WEBVTT 00:00:20.670 --> 00:00:24.449 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. 00:00:24.670 --> 00:00:28.129 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:28.129 --> 00:00:31.949 where we discuss books, give makerspace ideas, 00:00:32.210 --> 00:00:35.429 and give tips and tricks for working with our 00:00:35.429 --> 00:00:39.920 youngest readers. This week we are going to be 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:43.140 talking about two wonderful books that come from 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:48.100 the Texas 2x2 list for 2025. The Texas 2x2 list 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:51.500 is a list created by the Texas Library Association. 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:55.619 It includes 20 books that are perfect for children 00:00:55.619 --> 00:01:00.060 between the ages of two and second grade. And 00:01:00.060 --> 00:01:03.119 so this week we're going to discuss two books 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:06.689 from our Texas 2x2 list, the first of which is 00:01:06.689 --> 00:01:09.730 Bears Lost Glasses. It's written and illustrated 00:01:09.730 --> 00:01:14.250 by Leo Timmers. It is published by Gecko Press 00:01:14.250 --> 00:01:23.310 in 2024. So this book is on the Librarian Favorite 00:01:23.310 --> 00:01:27.930 Award List of 2025, the Children's Favorites 00:01:27.930 --> 00:01:33.170 Award List of 2025, and the Texas 2x2 list for 00:01:33.170 --> 00:01:38.870 2025. Leo Timmers also was on the New York Times 00:01:38.870 --> 00:01:42.989 best illustrated children's book of 2019 for 00:01:42.989 --> 00:01:49.250 his book, Monkey on the Run. Leo Timmers was 00:01:49.250 --> 00:01:53.650 born in 1970. He studied advertising and graphic 00:01:53.650 --> 00:01:56.810 design and worked for many years as an illustrator. 00:01:57.269 --> 00:02:00.590 He made his debut as a picture book author. in 00:02:00.590 --> 00:02:06.670 2000 with Happy with Me, and Leo's books have 00:02:06.670 --> 00:02:10.930 been translated into 32 different languages. 00:02:12.889 --> 00:02:16.710 Some of his other books are Kind Crocodile, Gus's 00:02:16.710 --> 00:02:20.469 Garage, Monkey on the Run, Frankie, Elephant 00:02:20.469 --> 00:02:25.150 Island, and Where is the Dragon? And so the summary 00:02:25.150 --> 00:02:28.469 for this book, Bear has lost his glasses and 00:02:28.469 --> 00:02:31.909 he cannot see without them. Believing that he 00:02:31.909 --> 00:02:34.469 has left his glasses at Giraffe's house, Bear 00:02:34.469 --> 00:02:37.870 goes to find them. Along the way, Bear sees many 00:02:37.870 --> 00:02:42.729 animals that he didn't know were around. As he 00:02:42.729 --> 00:02:45.229 finally makes it to Giraffe's house, Giraffe 00:02:45.229 --> 00:02:47.789 helps Bear find that his glasses are actually 00:02:47.789 --> 00:02:51.300 just on top of his head the whole time. As he 00:02:51.300 --> 00:02:53.659 explains to Giraffe all of the amazing animals 00:02:53.659 --> 00:02:57.259 that he believes to have seen, they walk back 00:02:57.259 --> 00:03:00.639 towards Bear's house, passing all of the objects 00:03:00.639 --> 00:03:03.759 that Bear saw that he believed to be different 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:07.860 animals. In the end, as Giraffe is with Bear, 00:03:07.939 --> 00:03:12.300 Bear slides his glasses up and believes to again 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:15.479 see another animal. In fact, he believes to see 00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:20.349 three lions. As giraffe looks we as the readers 00:03:20.349 --> 00:03:24.569 find that they're actually just three large sunflowers 00:03:24.569 --> 00:03:30.849 or dandelions and so this is a really cute silly 00:03:30.849 --> 00:03:33.810 kind of story. It's pretty simplistic as far 00:03:33.810 --> 00:03:37.969 as the the storyline goes, but this is going 00:03:37.969 --> 00:03:41.069 to be one of those books that a lot of kids are 00:03:41.069 --> 00:03:43.639 going to enjoy because it's that kind of silly, 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:47.580 goofy, like that's not what that is type of books. 00:03:48.060 --> 00:03:52.099 The bright pictures with the large white backgrounds 00:03:52.099 --> 00:03:55.900 makes those images pop and will keep the students 00:03:55.900 --> 00:03:59.960 engaged and keep their attention. The pictures 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:03.860 and the creativity are wonderful for this book. 00:04:04.419 --> 00:04:06.520 And I think that, like I said, a lot of kids 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.020 are going to like this. It's going to bring a 00:04:08.020 --> 00:04:10.960 smile to their face because there just kind of 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:14.680 seems to be that goofy character that he forgot 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:16.680 his glasses were on top of his head. He thinks 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.959 he's seeing all of these different animals. And 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:21.899 so it's one of those books that I think a lot 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:26.540 of kids are going to enjoy. It's probably definitely 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:28.279 one of those books that is going to be better 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:32.319 for pre -K and maybe kinder. Above that, the 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.709 kids, it might just be too simple for like older 00:04:35.709 --> 00:04:37.970 kids, but this is a perfect one for the younger 00:04:37.970 --> 00:04:40.910 ones. I think that I would say this is probably 00:04:40.910 --> 00:04:44.389 a four out of five bookmarks book. I think it's 00:04:44.389 --> 00:04:47.810 a lot of fun. Sounds like it's a really solid 00:04:47.810 --> 00:04:49.610 choice. I haven't had the privilege of reading 00:04:49.610 --> 00:04:51.930 it just yet, but it sounds like it would be a 00:04:51.930 --> 00:04:55.269 lot of fun. And I don't know, for me personally, 00:04:55.529 --> 00:04:58.610 as one who has needed glasses a lot my whole 00:04:58.610 --> 00:05:04.259 life forever, like I feel that pain. I... It 00:05:04.259 --> 00:05:06.180 sounds like without having read it, it would 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:11.279 also be kind of good for like we, my kid's elementary 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.839 school used to have a unique week where they 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:17.240 kind of celebrated a different, I guess, disability 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:20.579 every day throughout the week. And they would 00:05:20.579 --> 00:05:22.779 do something different every day. And this I 00:05:22.779 --> 00:05:26.379 think might be a good one for learning about 00:05:26.379 --> 00:05:29.779 people who might have visual impairments or might 00:05:29.779 --> 00:05:33.259 have difficulty seeing something. might be a 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:35.639 good way for kids to relate to that because it 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:38.600 can be kind of hard for kids to learn that other 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.860 it just learning that just different people's 00:05:41.860 --> 00:05:44.379 different abilities i guess might be a better 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:49.019 better way to say that yeah um yeah i think this 00:05:49.019 --> 00:05:51.639 one might be a good one for that kind of find 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:56.339 that connection that way yeah for sure yeah because 00:05:56.339 --> 00:06:00.060 you're right having to wear glasses having a 00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:03.370 hard time seeing being visually impaired to the 00:06:03.370 --> 00:06:06.769 point where maybe you need to use one of the 00:06:06.769 --> 00:06:09.410 walking sticks so that you can feel what's in 00:06:09.410 --> 00:06:12.470 front of you to be cautious and that way a lot 00:06:12.470 --> 00:06:16.290 of those things some of these kids haven't had 00:06:16.290 --> 00:06:18.649 to experience haven't been exposed to and so 00:06:18.649 --> 00:06:20.750 yeah this might be a great way to introduce some 00:06:20.750 --> 00:06:24.629 of those ideas which I love that because then 00:06:24.629 --> 00:06:27.209 making using the book to help make the entire 00:06:27.209 --> 00:06:31.269 campus a more accepting An accessible place for 00:06:31.269 --> 00:06:33.769 a lot of kids. I love that idea. That's excellent. 00:06:34.910 --> 00:06:38.269 Alright, so for the makerspace activity, this 00:06:38.269 --> 00:06:41.230 would take a little bit of prep work, but I think 00:06:41.230 --> 00:06:45.430 it would be fun. You could. Pre cut some construction 00:06:45.430 --> 00:06:47.430 paper shapes. Now when I say pre cut, you could 00:06:47.430 --> 00:06:52.149 use a die cut. You could just like randomly cut. 00:06:53.170 --> 00:06:55.990 Some different shapes just kind of freehand. 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.319 however you want to do it but I like the idea 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:02.000 of giving the kids a pre -cut shape and a piece 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:06.259 of paper having them use some glue or a glue 00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:10.660 stick to put their pre -cut shape somewhere on 00:07:10.660 --> 00:07:14.279 their paper and then tell them that now that 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:15.879 they've got that shape there they need to make 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:21.920 it into some kind of animal similar to how Bear 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:24.720 sees these random shapes and thinks that they're 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:27.829 certain animals so Give the kids a pre -cut shape 00:07:27.829 --> 00:07:30.370 and say, OK, put it on the paper. Now make it 00:07:30.370 --> 00:07:32.910 into an animal you think Bear might think it 00:07:32.910 --> 00:07:35.269 is without his glasses on. And have the kids 00:07:35.269 --> 00:07:39.189 get to use some of that creativity that they 00:07:39.189 --> 00:07:41.610 have, because so many of them have so many ideas. 00:07:41.769 --> 00:07:44.949 So give them an outlet for that. Have them be 00:07:44.949 --> 00:07:48.069 creative. What kind of animal could this shape 00:07:48.069 --> 00:07:52.329 turn into? And have them use their colored pencils 00:07:52.329 --> 00:07:57.680 or crayons or markers to make the shape into 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:01.139 that animal, have them add the scales or the 00:08:01.139 --> 00:08:05.319 teeth or the arms and legs and kind of give them 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:09.060 the freedom to create that animal based on the 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:13.680 simple shape that they're given. The other option 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.819 is that you could pre -print a piece of white 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:23.339 paper that has like a the start of a shape kind 00:08:23.339 --> 00:08:25.800 of drawn, which I've seen people do that before 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:27.899 where they get like they just draw like a squiggly 00:08:27.899 --> 00:08:32.279 line and then have the kids decide what that 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:34.340 squiggly line could become. So you can do that 00:08:34.340 --> 00:08:36.519 too, but I like the idea of having like a specific, 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:38.620 like just a random shape that they work with. 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:41.899 But either way, this would give them the opportunity 00:08:41.899 --> 00:08:44.700 to use that creativity to come up with something 00:08:44.700 --> 00:08:48.460 to make one thing into something else, you know? 