5-14-11 Signing books at Barnes & Noble in Metairie, LA for the St. Clement of Rome School book fair. Love The Cajun Cornbread Boy Artwork on the wall!

Friends:

On Saturday afternoon, I had a book event at Barnes & Noble in Metairie, Louisiana. It was a celebration of The Cajun Cornbread Boy.

5-14-11 The sign!

St. Clement of Rome School had a big crowd! They created wonderful artwork that adorned the wall behind the stage in the children’s section. I performed the story and we had a great time! Afterwards, I taught the kids how to make The Cajun Cornbread Boy’s Louisiana Cookbook, turning a single sheet of paper into a six-page book. Then they designed their own Cajun Cornbread Boy!

5-14-11 A fan designs her own Cajun Cornbread Boy!

Here is a fan who was caught reading! I love these moments when kids are full immersed in a book and the world around them ceases to exist… it’s magic!

5-14-11 Caught Reading! Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach at Barnes & Noble, Metairie, LA

Thank you, Barnes & Noble Metairie and St. Clement of Rome School! I had a ton of fun!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

Rapperella's Magic Microphone

The Winner for the Twisted Tales fractured fairytale writing contest was a team from Ms. Dagneault’s 5th grade class. The story is based on the original tale of “Cinderella.” The winner was chosen by the fifth grade students. It was also voted “Best Twisted Tale Overall.” Congratulations to Jacob, Lance, Joshua, Brenden & Destiny!

Rapperella
By Jacob L., Lance W., Joshua P., Brenden B. & Destiny S.
Ms. Dagneault – 5th grade

Once upon a time, Ella was walking down the street. She ran into a rap crew. They started singing,

“Rapperella, Rapperella, Rapperella.”

She loved hearing the crew rap and she wanted to become a rapper herself. So she went home and asked her evil stepmother if she could go to the Royal Rap Battle.

Her stepmother said, “No, you must finish all your chores. Besides you don’t know to rap, not like my beautiful daughters!”

Ella’s mean stepsisters started rapping,

“Your rhymes are weak
Your rap is whack
Don’t talk smack
You better step back.”

Ella was so upset that ran to her room, crying. Suddenly, Fairy DJ Nonstop appeared with a magic turntable.

“Wiki wiki fresh.”

The fairy DJ said, “Why aren’t you at the Royal Rap Battle?”

Ella sniffled, “My evil stepmother and stepsisters said that I can’t go to the battle because I can’t rap.”

The fairy DJ said, “No problem. All you need is a magic microphone!”

So the fairy DJ scratched on his turntable and a diamond covered, gold microphone appeared in Ella’s hand. The fairy DJ scratched the turntable again and Ella was suddenly in a rhinestone-studded leather jacket, high heel boots, and stunner shades.

She stepped into a pimped-out hummer limo. When she arrived at the Royal Rap Battle, everyone asked, “Who is that star?”

She stepped into the crowd and watched as the other rappers took the stage. Ella’s stepsisters began rapping. The crowd cheered. Then it was her turn.

Ella stepped on stage with her magic mic and said,

“Everyone from the 504,
put your hands up, put your hands up,
Everyone from the 504,
put your hands up, put your hands up.”

The crowd roared and chanted. She started singing…

“Under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh eh eh”

Then she started rapping. The crowd went wild and started screaming. She won the battle and the crowd sang her new name….

“Rapperella, Rapperella, Rapperella.”

Rapperella was offered a record deal that very night by Prince Diddy. Rapperella became a huge overnight success. She won the best new artist of the year award at the Grammys and her magic mic sparkled.

“Wiki wiki fresh.”

Little Red Riding

The Winner for the Twisted Tales fractured fairytale writing contest was a team from Ms. Naugle’s 4th grade class. The story is based on the original tale of “Little Red Riding Hood.” The winner was chosen by the fourth grade students.

Little Red Riding
By Evelyn, Angelique, Connor, Chad, Lajosh & Timmy
Ms. Naugle – 4th Grade

Long, long ago in the dark woods, there was a little girl. She was called Little Red Riding because she had a hot red Corvette.

