BEST Tiger (aka Emma)

Tiger will likely find his way to another nearby geocache... in the meantime, he''s hanging out in Millington with us. One of my favorite children''s books is Steam on the Inside by Marian Dean Larson. I have an autographed copy on my bookcase (it was a gift from my grandparents). Mrs. Larson was a grade school teacher in Flint, MI, and some of her students illustrated the book. I have also enjoyed reading anything by Walter Farley and Marguerite Henry (I''m a horse nut).

Tiger will have lots of things to read before heading on his way (we love to read and have bookcases full of books to keep him from getting bored while he waits). He may even play with Penny and Midnight, our two Rat Terriers who go geocaching with us sometimes.

What a surprise to open a cache and have a Tiger come pouncing out at you! We quickly snatched him up and contained him before he could get away! He seems quite tame and content now though.

We will have him rolling along in no time.

AngryBlues and the AmFam

Well, I managed to get found by someone who is new to Geocaching but not at all new to adventure and best of all he has a great Dog Casey who has become my new best friend!
I am learning about everyone's favorite childrens stories and Casey is learning to be a Reading to Rover Dog. She hopes to help kids learn to read just by listening. She told me last night that she hopes to teach them to give her treats too!!
I'm going to hang out here for a while and then head West. I'll try to get some photo's of my adventure over the next month. The journey will be long but filled with fun! Stand by and expect to hear from me again soon.
Emma the BEST Tiger Bug.

Neat, we hesitantly grabbed B.E.S.T Tiger Travel Bug who we now call Betsy. We usually do not like grabbing TBs without knowing missions but fate was in our hands. I knew TeacherMatt was local to the area so I figured it would want to move somewhere. Fate worked out as my wife, Mrs. Last Lap is a former teacher and Childrens Librarian. She will post her picks when we replant Betsy in Maryland. As for Mr. Last Lap's childhood favorites I will list now. I still own copies of both and they still reside on my bookshelf in the living room. They are 5th grade appropriate and still good stories. Both were originally Newberry Award winners.
- From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E. L. Konigsburg (What child has not daydreamed of a similar event)

• Dead End School - Robert Coles (The Trials and tribulations of a young kid in the ghetto whose family moves abruptly - humorous and poignan t at a level a fifth grader can understand.)