Published by Doodle and Peck Pub. Co.
"Scanner" is the completely absorbing story of a little Scottish Terrier who is rescued by a school librarian. Although he likes [Miss Copywright], the dog is lonely when left home alone all day, so he gets into mischief. But Miss Copywright, who is crafty and determined, takes the Scottish Terrier to school with her to listen to children read. This practice helps young readers gain confidence in their reading skills. After a tangle with her book scanner, Miss Copywright names her new pet--Scanner!
Scanner loves being cuddled by kids while they read to him about tractors, princesses, and other wonderful things. He decides his new home and his new job are a perfect fit.
Bright, humorous, action portraits delight the eye with Scanner's comical adventures, while an inspiring narrative catches interest and holds appeal for readers of all ages.
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
Wow! Having Una Belle Townsend, David Barrow, and Sandra Lawson all in one day was a treat and a blessing all rolled up tightly in a warm hug. Scanner became a new friend and watching Mr. Barrow draw him and tell about his creation was awesome.
Our students enjoyed learning about an idea becomes a story, and then the story becomes a ‘work in progress’ to be edited, tweaked, and rewritten. They didn’t realize all the steps, sweat, blood, and tears that permeate a book before it ever gets to our library. Great job making that literary creation come alive!
Rosa Blocker--Library Media Specialist Cushing Upper Elementary Cushing, OK
In Storytime Science (Live on Facebook), Science Museum Oklahoma introduces my story of Scanner. It's the first in the Scanner series. Here's the link. It even has a great laser activity.
Thanks, Science Museum Oklahoma.
https://www.facebook.com/ScienceMuseumOk/videos/306580540718070
SCANNER
1.
Think of four words that rhyme with
“SPLAT”.
2.
The first two letters in Scanner’s name are “sc”. Think of two more
words that begin with “sc”.
3.
The letters “tr” are the first two letters in “truck”. Name four more words
that
begin like “truck”.
4.
Scanner doesn’t like boxes. Think of 2 more words that rhyme with “box”.
5.
Find some words in the story that describe how Scanner tried to get out of
the
box in the truck.
box in the truck.
6.
Tell how Scanner got his name.
7.
What happened when Scanner stayed home?
8.
What is the name of the school librarian?
9.
What’s Scanner’s job?
Games
This game is on a poster board. I found some wrapping paper with footprints on it to use.You may find some with dogs or paw prints on it, but you don't have to have it. Players would play it with a die (I find huge dice at the dollar store.) Each player chooses a playing piece. Pieces can be any type of small dogs, dog related small objects, or game pieces from old games. The object is to get to the finish line first. With the roll of a die, the player moves to the spot marked off on the poster. Some spots have labels such as "move back 2 spaces," "Scanner ate some garbage--move back three spaces," "change places with the leader," "Scanner gets fleas--move back 1 space," "Scanner helps find a lost child--move ahead 3 spaces," etc. Game is finished when the first player reaches the end of the game. He must then bark 3 times.
Find some pictures of dogs on Internet and print a few. Create a matching game using the numbers of dogs you've found. For younger students, you won't need to go past 5 or 10 dogs. You can match them with any type of items such as with a marker or crayon (please laminate if a poster) or create your own worksheet. I've made mine on poster board. Sometimes you can use yarn for matching. Or, punch holes near the dogs and numbers and use yarn or other items to draw the number to the dogs to match.
Two teams move "dog bones" to their respective bowls. Teams line up and one at a time run over to the bowl and drop a bone in the bowl. When the bowl is full (4 or 5 bones), then the team members one by one run to the bowl, grab a bone, and run back to their team members. First to get all their bones to the bowl and back to the team wins. You can have members hop on one foot, crawl, bark or howl like, etc. to make the run to the dog bowls more exciting. If bones are not available, then other light weight balls can be used like the ones shown below. The dollar stores usually have dog bowls and balls and other items to use in this game.
In this game, which can be played with large balls or small balls and large or small fly swatters, the object is to get the teams balls in the hula hoops. There are up to five balls on each side. There are two colors--one color for each team. If 5 large balls are not available in the same color, you can draw pictures on 5 of the balls, or use stickers, or write the name "Scanner" and the name of another dog on each of the 5 balls so they can identify the team's balls.
All balls are lined up in the middle between the two hula hoops. The hoops are set as far apart as possible in a classroom or library, and if played outside, the balls are placed around 25-35 feet apart. When the whistle blows, the five members on each team must use their fly swatters to gently swat the balls into the hula hoops. The first team to get all five balls in the hula hoop wins. Children are not allowed to kick or touch the ball.
This game is on a poster board. I found some wrapping paper with footprints on it to use.You may find some with dogs or paw prints on it, but you don't have to have it. Players would play it with a die (I find huge dice at the dollar store.) Each player chooses a playing piece. Pieces can be any type of small dogs, dog related small objects, or game pieces from old games. The object is to get to the finish line first. With the roll of a die, the player moves to the spot marked off on the poster. Some spots have labels such as "move back 2 spaces," "Scanner ate some garbage--move back three spaces," "change places with the leader," "Scanner gets fleas--move back 1 space," "Scanner helps find a lost child--move ahead 3 spaces," etc. Game is finished when the first player reaches the end of the game. He must then bark 3 times.
Find some pictures of dogs on Internet and print a few. Create a matching game using the numbers of dogs you've found. For younger students, you won't need to go past 5 or 10 dogs. You can match them with any type of items such as with a marker or crayon (please laminate if a poster) or create your own worksheet. I've made mine on poster board. Sometimes you can use yarn for matching. Or, punch holes near the dogs and numbers and use yarn or other items to draw the number to the dogs to match.
This little dog is listening to a story during the public library's after school reading event. Dogs come to the library to listen to children read to them. She's reading Scanner.
I think this little dog is listening to Scanner's story. In the story, Scanner has just heard that the library has rules that he'll have to abide by.
Check out illustrator, David Barrow's Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/drawingdavidbarrow/
Hang in there, Folks!
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