WEBVTT 00:00:21.429 --> 00:00:25.589 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:29.440 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:34.820 where we talk about books, give makerspace connections, 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:38.659 and give some tips and tricks for working in 00:00:38.659 --> 00:00:42.320 the library with our youngest learners. Today, 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:47.200 as we're entering into March, spring is coming. 00:00:47.420 --> 00:00:51.259 And so we're going to talk about some spring 00:00:51.259 --> 00:00:57.000 themed books. Our first book today is Abracadabra 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:02.520 It's Spring. It is published by Abram Appleseed 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:08.819 in 2016. The author is Anne Sibley O 'Brien and 00:01:08.819 --> 00:01:15.540 the illustrator is Susan Gall. There are no awards 00:01:15.540 --> 00:01:18.000 for Abracadabra It's Spring but Anne Sibley O 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.219 'Brien has received awards for other books including 00:01:21.219 --> 00:01:27.730 the CCBC Choice Award Selection 2011 for What 00:01:27.730 --> 00:01:32.590 Will You Be, Sarah Me, Junior Library Guild Selection 00:01:32.590 --> 00:01:36.849 2017 for In the Shadow of the Sun, Ezra Jack 00:01:36.849 --> 00:01:41.709 Keats Award 1987 for Jamaica's Find. Susan Gow 00:01:41.709 --> 00:01:44.010 has also received multiple awards for other books 00:01:44.010 --> 00:01:48.230 including ALSC Notable Children's Book Commended 00:01:48.230 --> 00:01:53.299 2025, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's 00:01:53.299 --> 00:01:57.120 Literature Best Book Selection 2024, Charlotte 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:01.379 Zolotow Award Commended 2025, Golden Kite Award 00:02:01.379 --> 00:02:04.700 Picture Book Illustration Finalist 2025, Horn 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:07.680 Book Fanfare Selection 2025, Publisher Weekly 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:11.800 Best Books Picture Book Selection 2024, School 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.020 Library Journal Best Book of the Year Selection 00:02:15.020 --> 00:02:20.740 2024, Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor 2024, All 00:02:20.740 --> 00:02:27.039 for Joyful Song, A Naming Story. Anne Sibley 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:30.060 O 'Brien is a children's book creator. She's 00:02:30.060 --> 00:02:33.460 illustrated 36 books and authored 14 of them. 00:02:33.939 --> 00:02:36.759 Many of her books deal with or have a theme of 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:40.000 multiculturalism. Anne Sibley O 'Brien was raised 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:44.500 bilingual and bicultural in South Korea as the 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:47.659 daughter of two medical workers. She attended 00:02:47.659 --> 00:02:52.770 Mount Holyoke College. i don't know if i said 00:02:52.770 --> 00:02:56.909 that correctly but i tried and studied studio 00:02:56.909 --> 00:02:59.849 art during her junior year she did a year abroad 00:02:59.849 --> 00:03:05.610 and studied at yuha women's university in seoul 00:03:05.610 --> 00:03:10.030 korea and She wrote a column for the Bulletin 00:03:10.030 --> 00:03:12.610 of the Society of Children's Book Writers and 00:03:12.610 --> 00:03:16.110 Illustrators for 23 years, titled The Illustrator's 00:03:16.110 --> 00:03:18.530 Perspective. She's also a performer, and she 00:03:18.530 --> 00:03:21.729 created a one -woman show entitled White Lies, 00:03:22.069 --> 00:03:25.349 One Woman's Quest for Release from the Enchantment 00:03:25.349 --> 00:03:28.969 of Whiteness. And she now lives with her husband 00:03:28.969 --> 00:03:32.550 on an island in Maine, and she's a mother of 00:03:32.550 --> 00:03:35.449 two grown children and has two grandchildren 00:03:35.449 --> 00:03:39.960 as well. Some of her other books include Hocus 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:43.680 Pocus, It's Fall, also illustrated by Susan Gall, 00:03:44.599 --> 00:03:49.520 Circle Round, illustrated by Hana Cha, Jamaica's 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:52.159 Find, and six other Jamaica titles, which are 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:57.889 all written by Juanita Havel and Talking Walls 00:03:57.889 --> 00:04:01.729 and four other titles by Margie Burns Knight. 00:04:02.430 --> 00:04:05.909 And Susan Gall completed her BFA at Art Center 00:04:05.909 --> 00:04:07.949 College of Design and began her illustration 00:04:07.949 --> 00:04:11.289 career as a poster and calendar artist in Los 00:04:11.289 --> 00:04:14.050 Angeles. Her passion and talent earned her an 00:04:14.050 --> 00:04:16.370 internship at Walt Disney Feature Animation, 00:04:16.769 --> 00:04:19.230 and she became a member of the original animation 00:04:19.230 --> 00:04:23.110 team at the Disney MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. 00:04:23.829 --> 00:04:25.990 Eventually, Susan returned to her native California 00:04:25.829 --> 00:04:29.649 to continue her passion of creating whimsical 00:04:29.649 --> 00:04:32.269 illustrations and captivating picture books. 00:04:33.009 --> 00:04:36.110 Some of her other books include New Shoes for 00:04:36.110 --> 00:04:41.610 Leo by Lauren Agra Deedy, Joyful Song and Naming 00:04:41.610 --> 00:04:47.069 Story by Lesleyann Newman, Dear Stray by Kirsten 00:04:47.069 --> 00:04:51.149 Hubert, Welcome Elijah, A Passover Tale with 00:04:51.149 --> 00:04:56.120 a Tale by Lesleyann Newman. Bella's Fall Coat 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:01.660 by Lynn Plourde. Together, day by day, into the 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:06.019 outdoors, please take me for a walk and to nightlights. 