One day, with cookies in the front seat of her red Corvette, she started cruising to her aunt’s house. Then her car broke down.

Hiding behind the trees was a Big Bad Wolf. He jumped out, in a mechanic’s suit, and said, “I can fix your car.”

Little Red Riding said, “That’s great because I’m on my way to my aunt’s house to deliver these delicious, homemade cookies.”

So the wolf didn’t fix the car all the way. The big bad wolf laughed and said, “Muhahahaha! Now I’m going to Little Red Riding’s aunt’s house.”

On the way to her aunt’s house, Little Red Riding’s Corvette started smoking. BOOM! An explosion came from the engine. Little Red Riding said, “Oh no! I have to walk!”

Meanwhile, the wolf drove ahead in his black and gold Lamborghini to Little Red Riding’s aunt’s house. He tricked his way in, gobbled her up, and put on her aunt’s clothes.

Little Red Riding found a bike and began riding to her aunt’s house. When she arrived, she said, “Hello? Is anybody home?”

Then the big bad wolf, disguised as her aunt, came out and said in a deep voice, “Come in.”

Little Red Riding asked, “Why are you talking like that?” Little Red Riding started backing out of the house.

The big bad wolf turned and said, “Give me the cookies!”

Little Red Riding was about to cry and said, “Where is my aunt and what did you do with her?”

The wolf heard a noise. It was the uncle driving the red Corvette. Little Red Riding said, “In 5, 4, 3, 2…” Then the Corvette crashed into house, BAM!, crushing the wolf.

Little Red Riding and her uncle rescued her aunt from the wolf’s tummy and celebrated with big basket of cookies and milk. And Little Red Riding inherited a brand new black and gold Lamborghini!

The End.

Saints v. Cowboys

The Winner for the Twisted Tales fractured fairytale writing contest was a team from Ms. Fury’s 3rd grade class. The story is based on the original tale of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff.” The winner was chosen by the third grade students.

Who Dats Crossing! (based on “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”)
By Joshua, Brianna, Haley & Dwan
Ms. Fury – 3rd Grade

Once upon a football, there were three Saints football players. There was a tight end, a running back, and a linebacker. They wanted to cross the football field to score but the field was controlled by a BIG BAD COWBOYS quarterback.

The Saints tight end crossed the field like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

The Cowboys quarterback cried out, “Who Dat’s Crossing my field?”

The Saints tight end answered, “We just want to play… football!”

The Cowboys quarterback yelled, “No way! I’m going to tackle you!”

The Saints tight end replied, “You should tackle my teammate!

The Cowboys quarterback said, “Ok, I’ll let you cross.”

So the tight tend began running across the field again like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

Meanwhile, the running back wanted to cross the field. He ran across like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

The Cowboys quarterback cried out, “Who Dat’s Crossing my field?”

The Saints running back answered, “We just want to play… football!”

The Cowboys quarterback yelled, “No way! I’m going to tackle you!”

The Saints running back replied, “You should tackle my teammate!

The Cowboys quarterback said, “Ok, I’ll let you cross.”

So the running back began running across the field like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

Meanwhile, the linebacker wanted to cross the field. He ran across like this:
“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Who dat!”

The Cowboys quarterback cried out, “Who Dat’s Crossing my field?”

The Saints linebacker answered, “We just want to play… football!”

The Cowboys quarterback yelled, “No way! I’m going to tackle you!”

The Saints linebacker replied, “You wanna bet?!” He ran forward and sacked the Cowboys quarterback, causing a fumble. The Saints linebacker picked up the ball and ran it in for a TOUCH DOWN! The Saints won the game and the fans chanted:

“Who dat! Who dat! Who dat say they gonna beat them Saints?! Who dat! Who dat?!”

The End.

12-18-10 Performing a draw and tell version of Let's Trim the Tree

Friends:

Friday, December 17, 2010 was my tenth and last day of my Twisted Tales residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary. It was a fabulous day and I had so much fun with the kids. My ten year old daughter, Kid Chef Eliana, came with me and we had a blast.

