I just got the sweetest little packet of thank you cards from one of the schools I visited recently.
We’d worked and played with metaphors and then, to our great delight, it started snowing outside!
(Afterwhich all bets were off. This is Austin, Texas, after all.)

Here are a few of my favorites (and imagine, if you will, these words bedecked with hearts, stars and other magic markered embellishments):

Dear Mrs. Liz Garton,
I saw you like my poem even the one that said I am goofy like a moose with clothing on my horns and you laugh.
Even the bat one too. We both had fun.
From Breanna

Dear Liz Garton Scanlon,
Thank you for coming to ar school even if it was snowing. 
I am bilingual so Muchos Gracias!!!
Sincerely Jesua

Thank you Liz Garton Scanlon
Your the best like a Best Friend
Your sweet like a lollipop
Your pretty like a princess
Sincearly Gruselda

I honestly don’t think I’ve ever been compared to a princess before, being all curly-haired and blue-jeaned. 
Lucky me!

And speaking of schools, look at this lovely article on Scholastic’s web site offering up curriculum links for picture books like All the World!