Buddy Bison's Buzz - January 2011
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Buddy Bison wants you to visit, explore and protect our nation’s parks. Bring him along as you roam and tell everyone Where Buddy Bison’s Been! National Park Trust / 401 East Jefferson Street, Suite 102, Rockville, MD 20850  |
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Hey Kids,
grounds just outside the White House and see the beautiful decorations.. I also made a new friend named Claire!
Haley Lynch, a high school senior at Providence High School in Charlotte, NC recently took part in an elaborate study of the National Parks. Her reflections on the project and the place of parks in her life appear below and continue in Buddy Bison’s Blog.
It was a great experience to interview Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson. When my class interviewed them we found out about interesting things like how they write books together even though they both live in different places. We also learned what inspired them to write new stories. For example, Alane Ferguson said that what inspired her to become an author was watching her mother write children's books. We also learned that Mrs. Gloria Skurzynski has written many other interesting books. (Our class is excited to get some of these books!)...
Hi my name is Kristionie, and I want to tell you about the two amazing authors my class interviewed using SKYPE. (Cool, huh?) After reading a mystery series all taking place at different national parks, we interviewed authors Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson. I am so happy I had the opportunity to meet them and ask them my favorite questions. My favorite part was when Mrs. Gloria told us about all the awards she has won. She told us how she won a chair as an award one time!...
Beauvoir’s First Graders brought Buddy on a field trip to the National Cathedral. Buddy and the Coyotes learned about the organ and the High Altar. We learned that the organ has four different keyboards, and there is another kind of keyboard on the floor. Buddy Bison and the Coyotes learned that the longest pipe is almost the same size as a school bus. All the organ’s pipes are not in the same place. They are all over the National Cathedral! Some of the pipes are hidden in the tall, dark arches. There are more than ten thousand pipes in the organ. The organ plays by air by big fans that are underneath the floor. Some of the pipes that were broken were making air sounds—we could hear them if we were very, very quiet, and we were not supposed to hear it...
When we went to Central Park it was a clear and very cold day outside but I was bundled up and Buddy Bison had a warm coat. We climbed up on rocks in the middle of the park and looked at over the Central Park Ice Skating Rink. We also climbed a tree where Buddy Bison sat on a branch and watched the horses go by. We took a walk through the park with Buddy Bison on top of my head and I climbed another very tall rock. Buddy Bison got a chance to see parts of Central Park where many famous movies were filmed. At the end of the trip to Central Park, I also introduced Buddy Bison to one of the horses, and he gave us a friendly nudge. Before we left New York, we also took Buddy Bison by FAO Schwarz so that he could see some other friendly animals. I think it was great trip for both Buddy and me—we both got to see a new park in the United States and we had fun playing outdoors. 
