Today in the library, Kindergarten shared the book, Argus by Michelle Knudsen. When Sally’s class hatches chicks for a class project, Sally begins to notice that her egg looks different from her classmates’. When the egg hatches, the “chick” whom she names Argus, isn’t fluffy and cute and he doesn’t eat bugs. He’s green and scaly and frankly, he’d rather eat the students than some bugs. Sally wishes desperately that Argus were like the other chicks. She longs to fit in.
But one day, Argus disappears. Sally expects to feel relieved and happy, but instead she begins to embrace the unusual. Knudsen’s heartfelt story with illustrations by Andrea Wesson has a thoughtful message with a cheerful ending.
We concluded with book browsing and checkout. Happy Reading!
