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WINTER WARDROBEWinter is here! You might have to put on a hat—or a scarf and

mittens—when the weather gets cold. Color in the winter clothes and the person who’s all bundled up in the picture below!

SAME AND DIFFERENTIn Adrift, Karl and Hazel are unlikely friends because they’re so

different. What do you have in common with your friends? Write or draw the things you each like in your circles, and the things you and

your friend both like in the space where the two circles overlap.

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YOUR NAME YOUR FRIEND’S NAME

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BUBBLING OVERIn Adrift, the author often shows Karl and Hazel talking to each

other using speech bubbles. If you wrote the story, what would

they say? Write your own dialogue in the speech bubbles below!

little penguin and the lollipop

B Y T A D G H B E N T L E Y

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ABOUT THE BOOKLittle Penguin has a problem . . . his friend Kenneth is upset!

And it’s all because Little Penguin ate Kenneth’s deliciously yummy razzle dazzle seaweed lollipop! Little Penguin’s tried everything he can think of to make it up to Kenneth,

but nothing seems to help—not even a hug! Can YOU help him save the day?

STORYTIME ACTIVITIES• CHEER UP!: Discuss why this book is unusual: the

author is talking to the reader and asking for help. Have the children interact with the book as you read. Children will particularly enjoy making funny faces as they try to cheer up Little Penguin’s friend Kenneth.

• CREATE A CARD: Little Penguin makes Kenneth an apology card. Discuss different occasions for which people most often give cards (e.g., holidays, birthdays, graduation, illness), and ask the children to make their own card for someone special.

• SWEET TREATS TO EAT: Little Penguin, Kenneth, and Franklin the Whale all love lollipops. Ask the children about their favorite sweet treat. Have them draw and cut out a picture of their treat. Add post-it price tags and create a class “Sweet Shop.” Children can use plastic coins to shop at the class Sweet Shop.

• NOT AGAIN!: Ask the children to retell the events of this story. Discuss how it is a circular story because it begins and ends the same way. Discuss why the story would start all over again (because Little Penguin has taken yet another character’s lollipop). Younger children can discuss what would happen next if the book continued, while older children can write a sequel to the story.

• HUNT FOR HUMOR: The illustrator uses a lot of humor to liven up this story. Ask the children to look for and share funny details in the illustrations. For example, they should notice the pyramid of penguins water-skiing together, the penguins eating a bowl of chili, or the sign that says “Kenneth’s, don’t eat” on the page when Little Penguin asks, “How was I supposed to know it belonged to someone else?”

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Chill Out!Little Penguin and his friends live on icebergs!

Can you help Little Penguin get across the ice to the lollipop?

Sweet TReats to Eat!

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Lollipops are Little Penguin’s favorite sweet treat. What’s yours? Draw it below! What kind of sign would you

use to keep other people from eating it?

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Snow FunBerry, Ginger, and Willow like doing different things when

it snows! Draw you and your friends doing what you love to do when it snows in the space below.

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Is It Winter?Look at the pictures below and circle the ones that

make you think of winter.

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I CAN’T SLEEP!Do you ever have trouble falling asleep like Elliott? What do you do to

help yourself get to sleep? Use the lines below to write a “how-to” story describing how to fall asleep.

First

Next

Then

Finally

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WHO HIBERNATES?In Wide-Awake Bear, Elliott and his mother hibernate, or sleep all winter. What other animals hibernate? Do some research and draw a picture of

another animal that hibernates in the box below.

WINTER IS HEREB Y K E V I N H E N K E S

I L L U S T R A T E D B Y L A U R A D R O N Z E K

ABOUT THE BOOKSnow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings. Caldecott Medalist and award-winning

author Kevin Henkes’s striking text introduces basic concepts of language and the unique beauty of the winter season. Laura Dronzek’s expressive paintings beautifully capture the joyful wonders of winter.

This is an engaging companion to the best-selling When Spring Comes and In the Middle of Fall. Winter Is Here is an ideal choice for story time, seasonal curriculums, and bedtime reading.

STORYTIME ACTIVITIES• ARE YOU SLEEPING?: Ask the children what animals they see in the book (e.g., squirrel, owl). Discuss hibernation and create a list of animals that hibernate and animals that do not. Then create a group mural depicting a winter scene. Have each child draw, color, and cut out an animal to glue onto the mural. If it is an animal that hibernates, have them glue a flap of paper over it, and on the outside of the flap, draw where that animal hibernates. (For example, if they glue a bear on the mural, they should draw a cave or den on the flap and affix the flap on top of the bear.)

• WINTER FUN: Ask the children to recall the winter activities that the children are enjoying in the story (e.g., sledding, making a snowman, ice-skating). The children can also suggest other winter activities to add to the list. Have pairs of children choose one of the activities on the list and create a diorama or a pop-up picture depicting children experiencing that activity on a winter day.

• DAY AND NIGHT: After reading the book, have each child create a winter collage. Provide the children with a variety of materials to design their collage. If they choose to make a day scene (“Winter is white and gray”), they can use white paper, silver crayon, silver glitter, and metallic paper to enhance their picture. If they decide to make a night scene (“But with the dark of night, winter is blue”), they can use blue paper, white chalk, cotton, and metallic paper to create their picture. Display the pictures, putting the day scenes together in one group and the night scenes together. Ask the children to think about how each group of collages makes them feel.

• WINTER WARDROBE: Reread the page, “It can take a long time to get ready for Winter.” Ask the children to recall all of the clothing that one wears in winter. Then tell the children that they will be creating a winter clothing “shop” by drawing, coloring, and cutting out hats, vests, coats, scarves, boots, and mittens. Display all the items and affix Post-it price tags. Have the children take turns being the customer (who must count out plastic coins to “pay” for their purchase) and the shopkeeper (who must total the prices of the items that the customer wants to “purchase”). Make sure all children have an opportunity to be a customer and a shopkeeper.

• WARMING UP: Ask the children: “How do you stay warm in winter?” Have the children write about and illustrate how they keep warm in the winter (e.g., drinking hot cocoa; sitting by the fire; wrapping up in a hat, coat, and scarf). Collate the pages to create a “Warm in Winter” book.

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WINTER IS HERE!How do you know it’s winter? Is it starting to get really cold outside? Do

you wear sweaters and drink hot cocoa? Look at the pictures below, and circle the ones that make you think of winter!

FlowersSnowmen

Warm clothes

Butterflies Snow

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