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AfterSchool CluforbKisds Thematic programming to encourage reading

Lisa M. Shaia

An imprint of the American Library Association C h i ca g o

2014


Lisa M. Shaia is currently the children’s librarian at the Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield, Connecticut. Previously she worked as a school librarian and as an editorial assistant for Scholastic Publishers. Her experience at Oliver Wolcott ranges widely, from managing the youth programs to grant writing. She also tapes a weekly Books for Bedtime television show for the city’s local cable network. Writing credentials include articles in LibrarySparks, Collaborative Summer Library Program, Children and Libraries, and Connecticut Parent Magazine. Shaia also developed and teaches classes for the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), one of which focused on using series books with school-age children. Shaia has a BA in English from Western Connecticut State University and an MLS from Southern Connecticut University. You can follow her blog at thriveafterthree.wordpress.com. © 2014 by the American Library Association. Any claim of copyright is subject to applicable limitations and exceptions, such as rights of fair use and library copying pursuant to Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act. No copyright is claimed for content in the public domain, such as works of the U.S. government. Printed in the United States of America 18 17 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 Extensive effort has gone into ensuring the reliability of the information in this book; however, the publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1202-7 (paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shaia, Lisa M. After-School Clubs for Kids: Thematic Programming to Encourage Reading / Lisa M. Shaia. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8389-1202-7 (pbk.) 1. Children’s libraries—Activity programs—United States. 2. Children—Books and reading—United States. 3. Book clubs (Discussion groups)—United States. 4. Reading promotion—United States. 5. Children—Societies and clubs. I. Title. Z718.3.S48 2014 028.5’5—dc23 2013038854 Book design by Kim Thornton in Charis SIL, Interstate, and ITC American Typewriter. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).


To the past, present, and future children and teens who touch my life To Stephanie for seeing my vision and making it come to life To Don for everything


Contents Introduction ix

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3 Science. .

4 Humor.

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Introduction

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hen I first became a children’s librarian I

planned programs around a single book. I expected a large group of children to be able to get their hands on the same book and read it in its entirety prior to coming to the program. I quickly learned that getting multiple copies of books (especially hot, new books) and having children read an extra book in between their schoolwork and extracurricular activities required a lot of time and effort on everyone’s part. My idea for after-school clubs came after I threw a one-shot book party. The children loved the program. Not only did they want another, they wanted one centering on a book from the same series. Given my success, I decided to put together after-school clubs meeting four consecutive weeks focused on a book series or theme, with topics changing each month. I found that through using a variety of activities, crafts, and books during each club, children were able to expand their reading interests and explore different genres and literary worlds. This book will make your job a lot easier. By reading picture books and excerpts from chapter books, you can cut your prep time. You no longer need to order multiple copies of books or read the book ahead of time and prepare dis-

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cussion questions! At the same time, you will be encouraging children’s pleasure reading. With children’s schedules packed more than ever, offering consistent, high-quality after-school programming will help parents see the library as an essential part of their children’s education. Using marketing strategies to tell parents what their children will learn by participating in clubs will help your program compete with music lessons and sports teams. This book is broken up into short activities to make each club appeal to both genders and to keep children coming back to the library week after week. Breaking up the program with reading aloud, crafts, and musical activities will hold children’s attention while allowing them to talk among themselves about the books they’ve been reading. Studies have shown that children who choose their own books do better in school.1 I’ve integrated a musical component in each weekly program, including the programs for older children. Don’t stop using music once kids get into school! Music will capture a child’s attention and help you establish a routine. You can use musical activities during the program, play instrumental music as children are working, or create a theme song to begin or end the session. Given cuts in music and art curricula during the school day, incorporating the arts in afterschool clubs will help children as well as enrich your library programs. Clubs are organized around popular themes and series books, and are divided into three grade levels: kindergarten through second grade; third and fourth grade; fifth and sixth grade. Each club has a catchy name. What better way to spread the word than to hear, “I joined the Superhero Club at the library!” Weekly activities can be adapted for either a half hour or forty-five minutes, depending on what works best for you and for the children. If you’re running the club after school, one half hour might be enough. If you’re running it in the evening or on the weekend, forty-five minutes may work better. I have based each program to allow for a maximum of thirty children. You need an area large enough to allow each child space to complete the craft or activity. If possible, divide the children into six groups (five children per table). To make the transition from reading to activity easier, set up each activity in advance; you can prep the crafts ahead of time by prestuffing plastic baggies or envelopes, or stacking supplies on paper plates to distribute later. Invite the children to begin each session on the floor while you read aloud. You can use carpet squares or rugs to make the atmosphere cozier. Explain the craft or activity, and then move to sit at the tables (figure 0.1). If you are running the program at a school after hours, you may need to get permission from parents. Most likely your local school system will have its own permission template, but I have provided one if you’re starting from scratch (figure 0.2).


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Figure 0.1 Sample room setup

Figure 0.2 Sample permission slip


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If you are in a school, you will also need to comply with its rules. Sometimes students are allowed to participate only if their grades are passing or above. Just be aware of any guidelines your school system may have. I did my best to include inexpensive craft and activity ideas; many make use of office supplies and materials you already have on hand for story time. Many special materials are available at grocery or crafts stores, and you can substitute with your own creative options as your needs and budgets dictate. If you are beginning your after-school programming from scratch, I suggest you purchase the following: • • • • • •

thirty scissors six packages of colored pencils two boxes of one hundred crayons six packages of washable markers thirty glue sticks or bottles of white glue 9-by-12-inch construction paper (a package of five hundred sheets in various colors)

Look to your community for funding. Check with your Friends of the Library group, your local parent-teacher organization, women’s clubs, and veterans clubs for help. Even if you have the necessary tools to begin, you can still apply to further fund a particular after-school program, age group, or expansion for summer reading programs. Get teen or parent volunteers to help you with craft preparation and to help struggling children with their projects. School-age children will already know how to use scissors and glue properly, but it’s always good to have volunteers on hand. In order to make your programs a success, promote them to your community. Include program information on your website, in your newsletter, and on flyers available in the children’s room or various areas of the public library. You can also distribute flyers to your local school system or e-mail the superintendent a pdf file to link to on the school’s community page. In most cases, a superintendent or principal must review and approve all lines of communication to students. Another economical way to reach families in your community is through your local media. Writing press releases about each of your programs is one way to secure promotion in the calendar section of a print and online newspaper, or on your local television channel. Make sure these promotional pieces appeal to parents as well as children. Promote the educational value of the program as an incentive. After all, parents hold the ultimate decision whether their children


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will participate in your program. Submit press releases to sites such as Prlog .org. Prlog.org allows you to schedule your release up to two weeks ahead of time, include images, embed videos, and edit the releases after they go live. The site, which releases information to Google News, also maintains statistics, including what words or phrases brought traffic to search engines and how many clicks you have had. This new approach to book-based programming will revitalize your children’s department. Your library will be the center of your community, filled with families checking out books and attending your programs. Now you are ready to get started. Enjoy! Note 1. Tara Parker-Pope, “Summer Must-Read for Kids? Any Book,” New York Times, August 2, 2010, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/summer-must -read-for-kids-any-book/. Further Reading • Brizendine, Louann. The Female Brain. Morgan Road Books, 2006. • ———. The Male Brain. Broadway Books, 2010. • Bronson, Po. Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children. Hachette Book Group, 2009. • Brown, Amy. “Don’t Stop the Music! Creating Tuneful Times at Your Library.” Children and Libraries, Summer/Fall 2009, 36–41. • Diamant-Cohen, Betsy, Ellen Riordan, and Regina Wade. “Make Way for Dendrites: How Brain Research Can Impact Children’s Programming.” Children and Libraries, Spring 2004, 12–20. • Levitin, Daniel J. This Is Your Brain on Music: How Essential Human Obsession Made Us Who We Are. Dutton, 2006. • Medina, John. Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five. Pear Press, 2010. • ———. Brain Rules: Twelve Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. Pear Press, 2008. • Pink, Daniel H. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us. Riverhead, 2009. • Wolf, Maryanne. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. HarperCollins, 2007.


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Math

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There are so many great books that incorporate math concepts. I

only wish that some of these books were published when I was growing up— maybe I’d have a better relationship with numbers. The authors of the books used in these programs have done a tremendous job teaching math concepts while entertaining with a story. I love sharing these stories with children and making brains think about patterns and shapes. I hope you will, too.

Numbers Rumba Club (Grades K–2) Program Publicity

Come to the XYZ Library and do some hands-on math activities. Practice patterning, learn about 2-D and 3-D shapes, and create paper dolls after listening to stories. This library program is a great way to learn how math is mixed into our everyday life. Please call the library or visit the website, www.xyzlibrary .org, for more information.

Week One

Reading Component (5 minutes)

A-B-A-B-A: A Book of Pattern Play by Brian Cleary (Millbrook Press, 2010) –– Using simple examples with colors and numbers, Cleary can help teach your children how to recognize patterns and create their own.