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:10.319 And actually, Susan Gall actually has a really 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.439 cool story on her website where she explains 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:17.279 that as a child, she, her second grade teacher, 00:05:17.819 --> 00:05:20.439 had them create their own picture books after 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:23.160 Al Perkins, the author, came to do a school visit 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:27.579 and when the kids made their books she convinced 00:05:27.579 --> 00:05:30.579 Mr. Perkins to look at the books and read them 00:05:30.579 --> 00:05:32.740 and she actually has like a picture of him with 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:35.019 a couple of the kids that had made their books 00:05:35.019 --> 00:05:37.160 and he's reading another one of his books to 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.720 them. It's kind of cool. So it's pretty awesome 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:44.480 that like those teachers and those those authors 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:48.540 can come in and have those moments where they 00:05:48.540 --> 00:05:50.519 can inspire kids. And so that's kind of just 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:52.879 a really cool story that she includes on her 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:56.180 website. Yeah, that makes me happy. I love that. 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:59.100 That makes me feel like our jobs matter a little 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:01.939 bit more. Yeah. It's always good to hear. I know 00:06:01.939 --> 00:06:05.920 our jobs matter, but yeah, libraries are important 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:09.779 and we know that, but it's good to hear the success 00:06:09.779 --> 00:06:11.980 stories like that. That's great. It's pretty 00:06:11.980 --> 00:06:15.959 awesome. And then so for this book, Abracadabra, 00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:18.779 it's spring. This is a short story that focuses 00:06:18.779 --> 00:06:23.660 on things changing from a wintry state to a spring 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:27.660 surprise. This is a fun rhyming scheme book. 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.660 It has wonderful, colorful illustrations. The 00:06:30.660 --> 00:06:34.600 pages, like it starts as a two page spread and 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:38.199 then you can turn that second page over and it 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:41.339 becomes a three page spread to show imagery going 00:06:41.339 --> 00:06:45.560 from winter to spring and it's just a really 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:48.399 cool book that has that wonderful rhyme scheme. 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:52.160 I've really enjoyed it. My kids loved that you 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.000 could open up one of the pages to make it a bigger 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.660 picture and to be able to see like snow in one 00:06:58.660 --> 00:07:01.019 side of it to like the flowers blooming on the 00:07:01.019 --> 00:07:06.089 other side. It showed some of the Like the plants 00:07:06.089 --> 00:07:08.490 changing it showed some of the animals changing. 00:07:08.509 --> 00:07:10.850 It was just a really cool book It's a short story, 00:07:10.870 --> 00:07:13.730 but my students were engaged with it just because 00:07:13.730 --> 00:07:16.250 they were wanting to see all of the bright and 00:07:16.250 --> 00:07:19.290 colorful pictures that went along with it I really 00:07:19.290 --> 00:07:22.550 enjoyed this book. I think probably I would say 00:07:22.550 --> 00:07:26.230 I probably give this maybe like a Three and a 00:07:26.230 --> 00:07:29.870 half out of five. I think that it was simple 00:07:29.870 --> 00:07:33.939 text. There were some Like silly magic words 00:07:33.939 --> 00:07:35.540 that I had to like my kids were like, what does 00:07:35.540 --> 00:07:37.139 that mean? And so we had to kind of talk about 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:40.079 It's just a silly magic word to make like to 00:07:40.079 --> 00:07:43.839 show the change kind of thing But my kids enjoyed 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:47.139 it. They liked it They liked the pictures for 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:50.579 sure and I think everybody's just excited for 00:07:50.579 --> 00:07:53.600 warmer weather And so the idea of reading a book 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:55.180 where we're like, it's gonna get warmer and we're 00:07:55.180 --> 00:07:59.220 gonna start to see green again is very positive 00:07:59.220 --> 00:08:02.689 for a lot of my kids Yeah, I agree with all the 00:08:02.689 --> 00:08:04.649 things you just said. I hadn't read this book 00:08:04.649 --> 00:08:07.829 before you recommended it and I do really enjoy 00:08:07.829 --> 00:08:10.069 it a lot. I think the illustrations are really 00:08:10.069 --> 00:08:12.430 what bring it to life. I love that it, you know, 00:08:12.689 --> 00:08:15.310 opens up and I think it's so much fun for kids 00:08:15.310 --> 00:08:18.129 when they get to see the pages like that that 00:08:18.129 --> 00:08:19.769 open up. It does make it a little bit harder 00:08:19.769 --> 00:08:22.129 for kids to read independently. I don't know 00:08:22.129 --> 00:08:24.649 how many times I've had books rip like that, 00:08:24.649 --> 00:08:26.670 that when they open up, like if the kids are 00:08:26.670 --> 00:08:28.589 trying to be independent with it. Unfortunately, 00:08:28.610 --> 00:08:31.779 they do get torn a lot, which is kind of a bummer 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:35.039 but for like a whole class read it's the best 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:37.679 where like they're just like absolutely amazed 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.120 and i don't know how many times reading a book 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:42.659 like that kids have