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Welcome to the

Candlewick

Read to Us!
StoRY-HoUR Kit
A Shortcut to Your Story Hour

oung children love to be read to at home, in day


care or preschool, and in story hours at libraries and
bookstores. Candlewick is pleased to present our second
story-hour kit, which will make it easy and fun to use
Candlewick books to entertain as well as to foster the
skills that will lead to childrens reading success.

Books to be used with this


Candlewick Read to Us!
Story-Hour Kit

esearch has long shown that exposing children


to stories as early as possible encourages the brain
development that leads to success in reading, and that
children who enter school with early literacy skills are
better able to benefit from reading instruction in the
classroom. Likewise, children who start school with
low literacy skills are more likely to have difficulty
throughout their school years in fact, knowledge of
alphabet letters at the start of kindergarten is a strong
predictor of reading ability in tenth grade. Involving
children in literacy projects before they enter school
not only helps prevent a pattern of poor reading skills;
it also sows the seeds for cultivating a lifelong delight
in reading.

The Pencil

by Allan Ahlberg
illustrated by Bruce Ingman
978-0-7636-3894-8
Ages 48

Little Beauty

written and illustrated


by Anthony Browne
978-0-7636-3959-4
Ages 35

his Candlewick Read to Us! Story-Hour Kit


showcases four books focusing on common
themes of friendship, loneliness, imagination, and the
importance of being true to yourself. The kit contains
discussion questions and two activities per book. Each
easy-to-prepare activity created to appeal to a range
of ages is designed to boost childrens letter, number,
and color recognition; phonemic and phonological
awareness; oral and written expression; auditory skills;
ability to follow directions; understanding of sequence
of events; and most of all, imagination and creativity.
Enjoy and have fun!

Bee-Wigged

written and illustrated


by Cece Bell
978-0-7636-3614-2
Ages 48

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What the Grizzly Knows


by David Elliott
illustrated by Max Grafe
978-0-7636-2778-2
Ages 35

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Discussion
Questions and
Directions

bag, and have each child pull a slip of paper from the bag. (He
or she may need help reading it.) Then have each child take a
turn acting out the words while the other children guess what
he or she is trying to say. This activity fosters narrative skills and
imagination.

Bee-Wigged

The Pencil
For Discussion: Begin a discussion of the book by asking
such questions as, Why does the pencil begin to draw
things? Why does he create the eraser? Do you think the
pencil expected the eraser to rub out everything it touched?
After the two erasers rub each other out, the pencil redraws
everything. Do you think everyone will live happily? Why
or why not? What name would you give the pencil?
Whats Your Name?: In the book, the pencil gives a name
to everyone and everything he draws. Have children sit in
a circle and play the name game. Explain that you will be
going around the circle, having each child say his or her name
with an adjective (or describing word) that begins with the
same sound. Examples might include Happy Harry, Excited
Emily, and Zany Zack. Afterward, using the reproducible
name tags in this kit, ask children to write out their names.
(Some children may need help.) This activity spotlights
alliteration, name and letter knowledge, and writing.
Color My World: Distribute a copy of the enclosed coloring
sheet to each child. As the children color, ask whether they
are coloring the sun, the houses, or the dog, and ask what
colors they are using. This activity promotes color identification
and vocabulary.

Little Beauty
For Discussion: Begin a discussion by asking such questions
as, Why is the gorilla sad? What makes the gorilla happy?
Describe the special bond between Beauty and the gorilla.
Ask, Why does the gorilla get angry? Why does Beauty say
she broke the TV?
Hands Can Say a Lot: Explain to children we can hold our
hands and fingers in different ways to say different things.
Show children how hands can say Stop!, Im three, or
Hi! Then, using modeling clay, have children put their
fingers in different positions and make handprints. (A recipe
for modeling clay is included.) You could try other ways to
make handprints as well, such as crayon or pencil outlines,
chalk dust on colored paper, paint, inkpads, or wet hands
on a chalkboard or cement. This activity encourages print
motivation.
Charades: In the book, both the gorilla and Beauty
communicate by sign language. Drawing on the enclosed list
of suggestions, have each child act out a different idea using
only hand gestures and movement, without making a sound.
If the children in your group are old enough, cut apart the
different phrases to be acted out, place them in a brown paper

