A funny, offbeat story about how disruptive change can be -- even if
it's a holiday!
Early one morning, a strange visitor arrives -- a visitor whose name is
Holiday. "I'll be taking over for you today!" Holiday tells Monday. And
before long, Holiday has met the other days, even Saturday and Sunday,
who usually sleep all week.
With each introduction, Monday becomes more and more upset. She is used
to starting the week, and she'd like to keep it that way. When Holiday
announces how much fun he's having, and that he'd like to stay,
Wednesday and Friday admit that they are a little worried, too.
Meanwhile, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday are completely smitten by this
exciting new day.
Finally, Monday (with Wednesday and Friday in tow), asks Holiday to
kindly pack his things and go. Then just in time, Tuesday comes up with
a solution that will work for everyone.
Natalie Nelson's ingenious characterizations of the days of the week
will delight readers young and old, as will her story that pokes fun at
how set in our ways we can be and how we might instead choose to be open
to change and embrace the unexpected.
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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including
by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading
dialogue aloud.