been like how did you do 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:45.200 that and they just think it's like seriously 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.620 magic the first time they see it it's kind of 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:50.360 awesome to get to read a book like that with 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:54.500 kids so i and i agree actually with the made 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:58.500 -up words that's in the past long ago when I 00:08:58.500 --> 00:09:01.360 used to read Dr. Seuss to kids, I always had 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.679 to talk to him for a long time like, look, this 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.500 isn't a real word. And then I just stopped. Aside 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:10.279 from the fact that, you know, a lot of Dr. Seuss's 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:12.759 themes aren't necessarily appropriate anymore. 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:14.840 He definitely lived in a different era and his 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:17.600 writing reflects that. But I never really liked 00:09:17.600 --> 00:09:19.279 his books anyway because of the made -up words, 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:21.559 where it's really confusing for our kids who 00:09:21.559 --> 00:09:23.740 are still learning language a lot of the time, 00:09:23.820 --> 00:09:27.350 especially our ESL kids. That can be... a little 00:09:27.350 --> 00:09:31.950 bit tricky but there's not too too many in this 00:09:31.950 --> 00:09:37.610 book it's like once every it's like every two 00:09:37.610 --> 00:09:39.750 or three pages there's like a silly made -up 00:09:39.750 --> 00:09:44.190 word so it's not too bad but it still takes a 00:09:44.190 --> 00:09:47.450 minute to explain so yeah and that's what it 00:09:47.450 --> 00:09:50.710 was i just had to i stopped and said okay these 00:09:50.710 --> 00:09:53.620 are all just the magic words to make the magic 00:09:53.620 --> 00:09:55.399 happen you know and kind of explain it that way 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:57.360 and once the kids understood that after the second 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.039 or third time they were like oh okay and just 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.100 kind of let it go from there and it was fine 00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:03.679 but yeah uh just having to take that second and 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:06.639 explain it for sure especially for those ESL 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:09.259 kids that are trying to learn English and then 00:10:09.259 --> 00:10:11.620 we throw in random silly made -up words like 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:13.700 that and they're like yeah so yeah they're not 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:17.159 ready for nonsense yet not yet especially the 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:20.019 pre -k ones like yeah even some of like my first 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:22.919 and second grade ESL kids were still like, wait, 00:10:23.059 --> 00:10:27.600 what? Like so, for sure. But it is a very sweet 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:30.179 story. It's very cute. And like you said, I agree 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:32.659 with you. The pictures are really pull it together 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:37.279 and make it just so beautiful. The way the paintings 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:42.120 and the pictures are just so vibrant. It's really 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:48.149 good. So if we're gonna... incorporate a makerspace 00:10:48.149 --> 00:10:50.870 activity, I couldn't decide. I had two ideas 00:10:50.870 --> 00:10:53.309 and so I'm going to tell both of them because 00:10:53.309 --> 00:10:55.389 depending on the situation that you're in you 00:10:55.389 --> 00:10:57.529 might be able to do one or the other easier. 00:10:57.950 --> 00:11:03.309 So my first idea is to have the kids plant some 00:11:03.309 --> 00:11:05.990 seeds. Now for this you would need some kind 00:11:05.990 --> 00:11:09.210 of seeds. You can get seeds pretty cheap and 00:11:09.210 --> 00:11:12.179 if you go to some places you can get donated 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:15.259 seeds pretty easily also so getting some seeds 00:11:15.259 --> 00:11:17.980 and then either having plastic cups for each 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:21.440 kid to be able to plant in or if you're fortunate 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.919 enough to have like some planters around your 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:27.580 campus if you could situate one of those planters 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:29.879 near the library near a window so the kids could 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:33.320 see or near the playground so when they're outside 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:36.399 they could see what they've done but going out 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:41.279 there with the seeds and some soil and maybe 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:45.379 some gardening tools having access to water and 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:47.700 then having the kids actually plant some seeds 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:50.740 they can put them put some soil in a cup and 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:52.620 put that seed in there and cover it up and give 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:55.279 it some water and take it home or if you do have 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:57.379 that planter like taking a field trip outside 00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:59.759 to the planter and having every kid be able to 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:02.519 put some soil in there and put in that seed so 00:12:02.519 --> 00:12:05.539 that they can see them grow as the weather gets 00:12:05.539 --> 00:12:07.679 warmer and just kind of making sure that you 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:09.840 keep it watered so that they do start to grow. 