Today, marked Day 79 of #AroundTheWorldIn80Days 🌎🌍🌏 We are all over the snow! We want sunshine ☀️ Our students are troopers. #OutdoorClassroom #AroundTheWorld #DonnellyDragons #DragonReadersClub. Special thanks to Perpetua Resources for purchasing blankets that become so needed on days like today. #Perpetua #WeLoveOurLibrary 
Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie… 
We Read The 50 States. Each state had a famous author or person. The kids were challenged this week to read books from or about that person. Here is the list.
- Alabama Harper Lee
- Alaska Jack London
- Arizona Sandra Day O’Connor
- Arkansas Johnny Cash
- California Kadir Nelson
- Colorado Temple Grandin
- Connecticut Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Delaware Joseph Biden JR
- Florida Carl Hiassen
- Georgia Martin Luther King Jr
11. Hawaii Bethany Hamilton
12. Idaho Sacajawea
13. Illinois Robin Williams
14. Indiana Norman Bridwell
(Originally when given the challenge to come in and check out a book representing a particular state, the kids all rushed in and grabbed Clifford The Big Red Dog books and chose Indiana.)
15. Iowa George Washington Carver
16. Kansas Amelia Earhart
17. Kentucky Loretta Lynn
18. Louisiana Ruby Bridges
19. Maine E.B. White
20. Maryland Frederick Douglas
21. Massachusetts Emily Dickinson (If I would have mentioned Theodor Seuss Geisel, best known as Dr. Seuss he would have likely been the winner in the book challenge. )
22. Michigan Stevie Wonder
23. Minnesota Bob Dylan
24. Mississippi Ida B. Wells (We practiced spelling Mississippi, and talked about how Grandma Library taught Miss Sherry M-I-crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, hump-back, hump-back, I)
25. Missouri Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
26. Montana Robert Craig “Evel” Knievel
27. Nebraska Johnny Carson
28. Nevada Andre Agassi
29. New Hampshire Tomie Depaola (One of Miss Sherry’s Favorite Authors)
30. New Jersey Judy Blume
31. New Mexico Neil Patrick Harris
32. New York Jimmy Fallon
33. North Carolina John Coltrane
34. North Dakota Lawrence Welk
35. Ohio Gloria Steinem
36. Oklahoma Jim Thorpe (Bright Path)
37. Oregon Beverly Cleary
38. Pennsylvania Taylor Swift
39. Rhode Island Massasoit Ousamequin
40. South Carolina Jacqueline Woodson
41. South Dakota Sitting Bull
42. Tennessee Elvis Pressley (Miss Sherry is going to Chattanooga for a conference in September. It is home of the chocolate marshmallow cake that is the MoonPie. We had marshmallows and chocolate and indulged in another American snack, a S’More)
43. Texas Beyonce Knowles
44. Utah Brigham Young
45. Vermont Katherine Paterson
46. Virginia Pharrell Williams
47. Washington Merriwether Lewis and William Clark]
48. West Virginia Cynthia Rylant
49. Wisconsin Laura Ingalls Wilder
50. Wyoming William Cody “Buffalo Bill”
The students can get an extra passport stamp by reading a book from one of these authors or about one of the listed famous people. Miss Sherry will also be working on some state stamps.
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