cross  officials.    Once  Walt  returned  from  France,  he  began  to  pursue  a  career  in  commercial  art.    In  1932,  the  production  entitled  Flowers  and  Trees  (the  first  color  cartoon)  won  Walt  the  first  of  his  studio's  Academy  Awards.    On  December  21,  1937,  Snow  White  and  the  Seven  Dwarfs,  the  first  full-­‐length  animated  musical  feature,  premiered  at  the  Carthay  Theater  in  Los  Angeles.    Disneyland  Park,  in  California,  opened  in  1955.    Walt  Disney  is  a  legend;  a  folk  hero  of  the  20th  century.  His  worldwide  popularity  was  based  upon  the  ideals  which  his  name  represents:  imagination,  optimism,  creation,  and  self-­‐made  success  in  the  American  tradition.  

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OH,  THE  PLACES  WE  GO  TO  READ!.....  Thanks  to  the  following  students  who  shared  what  they  learned  or  read  from  the  library  linked  websites:  Evelyn: growing does not hurt at all. Malachi: I LIKETHEBOOKS Alex: i read snowmen at night. these snowmen play outside when everyones asleep. then santa comes and brings presents to everyone. then they sing and leave Zoe N: I read the The Wonder of the Day on Wonderopolis, What is the Plural Term of Moose. I learned that the English language is very confusing. There are so many different rules. I liked that Wonderopolis showed you how to make some words plural. This will make it easier for me to spell some words, hopefully. I have memorized most of the spelling rules, but it is nice to know of a spot to check them. Hannah P: On-line book: Hospital Helper. I liked it. i liked Herbie

Answers  to  Riddles:    

1. Frostbite.    

2. Gnomework.    

3. A  lost  camel.  

Blizzard     Snowman  Cold     Snowstorm  December   Wind  Chill  Drifts  February  Freezing  Frost  Hockey  Ice  Icicles  January  March  Shovel  Skate  Skiing  Slush