Sam

While at Barnes and Noble, I discovered a WONDERFUL book. It is a perfect book to get kids started on writing. I think every teacher should have it for every age. There are also plenty of creative activities that you could do to get your kiddos psyched about writing and being authors!

My kids will soon be finding books from Sam the Library Mouse in our classroom library. I am grateful that I found this book and now want to share it with everyone that I can.

"A small creature offers his big voice for aspiring authors everywhere. Every child can be a writer—and Library Mouse shows them how! Beloved children’s books author and illustrator Daniel Kirk wonderfully brings to life the story of Sam, a library mouse. Sam’s home was in a little hole in the wall in the children’s reference books section, and he thought that life was very good indeed. For Sam loved to read. He read picture books and chapter books, biographies and poetry, and ghost stories and mysteries. Sam read so much that finally one day he decided to write books himself! Sam shared his books with other library visitors by placing them on a bookshelf at night. Until there came the time that people wanted to meet this talented author. Whatever was Sam to do? The joy of reading, writing, and sharing is brought to life in this warmhearted tale. "

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Another book to get kids started on writing...I've used this one previously and the kids enjoy it.

"An exciting new story about a teacher who motivates a class to become inspired.
It was an ordinary morning when the ordinary boy woke up, and it was an ordinary journey to school. But when Mr Gee bounced into the classroom, everything changed. “He’s bonkers,” the children whisper. “What’s he on about?” But Mr Gee plays rousing music that thunders round the classroom, and asks what it makes them think of. Stampeding horses! Racing Cars! Elephants! “Write a story about it,” laughs Mr Gee. And the ordinary boy began to write, and the words tumbled out of him pell-mell. It was extraordinary!"