For an online kids program, I did an author study for H.A. Rey. He was SO interesting and this is what I found...

The most exciting discovery in my research for H.A. Rey was this: 

This was such an exciting find! And I definitely think this is H.A. Rey, drawn into his book. 

H.A. Rey was very artistic as a young boy. He loved drawing and painting. One of his favorite places to go was the Hagenbeck Zoo. The zoo was near his home in Germany and he would often go for visits with his brother and 2 sisters. 

He loved observing the animals - the way they moved, the way they ate, climbed trees or played with each other. Afterwards, he would go home and draw what he saw.

As an adult, for a time, he had a job designing posters for the local circus. 

But of all the original seven Curious George books, what made me grab this one?

I had JUST finished reading this book about how the couple escaped Paris on bicycles. 

Both H.A. and Margaret were German-born Jews living in Paris in 1940. They decided to flee the city but had no car and the trains had stopped running, so the couple bought bicycles to make their way to safety!

This was an amazing chapter book biography and I would highly recommend reading it or purchasing it for your library. 

 This program was posted onto the library's Youtube channel and can be seen here 

The idea of this video was to focus on a children's book author and then I would demonstrate how to make a quick and easy snack to go along with the series. 

This handsome lug got to come with me to the library. Of course we brought a few of his toys and played fetch in the children's department. 

 One reason Clifford was among the first authors we focused on is because, most children and adults would easily recognize Clifford the Big Dog. He’s become one of the more famous storybook characters, like the Cat in the Hat or Curious George. 

Readers are drawn to his lovable and gentle personality but he’s so big, Clifford just naturally gets into trouble sometimes. These books are funny but filled with good ideas and values that we want to pass along to young readers such as kindness, helpfulness and thankfulness.

Easy Dog Treat Recipe

This recipe comes from MissMollySays.com. It uses peanut butter, oatmeal and banana's for a pet friends dog treat recipe. Click her for the link. 

And actually, I chose this recipe to use for this online program because I had used it previously, here at the library!

For that program, I had brought in all the supplies to make and bake the treats. Kids were given the

Some were bagged and put in a doggie book display