How can I feel like a sell-out at storytime?
Easy! Read the Cancer society's publication "Undercover Cody and the Magical Backpack". Ok, so it's sunsmart week and that's a pretty noble cause and they sent us balloons and stickers to hand out to the tykes.
But this book....it's poorly written. I would never read a book I think is poorly written at storytime. Except I read this one.
Even worse, it came with "The Sunsmart song" think 'if you're happy and you know it clap your hands' but it's "If you're sunsmart and you know it clap your hands" they're not even trying!
It's got awful verses "put your hat on your head clap your hands...Try to stay in the shade clap your hands...Now you're sunsmart and you've shown it and we're really proud you know it"
There's no way you could get me to perform that at storytime. Well, I guess if someone paid me money just to sing it I might, but I'd feel like a sell-out.
It's not really that bad. Especially since I read "The Smallest Turtle" by Joy Cowley after, which was one of my favourites as a kid.
To the sea, to the sea....
Posted by jenni at November 13, 2003 09:05 AM