May is:

National Bike Month

       

 

 

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

       

 

 

National Egg Month

Egg party

 

National Strawberry Month

 

 

National Duckling Month

 

 

National Family Month

    

 

McKinnon's Minutes
for
The Month of May 2008

May 1      

   Mother Goose Day                                                                              

May 5  

Cinco de Mayo  

May 4-10                     Be Kind to Animals Week
May 8 Did you know the first Coco-Cola was sold on May 8, 1886 at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia?
May 11           

Mother's Day

May 12

Kite Day

               

May 14

The Lewis & Clark expedition started up the Missouri River on this day in 1804.
May 18  

Mount St. Helens had a major eruption on this day in 1980.  In what state is Mount St. Helens located?

                                             

          
May 22  Sherlock Holmes & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Ring Today is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday.  He created master detective Sherlock Holmes.  Read any mysteries lately?
May 24
The Brooklyn Bridge opened on this day in 1883.
 
May 25

Marc Brown's Arthur series was first published 30 years ago today.

May 26 Memorial Day Memorial Day Home Page
May 29 John F. Kennedy's birthday
 

Happy Birthday to these authors and illustrators...      
 

Don Wood
May 4

 

Cover Art  

Leo Lionni
May 5

 

book cover Nonny Hogrogian
May 7
 
Christopher Paul Curtis
May 10
          

Gary Paulsen
May 17

 

    Mary Pope Osborne
May 20
Magic Tree House Series
Arnold Lobel
May 22
            Frog and Toad All Year Book and Tape  

Margaret Wise Brown
May 23

 

Andrew Clements
May 29
 
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