From the Library

Second graders have read a few loosely linked books that all feature lions. We started with Chloe and the Lion, in which the author and illustrator stop the action and speak to each other and to the characters in order to keep the story going. Ask your daughter what happens when the illustrator is swallowed by the lion. Next up was The Lion's Share, a Tale of Halving Cake and Eating It, Too. How quickly does half the remaining cake shrinks to a crumb, and how quickly does doubling means the elephant has to bake 256 cakes. Last in the Lion unit was Maurice Sendak's Pierre, an old favorite and another that involves swallowing a character. We also read the great story Sense Pass King from Cameroon. Ask how Sense Pass King got rid of the seven-headed dragon with just one arrow.