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Elementary Programs Chapter

By Laura Douglas and Stacey Irish-Keffer

Introduction

• Outline of Themed Sections and Featured Books

Section 1: All Aboard! Stories about Trains

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: Stormy’s Hat: Just Right for a Railroad Man by Eric A. Kimmel
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Stormy Kromer
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Video/DVDs/Films
• Featured Book: Railroad John and the Red Rock Run by Tony Crunk
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Steam Engines
  • Refreshments
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Guest Speakers
  • Video/DVDs/Films
• Featured Book: John Henry by Julius Lester
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: John Henry and Tall Tales
  • Songs
  • Crafts
  • Video/DVDs/Films
  • Program Materials

Section 2: Passenger Car: Stories about People

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: Olympic Games and Wilma Rudolph
  • Refreshments
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Guest Speakers
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: One-Room Schools and Quilts
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Guest Speakers
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: Tutankhamen’s Gift written and illustrated by Robert Sabuda
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Facts about Nonfiction Topics: King Tut, Mummies, and Sarcophagi
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
  • Program Materials

Section 3: Dining Car: Stories about Food!

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Pizza
  • Refreshments
  • Songs
  • Rhymes and Poetry
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Guest Speakers
• Featured Book: Minnie’s Diner by Dayle Ann Dodds
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: Multiplication and Math
  • Refreshments
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Web Sites
• Featured Book: George Crum and the Saratoga Chip by Gaylia Taylor
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: Potato Chips and George Crum
  • Refreshments
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources

Section 4: Observation Deck: Stories about Science

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: My Life with the Wave translated and adapted by Catherine Cowan
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Buoyancy
  • Crafts
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: Wind Flyers by Angela Johnson
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Facts about Nonfiction Topics: Tuskegee Airmen, Airplanes, and Lift
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction
  • Read
  • Facts about Nonfiction Topic: Dinosaurs
  • Crafts
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
  • Program Materials

Section 5: Sleeper Car: Stories about Night

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: Moon Rope by Lois Ehlert
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: The Moon and Moon Myths
  • Refreshments
  • Crafts
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeannette Winter
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: Underground Railroad and the Big Dipper
  • Reader’s Theater
  • Crafts
  • Guest Speakers
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: The Starry Night by Neil Waldman
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: The Starry Night
  • Songs
  • Crafts
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources

Section 6: Stock Car: Stories about Animals

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Sharks
  • Crafts
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: A Pair of Polar Bears: Twin Cubs Find
  
  a Home at the San Diego Zoo by Joanne Ryder
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Polar Bears
  • Crafts
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Facts about Nonfiction Topics: Bats and Vampire Bats
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Guest Speakers
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
  • Program Materials

Section 7: Baggage Car: Stories about Travel

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Kansas
  • Refreshments
  • Crafts
  • Games and Activities
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman by Darcy Pattison
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: License Plates
  • Audio Recordings
  • Crafts
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: The Buffalo Storm by Katherine Applegate
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: Oregon Trail and American Bison
  • Refreshments
  • Crafts
  • Professional Resources
  • Program Materials

Section 8: Caboose: Stories about Art and Music

• Bulletin Board
• Featured Book: Ruby Sings the Blues by Niki Daly
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topic: Singers and Music
  • Audio Recordings
  • Crafts
  • Web Sites
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction Topics: African Music and African Drums
  • Reader’s Theater
  • Crafts
  • Guest Speakers
  • Professional Resources
• Featured Book: The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel
  • Books to Display
  • Introduction of Featured Book
  • Read
  • Nonfiction topic: Pottery
  • Crafts
  • Guest Speakers
  • Professional Resource

Texas Reading Club 2010 Programming Manual / Catch the Reading Express!

Published by the Library Development Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission