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from the Biblio Files: Science Club: Bridges
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From the Biblio Files. If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Albert Einstein. Child: "What's an encyclopedia? Me: "It's like Google, but in a book instead.". Because this was a labor-intensive experiment, I asked the patrons to work together as a table, and it was neat to see different families working together to create their bridges. In the end, happy children tested their bridges and carried them ou...
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from the Biblio Files: Science Club: Slime
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From the Biblio Files. If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Albert Einstein. This week was our final meeting of our summer science club, and I saved the best (and messiest) for last. We watched a short video about polymers, then it was time to make our slime! Unlike previous weeks, for this program I led the experiment and asked the children and their families to follow along with me. Book Club: Bad Kitty.
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from the Biblio Files: April 2015
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From the Biblio Files. If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Albert Einstein. Ryan, Pam Munoz. Echo. Scholastic Press, 2015. Recommended for: strong middle grade readers. Red Flags: some intense situations for each character, but no violence/language/etc that could pose a problem. Overall Rating: 4/5 stars. Links to this post. Under a Painted Sky. Lee, Stacey. Under a Painted Sky. GP Putnam BFYR, 2015.
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Literature for the Intermediate Reader Spring 2016: January 2016
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Literature for the Intermediate Reader. Thursday, January 28, 2016. Blog Post Drop Box: Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderalnd. Aly F and Alison M. McKenna, Amanda, Summer, and TeAnna. Posted by Krystal Howard. Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Course Recap for January 26. J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. We then worked through the chart as a class and began our discussion of the novel focusing on character and the value of popular children's literature. Next we began discussing so...
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#publibchat: November 2016
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Regular chat about public library topics on Twitter. Follow @publibchat on twitter to find out about scheduled chats! Project currently organized by Katelyn Patterson (@radicalibrarian) and Elizabeth McKinstry (@wrk2lib). How to join #publibchat. Saturday, November 12, 2016. RA Resources - A Post In Progress! Here's a start for a list of resources; a meta-list in some ways, since a lot of the links are already lists of sites. We Need Diverse Books - Where To Find Diverse Books. Reader's Advisory - ALA.
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Index of Forbidden Books: Freedom Summer: A Review
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Index of Forbidden Books. A Book Is Like A Mind: Both Are Better When Open. Monday, July 20, 2015. Freedom Summer: A Review. Wiles, D. (2001). Aladdin Paperbacks, New York. Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue. It's a bit sad that. The story of two boys and their friendship. One is white, one is black, and that is what makes this friendship so unique in its time. With that, Joe decides to take John Henry to get ice cream, and to go in together. The subject matter is hard for children today to understand....
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Index of Forbidden Books: Module 14--October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard: A Review
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Index of Forbidden Books. A Book Is Like A Mind: Both Are Better When Open. Friday, May 1, 2015. Module 14- October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard: A Review. A SONG FOR MATTHEW SHEPARD. Newman, L. (2012). October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. Songs written about Matthew Shepard (such as Melissa Etheridge's. Whole choral works written about Matthew Shepard (. October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. I read that and thought, "Seriously? The point of view of the fence? The poems are divid...
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Index of Forbidden Books: May 2013
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Index of Forbidden Books. A Book Is Like A Mind: Both Are Better When Open. Saturday, May 4, 2013. THE CASUAL VACANCY by J. K. Rowling. Is a first for both J.K. Rowling and myself. For Ms. Rowling, it is the first novel she's written post-. The 'children's' series that has brought her fame and wealth beyond anything most writers have or will achieve (when was the last time YOU went to a. Thus, there is a lot riding on whether she can write books not 'geared' towards children. Is such an awful read that i...
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Index of Forbidden Books: Looking For Alaska: A Review
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Index of Forbidden Books. A Book Is Like A Mind: Both Are Better When Open. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Looking For Alaska: A Review. Green, J. (2005). Penguin Random House, New York. Has it really been only ten years since John Green's debut novel,. Ten years since the Illustrious Mr. Green sprouted his other works, like. Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines. Of teen novels (at least to him),. The Fault in Our Stars. The Fault in Our Stars. Sorry, I'm not in either group. Why was Alaska so hysterical?
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