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:13.000 I think that would be a fun activity that if 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:14.840 you could keep it on the campus, especially with 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:18.519 the planters, that would allow the kids to continue 00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:21.240 to come by and see it. If you could get it close 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:23.080 to the, to a library window where they could 00:12:23.080 --> 00:12:24.840 see it, that would help with that connection. 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:28.399 Maybe if that's not something that's feasible. 00:12:28.889 --> 00:12:31.529 Another possible activity is having the kids 00:12:31.529 --> 00:12:36.190 make their own flowers using like paper toilet 00:12:36.190 --> 00:12:38.929 paper rolls or paper towel rolls some construction 00:12:38.929 --> 00:12:42.769 paper tissue paper, maybe some paper plates you 00:12:42.769 --> 00:12:47.090 probably need glue and possibly some markers 00:12:47.090 --> 00:12:51.860 or some scissors, but use the paper towel roll 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:54.240 or the toilet paper roll as the stem of the plant 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:57.059 and then they can make a flower at the top of 00:12:57.059 --> 00:12:59.620 it. You could situate a paper plate on there 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:01.620 and have them decorate the paper plate. You could 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:04.379 have them tear pieces of construction paper to 00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:06.159 make the petals of the flower. There's lots of 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.379 different ways you could do that to give them 00:13:08.379 --> 00:13:11.360 like an arts and craftsy kind of way to have 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:16.000 a flower of their own to take with them. Yeah, 00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:19.620 those are great activities. I love it. When I 00:13:19.620 --> 00:13:22.639 was in the classroom teaching pre -k, we used 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:25.240 to plant seeds and watch them grow in the classroom. 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:27.659 But actually, now that you mention it, I think 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:30.620 I like doing it in the library even better because 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:34.840 you could plant it as a class and like have one. 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.259 When I was in the classroom, I always used to 00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:40.440 do with pre -k, I used to have a bigger clear 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:42.740 plastic cup that we would plant in so that the 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:45.919 kids can see the roots and the everything growing 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:50.120 underneath the soil as well. Personally, I liked 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:53.700 having I know I've seen some people do the Ziploc 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:55.960 baggies and have like the lima bean growing inside 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:58.740 I prefer to have soil because that's part of 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:02.720 the lesson is like Plants need soil to live and 00:14:02.720 --> 00:14:06.019 I think it's a little bit confusing if you skip 00:14:06.019 --> 00:14:09.059 that part of the lesson but if you did that like 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:11.460 as a class and just have like one cup per class 00:14:11.460 --> 00:14:13.480 then they could see the progress a little bit 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.600 better because if you do it in the classroom 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:17.340 and it's like a day -by -day thing they grow 00:14:17.340 --> 00:14:20.220 so slowly that it's like okay let's check nothing's 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:21.860 happening yet like and then you're gonna have 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:23.679 three or four days of that whereas in the library 00:14:23.679 --> 00:14:26.100 if they come in like once a week then they can 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:29.600 like really see the difference so i like it i 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.980 don't know why i hadn't considered it for the 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:34.820 library but i like it you know and then worst 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:37.279 case you get a couple Flowers in the library 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.320 that would brighten up the place a little bit 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:42.539 too. So yeah Yeah, be good. You want to take 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:45.259 on the library of littles management tip this 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:48.779 week? I would love to all right this week for 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:51.080 our library of littles management tip We are 00:14:51.080 --> 00:14:53.500 gonna be talking about the novel effect app. 00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:58.399 I personally