On this day my third and fourth grade students were performing their fractured fairytales. I chose a winner from each class and they read their stories to their peers. After all the stories were read, they voted on the overall winner. In third grade, the winners were Joshua, Brianna, Haley & Dawn from Ms. Fury’s class for their story, “Who Dats Crossing.” The students loved the story and everyone really got into singing the chorus. The winning stories for each grade will be posted in separate blog posts.

12-17-10 Dianne with Ms. Fury's third graders performing their story, Who Dats Crossing

In fourth grade, the winners were from Ms. Naugle’s class: Evelyn, Angelique, Connor, Chad, Lajosh & Timmy for “Little Red Riding.” What a great story! Little Red Riding had a hot red Corvette. The big bad wolf was a mechanic. It was so cute. Good job, boys and girls! The students listening to the story really enjoyed it and laughed a lot.

12-18-10 Fourth graders performing their fractured fairytale during P.E. period

I performed stories for the other grades but second grade was a love fest for Kid Chef Eliana!

Kid Chef Eliana

I introduced her and her cookbook and they went gaga over her, asking her all kinds of questions! Kid Chef Eliana was a celebrity!

12-18-10 Second graders ask Kid Chef Eliana questions about food and cooking

Eliana and I had a fabulous day. Thank you so much to Ms. Lombardino, Ms. Kelly, Coach E, and Ms. Miller for their help and time. They are a fantastic team and I LOVE working with them!

A special thank you to Ellen Miller, Librarian; Ms. Easley, Principal; and Ms. Hammernick, Assistant Principal. Much love to my diva office ladies: Donne, Tammy, and Kristie! Bissonet rocks!!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

Friends:

I am up soooo late so this blog post will be rather short. Today was the 9th day of my Twisted Tales residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. Today, I saw all the students during their P.E. period. The winners from each class performed their fractured fairytales: “The Gummi Frog and Princess Laffy Taffy,” “Sleeping Ugly,” and “Rapperella.” The stories were fantastic. I let the students vote on their favorite and by an overwhelming majority, “Rapperella” won the “grand prize.” It will be published on my website on Monday! Congratulations, Jacob, Lance, Joshua, Brenden and Destiny!

For the rest of the grades today, I performed and it was so much fun! I even debuted another new story — a “physical fairytale” version of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” with lots of movement. It was a great day and I really enjoyed being with Ms. Lombardino, Ms. Kelly, Coach E, and Ms. Miller of the P.E. department. They are a fantastic group to work with!!

Friday is my last day. My third and fourth graders will be performing and again, I am sharing stories with the lower grades during their P.E. period. It should be tons of fun!!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

12-14-10 Telling Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach to Ms. Anchissi's Kindergarten class

Friends:

Today was the 7th day of my “Twisted Tales: Spinning Stories into Fractured Funnies” residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. I started the day signing books in the Teacher’s Lounge for all the students who ordered books. My first class was Ms. Anchissi’s kindergarten class. We had a lot of fun with Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach. They loved the story and enjoyed making their story shakers.

12-14-10 A row of chicken story shakers from Ms. Anchissi's Kindergarten class

My next class was Ms. Frechette’s third grade class. They were assigned the story, “The Gingerbread Man” to fracture. While each group had fantastic stories (“Easy as Pie,” “The Beignet Boy,” and “The Rat Race”), the stand-out story was “Easy as Pie.” Since the students had finished their stories, we worked on a final of “Easy as Pie,” with me typing the story on my iPad. The students were so amazed and watched on the Smart Board as I demonstrated my iPad using the Elmo. The refrain in the story is so cute: “Roll, roll, roll as easy as pie. You can’t catch me, I’m the pie guy!” Adorable! Needless to say, I chose this story to turn into a story theater script that the students will perform on Thursday. Phenomenal work, Ms. Frechette’s class! Woo hoo for you!

12-14-10 Easy as Pie by Ms. Frechette's third grade class

Next, I headed to Ms. Morrow’s fourth grade class. They had not progressed as quickly as I had hoped but they certainly worked hard while I was in class! The stand-out story of the class was by Jasmine, Dairon, Bennett and Madison. It is titled, “The Big Yellow Lion,” a fractured version of “The Little Red Hen.” I loved how the story was set in the jungle with a big yellow lion making a mud pie (chocolate mud pie, that is) and included a cute refrain: “Me oh my, a mud pie? I won’t help you, no, not I!” It will be so much fun to perform as a story theater!

