2007 Printable Manual - Texas State Library and Archives ...

Sail Away With Books!
Swimming: How To Play the All-Star Way by Barry Wilner.
Trading Places with Tank Talbot by Dori Hillestad Butler.
A Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me: Water Safety for Kids by Jean Pendziwol.
Decorations
Decorate the programming room with beach items such as seashells, sunglasses, beach
balls, beach towels, sun hats, flip flops, snorkels and flippers, inflatable beach toys, and
colorful buckets and shovels.
Reader’s Theater
Let the children present “The Young Chief Who Played the Flute,” a folktale from New
Zealand available in Multicultural Folktales: Readers Theatre for Elementary Students
by Suzanne I. Barchers, available through netLibrary, a TexShare resource. The story
tells how a young Maori woman falls in love with a chief. Forbidden to marry, and kept
apart by the ocean, she risks her life swimming to his island.
Crafts
Water Safety Posters
Materials
Poster board
Markers
Crayons
Directions
Let the children design posters promoting water safety to hang in the library. Themes
might include, safe swimming, safe boating, being safe at the beach, the importance of
wearing life jackets, and pool safety.
Seashell Boxes
Using directions on The Best Kids Book Site at www.thebestkidsbooksite.com, let the
children make the “Seashell Boxes” craft.
Super Summer Beach Towels
Using directions on The Best Kids Book Site at www.thebestkidsbooksite.com, let the
children make the “Super Summer Beach Towels” craft.
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