use an iPhone. I don't know about 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:00.899 other platforms, although I'm sure novel effect 00:15:00.899 --> 00:15:04.269 exists on other platforms as well, but The iPhone 00:15:04.269 --> 00:15:07.649 has an app called Novel Effect. It's free to 00:15:07.649 --> 00:15:11.830 download, but then you do have to pay for services 00:15:11.830 --> 00:15:16.009 eventually. There's a very wide selection of 00:15:16.009 --> 00:15:19.549 books on Novel Effect where you can flip through, 00:15:19.830 --> 00:15:22.429 pick a book. For example, I always start this 00:15:22.429 --> 00:15:26.850 school year with Chica Chica Boom Boom. When 00:15:26.850 --> 00:15:30.210 I activate the Novel Effect app, when I start 00:15:30.210 --> 00:15:33.929 reading the book, the app will listen to my voice 00:15:33.929 --> 00:15:37.190 and it will play background music and sound effects 00:15:37.190 --> 00:15:40.129 along with the book. So like when I'm reading 00:15:40.129 --> 00:15:42.809 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and you and I'm reading 00:15:42.809 --> 00:15:45.909 you know A told B and P told C I'll meet you 00:15:45.909 --> 00:15:48.049 at the top of the coconut tree and then you can 00:15:48.049 --> 00:15:50.950 hear the coconuts falling down after it climbs 00:15:50.950 --> 00:15:53.590 the tree. So it has some really cool sound effects 00:15:53.590 --> 00:15:56.409 that go along with it. Some fun music to go along 00:15:56.409 --> 00:15:59.470 with it because it's listening to my voice too. 00:15:59.470 --> 00:16:01.919 I do have to talk into the phone I'm not gonna 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:03.919 lie, that can get a little bit annoying sometimes. 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:07.860 But because it listens to my voice so well, if 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:12.720 I have to stop and say a child's name or remind 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:15.919 kids to stay on task or anything at all, if I 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:18.980 tell a kid to go to the bathroom, it'll pause 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:24.080 where it's at in the soundscape and it won't 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:27.940 go on until I keep reading. And it's kind of 00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:31.230 fabulous for like... keep drawing kids in a little 00:16:31.230 --> 00:16:34.570 bit more kind of give them something else to 00:16:34.570 --> 00:16:37.090 engage in. I don't know how many teachers have 00:16:37.090 --> 00:16:40.269 asked me like how they can get it and where they 00:16:40.269 --> 00:16:43.009 can purchase it and all the things. It's very 00:16:43.009 --> 00:16:46.809 well loved on our campus. It costs it has a seven 00:16:46.809 --> 00:16:49.549 -day free trial period if you want to try it 00:16:49.549 --> 00:16:54.009 out but I think after that it costs I want to 00:16:54.009 --> 00:16:58.519 say fifty dollars a year so I mean, really not 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:02.379 too bad. I guess it's like five bucks -ish a 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:06.380 month. But usually it's on sale for about half 00:17:06.380 --> 00:17:10.400 off around Teacher Appreciation Week. And I think 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.900 I've even seen in Scholastic, like in my book 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:17.960 fair rewards where I think I just saw that this 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:20.720 last time I had a book fair where you can use 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:23.859 your book fair rewards to, from Scholastic only, 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:28.809 to purchase a subscription to it. So I like it 00:17:28.809 --> 00:17:32.450 for my library personally. It doesn't it has 00:17:32.450 --> 00:17:35.829 only pre loaded books on it, but it's got it's 00:17:35.829 --> 00:17:38.049 got hundreds of books on there and you can recommend 00:17:38.049 --> 00:17:39.869 other books and they're always loading up new 00:17:39.869 --> 00:17:43.890 ones. So yeah, this sounds like a great app. 00:17:43.910 --> 00:17:46.630 I have not used novel effect. I've heard about 00:17:46.630 --> 00:17:47.950 it before and it's one of those things where 00:17:47.950 --> 00:17:49.829 I'm like, ah, I should look into that more. But 00:17:49.829 --> 00:17:51.869 the more you've described it, the more I'm like, 00:17:51.869 --> 00:17:55.150 I really need to look into that and try it out 00:17:55.150 --> 00:17:57.289 because I think those sound effects and stuff 00:17:57.289 --> 00:18:01.150 will really grab the kid's attention. And it's 00:18:01.150 --> 00:18:03.710 really, that's a really cool idea that it can 00:18:03.710 --> 00:18:06.470 listen to your voice and hear the story and know 00:18:06.470 --> 00:18:09.490 when to stop and pause and begin again and everything. 00:18:09.509 --> 00:18:11.789 That's really cool. That's my favorite is how 00:18:11.789 --> 00:18:15.490 well it listens. I have tried hooking it up with 00:18:15.490 --> 00:18:18.849 like my earbuds so I can like read into the earbud 00:18:18.849 --> 00:18:21.490 and play it out through a different speaker. 00:18:21.630 --> 00:18:24.460 And I haven't figured out that trick yet. If 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:27.759 I ever figure out that one, that'll be a great 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:30.079 day. But as of right now, I'm kind of holding 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:32.599 up my phone and reading into my phone. That's 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:34.779 a little bit annoying, not going to lie. But 00:18:34.779 --> 00:18:37.420 you can still get it, even if you hold it up, 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:39.079 hold your phone up. I couldn't figure out how 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:41.859 to get my phone to hook up to do different Bluetooth 00:18:41.859 --> 00:18:46.880 devices and have input into one source and output 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:50.119 with another, if that makes sense. That was where 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:54.200 I was failing. And maybe that's a me thing. Maybe 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:58.759 that's just my technology handicap. I don't know. 