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:52.340 just like bear as he's walking past a tree and 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:56.200 assumes that it's a deer or when he walks by 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.000 bushes and he thinks it's a crocodile. So letting 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:02.480 the kids take a shape that could be one thing 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:05.480 and thinking about it as what another idea of 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:07.539 what it could be and getting them to be creative 00:09:07.539 --> 00:09:10.039 like that would be a lot of fun to see what they 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:14.559 come up with for sure. I love that. I love that 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:18.419 it kind of gives the kids Um, just enough guidance 00:09:18.419 --> 00:09:21.899 to, it gives them enough guidance that they're 00:09:21.899 --> 00:09:24.899 not completely lost, but gives them enough creativity 00:09:24.899 --> 00:09:28.700 that they can really go with it and make it their 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:32.700 own. I love that idea. I like it a lot. And like 00:09:32.700 --> 00:09:34.779 I said, I think that it would just be fun to 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:38.779 see what kind of creative ideas they come up 00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:42.159 with. I'd be, cause I know that there'd be some 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:44.379 really cool ideas that would come out of that. 00:09:44.379 --> 00:09:47.360 That'd be a lot of fun. Yeah, I agree. Some of 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:48.840 them are probably just going to scribble a little 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.639 bit and be like, I did it. And so, but I think 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.379 most of them, like you said, we're going to have 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:57.279 some like really creative things that they come 00:09:57.279 --> 00:10:00.820 up with that I know I wouldn't come up with on 00:10:00.820 --> 00:10:06.700 my own. All right. This week for our library 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:11.519 of little tips and tricks, we are going to discuss 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.399 the importance of advocacy. We want you to advocate 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.159 for your library and advocate for makerspace 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.139 and having a plan for when someone questions 00:10:22.139 --> 00:10:25.259 why is the library so important? Why are they 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:29.679 just playing in the library? Why are we doing 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:34.460 all of these things? So we as librarians going 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:38.370 through being coming certified to be librarians. 00:10:38.629 --> 00:10:40.450 We know the importance of all of the things that 00:10:40.450 --> 00:10:42.990 we're doing in the library, but those on the 00:10:42.990 --> 00:10:46.029 outside who have not had the experience have 00:10:46.029 --> 00:10:49.730 not had the education that we've had. It does 00:10:49.730 --> 00:10:53.289 sometimes look like we're just letting kids play 00:10:53.289 --> 00:10:55.850 and just having kids check out books and not 00:10:55.850 --> 00:10:59.289 really. There's not always. It's not always the 00:10:59.289 --> 00:11:02.450 most structured environment in the building and 00:11:02.450 --> 00:11:05.570 so. Being able to advocate for yourself, being 00:11:05.570 --> 00:11:07.830 able to explain, this is why we do this, this 00:11:07.830 --> 00:11:10.450 is why it's important, especially for our youngest 00:11:10.450 --> 00:11:17.210 learners, is something that we cannot under emphasize. 00:11:17.269 --> 00:11:20.330 It's so important. And so some important things 00:11:20.330 --> 00:11:24.049 to do to think about so that you're ready if 00:11:24.049 --> 00:11:27.509 your administrator or some other teacher asks, 00:11:27.669 --> 00:11:31.289 why are you doing these things? Well, first, 00:11:31.970 --> 00:11:34.559 coming up with some kind of a mission statement 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:38.600 for your library, having a plan as to what your 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:42.059 goals are, how you're going to achieve those 00:11:42.059 --> 00:11:44.779 goals and how you're going to know when those 00:11:44.779 --> 00:11:48.360 goals have been met. Planning out a mission statement 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:51.200 for the library in general really does help with 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:53.120 that because then you can say, well, I'm trying 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:56.500 to do this. This is what I'm doing to get to 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:58.580 that. And here's how I know when I'll be there 00:11:58.580 --> 00:12:01.120 and when the kids will be there so that you can 00:12:01.340 --> 00:12:10.019 be well articulated and have a clear plan to 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:13.600 express yourself with those people is extremely 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:21.000 important. And then having some backup documents 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:25.919 coming up with either some research -based studies 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:32.779 or having some other Other sources that can you 00:12:32.779 --> 00:12:36.480 can refer people to to explain why we do the 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:39.139 things we do in our library is also really helpful 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:44.820 in Your district Caroline they made an entire 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:47.019 early childhood makerspace kind of one pager 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:50.940 that explains This is what we expect to be happening. 00:12:50.940 --> 00:12:53.960 Here's why and then here are all the things that 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.299 are really happening it might not look like that, 00:12:56.299 --> 00:13:00.440 but when we as Educators are interacting with 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:02.659 these students. This is what we're really doing. 