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Activity: Create Patterns (25 minutes) Supplies –– colored construction paper –– scissors

Directions Ahead of time: Cut a variety of shapes (squares, circles, rectangles, triangles, octagons) from colored construction paper. Check with your local school system or state library about using their die-cut machine. During the program: Allow the children to create patterns with the paper using colors and shapes as a guide. Encourage them to take inspiration from things around them, such as their hair (color, texture such as straight, curly) and their clothes (short sleeve, long sleeve, stripes, a particular color) to create even more patterns. Challenge the kids to create a pattern thirty pieces long or longer. See what they come up with.

Music (5 minutes)

“Everybody Do a Pattern” by Dr. Jean, from Totally Math (Melody House, 2009) –– Clap, stomp, and snap different patterns.

Week Two


Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell (Clarion, 1993) –– A family shops for groceries, then cooks a meal to share while counting up and down from one to ten.

Activity: Paper Dolls (25 minutes)

Supplies –– copies of figure 1.1 (Each sheet makes two crafts when you cut on the solid black line; one craft per child.) Download full-size pattern from www.alaeditions.org/webextras –– scissors –– crayons, colored pencils, or markers


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Math | Grades K–2 | 3

figure 1.2 Paper doll example

Directions Have the children accordion-fold the pattern on the dotted lines and cut out the pattern of the girl and boy holding hands. When they unfold the dolls, they each will have three complete paper dolls (see figure 1.2).

Music (3 minutes)

“Chant and Write Numbers” by Dr. Jean, from Totally Math (Melody House, 2009) –– Use your finger in the air to write numerals from 0 to 10.

Week Three


Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy (HarperCollins, 2001) –– A superhero-meets-astronaut adventure in this tale about a boy and his dog, who have to know the difference between two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes in order to save the day.

Activity: 3-D Shapes (25 minutes)

The following require a lot of precise cutting, so children probably won’t be able to finish in one program. This is a perfect program to incorporate the help of volunteers. They can cut shapes ahead of time so each child can have a chance to create a craft. You can always make extra copies for children to finish at home.


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Supplies –– copies of figure 1.3 (one sheet has two copies; one per child) –– copies of figure 1.4 (one per child) –– copies of figure 1.5 (one per child) –– copies of figure 1.6 (one sheet makes two crafts; one craft per child) Download full size patterns from www.alaeditions.org/webextras –– scissors –– tape

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Directions Ahead of time: Recruit a teen volunteer to cut out copies of figures 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6 before your program. During the program: Pass out a copy figure 1.3 to each child as they enter the program room. As you read the story ask them to press the correct shape of button throughout the adventure. –– Have the children cut out figure 1.4 around the outside black line. Have them fold each line and create a cube. They can use tape to keep the sides together. –– Have the children cut out figure 1.5 and roll it to create a cone, using tape to hold it together. –– Have the children cut out figure 1.6 and fold each line to create a pyramid, using tape to hold the sides together. –– Talk about the different shapes to help children understand the difference between 2-D and 3-D shapes.

Music (3 minutes)

“I Wish I Were” by Kimbo, from Laugh ’n Learn Silly Songs (Kimbo, 2004) –– Pretend to be a cookie crumb, a bar of soap, mud, an orange, and a radio. Have the children shout out the shape of each.


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Week Four


1 + 1 = 5 and Other Unlikely Additions by David LaRochelle (Sterling, 2010) –– LaRochelle invents a new math game in this story where 1 + 1 never equals 2! Some examples include: 1 goat + 1 unicorn = 3 horns; 1 ant + 1 spider = 14 legs.

Activity: 1 + 1 = x (20 minutes)

Supplies –– copies of figure 1.7 (one per child) Download full-size pattern from www.alaeditions.org/webextras –– crayons, markers, or colored pencils

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Directions –– Have the children create their own story using the formula 1 + 1 = x. Allow enough time to go around and see what everyone came up with.

Music (3 minutes)

“Techno Count to 100” by Dr. Jean, from Totally Math (Melody House, 2009) –– Dance and count to one hundred.

Books to Display Cleary, Brian. A-B-A-B-A: A Book of Pattern Play. Millbrook Press, 2010.

Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots. Greenwillow, 1995.

Falwell, Cathryn. Feast for 10. Clarion, 1993.

Franco, Betsy. Zero Is the Leaves on the Tree. Tricycle Press, 2009. Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang. Greenwillow, 1986.

LaRochelle, David. 1 + 1 = 5 and Other Unlikely Additions. Sterling, 2010.

Murphy, Stuart J. Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom! HarperCollins, 2000.

Murphy, Stuart J. Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes. HarperCollins, 2001. Murphy, Stuart J. Get Up and Go. Perfection Learning, 1996.

Murphy, Stuart J. Monster Musical Chairs. HarperCollins, 2000. Murphy, Stuart J. Ready, Set, Hop. HarperCollins, 1996.

Viorst, Judith. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday. Atheneum, 2009. Wells, Rosemary. Bunny Money. Puffin, 2000.


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Calculating Club (Grades 3–4) Program Publicity

Become a “mathlete” at the XYZ Library. Learn to make seating charts, use tickets at an amusement park, and create animals with tangram shapes. Learn songs to remember math concepts, including “Addition Pokey,” “Macarena Math,” and “Odd-and-Even-Number Bop.” Add your name to the list by calling the library or visiting www.xyzlibrary.org.

Week One


Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! by Marilyn Burns (Scholastic, 1997) –– Help Mr. and Mrs. Comfort plan their seating chart to fit all the guests for their family reunion party.

Activity: Seating Chart (30 minutes) Supplies –– copies of figure 1.8 (one per table) –– copies of figure 1.9 (one per table, plus one per child to take home) Download full-size patterns from www.alaeditions.org/webextras –– scissors

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Directions Read the story to the children, then have them cut out the tables and chairs handouts. Once everything is cut, read the story again while giving the children time to place the chairs around the tables as stated in the story. Provide additional copies for everyone to take home.

Music (2 minutes)

“Addition Pokey” by Dr. Jean, from Totally Math (Melody House, 2009) –– Use all your fingers to add numbers to the hokey pokey.


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Week Two


Safari Park by Stuart J. Murphy (HarperCollins, 2002) –– Each child has twenty tickets to spend at the amusement park. Help them use basic algebra to see which rides they can get on.

Activity: Use Your Tickets (20 minutes)

Supplies –– copies of figure 1.10 on different colored paper (one per child) Download full-size pattern from www.alaeditions .org/webextras –– scissors –– pencils –– seventeen cups –– marker

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Directions Ahead of time: Label the seventeen cups with the different games featured in the story. Make sure to write the cost of the tickets on each cup: –– Six tickets each: Terrible Tarantula –– Four tickets each: Wilderness Cars, Treetop Coaster, River Raft, Tiger Wheel –– Two tickets each: Hippo Drome, Elephant Twirl, Bat Tunnel, Rope Swing –– One ticket each: Rock Toss, Giraffe Ball, Snake Charmer, Zebra Run, cotton candy, popcorn, pretzel, soda During the program: Pass out the ticket sheets to the children after reading the story. –– Instruct them to cut out their tickets. –– Have them use all their tickets and place them in cups to “ride” the rides, or purchase food. –– After everyone uses all their tickets, count each cup to see which ride was most popular and which was least popular.

Music (3 minutes)

“Odd and Even Number Bop” by Dr. Jean, from Totally Math (Melody House, 2009) –– Use your body to move to the left when a number is odd and to the right when a number is even.


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Week Three


Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong (Albert Whitman, 1993) –– Mr. Haktak finds a pot in which everything doubles.

Activity: Multiplying Pot (20 minutes)

Supplies –– copies of figure 1.11 (one per child) Download full-size pattern from www.alaeditions .org/webextras –– scissors –– crayons, colored pencils, or markers –– brads (one per child)

1.11

Directions –– Have the children cut out the pot and the circle, then place the circle beneath the pot and fasten them together with a brad. –– Using crayons, colored pencils, or markers, have the children create different things they would like to multiply if they had the magic.

Music (5 minutes)

“Macarena Math” by Dr. Jean, from Totally Math (Melody House, 2009) –– Count by ones, twos, fives, and tens.

Week Four


Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert (Knopf, 1990) –– A menagerie of tangram animals appears in this story: fox, rabbit, dog, squirrel, hawk, turtle, crocodile, goldfish, goose, lion.

Activity: Tangrams (20 minutes)

Supplies –– copies of figure 1.12 (one copy makes two crafts; one craft per child) Download full-size pattern from www.alaeditions .org/webextras –– scissors 1.12


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Directions –– Have the children cut the tangram into seven pieces. –– Ask them to create animals from the book, or come up with their own. Remind them that they must use all seven pieces.

Music (5 minutes)

“If Animals Could Dance” by the Learning Station, from La Di Da, La Di Di, Dance with Me (Hug-A-Chug Records, 2004) –– Pretend to be a dog, a duck, an elephant, a snake, and more in this song.

Books to Display Burns, Marilyn. Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! Scholastic, 1997. Einhorn, Edward. A Very Improbable Story. Charlesbridge, 2008. Hong, Lily Toy. Two of Everything. Albert Whitman, 1993. Leedy, Loreen. Fraction Action. Holiday House, 1996.

Murphy, Stuart J. Give Me Half. HarperCollins, 1996.

Murphy, Stuart J. The Penny Pot. HarperCollins, 1998.

Murphy, Stuart J. Probably Pistachio. HarperCollins, 2001.

