Today will be special. Today will be splendid. Today is Saturday! This is the day Ava and her mother cherish. Saturday means: story time, salon time, picnic time, and this week…. The best puppet show ever! But what happens when life doesn’t exactly deliver on its promise? Join a mother and daughter on an up-and-down journey that reminds them of what’s best about Saturdays: precious time together.
About Oge Mora
Oge Mora grew up in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her picture book debut, Thank You, Omu!, won LOTS of awards and was a past Ladybug Picture Book Award nominee.
Her website is http://ogemora.com
Activities & Links
- There is a video of the author reading her work at https://youtu.be/G_TKhaMv-cI
- There was an interview with the author about this book at We Need Diverse Books (https://diversebooks.org/qa-with-oge-mora-saturday/)
- Discussion question: Ava and her Mom have a Saturday routine. What routines do you have in your family?
- Discussion question: One of the themes in this story is dealing with life’s ups and downs. What are some of the ways that you deal with situations that don’t go the way you want them to?
- If you want to make your own hand puppets, just like Ava and her Mom, there is a video that shows how to make 5 easy paper puppets from Easy Kids Craft at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n4A_rabcwg
This is one of ten titles nominated for the 2020 Ladybug Picture Book Award.
We
will be posting information about a different nominee each Friday
throughout the summer and will issue a pdf voters guide featuring all
ten titles at Labor Day.
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