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:02.240 I'm definitely going to try this out. I'm looking 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:06.039 forward to it because yeah even I see all the 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:07.279 time that there are different books that are 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:09.200 like hey check out the novel effect with this 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:11.640 book but I haven't tested it so I think this 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:15.259 would be a good time of year to test it out and 00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:17.299 see the kids reactions because I think they'll 00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:19.839 really enjoy it as well. Yeah if you have any 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:22.359 scholastic Rewards dollars. Yeah, I've got some 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:24.799 scholastic dollars. Go check that out. I've got 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:28.559 like 4 ,000 scholastic dollars. They keep emailing 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:31.039 me. You've got a lot. You want to use them. So 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:33.180 maybe this is what I spend some of it on. There 00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:37.339 you go. That's a good idea. I like it. Yeah. 00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:41.019 And I usually don't pick books based on novel 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:43.180 effect. Usually I pick my book and then I go 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:45.559 search. It's really easy to search for books 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:51.920 on there. Awesome. Alright, well our next book 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:56.559 today is called When Spring Comes. It's published 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:59.960 by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:04.039 Publishers in 2016. The author is Kevin Henkes 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:08.420 and the illustrator is Laura Dronzek. This book 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:15.200 won the Read Aloud Indiana Book Award 2018, Pennsylvania 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:20.750 Keystone to Reading Book Award, 2018, 2018 Read 00:20:20.750 --> 00:20:24.450 On Wisconsin Book Club, El Dia de los Niños Selection 00:20:24.450 --> 00:20:29.950 2017, Children's Favorites Award 2017, Cooperative 00:20:29.950 --> 00:20:34.690 Children's Books Center Selection 2017, and Kevin 00:20:34.690 --> 00:20:38.109 Hinckes is the winner of the 2020 Children's 00:20:38.109 --> 00:20:41.309 Literature Legacy Award. The ALA gives this award 00:20:41.309 --> 00:20:43.670 annually to an author or illustrator who has 00:20:43.670 --> 00:20:46.349 had a significant impact on children's literature. 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:50.559 Okay, and then for the author history, it's kind 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:56.039 of both. Yeah. Okay. That's cool. Yeah, kind 00:20:56.039 --> 00:21:01.740 of. I know. Yeah. So growing up in Racine, Wisconsin, 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:05.019 Kevin Hinkes had a passion for both art and writing. 00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:07.420 Going through college, he discovered that writing 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:10.579 children's literature combined his love for both 00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:14.529 of those. He met his wife, Laura Dronzek. while 00:21:14.529 --> 00:21:17.430 attending college at the University of Wisconsin 00:21:17.430 --> 00:21:20.289 -Madison. They currently live in Madison with 00:21:20.289 --> 00:21:24.670 their two children. It's really cool that he's 00:21:24.670 --> 00:21:28.210 able to make books and work with his wife at 00:21:28.210 --> 00:21:32.029 the same time. That's really cool. It is. I did 00:21:32.029 --> 00:21:35.230 not know they were married. I've seen plenty 00:21:35.230 --> 00:21:38.569 of books by the two of them together. Obviously, 00:21:38.670 --> 00:21:41.490 plenty of other books by Kevin Hinkes, but... 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.599 I had no idea they were married until this episode 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:48.339 came about. Yeah, that was pretty fun. Yeah, 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:52.140 it's pretty awesome. Alright, so some other books 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:55.960 by our author Kevin Henkes. He has written many 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.819 other books over a long and prestigious career. 