Murphy, Stuart J. Safari Park. HarperCollins, 2002. Scieszka, Jon. Math Curse. Viking, 1995.

Tang, Greg. Grapes of Math. Scholastic, 2004.

Tompert, Ann. Grandfather Tang’s Story. Knopf, 1990.


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Tetrahedron Club (Grades 5–6) Program Publicity

Do you know what a tetrahedron is? Come find out at the XYZ Library. Learn how to build this fascinating type of pyramid. Listen to excerpts from awardwinning All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall, in which an after-school club tries to create the world’s biggest tetrahedron. Who knows, maybe you’ll even come close to beating the Guinness World Record! For more information, visit www.xyz library.org.

Week One


All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall (Little, Brown, 2008) –– Read pages 3–4, where Mr. Collins describes what a tetrahedron is.

Activity: Tetrahedron Building (30 minutes) Supplies –– copies of figure 1.13 (one per child) –– copies of figure 1.6 on various colors of paper (ten per child) Download full-size patterns from www.alaeditions.org/ webextras –– tape, glue, or hot glue

1.6

1.13

Directions –– Review with the children the directions on how to build a tetrahedron. Tape works best to hold individual tetrahedrons together. Hot glue works best to create larger tetrahedrons; use it only if you are comfortable with it. –– You can ask the children what they’d like to accomplish in this club. Either they can build individual tetrahedrons over the four weeks, or they can each create small tetrahedrons and on the last meeting date put them together to see how big of a tetrahedron you can collectively create.

Background Music

Do the Math! by Harry Guffee (Pine Mountain Music, 2001)


Index

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A-B-A-B-A: A Book of Pattern Play (Cleary), 1, 5 “A Pirate’s Life” (song), 94 Acids and Bases (Brent), 37 activities After Happily Ever After, 22–23 Angkor Wat, 110–111 astronaut’s parachute, 30–31 autobiographies, 24–25 backpack dangler, 123 beads, take-home, 96–98, 100, 102 bee antennae headband, 44–45 binder decorating, 128 book covers, 127 bookmark, 122 bottle fishing pole, 116 bully discussion, 166 Butterfly Bookmark, 160–161 cabin flags, 96 Caesar Cipher Secret Decoder, 78–79 cape making, 148–149 Cezanne Still Life, 68 chocolate melt contest, 36–37 collage, 62 color discussion, 156 color zoo mini book, 66

comet experiment, 31–32 compass, 115 composition book decorating, 125 Coral Reef Diorama, 113 coronet, make your own, 160 create patterns, 2 create your own search, 75 Cubism portrait, 70 decode the secret, 76 design your own deserted island, 93 Dialogue, 155 drip painting, 60 egg roll experiment, 36 explorer relay, 162 fingerpainting, 79–80 fingerprint analysis, 85 flannelboard story, 26 flashlight stories, 134 flat self, 46 flip book, 47–48 flower bouquets, 169–170 flying balloon race, 35 folder decorating, 125 Georgia O’Keefe Flower, 69 gingerbread girl, 17–18 golden ticket designing, 50 graphic novel creation, 154–157 Greek shield, 99

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176 | Index activities (continued) handwriting analysis, 84 Hawaiian Lei, 165–166 Hello-Goodbye Window, 61 how to recognize a witch, 49 I Spy, 74 infomercial game, 53–54 invisible ink, 80–81 JEWEL Bingo, 111–112 Jolly Roger Flag, 90 journal making, 168 jungle match, 106 Knot Making, 95 ladybug bracelet, 161–162 locker mirror, 127 lunch bag decorating, 120–121 mask making, 139–143, 147–148, 168–169 Mixed-Up Heroes, 146 Monet’s Bridge at Giverny, 70–71 monster-catcher net, 133 Monster Mash-Up Flip Book, 138–139 monster puppets, 132 Monster under Ethan’s Bed, 137 Mother Goose Land Who Dunnit?, 20–21 Multiplying Pot, 8 musical throne, 161 novels vs. graphic novels, 154 1 + 1 = x, 5 oracles, 102 paper boats, 94 paper dolls, 2–3 pencil holder decorating, 120 pencil wrappers, 121 picture frames, 124 pin the tail on Mr. Fox, 48–49 pink diorama picture frames, 170–171 Pirate Bracelet, 92 Pirate Finger Puppets, 90 Pirate Hats, 91 plant a seed, 164–165 post-it note holder, 128–129 potato pickup, 39 puppets, 15–16 relay, 99 ribbon streamers, 163

riddle of the sphinx, 100–102 ring making, 147 scratchboards, 64–65 Sea Monsters Adventure, 97–98 seating charts, 6 secret decoder necklace, 112 the secret game, 51–52 self portrait, 64 shadow puppets, 138 Shark vs. Train Stick Puppets, 108 sheep mobile, 16–17 shoe impressions, 83 short films, 54–55 sink or float, 40–41 slime making, 34 smell-a-thon, 38 snake action figure, 107 solar energy, 32 solve the murder, 86–87 song writing, 26–27 St. Cyr Slide Code, 77–78 Stanley’s Skateboard, 44 story creation, 45 superhero adventures booklet, 152–153 Superhero and Supervillain Identities, 151 superhero logo, 152 superhero power, 150 survival tin, 114–115 tangrams, 9–10 tell me a story, 25 tetrahedron building, 11–12 thermometers, 117 3-D shapes, 3–4 Three Little _____, 22 tissue paper collage, 60–61 Too Much Spaghetti, 30 Trixie at Your Library, 63 Use Your Tickets, 7 Wanted Poster, 94 water filters, 39–40 What’s Your Job?, 56 Where’s Waldo, 74 white rabbit, 108 wild thing mask/feet, 134–136 Wolf’s Birthday Party, 14–15 “Addition Pokey” (song), 6 Addy Learns a Lesson (Dahl), 126


Index | 177 Adkins, Jan, 95 Adler, Susan S., 126 adventure club, 105–109 adventure clubs, 105–118 The Adventures of Captain Underpants (Pilkey), 153 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Doyle), 171 After Happily Ever After (activity), 22–23 after school clubs adventures, 105–118 art, 59–71 boys only, 145–157 chillers, 131–144 fairy tales, 13–28 girls only, 159–171 humor, 43–57 math, 1–12 mysteries, 73–88 out at sea, 89–103 school, 119–129 science, 29–41 Ahlberg, Allan, 23 Al Capone Does My Shirts (Choldenko), 57 Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Choldenko), 57 Alborough, Jez, 149 Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Saturday (Viorst), 5 All of the Above (Pearsall), 10–12 Allard, Harry, 122 Aloha, Kanani (Yee), 165, 167 Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School (Parish), 122 American Girl Club, 164–167 An Undone Fairy Tale (Lendler), 23 Angelina Ballerina (Holabird), 163 Angkor Wat (activity), 110–111 Animal Romp and Stomp for Kids (CD), 16 Annie Was Warned (Krosoczka), 134 Anno, 25 Another Perfect Day (MacDonald), 149 Applegate, Katherine, 46 Art and Max (Wiesner), 59, 62 art clubs, 59–71 Art for Kids (Temple), 71

Art Up Close (D’Harcourt), 71 Artell, David, 18 artist of the week club, 68–71 As Seen on TV (CD), 52, 54–55, 57 Asian Dreamland (CD), 112 astronaut’s parachute (activity), 30–31 Atomic Ace (Weigel), 151, 153 Atwater, Richard, 57 autobiography activity, 24–25 Avi, 118, 126, 143 Axtell, David, 109

B

“Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” (song), 17 Babymouse (Holm), 156–157 back to school club, 119–122 backpack dangler (activity), 123 The Bad Beginning (Snicket), 88 Bad Boys (Palatini), 76 Bailey, Linda, 43, 46 Ball, Johnny, 12 A Ball for Daisy (Raschka), 67 Balliett, Blue, 68, 71 Baloney (CD), 15 Bany-Winters, Lisa, 57 Barry, Dave, 24, 28, 95 Barton, Chris, 109 Base, Graeme, 82 Batman Begins (CD), 157 Batman (CD), 152 Batman (Cosentino), 148–149 The Battle of the Labyrinth (Riordan), 100, 103 Bauer, Mindy, 12 beads, take-home (activity), 96–98, 100, 102 The Beatles 1 (CD), 112 Beaumont, Karen, 163 Beautiful Oops! (Saltzberg), 62 Beaver is Lost (Cooper), 25 Beccia, Carolyn, 171 Beck, Esther, 37 Bedore, Bob, 57 bee antennae headband (activity), 44–45 Beep, Beep, Vroom Vroom! (Murphy), 5 Beil, Michael D., 69, 71 Benton, Jim, 138, 140 Berkner, Laurie, 17, 22, 27 Berlin, Eric, 88


178 | Index The Best Baroque Album in the World (CD), 171 The Best of Authentic Pan Pipes (CD), 97, 103 The BFG (Dahl), 50 The Big Bug Search (Young), 75–76 Big Nate in a Class by Himself (Peirce), 124, 126 Bigon, Mario, 95 binder decorating (activity), 128 Bingo (activity), 111–112 Birdie’s Big-Girl Shoes (Rim), 164 Birthday Party Singalong (CD), 15 Black, Holly, 113 Black and White (Macaulay), 67, 82 “Blow the Balloon” (song), 15 Blume, Judy, 57 Bolt, Brian, 12 Boniface, William, 157 book covers (activity), 127 booklet (activity), 152–153 bookmark (activity), 122 Bosch, Pseudonymous, 118 bottle fishing pole (activity), 116 The Boy of a Thousand Faces (Selznick), 139–140 boys only clubs, 145–157 bracelet (activity), 161–162 Brent, Lynnette, 37 Broach, Elise, 69, 71 Brown, Jeff, 46 Buckley, Michael, 25, 28 Buehner, Caralyn, 149 Build Your Own Car (Enz), 37 bullying discussion (activity), 166 “Bumblebee” (song), 45 Bunny Money (Wells), 5 Burnford, Sheila, 113 Burns, Marilyn, 6, 9 Bush Songs from the Australian Outback (CD), 113 Butler, M. Christina, 137, 140 Butterfly Bookmark (activity), 160–161 Buzz Buzz (CD), 17, 22, 27

C

cabin flags (activity), 96 Caesar Cipher Secret Decoder (activity), 78–79

calculating club, 6–9 Caldecott Club, 63–67 Calhoun, Yael, 41 Calmenson, Stephanie, 123, 126 Camp Half-Blood Club, 96–103 Camp Rock (CD), 125 “Can You Find the Color” (song), 75 Can’t Sit Still (CD), 46 cape making (activity), 148–149 The Caper of the Crown Jewels (Hunt), 111, 113 Captain Abdul’s Pirate School (McNaughton), 126 Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes (Murphy), 3, 5 Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates (O’Brien and O’Malley), 147, 149 Caribbean Playground (CD), 94 Carle, Eric, 60, 62 Casanova, Mary, 166 The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Springer), 169 The Case of the Detective in Disguise (Preller), 82 The Case of the Detectives in Disguise (Preller), 77 The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Springer), 168, 171 The Case of the Missing Marquess (Springer), 167, 171 The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Springer), 170–171 Catling, Patrick Skene, 35, 37 Catusanu, Mircea, 16, 18 The Cay (Taylor), 118 Cezanne Still Life (activity), 68 Chalk (Thomson), 25, 62 “Chant and Write Numbers” (song), 3 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dahl), 50 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Dahl), 50 Chasing Vermeer (Balliett), 68, 71 Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything (Cotler), 51, 57 Chester’s Masterpiece (Watt), 62 The Chicken Thief (Rodriguez), 25 Children’s Illustrator series, 71 chiller clubs, 131–144


Index | 179 chocolate melt contest (activity), 36–37 The Chocolate Touch (Catling), 36–37 Chodos-Irvine, Margaret, 62 Choldenko, Gennifer, 57 Chrisp, Peter, 171 Chrissa (Casanova), 166 The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon (Thaler), 140 Classic Nursery Rhymes (CD), 21 Classic Starts (Stevenson), 95 Cleary, Brian, 1, 5 Clement, Rod, 76 Clementine (Pennypacker), 47 Clements, Andrew, 113, 128–129 Click, Clack, Moo (Cronin), 45–46 clubs. See after school clubs Cody, Matthew, 157 collage activity, 60–62 color discussion (activity), 156 Color Zoo (Ehlert), 65, 67 color zoo mini book (activity), 66 comet experiment (activity), 31–32 Comic Strip Heroes (CD), 153 compass (activity), 115 composition book decorating (activity), 125 Cool Distance Assistants (Hopwood), 37 Cool Odor Decoders (Beck), 37 Cooney, Caroline B., 88 Cooper, Elisha, 25 Coral Reef Diorama (activity), 113 Coraline (Gaiman), 143 coronet, make your own (activity), 160 Cosentino, Ralph, 148–149 Cotler, Steve, 51, 57 Cottringer, Anne, 149 Courtauld, Sarah, 92 Coville, Bruce, 142–143 crafty kids club, 123–126 Creech, Sharon, 119, 122 Creel, Ann Howard, 165, 167 Creepy: Songs, Music, and Sound Effects (CD), 143 Creepy Crawler Club, 136–140 Crews, David, 67 Crews, Donald, 5 Cronin, Doreen, 45–46 CSI Club, 83–88 Cubism portrait (activity), 70

Curious George’s First Day of School (Rey), 122 Curious Kids Club, 29–33 The Curse of Snake Island, 93 The Curse of Snake Island (James), 95 Cushman, Doug, 76

D

Dahl, Connie, 126 Dahl, Roald, 47–51 Dancin’ with Mr. Bones (CD), 49 Daneshvari, Gitty, 129 The Dangerous Snake and Reptile Club (San Souci), 106, 109 Danneberg, Julie, 121–122 Danny, the Champion of the World (Dahl), 50 The Dark, Dark Night (Butler), 137, 140 The Dark Knight Soundtrack (CD), 156 Davis, David and Jacky, 149 “Day-O (Banana Boat)” (song), 92 Debbie and Friends, 22 decode the secret (activity), 76 decoder necklace (activity), 112 Degen, Bruce, 62 Demigods and Monsters (Riordan), 103 dePaola, Tomie, 29, 33, 39, 41 design your own deserted island (activity), 93 Detective LaRue (Teague), 76 Dex (Buehner), 149 D’Harcourt, Claire, 71 Dialogue (activity), 155 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Kinney), 155, 157 diorama (activity), 113, 170–171 display books adventure club, 109 American Girl Club, 166–167 artist of the week club, 71 back to school club, 122 Calculating Club, 9 Caldecott Club, 67 Camp Half-Blood Club, 103 crafty kids club, 126 Creepy Crawler Club, 140 CSI Club, 88 Curious Kids Club, 33 Enola Holmes Secret Society Club, 171


180 | Index display books (continued) experiment club, 37 Fancy Nancy Club, 163–164 Fractured Fairy Tale Club, 23 Graphic Novel Club, 157 Grimm Club, 28 Happily Ever After Club, 18 I Spy Club, 76 Improv Club, 57 Jolly Roger Club, 89 laugh out loud club, 46–47 Mask Making Club, 143–144 Masterpiece of the Week club, 62 Masterpiece of the Week Club, 62 monster mash club, 136 Monster Mash Club, 136 Numbers Rumba, 5 Pirates Club, 95 Roald Dahl club, 50–51 Secret Agent Jack Stalwart, 113– 114 Secret Identity Club, 153 Super Sleuth, 82 Superhero Club, 149 Tetrahedron Club, 12 tween club, 129 Tween versus Wild Club, 114–118 DiTerlizzi, Tony, 113 Do the Math (Lichtman), 12 Do the Math! (song), 10 “Do the Monster” (song), 139 “Do the Monster Stomp” (song), 136 The Doorbell Rang (Hutchins), 5 Dot (Reynolds), 62 Double or Die (Higson), 84, 88 Doudna, Kelly, 33 Dowd, Siobhan, 85, 88 Doyle, Conan, 171 drip painting (activity), 60 Duddle, Jonny, 92 Dying to Meet You (Klise), 142, 144

E

Easton, Kelly, 118 Echoes from the Palace (CD), 111 Echoes of Nature (CD), 115 Eco System Science Fair Projects (Walker and Wood), 41 egg roll experiment, 36

Ehlert, Lois, 65, 67 Einhorn, Edward, 9 Electricity and Magnetism (Gardner), 41 11 Experiments That Failed (Offill), 37 The Eleventh Hour (Base), 82 Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero (Cottringer), 149 Elish, Dan, 125–126 Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (Chodos-Irvine), 62 Emberley, Adrian, Ed, and Rebecca, 131 Emily Post’s Prom and Party Etiquette (Senning), 171 Emily Windsnap series (Kessler), 26 Encyclopedia Brown (Sobol), 78, 82 The End (LaRochelle), 23 Enola Holmes Secret Society Club, 167–171 publicity, 171 The Enormous Crocodile (Dahl), 50 Environmental Science Fair Projects (Rybolt and Mebane), 41 Enz, Tammy, 37 Epstein, Robin, 129 Ernst, Lisa Campbell, 17–18 The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur (Hunt), 113 Esio Trot (Dahl), 50 Espeland, Pamela, 167 ‟Everybody Do a Pattern” (song), 2 Evil Genius (Jinks), 157 experiment club, 34–37 Experiment with Heat (Lockwood), 37 Experiments with Electricity and Magnetism (Woodford), 41 Experiments with Sound (Oxlade), 41 explorer relay (activity), 162 Extra Credit (Clements), 128–129 Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil (Miller), 114

F

The Fabled Fifth Graders (Fleming), 126, 129 The Face on the Milk Carton (Cooney), 88 Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg (Levine), 28 Fairy Haven series (Levine), 26, 28 fairy tale clubs, 13–28 The Fairy-Tale Detectives (Buckley), 28


