For March Is Reading Month (MIRM), Congress Elementary library is having students read from four different genres, a different one for each week of March. One week they can read a non-fiction book, the next a biography, then poetry and, finally, a book of fiction, such as historical, realistic, a fable or folktale. If they read from all four genres and write a little about each, they can choose four different toppings for a sundae celebration at the end of March Is Reading Month.
To celebrate MIRM this week during library story time, we read from the genre of poetry.
We read the magical and majestic Sequoia, a picture book poem, by Tony Johnston, with paintings by Wendell Minor. This is a must see and read book because the words and images are stunning with colorful images of nature and animals at dawn, day, sunset and eve. Images are full of detail in closeups and landscapes; the rich language captures the amazing juxtapositions of natural moments between trees, animals and the elements. A very beautiful book!
~Georgine Bello
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