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February 2020

Review

Infinite Hope Review

Bryan, Ashley. Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace. Biography. Atheneum/C. Dlouhy, 10/2019. 110pp. $21.99. 978-1-5344-044090-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. For most of his life, multiple award-winning writer/illustrator Bryan avoided revisiting [continue reading]

Published on Feb 25, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

Spring Board Book Round-up, Part I

Original Board Books Aroeste, Sarah. Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom. Illus. by Ayesha L. Rubio. Kar-Ben, 2020. [12p.] $6.99. 978-1-5414-4246-4.      A Sephardic Jewish family celebrates Shabbat, introducing a Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) word on each page. Because [continue reading]

Published on Feb 24, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Board Book Round Up

DIY: Edible Science

     Edible Science is a fun theme for a do it yourself program any time of the year, and works well to promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) as well as Makerspace concepts. [continue reading]

Published on Feb 21, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: DIY: Do It Yourself, Programming Ideas, STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

Review

Cog Review

Van Eekhout, Greg. Cog. Beatrice Blue, Illus. Fiction. HarperCollins, 10/2019. 196pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-268607-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Cog looks like a 12-year-old boy, but he is actually a seven-month-old robot designed to learn. He learns about [continue reading]

Published on Feb 20, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

Read-Alike

Call of the Wild Read-Alikes

The Call of the Wild by Jack London Bowling, Dusti. 24 Hours in Nowhere. Carlson-Voiles, Polly. Summer of the Wolves. Ferrell, Ed. In the Valley of the Grizzly. George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves.  [continue reading]

Published on Feb 17, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

Read-Alike

Little Women Read-Alikes

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  Alcott, Louisa May. Little Men.  Atkins, Jeannine. Little Woman in Blue. Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks.   Frederick, Heather Vogel. The Mother-Daughter Book Club.  Lovelace, Maud Hart. Betsy-Tacy.  Patron, Susan. [continue reading]

Published on Feb 17, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck

Storytime

Great Britain Storytime

Great Britain   Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Great Britain. For a craft project, make crackers used to celebrate New Years, or crowns to honor the Royal Family: www.educatall.com/page/1549/New-Year-s-Eve-Party-Crackers.html . [continue reading]

Published on Feb 15, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Multi-cultural, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool

Storytime

Central America Storytime

Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CSLP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and myths [continue reading]

Published on Feb 15, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
Storytime Categories: Multi-cultural, Summer Reading
Storytime Ages: Toddler/Preschool
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