Index | 181 Falling for Rapunzel (Wilcox), 164 Falwell, Cathryn, 2, 5 Fancy Nancy Club, 159–164 Fancy Nancy (O’Connor), 159–163 Fantastic Mr. Fox (Dahl), 48 Fardell, John, 118 “Farmer Brown” (song), 45 “Fast and Slow” (song), 108 Feast for 10 (Falwell), 2, 5 Felicity Learns a Lesson (Tripp), 126 Ferguson, Sarah, 163 The Field Guide (Black and DiTerlizzi), 113 50 Classical Highlights (CD), 127 A Fine, Fine School (Creech), 119, 122 fingerpainting (activity), 79–80 fingerprint analysis (activity), 85 First Day Jitters (Danneberg), 121–122 First Day of School (Mayer), 122 “The First Day of School” (song), 121 “The First 12 Days of School” (song), 121 First Drawing series, 71 First the Egg (Seeger), 67 fishing pole (activity), 116 “Five Little Monsters” (song), 137 flannelboard story activity, 26 flashlight stories (activity), 134 flat self (activity), 46 Flat Stanley (Brown), 46 Fleming, Candace, 126, 129 Fleming, Denise, 67 flip book activity, 47–48, 138–139 Flotsam (Wiesner), 64, 67 flower bouquets (activity), 169–170 flying balloon race (activity), 35 folder decorating (activity), 125 Forest Sounds (CD), 115 Fraction Action (Leedy), 9 Fractured Fairy Tale Club, 19–23 Framed! (Rose), 84, 88 Franco, Betsy, 5 The Frog Prince (Scieszka), 22–23 “Froggie Went A-Courtin’” (song), 23 Froggy Goes to School (London), 122 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Konigsburg), 71, 88 Fudge-a-Mania, 57 Funke, Cornelia, 94–95

G

Gaiman, Neil, 88, 140, 143 games. See activities Gantos, Jack, 57 Gardner, Robert, 41 Gay, Marie-Louise, 163 Gears Go, Wheels Roll (Weakland), 33 Geist, Ken, 15, 18 George, Jean Craighead, 115–116, 118 George’s Marvelous Machine (Dahl), 51 Georgia O’Keefe Flower (activity), 69 Get Up and Go (Murphy), 5 Gidwitz, Adam, 28, 141, 144 The Gingerbread Cowboy (Squires), 18 gingerbread girl (activity), 17–18 The Gingerbread Girl (Ernst), 17–18 “Gingerbread Man” (song), 18 girls only clubs, 159–171 Give Me Half (Murphy), 9 Go Figure! (Ball), 12 “Going on a Hunt (Blues)” (song), 133 golden ticket designing activity, 50 “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” (song), 27 “Goldilocks Rap” (song), 27 “Goldilocks” (song), 27 GoldiRocks (CD), 27 Gonna Plant a Garden (CD), 165 Gordon, David, 18 Grandfather Tang’s Story (Tompert), 9 Grandpa’s Teeth (Clement), 76 Grapes of Math (Tang), 9 Graphic Novel Club, 154–157 graphic novel creation (activity), 154– 157 graphic novels vs. novels (activity), 154 Graveyard Book (Gaiman), 143 The Graveyard Book (Gaiman), 88 The Great Cape Rescue (Shalant), 152– 153 The Great Monster Hunt (Landa), 132 The Great Number Rumble (Lee), 12 Greek shield (activity), 99 Greg and Steve, 27 Grey, Mini, 149 Grimm Club, 24–28 The Grimm Legacy (Shulman), 28 guest speakers, 165


182 | Index Guffee, Harry, 10 Gutman, Dan, 124, 126, 128–129

H

Hale, Bruce, 80, 82 Halloween (CD), 143 Halpin, Mikki, 167 Handford, Martin, 74, 76 handwriting analysis (activity), 84 Hansel and Diesel (Gordon), 18 Happily Ever After Club, 13–18 “Happy Birthday Letters” (song), 15 Harris, Peter, 92 Hatchet (Paulsen), 114, 118 Hawaiian Lei (activity), 165–166 Hawaiian Playground (CD), 166 Healing Sounds of Nature (CD), 118 The Hello, Goodbye Window (Juster), 61 Hello-Goodbye Window (activity), 61 Helquist, Brett, 90, 92 Henkes, Kevin, 67, 107, 109, 163 Here Comes the Science (CD), 30, 34, 38 Hero (Lupica), 28 The Hero Revealed (Boniface), 157 High School Musical (CD), 123 High School Musical 2 (CD), 124 High School Musical 3 (CD), 125 Higson, Charlie, 84, 88 A History of Fashion and Costume (Chrisp), 171 H.I.V.E. (Walden), 157 Holabird, Katharine, 163 Holes (Sachar), 117–118 Holm, Jennifer, 156–157 The Homework Machine (Gutman), 128–129 Hong, Lily Toy, 8–9 Hopwood, James, 37 Horowitz, Anthony, 83, 88 Horowitz, Dave, 35, 37 Horrible Harry and the Green Slime (Kline), 34, 37 Hot Air (Priceman), 35, 37, 67 The House in the Night (Swanson), 64, 67 How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? (Yolen), 122 How I Became a Pirate (Long), 91–92

How to Eat Fried Worms (Rockwell), 53, 57 How to Improve at Drawing (Mcmillan), 71 How to Make a Liquid Rainbow (Shores), 33 humor clubs, 43–57 Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again (Horowitz), 35, 37 “Humpty Dumpty” (song), 21 Hunt, Elizabeth Singer, 110–114 Hushabye Baby! (song), 28 Hutchins, Pat, 5

I

I Gotta Draw (Degen), 62 I Like to Rise Family Folk Songs (CD), 45 I Love My Pirate Papa (Leuck), 92 I Need My Monster (Noll), 137, 140 I Spy (activity), 74 I Spy Club, 73–76 I Spy (Kellogg), 76 I Spy (Marzollo), 73 “I Wish I Were” (song), 4 “If Animals Could Dance” (song), 9 “If It’s Your Birthday and You Know It” (song), 15 If You Take a Mouse to School (Numeroff), 120, 122 Improv Club, 51–57 In the Small, Small Pond, 67 Incredible Journey (Burnford), 113 infomercial game (activity), 53–54 instrumental songs, 28 Into the Volcano (Wood), 156–157 The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Selznick), 155, 157 invisible ink (activity), 80–81 Iron Man Soundtrack (CD), 155 Island Songs for Children (CD), 93 The Italian Job Soundtrack (CD), 87 It’s the First Day of School …Forever! (Stein), 129 It’s Your World (Pulse), 167

J

“Jack and the Beanstalk” (song), 27 James, Brian, 95


Index | 183 James and the Giant Peach (Dahl), 47, 51 Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato (dePaola), 39, 41 Jean Sings Silly Songs (CD), 27 Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Coville), 143 JEWEL Bingo (activity), 111–112 Jinks, Catherine, 157 Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Cotler), 57 “Jolly Old Roger” (song), 91 Jolly Roger Club, 89–92 Jolly Roger Flag (activity), 90 Josefina Learns a Lesson (Tripp), 126 journal making (activity), 168 Judy Moody (McDonald), 46 Julie of the Wolves (George), 116, 118 Jumanji (Van Allsburg), 109 “Jump and Fly” (song), 146 jungle match (activity), 106 Juster, Norton, 61

K

Kann, Victoria, 163 Kaufman, Gershen, 167 Kellogg, Steven, 76 Kessler, Liz, 26, 28 Ketteman, Helen, 18 Kidd, Rob, 93, 95 The Kid’s Guide to Service Projects (Lewis), 167 Kidz Bop Halloween (CD), 141 Kimbo, 4 Kimmel, Eric A., 23 Kimmy Schwimmy (CD), 23 Kinney, Jeff, 155, 157 Kirsten Learns a Lesson (Shaw), 126 Kit Learns a Lesson (Tripp), 126 Kitamura, Satoshi, 82 Kitten’s First Full Moon (Henkes), 67 Kline, Suzy, 34, 37 Klise, Kate, 142, 144 Knight, Mary-Jane, 103 Knot Making (activity), 95 Knucklehead (Scieszka), 23, 54, 57 Knuffle Bunny Too (Willems), 63, 67 Konigsburg, E. L., 71, 88 Korman, Gordon, 114

Kramer, Andrew, 92 Kristy’s Great Idea (Martin), 154, 157 Krosoczka, Jarrett J., 134, 156–157 Kulka, Joe, 13, 18 Kurtz, Jane, 164, 167

L

ladybug bracelet (activity), 161–162 Ladybug Girl and the Bug Squad (Davis), 149 Landa, Norbert, 132 Lanie (Kurtz), 164, 167 LaRochelle, David, 5, 23 The Last Olympian (Riordan), 100, 103 Laugh ’n Learn Silly Songs (CD), 4 laugh out loud club, 43–47 Law, Ingrid, 28, 114 Lawn Boy (Paulsen), 55, 57 Lawn Boy Returns (Paulsen), 57 Learning Station, 27 Lee, Cora, 12 Leedy, Loreen, 9 Lehman, Barbara, 25 lei activity, 165–166 Lendler, Ian, 23 Leuck, Laura, 92 Levine, Gail Carson, 26, 28 Lewis, Barbara A., 167 Lichtman, Wendy, 12 The Lightning Thief (Riordan), 96, 103 Lilly’s Big Day (Henkes), 163 Lindgren, Astrid, 114 The Lion and the Mouse (Pinkney), 67 Literacy in Motion (CD), 27 “Little Red Remix” (song), 27 “Little Red Riding Hood” (song), 27 Little White Rabbit (Henkes), 107, 109 locker mirror (activity), 127 Lockwood, Sophie, 37 logos (activity), 152 London, Jonathan, 122 The London Eye Mystery (Dowd), 85, 88 Long, Melinda, 91–92 The Lost Hero (Riordan), 103 Louise and the Big Cheese (Primavera), 164 Louvre Up Close (D’Harcourt), 71


