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2007 Texas Reading Club Manual
Jan Brett’s Home Page
www.janbrett.com
This author’s web site includes patterns for characters in her books, coloring pages, and
other activities that can be reproduced freely for library use.
Books to Share
Displays
Floating, Rowing, Splashing
A Canoe Trip by Bobbie D. Kalman.
The Raft by Jim LaMarche.
Rambling Raft by Lynne N. Lockhart.
High-Speed Boats by Simon Bornhoft.
Books to Show or Booktalk
Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen.
Canoeing by Laura Purdie Salas.
Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Susan Jeffers.
River Thrill Sports by Andrew David.
Wake Up and Water Ski by Kimberly Robinson.
Display water sports equipment and gear such as life jackets, kayak paddles, kick boards,
surf boards fishing gear. Surround them with books about fishing, canoeing, rafting,
tubing, kayaking, water skiing, parasailing, and other water sports.
Incentives
Demco, www.demco.com, sells a variety of inexpensive bookmarks that promote summer
fun that can be used as prizes and incentives. Oriental Trading Company,
www.orientaltrading.com, sells waterproof wallets that make great incentives.
Songs
Crawdad Song
(Traditional. The music is available on Ultimate Kids Song Collection: 101 Favorite
Sing-A-Longs by Wonder Kids Choir and on many other recordings.)
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey,
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe.
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