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 * = media type="custom" key="4354187"[[image:Appalachian-mountains.jpg width="255" height="194"]] ||< Welcome to Reading Mountains!

This site is a collaboration between a graduate reading research class at Concord University and a fourth grade classroom in southwest Virginia. Our goal is to provide resources for students about books, authors, topics, and other reading interests in an effort to promote the enjoyment of reading.

Together we will read Mountains of Books! ||

**Special Note to Concord students: Unfortunately, our fourth graders do not all have their own e-mail address so they are unable to post their own material at this time, which is why some of you who have created your own pages of questions have not received a reply. We will try to respond to individual pages soon, but until then most of our responses can be found on the Favorite Books and Kids' Questions pages. We apologize for any frustration!**

Recently in Science, we read __Bartholomew and the Oobleck__ by Dr. Seuss and did science experiments with oobleck. If you would like to make oobleck of your own at home, here is the recipe: @http://www.kinderteacher.com/oobleck.htm

Here are some other fun facts about oobleck:
 * Did you know that you can actually walk on oobleck if you keep moving?
 * Did you know that Dr. Seuss wrote this book in 1949 - sixty years ago?!

Also, if you liked the character Bartholomew in this book, he is in another book by Dr. Seuss called __The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins__. And if you just really like Dr. Seuss, check out this website for a list of his other books, and many other games and activities to play: http://www.seussville.com