Snuggling with Knuffle Bunny

     I am so glad that today is today because I will tell you right now I am in love with the author I am about to tell you about. Today I am going to be talking about MO WILLEMS.

 

I adore everything that this man has ever done or thought about doing. He is so talented and children respond in an insanely positive way to his stories. For those of you who have not discovered that magic of Mo I will give you a little back ground by showing you some of his books.

http://www.amazon.com/Mo-Willems/e/B001JRXJX8/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

    Those are just a few of his amazing books. I recently fell in love with a series or trilogy if you will of his when I read them to the little boy that I babysit. This little boy means the world to me and when he loves a book it always becomes very special to me. He LOVES Knuffle Bunny. I had to give it to him for his birthday he loves it so much. 

     Today, with my preschool girls, I read the first book in the series. It is called "Knuffle Bunny, A Cautionary Tale". Each of these books are about Mo and his daughter, Trixie and the adventures that she has with Knuffle Bunny. 

    For our project I wanted each of my girls to have a piece of Knuffle Bunny to take home with them. I think that the stories are very comforting, especially to children that are around preschool to first grade. 

    For the project I only needed a few things. I got tinkerbell green paper, white paper, four large pieces of paper in any color, black paper, pink paper, scissors, a black sharpie and glue sticks.

I did all the hard work at home by drawing and cutting out the pieces. They were just responsible for gluing and placing each piece.

AND THE FINISH PRODUCT...

     I think that this project came out so well. I love that it looks like the character, but I can still see the personality of the child who made it in each bunny. All of the little girls told me that I was their Knuffle Bunny today. 

     After we made them, as a treat the girls were able to watch a movie version of the story. These are great and kids love them so much that it is hard to resist them. I barrow them from a woman I work with but I think that soon I am going to have to buy my own copies. This is what they look like....

This is where you can buy these and I highly recommend these for things like car rides and I love them for classroom use. The link has a video clip as well. http://www.newkideo.com/scholastic/the-pigeon-finds-a-hot-dog/

     In case you need even Mo fun you can check out his blog. It has a lot of fun interactive things for kids to do and hopefully those things will inspire them to want to read the books. http://www.mowillems.com/. Right now Mo is in France and he does a daily doodle. Parents you may want to check these out. He is very funny and these show a more adult side to him. http://www.gocomics.com/mo-willems-paris-doodles. He is also celebrating "10 years of Pigeon" at the Eric Carle Museum. I would do anything to go see it so if you by chance go and way to take me just let me know. Heres a link to their website so that you can start planning a family adventure with picture books, http://www.carlemuseum.org/home.

     I hope you enjoyed today's blog. I know I did. I always love sharing my love with you and especially my love for Mo. I would love to hear some comments or recommendations from my wonderful reader. I am so thankful to know someone is out there reading my crazy thought.

As always have a wonderful weekend and enjoy a good book or two.

                                                                                       Happy Reading, 

                                                                                            Ms. Cara