Dear Online Friends,
I started this blog on the 18th for Winnie the Pooh AND Thesaurus Day. Then, darn it, I missed yesterday, National Imagination Day “…to celebrate the playground of the mind and the power of using your imagination to create endless ideas.”
So here I am on Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
Is this a result of my procrastination habit? Or my, “I’m too busy, excuse? Or just plain laziness? I will acknowledge a bit of all three, including the outside high temperatures 36° Saturday falling to 25° Sunday…and falling to 14° today…and falling to 9° tomorrow.
On Saturday I wanted to mention growing up remembering Winnie the Pooh read in Dad’s deep voice, when he wasn’t reading Swiss Family Robinson or Rudyard Kipling. I was going to tell you that I live with my Thesaurus, Roget’s 3rd Ed copyright 1962. I wonder if there is a newer version that has “modern” English word usage? Seeing the interesting “new” words that are added to the dictionary every year, I’m not sure I could get used to a new thesaurus. The old one has served me well so far.
And on Sunday, I thought that IMAGINATION was a thing worth celebrating. We need to use our imagination even more these days as we look at the world around us and wonder whether there are enough of us to save the environment (floods, fires, derecho winds) and keep the place running smoothly. It’s not only children that should use imagination! Enough soap box. Now, on to today.
Today is a day to remember Martin Luther King Jr. I have several well-written children’s books in my collection that share his powerful words, his goals, and his dreams for civil rights with all ages. These include:
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr. by Bonnie Bader
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr. A Who Was? Board Book
by Lisbeth Kaiser
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
by Yolanda Renee King
Martin Luther King, Jr. A Peaceful Leader (I Can Read Level 2)
by Sarah Albee
Be sure to check your public library for all kinds of books on whatever topic interests you. We can always go to Amazon for a book and wait for it to be shipped, but you might be surprised to find the same book at your library the day you walk in.
Have a Mighty Monday,
PAT
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