THE SECRETS OF NINJA SCHOOL: Event Kit
Best Users: Librarians, Booksellers, Classroom Teachers, Families, Dojos, Home Learners
Best Audience: Children Grades 00-03
ABOUT THE EVENT KIT
According to the picture book The Secrets of Ninja School (Henry Holt and Co.), you do not have to be amazing at jumping, kicking, throwing, or sitting patiently to be a good ninja. You simply need to discover your secret skill. Through a series of activities, you can welcome ninjas to practice their ninja moves from knocking down a pyramid to crafting a dragon.
The kit contains:
— Event poster and copy to share your event
— Suggested preparation
— “Ninjas Welcome” Banner
— Ninja School Certificate
— Activity: Make a Ninja Hood from a T-shirt
— Activity: Sneak, Slither, and Creep & Sit, Listen, and Wait Patiently
— Activity: Jump, Kick, and Throw Skillfully
— Craft: Dragon Lacing Cards
— Craft: Paper Dragon Softie
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ABOUT THE BOOK
The Secrets of Ninja School
By Deb Pilutti
Published by Henry Holt/
Christy Ottaviano Books
ISBN-13: 9781627796491
Age Range: 4-8 Years
Ruby sets out to learn her own secret skill at Master Willow’s School for Ninjas in this charming picture book that celebrates confidence, creativity, and kindness.
Master Willow’s Ninja School is a place where junior ninja saplings must learn many important skills: how to make themselves invisible, fight skillfully, meditate patiently and—most importantly—how to be brave and unleash their own secret talent. But Ruby’s no good at traditional ninja skills, and she seems too afraid to conquer her fears. Can a quiet, gentle sapling really graduate from ninja school? Yes! Especially when she taps into her own special talents. Book includes a craft for making a felt stuffed dragon!
“Practicing the ways of the ninja allows her to find and develop her own creative skills as she bravely comforts and supports her fellow saplings-in-training navigate the separation from home to school with a gift of friendship…A recommended general purchase suitable for young readers finding their own special skills.”
—School Library Journal
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“The artist’s gouache, pen, and ink illustrations are a treat, with aesthetics reminiscent of 1950s graphic design and animation. Inventive framings make every page a surprise.”
—Publishers Weekly
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“She gives readers inspired to emulate Ruby appended, traceable patterns for both felt and nonstitch paper dragons…No need for a black body suit to be a ninja-in-training.”
—Kirkus Reviews
