If Owney came to your school…or town…or Vermont, what would he see? Who would he meet or smell? He loved trinkets. What would you give him to help him remember his visit?
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In Rutland, VT Owney would see leaves changing colors and falling off the trees. He would feel wind and it’s cold outside. Sometimes it’s cloudy. He would smell rain on a rainy day, people, and fresh cookies that people make. I would give him a VT state flower.
Owney is a rather small dog to be blocking the soccer goal, but he blocked all the shots. Even though he is small he still had fun playing soccer. He was hard to beat and a fair player.
Everybody from Neshobe Elementary School loved Owney. He was a good sport:; he participated in the mile club, soccer, recess, art class and library time. He made friends with a penguin,, the Library Lion, the paper mache wieghtlifting man, the administrators, the teachers and all of the kids at our school.
We have a lion in the library, he guards the Neshobe School Library in Brandon, Vermont 05733. Owney met the Library Lion, they got along fine. Our lion wanted some trinkets too, so a primary student made a tag for the lion too.
Owney went with the primary students on the mile run. Students may run in this twice a week. The run is four times around the fields at Neshobe School during recess. This was perfect for Owney because each time anyone truns a mile they receive one bead. Students collect these trinkets all year. Owney mow has ten beads on his collar.
When Owney showed up he brought his suitcase whcih, contained, a brush, a comb, a dog dish and a blanket.
Mrs. Naylor, our school librarian brought in a very small, olf, stuffed dog, so Owney would not be lonely. She thought it looked like Owney. Owney got along with the new dog, they played together.
Dear Isabella, Mrs. Desforge’s Fourth Grade Class and Mrs. Wright’s class,
Your posts made me laugh. Isabella’s posts about Owney smelling rain on a rainy day and smelling cookies baking in the oven made my nose twitch.
And I think the real Owney would love soccer. If he liked to chase trains, he surely would like to run after a ball.
And to think that Owney now has ten beads. He would have been such a happy dog.
Sincerely, Mona Kerby
Owney would see beautiful mountains with colored leaves. He would see snow geese flying in the sky. He would see lots of other dogs. Owney would get to go to apple orchards and eat apples.
We were so glad when Owney came to our school for a visit. We love Owney and his book.
Owney cane for a visit to Porters Point this past week. He met all the classes when they came to the library. He saw children draw his picture on laptop computers. the second graders did a reader’s theater about his book. Many children did worksheets about Owney that we got from Mona Kerby’s terrific web page.
I think one of Owney’s favorite things was going to the PTO game night and playing BINGO with families and eating lots of great treats! We have mad a little movie of Owney’s visit and it will be on our web page soon.
Owney got to meet our postal bear too…he likes their blue wool uniforms.
Thank you for writing such a wonderful book Mona Kerby. We learned a lot of things about Owney and the U. S. Mail.
Dear Porters Point Readers,
Thank you for telling me about Owney’s visit. I am eager to see your movie about Owney’s visit.
I am so glad that Owney got to play BINGO and eat treats at the PTO meeting.
Your pal, Mona Kerby