Surrendering to holiday down-time, sees me relaxing, and taking time to reflect on the meaningful memories of our time with Todd Parr. Todd was a real treasure to have as a visiting author and artist; he ticked all the right boxes being loved by the students, teachers and parents. Come back soon Todd Parrty!
We were so lucky to have our two art teachers Elise and Jake take us under their wings and assist us in creating some Todd Parr inspired portraits. As an Elementary Faculty, it was cool to follow in the footsteps of the work created the week before by our students. They were so so cool and I’ll be posting them soon, so many favorites, it’s hard to choose. So instead, take a look at the Elementary Teachers as they see themselves.
What a week that was…
Kwame Alexander and Todd Parr were on our campus for a week speaking with ES, MS and HS kids who have all been raving about their presentations. I’ll be posting some of the highlights here. We are so lucky to have authors of this calibre visit SAS.
Hi Book Lovers
Todd Parr is arriving in Shanghai in just over two weeks. His books have been for sale this week and they library and they are selling fast.
If you would like to buy a book for someone in your family, or as a gift, please send money and information in with your child; or e mail me kimbra.power@saschin.org if you have any questions. Many people have bought books as presents for new families, new babies or parents, new grand parents; they are a colorful and inexpensive gift for many occasions, and the bonus of having them autographed by the author makes this a special opportunity.
We have sent home the sheet below with all students, but there is no space there for a second or third choice if what they want has sold out, so including that option somewhere on the page would be great.
Don’t forget, if you have a student at Shanghai American School Pudong Elementary, they will each be receiving ONE signed copy of the following book as a gift from our Pudong PTSA Eagle Store.
Animals in Underwear ABC Board Book Pre K
The Feelings Book Board Book K
The I’m not Scared Book Hardcover 1st grade
The Thankful Book Hardcover 2nd grade
The Earth Book Hardcover 3rd grade
The Peace Book Hardcover 4th grade
The Goodbye Book Hardcover 5th grade
Four weeks from now, SAS Pudong will host two wonderful authors, Kwame Alexander and Todd Parr for the week of March 14-18. Hooray! More about Kwame later; you will certainly be enthralled by the presentations of last year’s Newbery Medal winner for The Crossover.
We are fortunate to have Todd all to ourselves for the week in our Elementary School, whereas Kwame will be presenting mostly in the Middle School, and also to our Upper ES students.
Todd is a renowned author and illustrator originally from Wyoming, and more recently San Francisco and I can’t wait to see how much fun our students have learning from his many creative experiences. Todd has written a gazillion books for kids, truly, a gazillion, and even has his own TV show. Wow!!!
We already have many of Todd’s books for sale in the Elementary Library, they are priced from 30 rmb to 80 rmb. Thanks to our generous PTSA Eagle Store, every Elementary Student will also receive ONE Todd Parr book free of charge; aren’t we lucky? Thanks Pudong PTSA More details on the available books will be sent home with your child in the coming weeks; we want to make sure you have the opportunity to pick up some wonderful Todd Parr books, as an autographed book makes a wonderful keepsake or gift.
For now, start counting down…the Todd Parr experience is on its way!
the barefoot librarian 