Happy Friday My Friends

 

 

     I have three more children's books to share with you and a picnic idea for a different kind of picnic.  Hope you enjoy reading these books with your children or grandchildren and then going on a picnic this weekend.  I hope you enjoy the beautiful summer weather.  It is going to be in the 90's here so that is great picnic and swimming weather.  Please share your picnic ideas in the comments  section of the blog.  I would love to hear from you and let me know what books or themes you might be interested in.  Happy Reading!!!!!!!!

 

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Franklin's Picnic

by

 

Sharon Jennings

 

  Franklin and his friends are playing ball when everyone has to run home for lunch when Franklin is up to bat.  Franklin was upset he didn't get to bat.  Franklin ran home and ate lunch by himself and then he ran back to the park and waited a long time for his friends to come back.  When everyone finally shows up Franklin suggests they have a picnic tomorrow so they won't have to go home for lunch.  Franklin said he would bring the food. Franklin tells his parents about his idea of a picnic and they ask what he will make for the picnic.  Can you guess what he makes? Franklin makes sandwiches and cookies but what kind is the fun part.  The next day Franklin and his friends play ball and then everyone gets hungry.  Bear spreads out the blanket and everyone helps get the picnic ready while Franklin gets out the food.  Franklin's mom saves the day and the picnic is a success.  I won't tell you all of it but young boys would love the book because it has insects in it . :) This book is a level 2 reader so a second grader reading at grade level should be able to read it.  This a is a cute book about a picnic!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flicka, Ricka, Dicka

and the

Strawberries

 

by

 

May Lindman

 

This a story about three little girls who lived in Sweden.  They all had blonde hair and blue eyes and always dressed alike.  One day they asked their mother if they could go on a picnic.  They decided to pick wild strawberries for their mother to can.  So they started off early the next morning with baskets to pick  strawberries in.  They go to the meadow and pick strawberries all morning long.   Then the girls sit under a big tree and eat their picnic lunch.  On their way home the girls get lost but as go along the path they find a cottage. The lady of the cottage   help them and then her daughter guided the girls back home through the woods. The girls' mother give them each a coin for picking so many good strawberries for the jam.  They decide to do something with their money with is very  unselfish.  It is a cute book for girls of all ages I think.  You might have to get this one at the library.

 

 

 

Packing Up a Picnic
by
Rick Walton and Jennifer Adams

This is a great book if you want ideas for a children's picnic.  They list 7 picnics with ideas for foods and activities for the kids to do after the picnic is over or before.  My two favorite ones are the Breakfast Picnic and the Drive-In Picnic.
I have never went on a breakfast picnic but I do believe it would be fun.  You get up and go to watch the sunrise.  One of the ideas for food is the Sunrise Breakfast Sandwich.  I will list it below.  Also, give some ideas for where to have the picnic and some games to play.  Predicting when the sun will come up,  I Spy is always a great one for kids, and a Balloon Race.  Just give the kids some balloons to blow up .  Each child gets a balloon and the race with it down the line without using their hands or arms.  I think all kids would love it and it has healthy foods to eat and drink.
My other favorite one is the Drive-in picnic which I had done as a child.  If you went to the drive-in with your family you remember eat the treats there or sometimes our family took sandwiches and popcorn with us.  We would eat our sandwich before the movie started and eat popcorn all during the movie.  It was a fun time.  Drive-in movie theaters are hard to find now but now parents can put the tv outside on the deck or the yard or kids can watch dvd's in the car.  There are many options and the food listed are all healthy and ones kids would love.  Hot air popcorn is always good and string cheese.  There are some great games to play before the movie and during the movie.  There all kind of possibilities.  So why not a Drive-in movie Picnic??  Both sound like a lot of fun to me.  Hope you will get this great book for many more picnic ideas.

 

See you on Monday with grown-up picnic books to share,  Have a great weekend everyone!