184 | Index Lowell, Susan, 23 Lullaby (CD), 168 Lullaby Renditions of Bob Marley, 69 Lullaby Renditions of Coldplay (CD), 68 Lullaby Renditions of Dave Matthews (CD), 67 Lullaby Renditions of Journey (CD), 71 Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin (CD), 62 Lullaby Renditions of Metallica (CD), 63 Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana (CD), 64 Lullaby Renditions of Pearl Jam (CD), 70 Lullaby Renditions of Pink Floyd (CD), 65 Lullaby Renditions of the Beatles (CD), 61 Lullaby Renditions of the Rolling Stones (CD), 61 Lullaby Renditions of U2 (CD), 60 lunch bag decorating (activity), 120– 121 Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians (Krosoczka), 156–157 Lunch Walks among Us (Benton), 138, 140 Lupica, Mike, 28

M

“Macarena Math” (song), 8 Macaulay, David, 67, 82 MacDonald, Ross, 149 The Magic Finger (Dahl), 51 Making Choices and Making Friends (Espeland), 167 The Malted Falcon (Hale), 80, 82 “Manners and Etiquette” (song), 160 marketing. See publicity Martin, Ann M., 154, 157 Marzollo, Jean, 73, 76 mask making (activity), 139–143, 147– 148, 168–169 Mask Making Club, 140–144 Masterpiece (Broach), 69, 71 Masterpiece of the Week Club, 59–62 Masterpieces Up Close (D’Harcourt), 71 math clubs, 1–12 Math Curse (Scieszka), 9 Math Jingles (song), 12 Mathematical Cavalcade (Bolt), 12 mathletes, 5

Matilda (Dahl), 51 Mayer, Mercer, 122 McDonald, Megan, 38, 41, 46–47 McLeod, Bob, 150, 153 McMann, Lisa, 28, 114 Mcmillan, Sue, 71 McMullan, Kate, 126 McNaughton, Colin, 126 Mebane, Robert C., 41 Middle School (Patterson), 129 Mighty Max (Ziefert), 145, 149 Mikaelsen, Ben, 41 Miller, Wiley, 114 Mirrorscape (Wilks), 70–71 Miss Daisy is Crazy (Gutman), 124, 126 Miss Nelson Is Missing (Allard), 122 The Missing Mitten Mystery (Kellogg), 76 “Mister” (songs), 106 Mixed-Up Heroes (activity), 146 Monet’s Bridge at Giverny (activity), 70–71 “Monster Boogie” (song), 132 “Monster Boogies” (song), 134 monster-catcher net (activity), 133 “Monster Hoe Down” (song), 138 Monster Mash Club, 131–136 “Monster Mash” (song), 140 Monster Mash-Up Flip Book (activity), 138–139 Monster Musical Chairs (Murphy), 5 monster puppets (activity), 132 Monster under Ethan’s Bed (activity), 137 Monsterology (Steer), 140 The Monsters of Morley Manor (Coville), 142–143 Moore, Eva, 30, 32 The Morrow Guide to Knots (Bigon and Regazzoni), 95 The Most Relaxing Piano Album (CD), 127 Mother Goose Land Who Dunnit? (activity), 20–21 Mother Goose Rocks! (song), 28 “Motorcycle” (song), 20 Mouse’s First Day of School (Thompson), 122 Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Atwater), 57


Index | 185 Multiplication Mountain (song), 12 Multiplication Rap and Hip-Hop (song), 11 Multiplying Pot (activity), 8 Murphy, Stuart J., 3, 5, 7, 9 music. See songs “Musical Chairs” (song), 161 musical thrones (activity), 161 “My Blue Balloon” (song), 15 My Side of the Mountain (George), 115, 118 The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Van Allsburg), 82 The Mysterious Benedict Society (Stewart), 124, 129 mystery clubs, 73–88 The Mystery of King Karfu (Cushman), 76

1 + 1 = 5 and Other Unlikely Additions (LaRochelle), 5 101 Drama Games for Children (Rooyackers), 57 101 Games for Children and Adults (Bedore), 57 One Minute Mysteries (Yoder and Yoder), 12 1 + 1 = x (activity), 5 Only One Ocean (CD), 95 “Oompa Loompa” (song), 50 “Opening Race” (song), 162 oracles (activity), 102 The Orange Outlaw (Roy), 79, 82 Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes (Easton), 118 Oxlade, Chris, 41

N

P

The Name of This Book Is Secret (Bosch), 118 nautical clubs, 89–103 Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs (Applegate), 46 Newman, Randy, 48 Nicki (Creel), 165, 167 The Night before First Grade (Wing), 122 Night of the Howling Dog, 118 Night Pirates (Harris), 92 Noll, Amanda, 137, 140 novels vs. graphic novels (activity), 154 Numbers Rumba Club, 1–5 Numeroff, Laura, 120, 122 Nursery Rhyme Time (CD), 21

O

O’Brien, Patrick, 147, 149 O’Connor, Jane, 159–160, 163 “Odd and Even Number Bop” (song), 7 Offill, Jenny, 37 “Oh, When a Shark” (song), 16 “Old MacDonald’s Band” (song), 107 O’Malley, Kevin, 19, 23, 147, 149 On a Pirate Ship (Courtauld), 92 Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude (O’Malley), 19, 23 Once Upon a Royal Superbaby (O’Malley), 23

Paint the Wind (Ryan), 118 Pajama Pirates (Kramer), 92 Palatini, Margie, 76 Palmer, Hap, 21 Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (Carle), 60, 62 paper boats (activity), 94 paper dolls (activity), 2–3 Parish, Herman, 122 Park, Linda Sue, 40–41 “Pass the Broomstick” (song), 49 Pass the Kryptonite (game), 150 pattern creation (activity), 2 Patterson, James, 129 Paulsen, Gary, 55, 57, 114, 118 “The Peach Rolls” (song), 48 Peak (Smith), 118 “Peanut Butter and Jelly” (song), 76 Pearsall, Shelley, 10–12 Pearson, Ridley, 24, 28, 95 Peirce, Lincoln, 124, 126 pencil holder decorating (activity), 120 pencil wrappers (activity), 121 The Penny Pot (Murphy), 9 Pennypacker, Sara, 47 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Knight), 103 permission slip, xi


186 | Index Peter and the Starcatchers (Barry and Pearson), 28, 95 Peter and the Starcatchers series (Barry and Pearson), 24 Phantom of the Opera (CD), 169 Pichon, Liz, 23 picture frame craft (activity), 124 picture frames (activity), 170–171 “Pig on Her Head” (song), 17 PigMania (CD), 27 Pilkey, Dav, 153 pin the tail on Mr. Fox (activity), 48–49 Pinkalicious (Kann), 163 Pinkney, Jerry, 67 “Pinktastic” (song), 163 Pippi Longstocking (Lindgren), 114 Pirate Bracelet (activity), 92 The Pirate Cruncher (Duddle), 92 Pirate Finger Puppets (activity), 90 Pirate Girl (Funke), 94–95 Pirate Hat (activity), 91 Pirates Club, 93–95 Pirates Don’t Change Diapers (Long), 92 plant a seed (activity), 164–165 Plant and Animal Science Fair Projects (Calhoun), 41 Playin’ Favorites (CD), 22, 27 Post, Peggy, 171 post-it note holder (activity), 128–129 potato pickup (activity), 39 Powerless (Cody), 157 Preller, James, 77, 82 Press Here (Herve), 62 Previously (Ahlberg), 23 Priceman, Marjorie, 34, 37, 67 Primavera, Elise, 164 “Princess and the Froggy” (song), 23 The Principal’s New Clothes (Calmenson), 123, 126 Probably Pistachio (Murphy), 9 Professors of the Far North (Fardell), 118 Project Mulberry (Park), 40–41 publicity 5–6 grade science clubs, 38 adventure club, 105 American Girl Club, 164 artist of the week club, 68 back to school club, 119

calculating club, 6 Calculating Club, 6 Caldecott Club, 63 Camp Half-Blood Club, 96 crafty kids club, 123 Creepy Crawler Club, 136 CSI Club, 83 Curious Kids Club, 29 experiment club, 34 Experiment Club, 34 fairy tales, 13 Fancy Nancy Club, 159 Fractured Fairy Tale Club, 19 Graphic Novel Club, 154 Grimm Club, 24 Happily Ever After Club, 13 I Spy Club, 73 Improv Club, 51 Jolly Roger Club, 89 Laugh Out Loud Club, 43 Mask Making Club, 140–141 Masterpiece of the Week Club, 59 Monster Mash Club, 131 Numbers Rumba, 1 Numbers Rumba Club, 1 Pirates Club, 93 Roald Dahl Club, 47 Science Club, 38 Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Club, 110 Secret Identity Club, 150 Super Sleuth Club, 77 Superhero Club, 145 Tetrahedron club, 10 Tetrahedron Club, 10 tween club, 126 Tween versus Wild Club, 114 Pulse, Simon, 167 puppet activity, 15–16 The Puzzle of the Missing Panda (Hunt), 112–113 The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (Berlin), 88

