Kindergarten students visiting the library this week embarked on the first of their passport adventures for the year: Brazil! We began by learning a bit about the 5th largest country in the world and the largest in South America. Our literary adventure contained two stories today. The first, a famous Brazilian Folktale called The Dancing Turtle. In this adaptation by West Coast author Pleasant DeSpain, the dancing turtle tells a lie in order to preserve his life. The students shared their thoughts on lying and in what circumstances a lie might be justified. In our second story, author Janell Cannon (of Stellaluna fame!) waves the tale of Verdi, a rainforest snake and his journey to discover his own uniqueness. WE concluded by making our own rainforest anacondas. Please be sure to bring in your library books so that we may check out new ones. Happy Reading!
