This group really got into “Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch” - mostly because I oinked a lot and they think that’s pretty funny. Other than that, I think that the most enjoyed book for this group was “Apples and Pumpkins.” A lot of the kids had gone to an apple orchard with their families this year, so this book echoed that experience. I used puppets to “munch” the apples and flipped them around. How It WentĪgain, my showstopper was my flannelboard/puppet show.
This one was not self-stick, so I had the kids use Glue Dots to attach the pieces to the plate. (Other animals: A mouse, a crow, a turtle, a bat.)Īnother kit from Oriental Trading. I shook that tree as hard as I could (make a shaking motion)ĭown came the apples… (make a downward motion)Īnd mmm, they were good! (smile and rub stomach) I saw two apples looking at me (hold up two fingers) Way up high in the apple tree (stretch arms up high) Now you are a great big ball! (make a big circle)įingerplay: “Way Up High In the Apple Tree”
Once you were a seed so small (pinch fingers together) How’d you get so big and round? (make a circle) Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground (touch the ground) Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofe You can learn about my family, and other children's book families in Pass it Down by Leonard Marcus. As an adult I have been lucky enough to illustrate 18 of my mom's texts. When I was a teenager, I worked in my parents studio painting in color separations on acetate, when full color books were not the norm. My father made found object assemblages, abstract oil paintings and woodcuts. Mom created oil paintings, bronze sculptures, etchings and needlepoint tapestries. Anne Rockwell illustrated most of her books herself but also wrote texts for other illustrators.Īt the dinner table, our parents were always talking about current and future books, and often our vacations took us to wonderful places like Block Island and Europe for their inspiration or research. Our home was filled with my parents' fine art. Along with concept books and original stories, Mom has written books on almost every subject, including American history, art history, fables, mythology, and science.
Many of my parent's books, like The Toolbox and The Awful Mess where stories about our family experiences. When my father was an art director in advertising, and he also illustrated books that my mom wrote. They created children's books as a team in a studio off our dining room in Old Greenwich, CT.
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