Enjoy Reading and the Outdoors!
Take a short walk and ready a children’s book at the permanent StoryWalk® installation at Mount Hope Farm, courtesy of the Friends of Rogers Free Library. The StoryWalk® is on the North Pasture, located on the left-hand side as you drive into the farm.
The StoryWalk® at Mount Hope Farm is open daily from 8 am to 6 pm, except holidays.
Current Book Being Featured
Old Rock (is not boring) by Deb Pilutti
Credit for all photos: Carolyn DiFrancesco, First Fotos
Facts from Deb Pilutti’s Old Rock (is not boring), March’s StoryWalk® title: http://debpilutti.com/OR_facts.html
Discussion Questions:
- Why does everyone think that being a rock is boring?
- What has rock done that is definitely not boring?
- How old is rock?
- What other things would rock have seen in the timeline given for him?
- What are some things that rock did that show his character traits?
- Which of the characters would you want to be friends with? Why?
- How are the other characters different than Old Rock?
Source: Unleashing Readers
Future Books to be Featured
The Crossing by Donna Jo Napoli
How Groundhog’s Garden Grew by Lynne Cherry
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
Old Macdonald Had an Apartment House by Judi Barrett
Outside In by Deborah Underwood
Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth by Mary McKenna Siddals
Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Scheer
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