12-14-10 The Big Yellow Lion from Ms. Morrow's 4th grade class

After 4th grade, it was on to Ms. Chieffo’s 2nd grade class. As soon as I walked into the room, they cheered for me. And it cheered me up because I had been feeling under the weather all morning. Ms. Chieffo asked me to quickly show them how to fold their “Ma Farmer’s Down Home Cookbook.” They are cute little recipe books made into an origami 6-page book using a single sheet of 8 1/2 X 11″ paper. After performing a rousing rendition of Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach, they made their stylish story shakers. It was such a pleasure to be in their class because they were so well-behaved.

12-14-10 Second graders from Ms. Chieffo's class with their story shakers

I spent my lunch in the teachers lounge again, signing books for all the classroom teachers I have working with during my residency. After lunch, I went to Ms. Tonguis’ 1st grade class. She asked me to share Mama’s Bayou and I happily obliged. Afterward, I performed Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach, and the students created their fanciful story shakers. Ms. Tonguis is so much fun to be around! She even acted out the part of Monsieur Roach, complete with lying on the ground with her “legs up” to simulate a roach’s early demise. Too funny!

12-14-10 Showing Mama's Bayou to Ms. Tongui's first graders

My last class was Ms. Dagneault’s 5th grade class. The students worked in their groups, completing their fractured fairytales. They were assigned “Cinderella” and turned it into “Cinder Man,” “Raparella,” “Cinderella Gone Bad,” and “Minirella.” Phenomenal creativity flowed in this class!

12-14-10 Ms. Dagneault's 5th graders work on their fractured fairytale

It was such a wonderful day at school (except for the part about me being under the weather). This year, I have not written one behavior report. I haven’t had to counsel any students on their behavior and all the students have been super polite and helpful. Thank you so much, Bissonet students, for being so terrific! A special shout-out and thank you to Destiny in 5th grade, who helps carry my bag down the stairs every day! Ms. Easley, if you are reading… YAY for Bissonet!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

12-13-10 Dianne tells Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach to Ms. Johnson's kindergarten class

Friends:

Today was the sixth day of my ten-day Twisted Tales residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. My day began in Ms. Naugle’s 4th grade class. The students worked hard on writing their fractured fairytales. “Little Red Riding Hood” was the assigned original tale and it was fractured many ways by different groups in the class: “Code Red,” with Little Red Riding Hood as a spy, “Little Red Riding,” with Little Red driving a red corvette, and “Petite Rouge” with Little Red in the bayou meeting a grinning gator.

12-13-10 Ms. Naugle's 4th graders work on their fractured fairy tale, Little Red Riding

Next, it was on to Ms. Fury’s 3rd grade class. The students worked in their groups perfecting their fractured fairytales. Their assigned story was “The Three Billy Goats Gruff.” There were many creative stories including “Who Dats Crossing My Bridge?” and “The Three Little Pelicans.”

12-13-10 Ms. Fury's 3rd graders collaborate on their fractured fairytale

My third class was Ms. Johnson’s Kindergarten class. The students absolutely LOVED the story of Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach (Mrs. Chicken and Mr. Roach). After the story, the class made story shakers with Madame Poulet on one side and Monsieur Roach on the other side.

12-13-10 A student in Ms. Johnson's Kindergarten class shows his colored story shaker template

My fourth class was Ms. Leblanc’s second grade class. Ms. Easley, the acting principal, came by to observe and watched the story of Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach come to life with the help of the students. It was so much fun.

12-13-10 Madame Poulet approaches Monsieur Roach in Ms. Leblanc's second grade class

After participating in the story, the students worked on their creative story shakers. Too soon after, it was time for lunch! How time flies when you’re having tons of fun!

