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Ruffleclaw
Thursday, January 28, 2016 by Miss Kathie


My second grade after-school group at DPL heard the first few chapters of Ruffleclaw by Cornelia Funke. It is a delightful book about an earth monster who chooses to move in with Tommy and his parents. Ruffleclaw is messy, eats everything in the house, and loves to take showers. Tommy must convince his parents this is the pet for him. The book is filled with wormalicous words and illustrations.

After reading, the children made their own monsters to take home with them. We used paper grocery bags – the big ones. Yes, City Market does actually have paper bags! It only took one bag to make each monster. Here are a few of ours:

        

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The Library at Butler Corner is awesome. Please come and visit. There are so many beautiful books – children’s books, middle grade books, and adult books. We have a loft where you can curl up and read, and all the books are check-out-able if you have a membership to Butler Corner. Memberships are $20 per year for an individual, $30 a year for a family of 5, and $50 a year for the “birder’s special” for those who want to come early in the morning or late in the evening to walk the trails at the Nature Center.

The library is an “old fashioned” library with pockets inside the books where you sign the card to check it out. Most of the books are nature related, except for the children’s books where we have a large selection of not only nature books, but fairy tales, story books, poetry, fables, and books about other cultures.


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