| Booktalk
#1
Imagine that one of your teacher’s
has given you an assignment to write a paper on how circus animals are
treated and what laws are supposed to protect them. After doing all
that research you didn’t like what you found out and vowed never to visit
a circus again. At the same time another teacher issues a challenge
to your class and promises if it is met they will get a special treat,
a trip to the traveling circus that’s coming to town. That’s just
the situation that Erin and David find themselves in, in Saving Lilly.
When their teacher won’t listen to them they have to come up with another
plan. What about Lilly, the elephant that is about to be sold to
a hunting park? Can one class of sixth graders make a difference
in the lives of circus animals? Find out by reading Saving Lilly
by Peg Kehret. (Beth Lindsay, Senior Librarian, Youth Services, South
County Regional Library blindsay@leegov.com,
Sunshine State list 2003-2004 Grades 3-5)
Booktalk #2
Erin Wrenn and her friend David
and Mrs. Dawson’s 6th grade class have to read 300 books to win a prize.
But that wasn’t their only problem. They had to save Lilly! She was the
circus elephant. Their class won the challenge but they were going to go
to the circus that Lilly was in. Well Erin and David did a T.A.G project
on circuses. The circus that mistreats the animals very badly, well they
didn’t want to go. At Harborview Elementary Mrs.Mapes, Dr. Martinez, and
Mrs. Dawson try to help the students think of fundraisers to buy Lilly
and send her to an elephant sanctuary. Do you think they will raise enough
money? Read the book and find out! (Jordan Stull, Meeker Elementary) |
