Theme-Story 1 "GRASSHOPPER"

A grasshopper jumped on the sidewalk
While Jenny was skipping her rope
She kneeled to examine its thin wings
And then she decided to grope
But when Jenny picked up the insect
It driveled brown tobacco juice
She didn’t want bug juice on her hand
So she let the grasshopper loose

Grasshopper’s long body
Antennae and eyes
Fascinated Jenny
Though she’d put it down
She cared ‘bout its safety
And where it was at
It looked like a snack for
A dog or a cat

Jenny pulled a twig from
The branch of a tree
Let insect climb on while
She cropped on a knee
Then rushed to the backyard
Where grass was quite long
Held twig to the ground so
Bug friend could climb on
To a tall
Blade of grass
Shiny light green
Hopeful grass
Would make bug
Harder to see

Into the high grass
Bug crawled from the stick
Hiding and eating
Green blades lush and thick
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February - the month of love - is also Black History Month.

Read and Print R. Renée

Bembry's article,

"Why Black History Month is Important"

In 1926 Dr. Carter G. Woodson, an African American author, scholar, founder of the Journal of Negro History, the Associated Publishers, the Negro History Bulletin, and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History established the second week in February as "Negro History Week" in celebration of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays...Read Full Article HERE