3321 m&w

Ch.1 I believe it's important to me to instill on my students the importance of reading and not only that but to love reading. I want to help my students develop good reading attitudes. I also want them to use their imagination and discuss a book they've read w/the class. I want to have fun with reading and create a lasting memory that reading important.

Childrens Literature Authors... I never realized how old the story of the Ugly Duckling is, it dates back to the 1950's. The story was written by Hans Christopher. It's about an egg that gets lost and is found by a mother duck. When the duck is born everyone teases him and calls him ugly. The duck was actually a beautiful goose and everyone finds that out when he grows up.

Betsy Byars wrote the Summer of the Swans. In 1971 it won the Newberry Medal. The story is about a 14 year old girl that lives with her aunt and is in search of her mentally retarded brother. They lost their mom six years ago.

John Cotton wrote a short catechism called Milk for Babes, which was considered the first childrens book by an American. The book consisted of 64 questions and answers and was written for children and young Christians. It's about sin, the 10 commandments, the role of the church, nature of grace, the covenent, salvation...and other Biblical teachings.