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:03.000 Some of his more notable books include Kitten's 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:05.539 First Full Moon, which was the Caldecott winner 00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:10.559 for 2004, Olive's Ocean, A Newberry Honor of 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:15.440 2004. The Year of Billy Miller, A Newberry Honor 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:20.420 for 2014. Waiting, The Caldecott Honor and The 00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:24.960 Geisel Honor for 2016. And then the rest of his 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:28.819 books in this series include Winter is Here, 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:33.700 In the Middle of Fall, and Summer Song. Other 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:37.029 books that he has written and that have been 00:22:37.029 --> 00:22:40.369 illustrated by his wife Laura Dronsnick include 00:22:40.369 --> 00:22:45.710 finding things, little houses, birds, and oh. 00:22:46.589 --> 00:22:48.970 All right in this book the emergence of spring 00:22:48.970 --> 00:22:52.670 is described in second person narration so as 00:22:52.670 --> 00:22:55.470 you're going through there's a lot of bold bright 00:22:55.470 --> 00:22:59.730 illustrations and it's really like the narrator 00:22:59.730 --> 00:23:03.150 is just speaking directly to the reader. I like 00:23:03.150 --> 00:23:06.319 that it's speaking directly to the narrator like 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:09.279 or to the reader like that where it's like okay 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:13.480 wait if it's on this page there's these big sticks 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:16.539 but if you wait out come the blooms or something 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:18.460 like that i don't know i'm not quoting directly 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:22.319 but it's something similar to that uh it's not 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:27.000 it's not quite rhyming and it's not quite poetry 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:31.509 but it's still kind of lyrical and kind of it's 00:23:31.509 --> 00:23:34.349 just got a very smooth cadence to it where it's 00:23:34.349 --> 00:23:38.130 like, okay, we see this now. Now wait for it. 00:23:38.130 --> 00:23:40.890 And now we're gonna see this and it's very kind 00:23:40.890 --> 00:23:43.130 of calming. I think the way it's written, there's 00:23:43.130 --> 00:23:46.150 a couple of pages that have some nice alliteration 00:23:46.150 --> 00:23:48.990 on it. I really like the illustrations in this 00:23:48.990 --> 00:23:51.509 book as well. I think the books that we both 00:23:51.509 --> 00:23:55.140 picked this Weak are accidentally very similar 00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:59.359 with really simple text. I like the text in this 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:03.619 book a lot better. I do like how it doesn't rhyme 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:09.339 and it flows really well, I guess. And it has 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:11.319 apt descriptions for everything that's on the 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:14.279 page. I really like how bold the illustrations 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:16.740 are. It's just very bright. It's very pretty. 00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:19.700 It just feels like spring a little bit more, 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:23.079 I think. Like how simple the illustrations are 00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:25.960 it's not too overwhelming. This is my favorite 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:28.539 spring book I think this whole series is pretty 00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:31.559 great where it's just very simple and it kind 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:34.619 of shows the winter leaving and then you can 00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:37.519 see Spring arriving and then at the end it's 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.720 like but wait for it because summer's coming 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:42.000 it kind of shows the progression of the seasons 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:45.460 pretty well Yeah, I think you're right. I think 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:48.480 this book is great the I think you're right, 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:51.220 lyrical is a good way to describe the writing 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:55.039 of it. And the pictures are beautiful and bold. 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:59.559 And I really like how in the other book, we have 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:03.579 just like a full scape of a picture. In this 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:06.380 book, what caught my attention and what I really 00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:09.599 liked was that some of the pictures there, it's 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:12.700 stages. And so you can see like at one point 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:16.970 it's, we have a snowman, but just wait. because 00:25:16.970 --> 00:25:19.410 he's slowly melting the entire time and then 00:25:19.410 --> 00:25:22.630 later on it's a plant that's starting as a seed 00:25:22.630 --> 00:25:26.250 and slowly starting to grow and a caterpillar 00:25:26.250 --> 00:25:28.549 that's going into a cocoon to become a butterfly 00:25:28.549 --> 00:25:31.349 and so like showing some of that stage kind of 00:25:31.349 --> 00:25:34.509 stuff more in this book so that you could also 00:25:34.509 --> 00:25:36.829 incorporate science with it and you could talk 00:25:36.829 --> 00:25:39.809 about life cycles and like because around spring 00:25:39.809 --> 00:25:44.049 is when a lot of a lot of schools start to hit 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.960 that kind of science where you're talking about 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.900 life cycles of plants and life cycles of animals 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.400 and that kind of stuff. So you could actually 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:52.180 incorporate some of that in there also. And yeah, 00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:54.220 I think this was a really great book. I agree. 