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May the Fourth be with you!
Happy Star Wars Day everyone! If you haven’t gotten a chance, definitely check out Star Wars: Vader’s Little Princess. An awesome book that takes quotes from the movies and new graphic novel illustrations to create a story that will make you laugh out loud. Title: Star Wars: Vader’s Little Girl…
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I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated David Catrow is such a fun story to share with little kids and even early elementary age children because the whole story can be sung or read and has great rhymes throughout it. The story is about a…
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Fun Friday Program – Haikus
I have been remiss in blogging about last Friday’s Fun Friday program at the library. As many of you know, it is National Poetry Month and as such, our porgram centered around haikus. I began the program discussing the master haiku poet, Matsuo Basho, a Japanese man from the 17th…
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Exclamation Mark
Let me start with one simple fact – I ADORE Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s picture books. Her ideas are absolutely spot-on for young children and are humorous enough to get a chuckle out the adults reading them as well. Tom Lichtenheld’s illustrations are comical as well – he has an amazing way of…
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Fun Friday Program – Urban Art
Friday’s program was a lot of fun! We ended up with 27 students from 1st – 4th grade. Our theme for the month was “Urban Art.” Because these kids live only about 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia with its largest public art program in the country, I felt that urban…
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet is a biography of AFrican American artist, Horace Pippin. As I began this well illustrated biography, I was delighted to find out that Horace Pippin was born just down the road…
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Otter and Odder
Otter and Odder: A Love Story written by James Howe and illustrated by Chris Raschka is a delightful picture book about love – perfect for Valentine’s Day. Although a bit too long for a toddler story time, this simple book about the strength of love would work very well for early…
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Fun Friday Program – Tangram Puzzles
In the school district where I work the elementary school students have a half day on the second Friday of every month. Over winter break, I decided that this would be a perfect time to create a program for parents to bring their kids to the library! Last month, our theme…
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Superhero Party @ the Library
We had so much fun last night with a superhero themed party for kids in Kindergarten and 1st grade and a second party for children in grades 2 – 4. I thought this might be a big draw for our patrons so I broke the group up to accommodate a…
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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…