[LM_NET] HIT: Bill Peet books

[Gayle Hodur <ghodur@REDSHIFT.COM>]

Thanks for all your help with my Bill Peet problem. Most people suggested
doing an author talk based on his autobiography and emphasizing his work
for Disney. The Disney movie Ben and Me is one that he drew characters
for; Sword in the stone is another.  The following books were the ones
suggested as good ones to read aloud or use to booktalk. It was also
recommended to pitch these to 4th or 5th graders due to the length and
complexity of the stories. Also recommended was the website:
http://www.billpeet.net/

Numbers show how many respondents mentioned this book as a fave.

7 Big Bad Bruce

10 Wump World – Ecology, pollution, etc Great when paired with The Lorax
by Seuss

7 Hubert’s Hair-Raising Adventure

3 How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head

3 Caboose Who Got Loose – nice rhythm

1 Merle the High Flying Squirrel – self confidence

2 Ant and the Elephant – classification, fables, etc.

4 Cowardly Clyde – a knight and his nervous horse

1 No Such Things – weird critters
4 Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent – wants to sink a ship, but winds up
saving it from pirates

3 Whingdingdilly – read without showing the character – let kids draw what
they think it looks like

1 Bluford the Little Bighorn – self acceptance

1 Jethro and Joel Were a Troll

1 Kweeks of Kookatumdee

1 Gnats of Knotty Pine

1 Zella Zack and Zodiac – for the letter Z alliteration

4 Chester the Worldly Pig – mapping; prediction of how he will get out of
trouble

2 Kermit the Hermit

3 Farewell to Shady Glade

1 Spooky Tail  of Prewitt Peacock – compare to the Ugly Duckling

1 Encore for Eleanor – use before a zoo or circus visit

1 Eli

1 Smokey

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