00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:57.539 Yeah, I might give it a five out of five for 00:25:57.539 --> 00:26:00.619 like a spring book. I think I might. I enjoy 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:03.200 it a lot. And Kevin Henkes also, I didn't realize 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:06.019 how many online resources he has. If y 'all haven't 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:08.019 looked up, because I hadn't looked up any of 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:11.440 his information prior to this episode, but he 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.859 has a lot of really good connections nothing 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:17.740 for this book in particular but he he's written 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:23.460 so much he did have some um direct lessons for 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:27.140 um winters here not this one but for his winter 00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:30.680 book but yeah if you need an extension for anything 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:34.140 of his like it's probably on his website there 00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:36.099 was a lot of really great great resources there 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:38.619 so you might want to check that out for a makerspace 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:41.740 activity for this book I was thinking it might 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:46.279 be fun to do a sensory bin of some kind you could 00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:49.299 have just a big bin with anything really that 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:52.539 looks like dirt you could do sand if you're feeling 00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:56.980 brave or you could personally I always like to 00:26:56.980 --> 00:27:00.019 do things like beans or rice or something like 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:03.299 that just in case little kids put everything 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:05.400 in their mouths and if you do something like 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:07.019 that if they accidentally get it in their mouth 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:09.900 it's kind of okay because it's food of course 00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:13.299 we're gonna encourage kids not to do that but 00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:16.220 accidents happen every now and then so if I was 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:17.960 gonna do this in the library I would use like 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:21.880 black beans or brown beans and then print laminated 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:25.619 flowers with letters on them and hide them inside 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:29.960 the garden so that kids can dig through there 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:32.920 and you could match like letter to letter or 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:35.740 you could have like different items in there 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:38.039 that like you could have a bunch of flowers and 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:40.339 you have to you know match it to the letter F 00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:43.660 or like a watering can that you match to the 00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:45.920 letter W or something like that little springtime 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:48.500 things that you could match practice alliteration 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:51.140 or really any other skill that you're working 00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:55.099 on you could do There's a lot of different directions 00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:59.599 you could take that with I love that idea. I 00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:02.599 always forget about the possibility of doing 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:06.000 sensory bins. I think sensory bins are a great 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:09.859 way to get those kids to be able to have that 00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:13.220 tactile connection to the lessons. I gotta do 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:15.779 that more. And I love this idea. I definitely 00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:19.039 like the idea of doing the dry beans or rice. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:23.299 Even if we convince the kids not to eat any of 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:27.740 it, sand is just gonna make such a mess. it's 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.640 so much harder to clean up sand and clean up 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:32.900 some dried beans or some rice so I think I know 00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:34.720 it's almost like glitter it's kind of terrible 00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:37.720 yeah I never use it in the library like all of 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:39.779 a sudden I feel like Anakin it's just it's coarse 00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:44.259 and it gets everywhere like you know like I would 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:47.779 avoid sand at all costs in a sensory bin but 00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:51.019 I think the the dried beans or rice is definitely 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:54.940 a great great idea for that yes excellent idea 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:58.869 all right thank you Ready? 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