12-13-10 Ms. Leblanc's second grade students show their shakers

During lunch, Cajun Cornbread Boy and I had a Skype visit with a Kindergarten class in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who wanted to know all about The Cajun Cornbread Boy book. Ms. Naugle, 4th grade teacher, was kind enough to allow me to Skype in her room with her students. It was a blast. The Kindergarten class showed me the puppets they made to act out the story, asked me a few questions, and even sang the refrain for me: “Run, cher, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me. I’m full of cayenne.” Ms. Heistand, their teacher, told me that they loved reading The Cajun Cornbread Boy! Yay! They told Ms. Naugle’s class that it snowed flurries that morning. It was a fantastic experience. Thank you, Ms. Heistand’s class!

12-13-10 Dianne de Las Casas Skypes with a Kindergarten class in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A special thank to Ms. Naugle for allowing me to Skype in her room with her students present. Ms. Naugle even Tweeted about it!

12-13-10 A student in Ms. Naugle's 4th grade class holds Cajun Cornbread Boy next to Ms. Naugle's Tweet

After lunch, it was off to Ms. Hadley’s first grade class. I told the story of Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach to a very enthusiastic response. Over the weekend, Ms. Hadley even bought my book, The Gigantic Sweet Potato!

12-13-10 Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach in Ms. Hadley's first grade class

After the story, they made their story shakers and they danced all over the room with them! They LOVED shaking their homemade maracas!

12-13-10 Ms. Hadley's first graders hold up their Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach story shakers

My last class was Ms. Brumfield’s 5th grade class. The class was assigned the story, “Sleeping Beauty” to fracture. They had such clever stories: “Sleeping Ugly,” “Snoring Beauty,” and “Weeping Beauty.” I look forward to seeing them finished! Ms. Brumfield had to leave early and all the groups worked so nicely. I was so impressed with their cooperation and collaboration with each other!

12-13-10 Ms. Brumfield's 5th graders work on their fractured fairytale, Sleeping Ugly

It was a great day and I look forward to two more days in the classrooms. Days 9 and 10 will be spent with all the grades during their P.E. periods.

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

12-10-10 Telling Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach to Ms. Hahn's Kindergarten class

Friends:

On my 5th day at Bissonet, I began a second visit to the classrooms for this artist residency titled “Twisted Tales: Spinning Stories into Fractured Funnies.” My first visit was to Ms. Clement’s 4th grade class. They worked on their fractured fairytales and turning them into a full written story. Their assigned story was “The Princess and the Bean.” I love their fractured versions of “A Royal Pain” and “The Queen and the Bean Burrito!”

12-10-10 Ms. Clement's 4th graders collaborate on their fractured fairytale

In Ms. Arnett’s 3rd grade class, they also worked on writing their fractured fairytale based on the story of “The Three Little Pigs.” I simply love this group’s version: “The Three Little Fish and The Big Bad Shark.” They came up with such a clever refrain in the story. The Shark said, “Little Fish, Little Fish, let me in!” The fish answered, “Not by the scale of my finny fin fin!” I LOVE how creative and talented these students are!

12-10-10 Ms. Arnett's 3rd grade students collaborate on their twisted tale, The Three Little Fish and The Big Bad Shark

Then it was time to visit Ms. Hahn’s kindergarten class. I told the story of “Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach.” They loved it and had fun making their story shakers out of paper plates.

12-10-10 Ms. Hahn's kindergarteners make Madame Poulet & Monsieur Roach story shakers

Ms. Presser’s second grade class impressed me with their creative Sweet Potato Pals from my last visit to their class. They hung the completed Pals on the wall. Cute!

12-10-10 Ms. Presser's 2nd graders' finished Sweet Potato Pals!

I told the story of Madame Poulet and Monsieur roach to Ms. Presser’s second graders and they were so enthusiastic with their participation in the story that Ms. Presser had to settle them down.

12-10-10 Dianne de Las Casas is a mad Madame Poulet in Ms. Presser's 2nd grade class (photo taken by a second grade student)

After the story, they worked on their Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach story shakers.

12-10-10 A second grader in Ms. Presser's class works on his story shaker

My visit to Ms. Duhe’s second grade class yielded an equally enthusiastic response. When I walked in the door, they all yelled, “Ms. Dianne!” It’s nice to be so well-received! After telling the rockin’ story of Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach, they made story shakers out of paper plates filled with beans, folded in half, and glued closed.

