The
Monarch
Award:
Illinois'
K-3
Children's Choice Award
2009
Master List
Sponsored by
the
Illinois
School Library Media Association
2009 Nominee: Library LionA lion who enjoys his visits to a library gets kicked out because he roars when Miss Merriweather, a librarian, is hurt. He is greatly missed and is soon allowed back in the library because he broke a rule for a good reason.
Author: Michelle Knudsen
Illustrator: Kevin Hawkes
Book
Activities
- Discussion questions: Using the title and cover, make a prediction
about the book. What might a lion do in the library good or bad?
- Language arts: Obtain or make a list of rules for the library.
Discuss which are the most important.
- Writing: Write a story from the viewpoint of the lion about why he
comes to the library.
- Math: Find out how many books are in the school library, public library. Have students count the books at home and total them.
- Science: Research lions. Write a short report and type it up on
the computer.
- Social Studies: Discuss the library as community service organization. Visit the public library. Study the history of libraries.
- Drama: Act out a scene from the book, "Library Lion".
- Art: Decorate a list of library rules with markers or create the
list in Kid Pix or PowerPoint and add clip art.
- Music: Sing the
Lion sleeps tonight.
- Movement: Walk like a lion.
Related Books
- Books by Michelle Knudson:
- Autumn is for Apples, Carl the Complainer, Cast of Vampire Vivian, Fish and Frog, Moldy Mystery
- The Library Dragon by Carmen Deedy
- Mind Your Manners, B. B. Wolf by Judy Sierra
- Winston the Book Wolf by Marni McGee
- Lion by Carolyn Arnold
Websites
2009 Nominee Resources