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Small Reads Roundup for Spring

Hi, and welcome! Here are some small reads for spring. These Small Reads Roundups appear first in my Small Reads monthly e-letter for educators. Subscribe here! My plan is to include only things that are easily accessible to you–if you find a link that’s no longer working, please let me know–thank you :>)

 

Picture Book Readalouds

You can visit my Readalouds page to see other videos of librarians and teachers sharing these books.

 

Snowman-Cold=Puddle excerpt, plus writing prompt

 

Poems by Laura

Click on this first one to open a printable .pdf mini-poster version!

This variation below is by the Poetry Friday community. Click on the image to read more about it.

Day 2: Minnesota spring

Old Bear, New Year (a rondeau redouble)

The darkness shrinks. The sun plays peekaboo.
It breaks the endless gloom of winter’s drear!
I shrug off hibernation’s residue—
It’s time I rose and met another year.

I fell asleep alone, but cubs are here!
How they arrived I haven’t got a clue.
One wild night and now…a souvenir?
The darkness shrinks. The sun plays peekaboo.

My front porch has a million-dollar view:
My favorite back-scratch birch and clover dear.
A lake–a mirror–glistens, navy blue.
It breaks the endless gloom of winter’s drear.

I’ve grown so thin I almost disappear!
A baby elk or rabbit’s overdue.
My stomach growls—it knows that dinner’s near.
I shrug off hibernation’s residue.

This world is not the autumn that I knew.
Spring forces me to be a pioneer.
There’s ground to cover—new weight to accrue.
It’s time I rose and met another year

Bright April makes its annual debut.
The buzz of bees is music to my ear.
My matted fur reflects the sun’s tattoo.
I lumber off, explore this new frontier.
The darkness shrinks.

–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved

steady drip-drop-drip

 

Garden Center poem

 

 

Scarlet in Late Snow (limerick)

With a flutter and flurry of wing,
Cardinal announces, “Spring!”
     He’s the hopeful red heart—
     a flash of fresh start.
Even nature appreciates bling.

Dance with Bee… (limerick)

When the honeybee enters its hive,
he jitterbugs, then does a jive.
     His honeybee dance
     is a map to the plants 
whose nectar will keep bees alive.

 

 

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