R

Raffi, 17 Ransom, Jeanie Franz, 20, 23 Raschka, Chris, 67


Index | 187 Raskin, Ellen, 88 The Raucous Royals (Beccia), 171 reading selections A-B-A-B-A: A Book of Pattern Play, 1 All of the Above, 10–11 Aloha, Kanani, 165 Annie Was Warned, 134 Art and Max, 59 Atomic Ace, 151 Babymouse, 156 Batman, 148 The Battle of the Labyrinth, 100 The Big Bug Search, 75 Big Nate in a Class by Himself, 124 The Boy of a Thousand Faces, 139 The Caper of the Crown Jewels, 111 Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes, 3 Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates, 147 The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets, 169 The Case of the Detective in Disguise, 77 The Case of the Missing Marquess, 167 The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan, 170 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 50 Chasing Vermeer, 68 Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything, 51 The Chocolate Touch, 36 Chrissa, 166 Click, Clack, Moo, 45 Color, 65 The Dangerous Snake and Reptile Club, 106 The Dark, Dark Night, 137 Diary of a Wimpy Kid, 155 Double or Die, 84 Dying to Meet You, 142 Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, 62 Encyclopedia Brown (Sobol), 78 Extra Credit, 128 The Fabled Fifth Graders, 126

Fairy Haven series, 26 Fancy Nancy, 159 Fantastic Mr. Fox, 48 Feast for 10, 2 A Fine, Fine School, 119 First Day Jitters, 121 Flotsam, 64 Framed!, 84 The Frog Prince, 22 The Great Cape Rescue, 152 The Great Monster Hunt, 132 Hatchet, 114 The Hello, Goodbye Window, 62 Holes, 117 The Homework Machine, 128 Horrible Harry and the Green Slime, 34 Hot Air, 35 The House in the Night, 64 How I Became a Pirate, 91 How to Eat Fried Worms, 53 Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again, 35 I Love My Pirate Papa, 92 I Spy, 73 If You Take a Mouse to School, 120 The Invention of Hugo Cabret, 155 James and the Giant Peach, 47 Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato, 39 Julie of the Wolves, 116 Knucklehead, 54 Knuffle Bunny Too, 63 Kristy’s Great Idea, 154 Lanie, 164 The Last Olympian, 100 Lawn Boy, 55 The Lightning Thief, 96 Little White Rabbit, 107 The London Eye Mystery, 85 Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians, 156 Lunch Walks among Us, 138 The Malted Falcon, 80 Masterpiece, 69 Mighty Max, 145 Mirrorscape, 70 Miss Daisy is Crazy, 124 Miss Nelson Is Missing, 122


188 | Index reading selections (continued) The Monsters of Morley Manor, 142 The Morrow Guide to Knots, 95 My Side of the Mountain, 115 The Mysterious Benedict Society, 124 The Mystery of King Karfu, 76 Nicki, 165 1 + 1 = 5 and Other Unlikely Additions, 5 The Orange Outlaw, 79 Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, 60 Pirate Girl, 94 The Principal’s New Clothes, 123 Project Mulberry, 40 The Puzzle of the Missing Panda, 112 Red Blazer Girls, 69 Robot Dreams, 155 Roger, the Jolly Pirate, 90 Safari Park, 7 The School for the Insanely Gifted, 125 The Search for Sunken Treasure, 113 The Secret of the Sacred Temple, 110 The Secret Shortcut, 105 Shredderman, 151 Sisters Grimm series, 25 Something Upstairs, 143 Space Explorers, 30 Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!, 6 Stanley’s Wild Ride, 43 Stormbreaker, 83 Strega Nona, 29 Superhero ABC, 150 A Tale Dark and Grimm, 141 The Tale of Billy Turner, 93 There Was an Old Monster!, 131 This Little Pirate, 89 Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark, 15 The Titan’s Curse, 98 Touching Spirit Bear, 39 Two of Everything, 8 Into the Volcano, 156

What Really Happened to Humpty?, 20 Where’s Waldo, 74 The Witches, 49 You Can Do Anything, Daddy!, 146 Ready, Set, Hop (Murphy), 5 “Ready, Set, Move!” (song), 109 Red Blazer Girls (Beil), 69, 71 The Red Book (Lehman), 25 Red’s in the Hood (CD), 27 Regazzoni, Guido, 95 Reid-Naiman, Kathy, 18 The Relatives Came (Rylant), 67 relay (activity), 99 Rex, Michael, 146, 149 Rey, Margaret and H.A., 122 Reynolds, Aaron, 153 Reynolds, Peter H., 62 ribbon streamers (activity), 163 riddle of the sphinx (activity), 100–102 “Ride Ride Go for a Ride” (song), 44 Rim, Sujean, 164 ring making (activity), 147 Riordan, Rick, 96–98, 100, 103 Roald Dahl club, 47–51 Robot Dreams (Varon), 155, 157 Rockabye Baby! (song), 28 Rockwell, Thomas, 53, 57 Rodriguez, Beatrice, 25 Roger, the Jolly Pirate (Helquist), 90, 92 room setup, xi Rooyackers, Paul, 57 Rose, Malcom, 84, 88 Rosen, Michael, 109 Rosenshontz, 27 “Row Your Boat” (song), 91 Roy, Ron, 82 Rubin, Vicky, 23 Russ, Angela, 16 Ryan, Pam Munoz, 118 Rybolt, Thomas, 41 Rylant, Cynthia, 67

S

Sachar, Louis, 117–118 Safari Park (Murphy), 7, 9 Salisbury, Graham, 118 Saltzberg, Barney, 62


Index | 189 Samantha Learns a Lesson (Adler), 126 San Souci, Daniel, 106, 109 Savvy (Law), 28, 114 scary clubs, 131–144 Scary Stories Treasury (Schwartz), 140 school clubs, 119–129 The School for the Insanely Gifted (Elish), 125–126 School! (McMullan), 126 School of Fear (Daneshvari), 129 “School Quiz” (song), 120 Schwartz, Alvin, 140 Science (CD), 32, 36, 40 science club, 29–41 Scieszka, Jon, 9, 22–23, 54, 57, 153 scratchboards (activity), 64–65 Sea Monsters Adventure (activity), 97–98 The Sea of Monsters (Riordan), 97, 103 The Search for Sunken Treasure (Hunt), 113 searches, create your own (activity), 75 seating charts (activity), 6 seaworthy clubs, 89–103 Secret Agent Jack Stalwart Club, 110– 114 secret decoder necklace (activity), 112 the secret game (activity), 51–52 Secret Identity Club, 150–153 The Secret of the Sacred Temple (Hunt), 110, 114 The Secret School (Avi), 126 The Secret Shortcut (Teague), 105, 109 Sector 7 (Wiesner), 109 seed planting (activity), 164–165 Seeger, Laura Vaccaro, 67 self portrait (activity), 64 Selznick, Brian, 140, 155, 157 Sendak, Maurice, 67, 109, 134 Senning, Cindy Post, 171 shadow puppets (activity), 138 Shalant, Phyllis, 152–153 Shark vs. Train (Barton), 109 Shark vs. Train Stick Puppets (activity), 108 Shaw, Janet Beeler, 126 Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing (Kitamura), 82 sheep mobile (activity), 16–17

shelfmark (activity), 122 Shipwreck (Korman), 114 shoe impressions (activity), 83 Shoe-La-La (Beaumont), 163 Shores, Lori, 33 short films activity, 54–55 Show Time! Music (Bany-Winters), 57 Shredderman (Van Draanen), 151, 153 Shulman, Polly, 28 “Sid the Science Kid,” 31 Sid the Science Kid (CD), 35, 39 Sing-a-Long-Science (CD), 33, 37, 41 Singable Songs for the Very Young (CD), 17 sink or float activity, 40–41 Sisters Grimm series (Buckley), 25 slime making activity, 34 Small, Mary, 167 smell-a-thon (activity), 38 Smith, Roland, 118 snake action figure (activity), 107 Snicket, Lemony, 88 Sobol, Donald J., 78, 82 solar energy (activity), 32 solve the murder (activity), 86–87 Something Upstairs (Avi), 143 song writing activity, 26–27 songs “A Pirate’s Life,” 94 “Addition Pokey,” 6 “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,” 17 “Blow the Balloon,” 15 “Bumblebee,” 45 “Can You Find the Color,” 75 “Chant and Write Numbers,” 3 “Day-O (Banana Boat),” 92 Do the Math!, 10 “Do the Monster,” 139 “Do the Monster Stomp,” 136 “Farmer Brown,” 45 “Fast and Slow,” 108 “The First Day of School,” 121 “The First 12 Days of School,” 121 “Five Little Monsters,” 137 “Froggie Went A-Courtin’,” 23 “Gingerbread Man,” 18 “Going on a Hunt (Blues),” 133 “Goldilocks,” 27


