My read-aloud with the Kindergartens today was called "Foghorn" by Mary Elizabeth Hanson and beautifully illustrated by Paul Orlando. The possibility of having a sand sculpture come alive unlocks the imagination of the children. Foghorn is a sand sculpture of a cat that a little girl named Elizabeth created one day at the beach. She had taken such loving care in creating the sculpture that once she was done and left, the cat missed her. He came to life to follow her home. Elizabeth has a very difficult time trying to convince her parents that this sand sculpture cat is at their home and in their yard. When the rain comes, her sand cat wants to return to the beach. She is reluctant to let him go but she understands. Once she lets him go, to her surprise she finds a real cat that looks very familiar with the same colour fur and telltale scarf that was on Foghorn.
Imagination grows with book reading and writing. The children were thrilled about the possibility of their own sand sculptures coming to life.
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