Music Department
Carole Harper
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
"Because it was based on a true story that took place in my home state of Virginia. I liked horses too."
The Monster at the End of this Book (From the Sesame Street Collection). "It's not a literary classic but it allowed me to do different voices, mostly "Grover" and my children loved it's humor and surprise ending. I must have read it with them hundreds of times."
Dr. Charles E. Kinzer
The King's Stilts by Dr. Seuss
"The fanciful story and imaginative drawings"
Dr. Lust
Berlioz, the Bear by Jan Brett.
Dr. Lust did not have many children's books, but one large book full of stories. Some of the stories that she remembers reading as a child include "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "The Three Little Pigs".
Dr. Lust also enjoys A Light in the Attic, Bonjour Monsieur Sautee, the "I Witness" books, and many theme books. Some of the themes that she spoke of were, Native American Themed books, Music Theme books (she uses these in her classes), books based on the 'Twelve Days of Christmas', and Nature Theme books. Some of her favorite nature books are from National Geographic and are pop-up books.
Dr. Ring
"The ones I remember were from my later elementary years. They were the Chip Hilton series of sports books. They were exciting and seemed, at the time at least, to be realistic. I also read the Hardy Boys books, but I think I knew that they were not realistic."
"Now that I am older and have had children of my own, I have seen a much wider variety of children's books, so they are probably not my favorites anymore. I don't think you can even but the Chip Hilton books anymore. I like Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein, with Yertle, the Turtle probably being my favorite. Dr. Seuss is a good combination of a book, being both interesting for the parent to read and interesting for the child to hear."