12-10-10 Ms. Duhe's first graders and their Madame Poulet & Monsieur Roach story shakers

My last class of the day was Ms. McLeod’s 5th grade class. They had fun collaborating and writing their fractured fairytales. They were assigned “The Frog Prince” and the two stories that stood out were “The Camel and the Princess” and “The Gummi Frog and the Fruity Princess.” Such amazingly clever kids! I can’t wait to see how these stories turn out!

12-10-10 Students in Ms. McLeod's 5th grade class work on their fractured fairytale

After my last class, I had to hurry and leave to get to a book signing at Barnes & Noble Citiplace in Baton Rouge. Unfortunately, I lost my car keys and the whole school had to be searched! Fortunately, some students helped me find my keys and I only lost 20 minutes. I made it to my book signing on time! Whew!

I look forward to the next week, finished the residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary.

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

12-9-10 Ms. Johnson's Kindergarten class pull that sweet potato with a heave and a ho!

Friends:

Today was the fourth day of my artist residency at Bissonet Plaza Elementary in Metairie, Louisiana. The school receives a grant through the Arts Council of New Orleans and have been bringing me in for over ten years. I love seeing “my students” grow through the years, like a sweet potato!

12-9-10 Ms. Lemoine's first graders pull the gigantic sweet potato

My day began in Ms. Mora’s fourth grade class. I taught them my Twisted Tale technique, showing them how to fracture a fairytale to make it funny and unique. They were assigned the story of “Henny Penny,” a chicken who thinks that the sky is falling. They worked in groups and came up with some creative ideas. One group decided to set their story in the bayou and call it “Froggy Loggy.” Too cute. A branch falls on the frog and he needs to tell someone. His friends, crawfish, snake, and catfish travel with him. They meet “Gator Lator!” So cool! Another group came up with “Guinea Piggy,” set inside a house with a ferocious cat. Impressive work, Ms. Mora’s class!

12-9-10 Students in Ms. Mora's class work on their fractured fairy tale

My second class was Ms. Lemoine’s first graders. Ms. McGivern was substituting for Ms. Lemoine, who had laryngitis! The students had a blast and really loved the story of The Gigantic Sweet Potato.

12-9-10 The sweet potato is so GIGANTIC, Ms. Lemoine's first graders can't circle around the sweet potato!

Afterward, they made Sweet Potato Pals, designing their own special faces on their sweet potatoes.

12-9-10 Ms. Lemoine's first grade Sweet Potato Pals

Then it was on to Ms. Johnson’s kindergarten class. They were sitting so nicely on their carpet, ready for me when I arrived! So nice! I had so much fun with these students and with Ms. Johnson. After telling the story, they made their Sweet Potato Pals.

12-9-10 A student in Ms. Johnson's Kindergarten class creates his Sweet Potato Pal

Then we had a blast dancing! I taught the kids a new dance called “The Wobble!”

12-9-10 Dianne de Las Casas teaches Ms. Johnson's kindergarteners how to do The Wobble dance!

My last class before lunch was Ms. Vizzini’s second grade class. I love telling The Gigantic Sweet Potato! Kids always respond so well to the story and these students were no exception!

12-9-10 Love how Ms. Vizzini's second grade class gets into the fun!

They even got to make Ma Farmer’s Down Home Cookbook! So precious!

12-9-10 Ms. Vizzini's second graders create Ma Farmer's Down Home Cookbook

After lunch, it was time for Mr. Boone’s third grade class. They were assigned the story, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Here are some of their groups’ ideas for fracturing the story: “Boydilocks (the main character is a boy), “Monkeylocks,” set in a jungle with a tiger as the adversary, and “Goldilocks in the Hood.” I can’t wait to see all these stories!

12-9-10 Teaching Twisted Tales in Mr. Boone's third grade class

My last class was Ms. Muller’s Pre-K. Those children had so much fun with the story and they were so funny that I had to pause several times to laugh!!

12-9-10 Just like in The Gigantic Sweet Potato book, Ms. Muller's Pre-K students fall into a tired heap when the mouse comes by

It was another fantastic day at Bissonet!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne