Camden, Maine

I had a wonderful day at Camden-Rockport Elementary School.  I shared Hot Rod Hamster with the kindergartners and first graders, spoke to one fourth grade, and then afterschool, I met with the kids' book group.



Debbie Meservey, the school media specialist, had brought a special snack to honor Touch Blue: two huge whoopie pies and chocolate-chip, cookie dough ice cream (Tess and Aaron's favorite flavors).

A wonderful fourth grader showed me the board game she had made for Rules.



Isn't this incredible? It's played like Monopoly but the goal is to have enough money to buy Jason a guitar. So first you have to earn enough money and then you have to land on one of the spaces that allows you to buy a guitar.

I also loved the tokens for the characters in the book, including Speech Woman, who is wearing a cape that says "Super Speech Woman" on it.



The fourth graders I spoke today had seen my blog, and they made a hamster mood icon, like I have on all my posts.



Me, too!  I had such a nice time at CRES, and I get to do it all again tomorrow!