Usually I prepare my Monday Kids Korner blog post on Sunday evenings. Yesterday turned out to be an exceptionally busy day full of laundry, and dishes, soup making, and pie baking; so it simply didn't get done. All morning I fretted about what I would post for today when I finally got the chance to sit down.
One of my morning chores included stopping by the library to deliver mini pies to one of the lovely ladies that works the circulation desk. Since I was at the library any ways, I decided to check out a large stack of books so I could hopefully get an idea for today and possibly to get ahead. What I came home with was a huge pile of really great looking books that I am excited about reading. One of those books was Help! by Holly Keller.
Mouse, Hedgehog, Snake, Rabbit, and Squirrel have been friends for a long time; that is until Mouse hears gossip about snakes being harmful to mice. Worrying about this news, causes Mouse to fall into a deep, narrow hole and hurt his foot. No one knows how to save Mouse except his old pal Snake. Putting aside any feelings of hurt and disappointment in Mouse, Snake saves the day. In the process, Mouse learns a valuable lesson about true friendship.
Beside being quite an entertaining story, I found Miss Keller's artwork to be quite interesting. Made with collographs, or printed collages, the pictures show unique patterns and textures. To find out more about how Miss Keller creates this unusual artwork, be sure to check out this book and read her author biography on the inside flap of the back of the book jacket.
So ends an other episode of Kids Korner, with me, children's author Aileen Stewart. Join me next week for another exciting episode, same crazy time, same crazy channel. And feel free to drop by my personal website, Fun With Aileen, any day of the week for even more on reading, writing, and my very own early grade chapter book Fern Valley. And be sure to watch for Return To Fern Valley coming summer of 2014!