One more great book to read before summer vacation ends is "Wild About Books" by Judy Sierra. It tells the story of what happens when a librarian accidentally drives her bookmobile into a zoo! Make some zookies to eat while you read . . . or to have on hand for after school snacking next week!
Would you like to read a story now? "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak is a good story for wild little boys. Would you like to eat a worm? A real worm probaby doesn't sound so good. Maybe a gummy worm would be better. Or maybe a gummy worm in a dirt cup would be the best of all!
"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle would be a very good book to read today. If it makes you very hungry, try making a veggie viper. Cut carrot and celery stalks into 1-inch pieces. Spread a little cream cheese at each sliced end and place the pieces end to end in a long coiled row on top of a lettuce leaf to form a snake. Add a cherry tomato for the head, and cut a forked tongue from a thin slice of carrot.
Unfortunately, I don't own any picture books that start with the letter "U". Fortunately I do own a book called "Fortunately" by Remy Charlip which is about the good (fortunately) and bad luck (unfortunately) that accompanies a boy named Ned from New York to Florida on his way to a surprise party. Unfortunately, this is an older book and may be hard to find at the library. There may be this newer version called "Fortunately, Unfortunately" by Michael Foreman which is a story of a similar but sillier adventure.
Then it's time for "The Teddy Bears' Picnic", a song that has been made into a book by various illustrators. Maybe you would like to take your teddy bear (or any other stuffed animal) on a picnic today. Make some tiny sandwiches or even a sandwich on a stick and have some tasty fun!
If you would like a simple snack now, try crispy cheese stars. Then search for the silly ducks in the cute book, "Splish Splash Splat!"by Rob Scotten.
Now for a quick treat idea! Well, first a question: do you have either a tube of crescent rolls or biscuits in your refrigerator? If you have some cresent rolls, you can make quick turnovers. Separate the dough into triangle pieces and fill each triangle with jelly or apple slices or cinnamon sugar. Roll up and bake as you would crescent rolls. If you have some biscuits, you can make quick doughnuts. Cut a hole in the middle of each biscuit dough circle. Fry in one inch of oil for one minute or so. Shake in a bag of brown or powdered sugar. Then nibble on them while you read "Little Quack" by Lauren Thompson.
Now perhaps you or a parent could read "The Little Red Hen (makes a pizza)" while you eat a smiley face pizza for lunch.
Maybe you can munch on a few cheeri-Os or fruit loops while you read "Oh, Were They Ever Happy!"by Peter Spier. This colorful story may inspire you to create something colorful. (Please don't paint your house) String fruit loops into a necklace or make a fruit loop rainbow instead.
Then you can make a number salad! You will need 1 handful of coconut . . . 2 tablespoons of orange juice concentrate . . . 3 orange segments . . . 4 apple slices . . . 5 cheese cubes . . . 6 banana slices . . . 7 melon balls . . . and 8 grapes. Stir them all together 9 times and eat! If you are still looking for something to do today or later this summer, please read "Now What Can I Do?" by Margaret Park Bridges.
Maybe you would like to read this funny book today: "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" by Laura Numeroff. Maybe it will cause you to be hungry for muffins. You could make some if your Mom helps you . . . or you could have a muffin tin meal!
"The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle is a story about a ladybug and all the creatures she encounters at different times throughout the day while she looks for a little something to eat. After (or for) lunch, you might like to create and eat your own little ladybug fruit snack!
After you add the letter K to your Alpha-bug, you can read all about what kids are like . . . what kids do . . . what's in a kid's pocket . . . everything you ever wanted to know about kids like you in the book, "Kids" by Catherine and Laurence Anholt. And you can make Rice Krispie treats for a snack. If you want to get crazy, you can cut them into skinny rectangles, insert a stick and make Rice Krispie popsicles!
You might enjoy making some jello jigglers today. While they set up, you could read a book about a little boy who jumps into a storybook and his little sister follows him . "Come Back, Jack" is the jolly good book by Catherine and Laurence Anholt. When your jigglers are ready, cut them into cubes and put them into a small cup or bowl that has cool whip swirled around the bottom and sides. This treat is called "rainbow in a cloud" and was a favorite snack of your Mommies when they were little girls.
"My Heart is Like a Zoo" by Michael Hall is a cute book that shows clever ways to create all kinds of animals out of heart shapes. Maybe you could create some, too, after looking at that book. Not only that, but you can create a heart-shaped snack from a hot dog if you feel like it!
Now, just for fun, make a fruit flower. Place a kiwi slice (or any roundish fruit) on the center of a plate. Arrange slices of bananas, strawberries, or other fruit around the center to look like a daisy. Make a stem with little blueberries. . . or be super fancy and make flower pot sundaes to feast on while someone reads you a flowery story like "Alison's Zinnia" by Anita Lobel.
All those eggshells have probably made you hungry for an egg, right? Would you like to eat a boiled, fried, scrambled, or deviled egg? Or how about hard-boiled egg mice? If eggs sound ekky to you, maybe you will find something tastier in "Eating the Alphabet" by Lois Ehlert.
Isn't that darling?
A nice book to read today would be "A Day with No Crayons" by Elizabeth Rusch. You can find out what happens to a little girl when her Mom takes away her crayons for a day! Then if you're still feeling creative, you could jazz up a summer drink with some cool cubes!
And before you tell your Mom that now you are bored, look at the Gyo Fujikawa's book "Oh, What a Busy Day!" for plenty of ideas of things to do.
