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How did April Fools Day get started? Here are some links to answer your questions and motivate the prankster in you.

• April Fools’ Day: Origins and History
  http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html
• April Fools Day
  http://www.thefoolsday.com/ 

Now take a look at these bogus websites; use your web evaluation skills to analyze why these are only for April Fools.

• Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
  http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html
• The Dangers of Bread 
  http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/bread.html
• MoonBeam Enterprises and Lunar Travel Agency 
  http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/moon.htm
• Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
  http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html
• Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow Torches 
  http://www.pmichaud.com/toast/
• Feline Reactions to Bearded Men 
  http://www.improb.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
• The Jackalope
  http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm

And while you’re in a foolish mood…..how about blogging about your favorite April Fools prank?

Kindergarten

• Bang. When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry…
• Vail. Sometimes I’m Bombaloo.

First Grade

• Polacco. Meteor! (Meteor Festival Link)

Second Grade

• DiTerlizzi & Black. The Field Guide.

Kindergarten

• Aylesworth. Old Black Fly.
• Martin. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
• Wheeler. Jazz Baby.

First Grade

• Krensky. Too Many Leprechauns.

Second Grade

• DiTerlizzi. The Field Guide.

Kindergarten

• Stevens. Tops & Bottoms.

First Grade

• Cazet. Elvis the Rooster Almost Goes to Heaven.

Second Grade

• Sobol. Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case.

Kindergarten/First Grade

• Seuss. And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street.

Second Grade

• Seuss. If I Ran the Circus.
• Seuss. If I Ran the Zoo.