Mother Earth's Bad Day

Three and a half years ago, during my first period of not teaching, I wrote a children's book for my class called "Mother Earth's Bad Day". It was an early reader that spoke about geological realities in an imaginative way. When I introduced the book to my class the following year (when I was back on the job), They loved it. It was humorous as well as scientifically correct. It was a great introduction to reading, and several of my students have copies of this book due to an extra printing just for them. The following year, the teacher of the class behind mine also used my book with her class as an introductory reader. They loved it! "Mother Earth's Bad Day" evoces laughter, while telling the true process of how a cinder cone volcano is formed. It is my hope that many other children will have the opportunity to laugh and learn with this charming picture book.