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The Looneys Love Regional Literature - 1998

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The 1997-1998 travels of Looney Larry, Looney Lester, Looney Lisa, and Looney Lee.
Looney Larry, Lester, Lisa and Lee have completed their travels for the 1997-1998 school year (Looney98). They will continue to reveal adventures to their primary caretakers in Boston, MA




On May 5, 1998, Lisa Ladybug and the 'gators of Abbeville, LA presented our Looney project
at the 1998 IRA Convention in Orlando, FL.


We had a subscriber quick access to the looney98 list.
Original Looney97 project.

Overall state regional titles:

States with names A - M
States with names N - Z


Introduction: December 8 - 12, 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts
Primary caretakers: 5th graders of Marjorie Duby,
Joseph Lee School, Boston, MA 02124 (Class webpage was at http://lee.boston.k12.ma.us/d4/d4.html)

December 15 - 19, 1997 in Bourne, Massachusetts (1LA)
Read aloud titles and varied contributions from the 3rd graders of Sue Pandiani,
at Ella F. Hoxie School, Bourne, MA

Looney Larry traveled 47 miles from Boston to Bourne, MA.

January 5 - 9, 1998 in Washington (2LA)
Read aloud titles and varied contributions including our apple survey
from Karen Mensinger, Librarian, and Diane Wilcox's 2nd graders,
Belfair Elementary, Belfair, WA (in Mason County)
Looney Larry traveled 2,554 miles from Bourne, MA. Larry's cumulative mileage is 2,601 miles.

January 12 - 16, 1998 in California(1LE)
Read aloud titles and varied contributions from 4/5 graders of Hilary Cahn,
at Madison Elementary School, Redondo Beach, CA
Looney Lester traveled 2,612 miles from Boston, MA to Redondo Beach, CA.

January 26 - 30, 1998in Hawaii (3LA)
Read aloud titles from Hawaii and varied contributions from Hauula School 4th graders of
Ilima Stern, Sherry Kahawaii, and Kate Castle, Hauula School, Hauula, HI
Looney Larry traveled 966 miles from Belfair, WA to Redondo Beach CA and 2,550 miles
from Redondo Beach to Honolulu, Hawaii. Larry's cumulative mileage is 6,117 miles.

January 26 - 30, 1998 in Utah(2LE)
Read aloud titles and varied contributions from Bylynda Venuti's 5th graders,
Cross Hollows School, Cedar City, Utah including our clogging survey.
Looney Lester traveled 398 miles from Redondo Beach CA to Cedar City, Utah.
Lester's cumulative mileage is 3,010 miles.

January 26 - 30, 1998 in Utah (1LI)
Read aloud titles and varied contributions from Linda Mosbacker
and Natalie Day's 5th graders, Backman Elementary, Salt Lake City, UT
Looney Lisa traveled 2,103 miles from Boston, MA to Salt Lake City, Utah.

February 2 - 6, 1998 in Kansas (1LEE)
Read aloud titles for the Kansas visit and varied contributions from Lou Brewer, Librarian,
and Mrs. Schmidt's 3rd graders, Nickerson Elementary School, Nickerson, KS
Looney Lee Ladybug traveled 1,454 miles from Boston, MA to Nickerson, KS.

February 9 - 13, 1998 in Illinois (3LE)
Read aloud titles and varied contributions from Jeanette Saltzberg's 4th graders,
Prairie School, Buffalo Grove, IL
Looney Lester traveled 1,364 miles from Cedar City, Utah to Buffalo Grove, IL.

February 16 -20, 1998 in Missouri (4LA)
Read aloud titles and varied contributions from the 5th graders of Ruth Petsel,
Arcadia Valley Middle School, Ironton, MO
Looney Larry traveled 4,111 miles from Haaula, HI to Ironton, MO.
Lee traveled 409 miles from Nickerson, KS to Ironton, MO.

February 23 - 27, 1998 in Iowa (4LE)
Iowa read aloud titles and varied contributions for Sharon Hansen's 3rd graders and Lori Lewis' Kindergarteners,
Cornell Elementary, Des Moines, IA
Looney Lester traveled 294 miles from Buffalo Grove, IL to Des Moines, IA.

March 2 - 6, 1998 in Indiana (5LA)
Indiana read aloud titles and varied experiences from the 5th graders of Suzanne Tyler and Ms. Bir, Spencer Elementary School, Spencer, IN
Looney Larry traveled 240 miles from Ironton, MO to Spencer, IN.

March 9 - 13, 1998 in Tennessee (5LE)
Tennessee read aloud titles and varied experiences from Judy Nocifora's 5th graders, CLUE program,
Grahamwood Elementary, Memphis, TN
Looney Lester traveled 487 miles from Des Moines, IA to Memphis, TN.

March16 - 12, 1998 in Mississippi (6LA2)
Read aloud titles and varied experiences from Donna Hopper and Mrs. Stewart's 2nd graders, Starkville Academy, Starkville, MS
Looney Larry II traveled 418 miles from Spencer, Indiana to Starkville, MS.

