Monday, March 9, 2009

Introducing Lilly


One of Kevin Henkes' most endearing characters is Lilly who appears in several of his mouse books. As a special treat, Debbie Rossignol offered to come read her own special version of one of the Lilly books, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Debbie is a third grade teacher at Chets Creek and has twins in first grade. She read for both of her children's classes - her own unique rendition of the book.
After Debbie finished reading the book, she invited the children to meet Lilly in the form of a live little white mouse. You won't believe what happened next! Debbie dropped the little white mouse and chaos erupted! You'll be glad to know that Debbie dropped the mouse by mistake. I'm not sure who was the most scared - the teachers or the mouse! Thank goodness, Mrs. Ruark did finally rescue the little mouse and we settled him into a rolling ball and a much quieter week with the class. However, there is no doubt that the class will remember this book - and Lilly's visit - for a long time to come!

4 comments:

Suzanne said...

Too funny! C and I enjoyed watching the video of the "escape" several times. I'm sure this is a day these first graders will NEVER forget!

Debbie Harbour said...

Oh my gosh...is that not the funniest video clip I've seen in a long time. I couldn't stop laughing. That poor mouse! How fortunate he made it out alright.

Anonymous said...

Haha! This video is hilarious! I'm so glad you got that on video!

Mrs. Raynes said...

That is soooo funny!! Thanks so much for posting. I don't know if I could have held the camera still or not-That would crack me up!