It’s getting close to the end of the school year here. The time
when you clean out your cubbie, wash crayon marks off your desk, and say
goodbye to your friends and teachers. Maybe promise to meet at the park for
some games of follow the leader.
Mrs McBee Leaves Room 3
By Gretchen Brandenburg McLellan; illus. by Grace Zong
32 pages; ages 3-7
Peachtree, 2017
It’s the end of the school year and all the kids are getting
ready to leave. So is their teacher, Mrs. McBee. She won’t be back in the fall.
Before she leaves for the summer, she gets all the kids involved in cleaning up
and releasing the butterflies. The kids don hardhats and get to work – all except
William, who sits in the thinking corner.
When the boxes are loaded and gone, no one can find William.
Where is he?
This is a delightful story about growing up, changes, and
finding ways to remember the good things in your life. And to share those
memories with others.
Swallow the Leader
By Danna Smith; illus. by Kevin Sherry
32 pages; ages 4-7
Clarion Books, 2016
What happens if you let shark play follow-the-leader? This
delightful, wickedly funny counting book starts with one fish, then another. It
draws in denizens of the sea in rhyme:
Follow the leader
Play like I play
Pretend you are me.
Flap like a ray.
From one to 10 they collect followers… but then it becomes a
game of swallow the leader as bigger fish gulps down the smaller until the
biggest one of all – GULP!
But all is not lost – BURP!
Review copies provided by publishers.
What an entertaining and cute book that celebrates the end of the school year with kids. Like the idea of bringing closure to the classroom. Swallow the Leader will certainly elicit a lot of laughs! Great summer read.
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