Re: Elem: Picture books - monster and fences.

[Suby Wallace <swallace@NIC.CRSC.K12.AR.US>]

That monster story reminds me of a picture book by Natalie Babbit called The
Something.  It's about a geeky looking monster named Milo who is afraid of
what might come in the night.  He's got a general idea of what it might look
like, and one night it visits him - Eek!  it's a little girl!  Turns out
she's been afraid of something that looks like him.  It's so cute.  Probably
out of print, tho.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Paula Neale <PLNeale@AOL.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 1:07 PM
Subject: Elem: Picture books - monster and fences.


> Colleagues,
> I am trying to locate a couple of books a teacher wants to use for
creative
> writing.
>
> The first is a specific book - probably at least 20 years old.  All she
can
> remember is that a little boy is afraid of a monster and the problem is
> solved when the monster "moves next door.'  She thought the boy's name
might
> be Alexander, but it does not appear to be any of the Viorst books.
>
> The second request is for picture books or at least something short enough
to
> be read in 20 minutes or less.  We are looking for descriptions of
altermate
> worlds.  She wants them to write about a world which might be hidden " in
the
> palm of their hands." or just off the beaten path or behind a fence.  She
> particularly would like to have a book where the characters look over a
fence
> or go through a gate into this other world.  Remember it must be a short
> picture book.
>
> I have given her:
>
> The Trek by Jonas
> And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Seuss
> The Talking Eggs by San Souci
> Lucy Steps Through the Wardrobe, a picture book version of a C.S. Lewis
> chapter.
>
> I have tried to talk her into reading just a chapter from a longer
fantasy,
> but she prefers a picture book that tells the whole story.
>
> This thing about a world just behind the fence is tantalizing.  It's like
I
> can almost reach out and touch that book, but what is it?
>
> Paula Neale, LMS
> Ingels Elementary School
> Kansas City, MO  64134
> 816-316-7855
> plneale@aol.com
>
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