Read Across America

Ideas for Book Character costumes

*If you need a picture of a character from a book you do not have, use the internet and go to an online book store like Amazon or Barnes and Noble or just type the title of the book. Sites often show a picture of the book cover and sometimes other pictures.

Amelia Bedelia – maid in dress, white apron, maid’s hat, carrying pie or feather duster

Athletes as in Matt Christopher’s books, etc.

Bad Case of Stripes

Bears – Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Paddington Bear, etc.

Caps for Sale - Man in black blazer, white shirt with bow tie, checked pants, stack of caps on head

Captain Underpants

Civil War Soldier – Civil War on Sunday, Bull Run, Across Five Aprils

Count Olaf from Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events & Baudelaire’s

Cow – Click, Clack, Moo with typewriter – Sailor Moo with sailor hat

Cowboy – Hank the Cowdog, The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy, Deputy Dan

Crabby Cratchitt –gray haired woman, skirt, blouse with pin at neck, sweater, work boots, hen on head

Cruela Deville from 101 Dalmations

David Crockett - biographies

David from No David – bald head (or closely shaved pale blond), triangle nose, striped shirt

Dogs – Shiloh-White beagle brown and black spots, Clifford - red, Biscuit – tan puppy

Dragon – St. George and the Dragon, Library Dragon, Good Night, Good Knight, etc.

Egyptian – Tut, Tut; Mummies in the Morning, Mummies Made in Egypt

Emily Elizabeth with Clifford

Epossumundas’s mama – Yellow hat with red flower & dress with large flowers

Fancy Nancy – Some items available at Target

Farmer – Farmer Brown from Click, Clack, Moo

Fearless Jack – killed ten at a whack on cap

Freckle Juice

Football player – Game Day, Kick Off!

Frontier girl - Little House on the Prairie – Sarah Plain and Tall

Goldilocks

Goosebumps characters

Hansel and Gretel

Harry Potter, Hermione, Dumbledore, etc.

Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm – farmer in overalls, straw hat, round Harry Potter glasses

Ira Sleeps Over - green blanket over pjs with brown teddy bear

Jack and the Beanstalk – vine for beanstalk, harp, goose, gold

Jimmy Zangwow . moon pie adven – blue shorts, suspenders, brown belt, yellow shirt, red boots, freckles

Junie B. Jones – has a Peep in her Pocket, or Graduation Girl, Is Not a Crook, etc.

King – King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub, The King’s Stilts, May I bring a friend,

Knight – The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,Knights of the Kitchen Table, Saint George & the

Dragon, Good Night, Good Knight

Library Dragon or Miss Lotty, Library Goddess

Lion – Aslan from the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Little Miss Muffet

Little Old Lady who was not afraid of anything

Man in yellow hat – Curious George

Madeline or Pepito

Miss Nelson or Viola Swamp

Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You – he wears all brown and brown hat

Mrs. Wishy Washy

Mother Goose

Mummy – Tut’s mummy, Mummies made in Egypt

Nate the Great

Native American - Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, Brother Eagle Sister Sky, etc.

Nun – Miss Clavel from Madeline

A Pie went By – King with pie on head

Pied Piper

Pippi Longstocking

Pirate – How I Became a Pirate, Treasure Island, The Not-So-Jolly Roger

Policeman - Officer Buckle and Gloria

Prince – Prince Caspian, The Little Prince, etc.

Princess – Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Princess and the Pea, Tale of Despereaux, etc.

Raggedy Ann / Andy

Rapunzel – Princess with really long braid (rope or yarn)

Skeleton – Skeleton Hiccups, Skeleton Man

Snowman – Stranger in the Woods or Snowballs

Soccer player – Our Soccer League, Soccer Sam, The Goalie

Spider – Charlotte’s Web, The Very Busy Spider,

Strega Nona – woman with white bonnet, white apron, pink dress, long white bloomers & big pot

Superhero ABC – see bobmcleod.com

There’s a Nightmare in My Closet – red union suit (long johns) army helmet, pop gun (principal’s

permission)

Three Hat Day - tan pants, white shirt, brown vest, wearing sailor cap on fireman’s hat on bathing cap

Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn

Western Dance Costume – Saturday Night Jamboree

Winnie the Pooh & others

Witch / Hag – Snow White, Heckedy Peg. Hoodwinked, Frog Prince Cont., etc

When Sophie Gets Angry – blue and white striped shirt, overalls, blond braided dog-ears

Wee Willie Winkie – Nightgown, stocking cap

The Sneetches (overly large yellow sweatshirt, stuff belly, add star, Sneetches cap

500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins – red hat with feather, shorts, vest, elf shoes

Groups:

Big Pumpkin – mummy, Dracula, witch, skeleton, bat

Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma, woodcutter

Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Wizard of Oz

Holes – Orange jumpsuits and shovels

Snow White and 7 dwarfs – teacher and 7 students

Cinderella, prince, Fairy Godmother

Gingerbread Man followed by Old Man, Old Woman, Butcher, Cow, etc.

Things 1 & 2 with Cat in the Hat

5 Chinese brothers

READ ACROSS AMERICA 2008

Again this year, weather impacted this event. If you remember, last year we dismissed from RAA due to tornado warnings being issued for the area. This year's event was impacted as well due to the severe tornado that moved across the county in February. Lots of planning goes into RAA and being out of school with the storms caused Parent/Teacher conference and RAA to be scheduled back to back. So, even though the turn out was down this year, everyone who came seemed to have a great time celebrating the love of READING!!! If you missed this year's event, we hope to see you next year at RAA 2009!!!

Scott Couch, News anchor for Fox17 News, visits Westside Elem.

Mr. Jones, Mrs. Flynn and Mrs. Marshall share new technology with RAA guests about
how teachers at Westside are using the latest technology, a Smartboard, to teach all subjects, including Reading, to students.

Another session at RAA allowed guests to visit the school computer lab and spend time at Seussville.com! Mr. Goolsby, Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Carnahan led the session!!

Mrs. Donna and Mr. Griggs share a story, My Lucky Day, during the Reader's session. This great book was just one of several read aloud to guests at RAA!!!