190 | Index songs (continued) “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” 27 “Goldilocks Rap,” 27 “Happy Birthday Letters,” 15 “Here Comes the Science,” 30 “Humpty Dumpty,” 21 Hushabye Baby!, 28 “I Wish I Were,” 4 “If Animals Could Dance,” 9 “If It’s Your Birthday and You Know It,” 15 “Jack and the Beanstalk,” 27 “Jolly Old Roger,” 91 “Jump and Fly,” 146 “Little Red Remix,” 27 “Little Red Riding Hood,” 27 “Macarena Math,” 8 “Manners and Etiquette,” 160 Math Jingles, 12 “Mister,” 106 “Monster Boogie,” 132 “Monster Boogies,” 134 “Monster Hoe Down,” 138 “Monster Mash,” 140 Mother Goose Rocks!, 28 “Motorcycle,” 20 Multiplication Mountain, 12 Multiplication Rap and Hip-Hop, 11 “Musical Chairs,” 161 “My Blue Balloon,” 15 Numbers Rumba, 2 “Odd and Even Number Bop,” 7 “Oh, When a Shark,” 16 “Old MacDonald’s Band,” 107 “Oompa Loompa,” 50 “Opening Race,” 162 “Pass the Broomstick,” 49 “The Peach Rolls,” 48 “Peanut Butter and Jelly,” 76 “Pig on Her Head,” 17 “Pinktastic,” 163 “Princess and the Froggy,” 23 “Ready, Set, Move!,” 109 “Ride Ride Go for a Ride,” 44 Rockabye Baby!, 28 “Row Your Boat,” 91 “School Quiz,” 120

“Spider-Man,” 151 “Spy a Shape,” 74 “Super Hero Day,” 149 “Superhero,” 147 “Superman,” 150 “Techno Count to 100,” 5 “Ten Jolly Pirates,” 90 “There’s a Dog in School,” 122 “Three Billy Goats Gruff,” 28 “The Three Boppin’ Bears Rap,” 27 “Three Little Pigs,” 22 “Three Little Pigs Blues,” 22 “Three Pigs and a Wolf,” 22 “Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?,” 82 “Zero the Hero Number Stomp,” 148 Sounds of Earth (CD), 116 Space Explorers (Moore), 30, 32–33 Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! (Burns), 6, 9 SPHDZ Book 1! (Scieszka), 153 “Spider-Man” (song), 151 Spooky Wooky Halloween (CD), 142 Spring Symphony (CD), 170 Springer, Nancy, 167–171 “Spy a Shape” (song), 74 St. Cyr Slide Code (activity), 77–78 Stanley’s Skateboard (activity), 44 Stanley’s Wild Ride (Bailey), 43, 46 Stead, Rebecca, 88 Steer, Dugald A., 140 Stein, R. L., 129 Stella (Gay), 163 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 95 Stewart, Georgiana, 21 Stewart, Trenton Lee, 127, 129 Stick Up for Yourself (Kaufman), 167 Stink and the World’s Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers (McDonald), 38, 41 Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid (McDonald), 47 The Stinky Cheese Man (Scieszka), 23 Stormbreaker (Horowitz), 83, 88 story creation (activity), 45 Story Songs and Sing Alongs (CD), 22, 27 The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep (Catusanu), 16, 18 Strega Nona (dePaola), 29, 33


Index | 191 Sturges, Philomen, 89, 92 Super Duck (Alborough), 149 “Super Hero Day” (song), 149 Super Simple Things to Do with Balloons (Doudna), 33 Super Sleuth Club, 77–82 Superhero ABC (McLeod), 150, 153 Superhero and Supervillain Identities (activity), 151 Superhero Club, 145–149 superhero logo (activity), 152 superhero power (activity), 150 Superhero School (Reynolds), 153 “Superhero” (song), 147 Superman (Cosentino), 149 “Superman” (song), 150 survival tin (activity), 114–115 Swanson, Susan Marie, 64, 67 Swisher, Clarice, 171 Symphony Favorites (CD), 128

T

The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Kessler), 28 A Tale Dark and Grimm (Gidwitz), 28, 141, 144 The Tale of Billy Turner (Kidd), 93, 95 Tang, Greg, 9 tangrams (activity), 8–9 Tea for Ruby (Ferguson), 163 Teague, Mark, 76, 105, 109 “Techno Count to 100” (song), 5 Teddy Bear’s Greatest Hits (CD), 27 tell me a story (activity), 25 Temple, Kathryn, 71 Ten Black Dots (Crews), 5 “Ten Jolly Pirates” (song), 90 tetrahedron building (activity), 11–12 Tetrahedron Club, 10–12 Thaler, Mike, 140 There Was an Old Monster! (Emberley), 131 “There’s a Dog in School” (song), 122 thermometer (activity), 117 This Little Pirate (Sturges), 89, 92 The Thomas Crown Affair Soundtrack (CD), 85 Thompson, Lauren, 122 Thomson, Bill, 25, 62

“Three Billy Goats Gruff” (song), 28 “The Three Boppin’ Bears Rap” (song), 27 3-D shapes (activity), 3–4 Three Horrid Little Pigs (Pichon), 23 Three Little _____ (activity), 22 Three Little Cajun Pigs (Artell), 18 Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark (Geist), 15, 18 Three Little Gators (Ketteman), 18 Three Little Javelinas (Lowell), 23 “Three Little Pigs Blues” (song), 22, 27 “Three Little Pigs” (song), 22, 27 Three Little Pigs (Wiesner), 18 Three Little Rigs (Gordon), 18 Three Little Tamales (Kimmel), 23 “Three Pigs and a Wolf” (song), 22, 27 Three Swinging Pigs (Rubin), 23 thriller clubs, 131–144 Tickles and Tunes (CD), 18 The Titan’s Curse (Riordan), 98, 103 Today I Will Fly! (Willems), 47 Tompert, Ann, 9 Too Much Spaghetti (activity), 30 Totally Math (CD), 2–3, 5–6, 74 Totally Reading (CD), 15 Touching Spirit Bear (Mikaelsen), 39, 41 Traction Man Is Here (Grey), 149 Tripp, Valerie, 126 Trivizas, Eugene, 18 Trixie at Your Library (activity), 63 Truck (Crews), 67 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Avi), 118 The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (Scieszka), 22–23 Tuesday (Wiesner), 76 Tullet, Herve, 62 Tween Club, 126–129 Tween versus Wild Club, 114–118 25 Children’s Favorites (CD), 129 The Twits (Dahl), 51 Two-Minute Mysteries (Sobol), 82 Two of Everything (Hong), 8–9

U

The Ultimate James Bond Collection (CD), 83 Ultimate Pink Panther (CD), 84


192 | Index The Unwanteds (McMann), 28, 114 Use Your Tickets (activity), 7

V

Van Allsburg, Chris, 25, 82, 109 Van Draanen, Wendelin, 151, 153 Varon, Sara, 155, 157 A Very Improbable Story (Einhorn), 9 Victor Vito (CD), 23 Viorst, Judith, 5

W

Walden, Mark, 157 Walker, Pam, 41 Wanted Poster (activity), 94 water filter activity, 39–40 Watt, Melanie, 62 Way to Be! (Small), 167 We the Children (Clements), 129 Weakland, Mark, 33 Wee Sing, 20 Wee Sing and Pretend (CD), 15, 20 A Week in the Woods (Clements), 113 Weigel, Jeff, 151, 153 Weisner, David, 25 Wells, Rosemary, 5 We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (Rosen), 109 We’re Going on a Lion Hunt (Axtell), 109 We’re Going on a Lion Hunt (Matieu), 109 The Westing Game (Raskin), 88 What If You Met a Pirate? (Adkins), 95 What Really Happened to Humpty? (Ransom), 20, 23 What’s Your Job? (activity), 56 When You Reach Me (Stead), 88 “Where in the World?” (song), 46 Where the Wild Things Are (Sendak), 67, 109, 134 Where’s Waldo (activity), 74 Where’s Waldo (Handford), 74

Where’s Waldo? (Handford), 74, 76 white rabbit (activity), 108 “Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?” (song), 82 Why Pi? (Ball), 12 Wiesner, David, 18, 59, 62, 64, 67, 76, 109 Wilcox, Leah, 164 wild thing mask/feet (activity), 134–136 Wilks, Mike, 70–71 Willems, Mo, 47, 63, 67 Wing, Natasha, 122 witch activity, 49 The Witches (Dahl), 49, 51 Wolf’s Birthday Party (activity), 14–15 Wolf’s Coming (Kulka), 13, 18 The Wolves in the Walls (Gaiman), 140 Women of Victorian England (Swisher), 171 Wonder Woman (Cosentino), 149 Wood, Don, 156–157 Wood, Elaine, 41 Woodford, Chris, 41 The Worst-Case Scenario (Epstein), 129

Y

Yee, Lisa, 165, 167 Yoder, Eric, 12 Yoder, Natalie, 12 Yolen, Jane, 122 You Can Do Anything, Daddy! (Rex), 146, 149 Young, Caroline, 75–76

Z

Zathura (Van Allsburg), 109 Zero Is the Leaves on the Tree (Franco), 5 “Zero the Hero Number Stomp” (song), 148 Ziefert, Harriet, 145, 149
