Author Terri Mack joined us at Randerson today to share her
new book Mouse Celebrates Winter Solstice. I joined Mrs. MacDonald and her Gr. 2/3
class to learn why Terri wrote this book and the meaning behind it. We learned
about winter and summer solstice, about the 13 lunar moons each year and why
Indigenous Peoples call North America Turtle Island. Students showed
keen interest in Terri’s lesson and loved looking at the detailed
pictures drawn by artist Bill Henin. We really liked how Bill included the
constellations exactly how the stars will align in the northern hemisphere on
December 21st, the winter solstice. We are going to look closely to
try to find the crab that Bill hides in all of Terri’s books.
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| Author Terri Mack @ Randerson |
Did you know the Bill is the first and only artist whose work
has travelled to space? Canadian Astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk took Bill’s art up
to the International Space Station. Wow we thought that was pretty cool!
Thanks Terri Mack for coming to Randerson.
Comments from the students
included:
“I am very impressed with this
book.” Aana
“The detail is so good it made me
want to look closely at each page.” Natasha
“I like the story telling.”
Dylan
“I like how the sky and moon have
First Nations art.” Sam
“I like how the snowflakes move
with the wind.” Anu
“I like how she talks about
everyone coming together.” Hirsh
