The Not Snowy Day

2021-22 6th Grade Public Purpose Books

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I wrote this book in hopes to inspire other children to use their resources and think outside of the box. Even if a snowman (in this case) is already a thing doesn't mean you have to build a snowman you can build anything you want! I thought the book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats which sort of inspired me to write about something quite the opposite, the Not Snowy Day. I'm excited for children to read and hopefully love my book! -Ella

     Ella is a 6th grade student at Harpeth Hall. She loves giraffes and chose a giraffe as one of her main characters. The idea came from Ella wanting to have an all year round snowman. She hopes to inspire young children to make their own Dirtmen/women.

       One hot summer day, Georgie the Giraffe sat solemnly wishing it would snow. He wanted to make a snowman because his friends told him about all the snowmen they were going to build on their trip to Antarctica. 

      Georgie had one problem, there was no snow...until he thought of an idea!

      Georgie ran into his house and grabbed a tank top, sunglasses and a marker. He took the tank top and showed it to

He took the marker and wrote on it. He squealed with excitement.

      Excited, he started by grabbing a bucket of water and a pile of dirt. Smushing them together, he combined them and made a

     A few hours later, a wet raindrop hit Georgie’s head and than Dirtman’s head. A streak of mud went down

I need to make a shelter for you, so you can stay with me all year round, I can’t lose my

he found in his backyard. He held the four sticks up and put the other four on top. He carefully held the sticks together while taping them so they were secure.

&nbsp;This shelter is perfect! We can be

Dedicated to the children at Head Start, my family who I couldn't live without, and Mrs. Wheeler, the best Language Arts teacher ever!

      He stacked them to make the body of

     Grabbing two sticks out of the ground, he put them in two spots in the middle dirt

         He took a carrot and two rocks and put them on his face.

    He found seven smaller rocks to make a smile.

I need to give you something special to make you even

Later that day Georgie had a genius idea.

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