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The Bully Book
Funny how themes often pop up and carry through multiple books. This is (obviously) another book about bullying, with a vastly different take from yesterday’s post of The Second Life of Abigail Walker. The Bully Book written by Eric Kahn Gale is about a young boy, Eric, who enters the…
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The Second Life of Abigail Walker
Bullying has become a huge issues in schools across America and it has clearly bled into children’s literature as well. The Second Life of Abigail Walker by Frances O’Roark Dowell is a book about rising above the bullies and believing in yourself, even when you’re not quite sure what that means. …
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Story Time Theme – Winter Wonderland
This week’s story time theme was so fun! I decided to do a Winter Wonderland story time theme this week because it’s January and so we actually had a little snow on Monday, but by today, it’s 60+ degrees outside, so c’est la vie – we went with it anyway. I’ve…
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Navigating Early
Clare Vanderpool has an amazing quotation on the header of her website from Madeleine L’Engle, “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” I think this is just what Vanderpool did in…
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Youth Media Awards or BEST Day for Children’s Literature/Media
The Youth Media Awards are announced every January at 8:00 am, when most sane people are getting ready for work, commuting, or just beginning work. This year because the American Library Association Midwinter Conference was held in Seattle, the awards were announced at 11:00 am EST. For most of the…
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Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
I’m trying to get some planning done in advance for a recycling art program in April and I came across an amazing book about Diego Rivera by Duncan Tonatiuh entitled Diego River: His World and Ours. This book would be a great introduction into the art of Diego Rivera for…
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Stuffed Animal Sleepover
Tuesday night our library hosted a Stuffed Animal Story Time and Sleepover for children ages 2 – 5. Although this program can take a lot of hands on work, it is definitely worth it to see the children come back to the library to pick up their stuffed animals and…
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Chu’s Day
“When Chu sneezed, bad things happened.” This would have been the perfect book for my story time on sneezes and sniffles…. but I didn’t have this book at the time. I absolutely love the illustrations, by Adam Rex, of the cute little panda bear with a HUGE sneeze. The full-page…
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Green
This little book is absolutely delightful! It’s s a true celebration of the color green in all of its forms and could be used as easily in story time or on-on-one. It would also be a great book to use to discuss color in an art class as well. Laura…
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Sophia’s War
The year is 1776 and as Sophia Calderwood and her mother return to their homes in New York City, they witness the hanging of Nathan Hale and Sophia vows to do all she can for the American cause. Little does she know, that she will become a maid and spy in…