March 23 - 27, 1998 in Florida(6LE)
Florida read aloud titles and varied experiences from Molly Godley's 5th graders, SeaGate Elementary, Naples, FL
Looney Lester traveled 787 miles from Memphis, TN to Naples, FL.

March 30 - April 3, 1998 in South Carolina (7LA2)
Read aloud titles and varied experiences from Martha Taylor, SLMS, and Steven Crisp's class of 4th graders,
Starr Elementary School, Starr, SC
Looney Larry II traveled 358 miles from Starkville, MS to Starr, SC.
Looney Lester took a side trip of 570 miles from Naples, FL and showed up in Starr, SC.

March 30 - April 3, 1998 in South Carolina (2LI)
Read aloud titles and varied experiences from Angie Rainwater's 3rd graders, Pair Elementary, West Columbia, SC
Looney Lisa traveled 794 miles from Boston, MA to West Columbia, SC and 794 miles back to Boston, MA.


April 6 - 10, 1998 in North Carolina(7LE)
North Carolina read aloud titles and varied experiences for Nancy Gordon, Fred Olds Media Center, Raleigh, NC
Looney Lester traveled 187 miles from Starr, SC to Raleigh, NC.
In Raleigh, cousins Looney Lewis and Lilly climbed into the box!

April 13 - 17, 1998 in Virginia (8LA)
Read aloud titles and varied experiences from Virginia for Jean Reid, Cora Kelly Magnet School, Alexandria, VA
Looney Larry II traveled 437 miles from Starr, SC to Alexandria, VA.

April 20 - 24, 1998 in West Virginia (8LE)
Read aloud titles and varied experiences shared with Stacy Richards' 1st graders, Walton Elementary, Walton, WV
Looney Lester traveled 246 miles from Raleigh, NC to Walton, WV.


April 27 - May 1, 1998 in Ohio (9LA)
Ohio read aloud titles and varied experiences shared by Jill Grieser's Kindergarteners, Archbold Elementary School, Archbold, OH
Looney Larry II traveled 425 miles from Alexandria, VA to Archbold, Ohio.

May 4 - 8, 1998 in Pennsylvania (9LE)
Pennsylvania read aloud titles and varied experiences shared by Ruth Roberts, Kelly Elementary School, Lewisburg, PA
Looney Lester traveled 289 miles from Walton, WV to Lewisburg, PA.

May 11 - 15, 1998 in Louisiana (10LA)
Louisiana titles for read alouds and varied experiences shared by with Anne Guilbeaux, Librarian at Herod Elementary School, Abbeville, LA
  • Looney in Abbeville, May, 1997 | Anne's 1998 Read Across America traveling buddy project
    Looney Larry II traveled 908 miles from Archbold, OH to Abbeville, LA.
    At Herod, he had a family reunion with Lagniappe and Laissez.

May 18 - 22, 1998 in New York (10LE)
Read aloud titles and varied experiences with Ken Larkin's 1st graders, Fort Montgomery Elementary School, Highland Falls, NY
Looney Lester traveled 155 miles from Lewisburg, PA to Highland Falls, NY.
Looney Lewis took a side trip of 928 miles to Chapel Hill, NC

May 25 - 29, 1998 in Connecticut(11LA)
Connecticut titles and varied experiences with Jennifer Cote's 3rd graders, West District School, Unionville, CT
Looney Larry II traveled 1,346 miles from Abbeville, LA to Unionville, CT.

June 1 - 5, 1998 in Maine (11LE)
Maine titles and varied experiences shared with Chris Graves' 5th graders, Mt. Desert Elementary School, Northeast Harbor, ME
Looney Lester traveled 352 miles from Highland Falls, NY to Northeast Harbor, ME.

After our traveling Looneys returned to Boston, MA
their total 1997-1998 cumulative mileage was:

Larry I -
10, 468 miles

Lester -
7, 171 miles

Larry II -
3,638 miles

Lisa -
3,691 miles

Lee -
1,863 miles

Lewis -
1, 042 miles

Lilly -
1, 042 miles

4 box 1998 total miles:
26,831 miles

This "first generation" of Looneys will retire this year to be replaced by "younger" Looneys.

Their total mileage for 1996 through 1998 was:
Larry I -
18,256 miles
Lester -
12,853 miles

Larry II -
3,638 miles

Lisa -
12,983 miles

Lee -
1,863 miles

Lewis -
1,042 miles

Lilly -
1, 042 miles

Cumulative "retiring mileage"
for 1st generation Looneys
49,593 miles

Travel mileage:1996 - 1998

1996 - 1997: 22,762 miles

1997 - 1998: 26,831 miles

1996 - 1998: 49,593 miles

Primary caretakers: Marjorie Duby, Joseph Lee School, Boston, MA 02124
(class website was at http://lee.boston.k12.ma.us/d4/d4.html)


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