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March
The Runaway Bunny
By Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Clement Hurd
The Runaway Bunny is another timeless classic by Margaret Wise Brown, author of the classic, Goodnight Moon.
The Runaway Bunny tells the story of a little bunny who declares to his mother he is running away. In an imaginary game of hide-and-seek, the bunny tells his mother all the places he could hide from her. Yet, each time, the mother pursues and finds her little bunny. In the end, the little bunny decides to stay where he is.
Springtime finds the new animal babies out for a run and young readers will find comfort in this story. Kinley, pictured below in her cozy reading char, loves to read her new favorite book that makes her smile.
February
Belle The Last Mule at Gee's Bend
By Calvin Alexander Ramsey & Bettye Stroud
Illustrator: John Holeyfield
Alex sits on the grocery store porch swinging his legs as he waits for mom. He watches an old mule munching away in someone’s garden across the street. Miz Pettway sits down next to Alex. She fans herself with an old newspaper while chasing the flies away on a hot summer day in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Alex wonders about that ol’ mule getting in trouble.
Miz Pettway proudly tells Alex. “Ol’ Belle can eat all the collard greens she wants from my garden! She's earned it! She’s famous now!”
Thus is told the true story of a mule during the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. Belle helped pull the farm wagon carrying Dr, Martin Luther King’s casket in the funeral procession to Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia.
Young reader, Blake is preparing for a story report to share with his class for Black History Month.
January
Tree: A Peek-Through Picture Book
By Britta Teckentrup
Watch the tree change with the seasons as each page is turned in this beautiful and educational picture book for curious young minds. A perfect read for children aged 3 - 5 who will love seeing a new set of animals appear and disappear as they learn about the seasons and how a forest and its inhabitants change throughout the year.
Thank you, Charlotte for sharing our January Book of the Month for everyone to see! Charlotte came to visit Crossroads with her Mom and Dad.