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For Discussion: Begin a discussion by asking such questions


as, Why do people run away from Jerry Bee? How does that
make Jerry feel? How does the wig help Jerry? How does Jerry
help Wiglet? What does Jerry want more than anything else?
Why is it important to be yourself? Jerry is described as being
artistic, generous, helpful, and funny. Ask children how they
would describe themselves. Brainstorm with them different
types of traits and characteristics. Ask, What makes you you?
Bee Yourself: Distribute the enclosed connect-the-letter
reproducible sheet and ask children to draw a line that
connects the letters in the alphabet from A to Z. Ask,
Who does the final drawing show? This activity builds letter
knowledge.
What Can It B?: Discuss the letter Bwhat sound it
makes, what it looks like, how to draw it. Brainstorm with
children as many words as possible that begin with the letter
B. Open the book to the parade scene. Ask them to look
for all the things in the picture that begin with B (such as
balloons, banner, baby, boots, baton, beard, buttons, baker,
and Bigg School). Then distribute the B sheet and have
children draw or write the B words that they found and
color in the B. This activity builds phonemic and phonological
awareness.

What the Grizzly Knows


For Discussion: In the book, Teddy helps the boy feel cozy.
Begin a discussion with such questions as, What makes you
feel cozy when you are going to sleep? Does Teddy actually
become a grizzly? Does the boy really turn into a bear? What
are some of the things Teddy and the boy do and see while
they are bears? Do you think they really leave bear prints
behind?
Follow Me: Using the enclosed reproducible sheet, have
children follow the path of the bear prints. Ask them to draw
a line from one paw print to the next, following the sequence
of numbers. This activity promotes number sense and number
recognition.
My Dream: Have children discuss their favorite dreams. Ask,
What makes your dream so special and memorable? Explain
that you dont have to be asleep to have a dream, but that a
dream can be a type of wish or fantasy. Then invite children
to draw their favorite dream, wish, or fantasy. Ask them
to describe their dream picture, including as many details
as they can. Allow them to share their drawings with one
another. This activity cultivates imagination and oral and artistic
expression.

The Pencil
Whats Your Name?

Illustrations copyright 2008 by Bruce Ingman

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The Pencil
Color My World

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Illustrations copyright 2008 by Bruce Ingman

Little Beauty
Charades

I love you.

I am sad.

Eating a cookie

Im sleepy.

Are you hungry?

Riding a bike

Im late for dinner.

Im sorry.

Do you want to play with me?

The wind blew my hat off.

Look at the airplane in the sky.

Making a sand castle

Swimming

Smell the flowers with me.

Jump for joy!

Will you be my friend?

I enjoy reading.

I am angry!

A butterfly landed on my nose!

I hear a knock on the door.

Illustration copyright 2008 by Anthony Browne

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Little Beauty
Hands Can Say a Lot

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Bee-Wigged
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Illustration copyright 2008 by Cece Bell

Candlewick P ress

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FALL 2008

Bee-Wigged
What Can It B?

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Illustrations copyright 2008 by Cece Bell

What the Grizzly Knows


Follow Me

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Illustrations copyright 2008 by Max Grafe

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What the Grizzly Knows


My Dream

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Illustration copyright 2008 by Max Grafe

Help Your Child


Get Ready to Read
Narrative Skills
Tell stories together, encourage pretend play,
and let your child be a storyteller.

Letter Knowledge
Help your child identify the first letter in his or
her name and find it in books, on street signs,
and on package labels.

Print Awareness
Help your child discover how to hold a book
and turn the pages.

Vocabulary
Teach your child the specific names for things,
such as vegetables in the grocery store.

Print Motivation
Find books that speak to your childs interests,
and share them often.

Phonological Awareness
Sing songs, play games, and share rhymes to help
your child play with the smaller sounds in words.
Copyright 2003 by Multnomah County Library (Oregon)

Illustrations copyright 2008 by Bruce Ingman

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