Last week of our "Love My Library" promotion, and I feel like it's just flown by!
Saved the best (in my opinion) for last, of course.
The Library
Sarah Stewart, illustrated by David Small
ISBN: 0374343888
Read Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014
Words cannot express how much I LOVE this book. When I read it the first time, it was like a religious experience for me - like this was the magical rhymed and illustrated re-telling of my life and pre-telling of my future. It's just perfect. Absolutely perfect. Go read it.
Bats at the Library
Brian Lies
ISBN: 9780618999231
Read Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014
These bats do get around - they've been to the beach, the ballgame, and now they're at the library. This is lovely, short, and sweet, with the kiddie bats being irrepressible, and the elder bats happily returning to old favorites. Bats using the copy machine and projector are always good sidetracks.
Library Lion
Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
ISBN: 9780763622626
Read Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014
This book is so sweet and perfect. Every library needs a tame lion. The pictures are delightful and just smudgy and washed out enough to look fuzzy and velvety, and the expressions on people's faces and bodies are delightful from beginning to end. Subtle sense of humor a definite plus.
And that's all she wrote for the Love My Library Storytimes - we'll be back with another batch (probably with many of these same delightful books) for National Library Card Sign Up Month in September, and then again next February.
Until then, next on the agenda is Mighty Ladies! Larger-than-life women from legend, tall-tales, history, and maybe even your own household.
See you next week!
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Tuesday Storytime: "Love My Library" Month, Week 3
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
We missed last week due to snow, and I had a training seminar to attend myself today, so one of the Clerks did the actual storytime. I miss my kids!!
It went well without me, according to the Clerk. The books worked out well, and she enjoyed presenting them.
The Library Dragon
Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael P. White
ISBN: 156145091X
I like this one primarily because it's about a school library, rather than a public library. With all the cuts in funding and time, I feel like I need to make the point that there are supposed to be libraries inside their school, so hopefully in a few years when they're in school, the kids will remember and seek it out.
Miss Lotta Scales is a real dragon. She runs the library like a gated keep, guarding her hoard from the grimy fingers of the student body. Until the fateful day that she hears little Molly reading aloud, snd sees the kids quietly listening. Miss Scales transforms!
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library
Vicki Myron, illustrated by Bret Witter
ISBN: 9780316068741
This picture-book abridgement of the popular nonfiction story of Dewey the library cat is a sweet and quick read for library lovers.
Wild About Books
Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown
ISBN: 037582538X
Another Molly features in this book, teaching a zoofull of creatures how to treat their library books in irrepressible rhymes and clever wordplay. The bright colors and loose illustrations match up nicely with the zany premise and the fast-paced story.
We missed last week due to snow, and I had a training seminar to attend myself today, so one of the Clerks did the actual storytime. I miss my kids!!
It went well without me, according to the Clerk. The books worked out well, and she enjoyed presenting them.
The Library Dragon
Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael P. White
ISBN: 156145091X
I like this one primarily because it's about a school library, rather than a public library. With all the cuts in funding and time, I feel like I need to make the point that there are supposed to be libraries inside their school, so hopefully in a few years when they're in school, the kids will remember and seek it out.
Miss Lotta Scales is a real dragon. She runs the library like a gated keep, guarding her hoard from the grimy fingers of the student body. Until the fateful day that she hears little Molly reading aloud, snd sees the kids quietly listening. Miss Scales transforms!
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library
Vicki Myron, illustrated by Bret Witter
ISBN: 9780316068741
This picture-book abridgement of the popular nonfiction story of Dewey the library cat is a sweet and quick read for library lovers.
Wild About Books
Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown
ISBN: 037582538X
Another Molly features in this book, teaching a zoofull of creatures how to treat their library books in irrepressible rhymes and clever wordplay. The bright colors and loose illustrations match up nicely with the zany premise and the fast-paced story.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Tuesday Storytime: "Love My Library" Month, Week 2 (cancelled due to snow)
We didn't get to have our Tuesday Storytime this week due to Snowmageddon, but I wanted to post up the books anyway, as a resource:
These are MUCH LONGER than what I normally read to this age-group, and so there was going to be a lot more singing and breaks, and I was going to break each story in half or thirds to give a bit of time for kids to get their wiggles out. I'm actually a bit relieved that this week was the one that got snowed in - even with my plans to break them up, I wasn't sure how the longer books would work out, to be honest. Still, they're great books for older storytime audiences.
Tomas and the Library Lady
Pat Mora, illustrated by Raul Colon
ISBN: 0679804013
Tomas and his family are migrant workers, and a library lady gives the gift of understanding and knowledge.
Goin' Someplace Special
Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
ISBN: 0689818858
'Tricia Ann doesn't let segregation or hatred stop her from heading to the one place she knows she's special and equal to everyone else - the library.
Ron's Big Mission
Rose Blue and Corine J Naden, illustrated by Don Tate
ISBN: 9780525478492
Ron McNair, South Carolina's own first African American astronaut, makes a brave stand to desegregate his library in his quest for knowledge. Bonus because it's all true!
These are MUCH LONGER than what I normally read to this age-group, and so there was going to be a lot more singing and breaks, and I was going to break each story in half or thirds to give a bit of time for kids to get their wiggles out. I'm actually a bit relieved that this week was the one that got snowed in - even with my plans to break them up, I wasn't sure how the longer books would work out, to be honest. Still, they're great books for older storytime audiences.
Tomas and the Library Lady
Pat Mora, illustrated by Raul Colon
ISBN: 0679804013
Tomas and his family are migrant workers, and a library lady gives the gift of understanding and knowledge.
Goin' Someplace Special
Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
ISBN: 0689818858
'Tricia Ann doesn't let segregation or hatred stop her from heading to the one place she knows she's special and equal to everyone else - the library.
Ron's Big Mission
Rose Blue and Corine J Naden, illustrated by Don Tate
ISBN: 9780525478492
Ron McNair, South Carolina's own first African American astronaut, makes a brave stand to desegregate his library in his quest for knowledge. Bonus because it's all true!
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Tuesday Storytime: "Love My Library" Month, Week 1
February is National "Love My Library" Month, so we're doing a whole month of Library and Book themed storytimes out here.
This first week, we're jumping in with three silly stories about book lovers.
The Girl Who Hated Books
Manjusha Pawagi, illustrated by Leanne Franson
ISBN: 1582700060
Meena has a rough life. Her parents are book-crazy, and she's nearly drowning in a sea of the hated things. Books on the table, books on the floors, books in piles in the doorways, books in chairs, even in the fridge! Even in her own room - hundreds of the wretched things. One day there's an awful crash, and the books go flying! Out seep all of the myriad characters that Meena doesn't know (but most listeners will recognize) all stuck hanging out in Meena's house until she can read each of them safely back home into their own stories.
Read It, Don't Eat It!
Ian Schoenherr
ISBN: 9780061724558
This delightful short rhyming romp has various over-excited animal children exhorting the reader to treat books correctly, with gleeful illustrations of what NOT to do contrasted with high-color pages with the enlarged white text prominently displayed. Excellent advice, excellent attitude, excellent presentation. All the stars.
Book! Book! Book!
Deborah Bruss, illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke
ISBN: 0439135257
The barnyard gets into the fun here, as animals head into the library to request some reading materials, but sadly, the librarian is not multi-lingual, and each animal is sent home emptyhanded. Until that is, the little red hen saves the day with an emphatic "book book book!" (bok, bok, bok) request, which satisfies everyone involved except the bullfrog, who claims that he already "read it, read it, read it" (ribbit). Shut up - I like puns.
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