Happy Birthday Katie Z.!

Today we celebrated Katie Z.'s birthday. She brought in a great story and was so excited about it all day. She brought Penguin and Pinecone: A Friendship Story by Salina Yoon. The story was really cute about a penguin who finds a pinecone and makes it his friend. He discovers that the pinecone belongs in the forest, so he takes it to the forest and plants it. He later returns to find his pinecone has grown into a tall pine tree. He makes another penguin friend who finds another pinecone and they do the same thing. The story says that when you give love, it grows. It is true. The kids loved the story and so did I.