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The Monarch Award:
Illinois' K-3 Children's Choice Award
2007 Master List
Sponsored by the
Illinois School Library Media Association |
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2007
Nominee: Mañana Iguana
A colorful
story about an Iguana planning
a Fiesta, but will his friends help? The Little Red Hen with a
Mexican twist.
Author:
Ann
Whitford Paul
Biography and
Photo
Illustration by: Kris Turner
Biography and
photo
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Book Activities
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- Questions: Why did Culebra the snake say he could not
write the invitations? What does the word mañana mean? Who
delivered the invitations? Did anyone help Iguana cook the food
for the fiesta? Who cleaned up after the fiesta?
- Guest: Spanish teacher
- Research: Spanish words used around the room and in
everyday speech
- Crafts: Make a piñata in class.
- Writing: Write a summary of the story using new
Spanish Vocabulary.
- Compare: The Little Red Hen
- Retell a part of the story: from the point of view of each
animal
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Related Books
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- Silly Sally, Silly Samuel
by
Ann Whitford Paul
- Eight Hands Round by
Ann Whitford Paul
- Little Monkey Says
Goodnight by Ann Whitford Paul
- The Day My Nose Ran away by
Jason Eaton, illustrated
by Ethan Long
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