The September Give Away

First Post of the Day

It's time for the September Give Away! And this month it's a book that is familiar to most of us.

a 1968 edition of The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. 

That makes this book 58 years old so it's vintage. And it is in excellent condition.

There was a quirky surprise in it that I found when I got the book. I'll share that tomorrow and it will be included with the book when I send it to the winner.

As usual, comment to enter on this post and any other that is posted through Tuesday, September 15, 11:59 PM ET. I'll spin to win Wednesday or Thursday and post the winner then.

Good luck and stay 'tooned!

Six Classics Presentations!

My students must do four presentations on classic books they have read during their two years with me. Those who really fall in love with classic literature sometimes ask to do an extra presentation (which always amazes me as the paper and project take a good deal of work.)

This girl chose to do TWO extras, one during her fourth grade year, and then the other this year. And it just so happened that this year's extra classic presentation was my last ever since I am retiring.

Her choice? Walter Farley's The Black Stallion.

She even dressed for the occasion.

 And made a really cool movie as her project.

It was a claymation/stop motion movie complete with sound and a blooper reel!

The classics presentations are my absolute favorite thing to do with my kids and is what I will miss most during retirement - having the kids discover that classics are not just "dusty old books on your grandmother's bookshelves" (as they are fond of saying in jest.)

To have my last classic be a student's second extra presentation was just the best for me. The fact that is was a horsey book was the cherry on top.