Happenings in Spring Valley Media Center, Week of October 5-8, 2015

This week in our school library I will be working with grades K-2. In kindergarten we are still learning about the author and illustrator Tomie dePaola. We are reading his book, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs.  In grades 1-2, we are focusing on Hispanic Heritage Month which runs from September 15-October 15. Last week, we read Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales. This week, we will focus on a non-fiction text, a biography about the famous salsa singer Celia Cruz.

Just a Minute is an awesome book. Everytime I read it to students, it is an instant hit! I can't keep it on the shelves. Students love the repetition through out the story, with Grandma Beetle saying, "Just a Minute Señor Calovera!"












Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs is a touching story based on Tomie dePaola's childhood. He had the pleasure to know both his grandmother and his great-grandmother. He describes how he would visit them on Sunday afternoons and how he cherished his time with both of them. Children laugh when Tomie is tied in the big morris chair just like his great-grandmother.