Friendship According to Humphrey
RLA One School One Book
One School One book is an initiative based on One Book One Town, a program that started in 2006 at a library in Washington. Fairfield has participated in it for a number of years and schools, have picked up on the opportunity to provide families with a copy of a book and guided discussion questions to foster a shared reading experience for the school community.
Together, the RLA elementary community will be reading Betty G. Birney's book Friendship According to Humphrey. The kick off will take place on May 14th. Families will receive a copy of the book in their materials pick up. Families can follow the reading calendar and discuss nightly reading as a family. Explore this website for additional activities and books by Betty G. Birney that you family can enjoy to support this experience!
Happy Reading!
RLA OBOS Committee
About the book
After the long winter vacation, Humphrey can't wait to see his friends in Room 26 again and find out what Mrs. Brisbane has planned for the class. But he's shocked by a big surprise on the first day back - a new classroom pet!
Humphrey offers his paw in friendship, but Og the frog doesn't seem interested. Plus, the students are so interested in Og, they almost stop paying attention to Humphrey altogether. Luckily he still gets to go home with different kids on the weekends. He helps A.J. and Garth deal with a bully, Golden-Miranda learn to get along with her new step-sister, a new student feel like she belongs, and more.
It keeps him BUSY-BUSY-BUSY because the Poetry Festival is coming up as well as Richie's big birthday party! And then there's that terrible snowstorm. Brrrrr!
Through it all, Humphrey has to share the spotlight - and the classroom at night - with the unsociable Og, who stirs up MAD-BAD-SAD feelings Humphrey's never had before. Through it all, he learns a lot about frogs ... jealousy ... and the true meaning of friendship.