If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions. - Susanne K. Langer
Using literature is a wonderful way to develop the learner profile attributes. Here are some examples of amazing books that can facilitate the discussion of becoming knowledgeable.
In the rhyming story Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, all the animals “stampede to learn all about this new something called reading” after Molly Mc Greew, the librarian, drove her bookmobile into the zoo and started reading aloud. All the animals fall in love with books transforming the Zoo into a Zoobrary. This is a fun story that not only invites readers to be “wild about books” like all the animals, but also introduces many WOW (Wonderful Outstanding Words) words like: devoured, outrageous, pretentious and redundant among many others. After reading this story, the reader will be inspired to learn and “go wild, simply wild about wonderful books”!
To be knowledgeable, we need to be curious, full of wonder and ask many questions. We also need to have a desire to find the answers by investigating and researching. That is the story of Erastosthenes. He was a great questioner and he liked to make lists to organize the information learned so he could share it more easily with others. In the story The Librarian Who Measured The Earth, Kathryn Lasky narrates the story of Erastosthenes in a captivating way that makes you want to find answers to all the questions because “no question is ever too big or small to think about”.
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth; The Library by Sarah Stewart; and The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco are some of the other books from our collection that you can check out from our library to become more knowledgeable.