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.840 We're including critical thinking and communication 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:08.159 and collaboration and allowing the kids to be 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.500 creative. And so having that one page kind of 00:13:11.500 --> 00:13:14.399 flyer that just is like, here's what we're doing. 00:13:14.460 --> 00:13:17.259 Here's what makerspace really is. Here's what's 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:20.139 actually happening when the students are working 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:23.259 on these activities. And here's why that's all 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:27.240 important. If you can come up with something 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:32.600 like that and plan it out so that you're prepared 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:36.080 before people start asking and you have those 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:41.259 answers ready. I think it really helps to solidify 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:45.830 your role and to help people. Get on board with 00:13:45.830 --> 00:13:48.149 okay. It's not that they're just letting these 00:13:48.149 --> 00:13:50.470 kids play. There's a reason behind it There's 00:13:50.470 --> 00:13:53.750 a purpose there are skills that are being practiced 00:13:53.750 --> 00:13:58.070 and taught and worked on with these activities 00:13:58.070 --> 00:14:02.590 that we do Being able to express those things 00:14:02.590 --> 00:14:05.450 and having it ready before anyone actually ever 00:14:05.450 --> 00:14:09.090 asks just makes it a lot easier to have a steady 00:14:09.090 --> 00:14:14.940 Steady footing for that discussion Absolutely. 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.820 It really is critical that we as librarians are 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:20.799 kind of prepared for those hard conversations 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.419 because they're happening a lot right now. And 00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:26.720 especially when we're doing something that, like 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:29.580 MakerSpace, that definitely looks like it's just 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:32.340 play and looks like it's just a free -for -all, 00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:35.960 but it's actually very intentional. It is imperative 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:38.360 that we're ready for those conversations and 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:42.779 we can say the why behind why we're doing what 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:46.580 we're doing. And it's important for us to remember 00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:49.759 that as educators, we know that so much of learning 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:53.679 happens through play. But those people that come 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:57.000 into our buildings may not have that background 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:00.039 that we have or may have been so far removed 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:02.960 from that background that they forget those things. 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:07.799 And so it's our place to remind them of that. 00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:11.460 Why is the work of early childhood? Absolutely. 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:19.379 And so that's something that needs to be reiterated 00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:21.779 and oftentimes people need to be reminded of 00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:26.820 that over and over again. And so that's part 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:29.519 of our job and we want to make sure that people 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.360 understand that libraries are those places where 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:34.139 students have access to books and we're going 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:36.799 to do everything we can to make sure students 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:39.480 get to hear more stories and are exposed to more 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.659 literature and have access to all of those books. 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:46.440 we're also there to help them grow and learn 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:51.799 and have fun and make connections and That's 00:15:51.799 --> 00:15:54.220 a lot of what makerspace is doing also and so 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:57.679 yeah, we need to be able to express that clearly 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:06.279 So that people understand the why Mm -hmm All 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:08.639 right for our second book today that we'll be 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:13.389 talking about It's called Ahoy. It's published 00:16:13.389 --> 00:16:17.450 by Anne Schwartz Books in 2024. The author and 00:16:17.450 --> 00:16:20.230 illustrator of this book is Sophie Blackall. 00:16:21.009 --> 00:16:25.490 This book is a Children's Book Council Librarian's 00:16:25.490 --> 00:16:29.950 Favorite Award 2025, Horn Book Fanfare 2024, 00:16:30.809 --> 00:16:35.809 ALSC Notable Children's Book 2025, Junior Library 00:16:35.809 --> 00:16:39.100 Guild Selection 2025. Naturally, it's a Texas 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:40.700 two by two, which is why we're talking about 00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:45.179 it today for 2025. And it's also on the Colorado 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:48.639 Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy Shortlist 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.159 for 2025 and Best New Books for Missouri Students 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:59.139 2024. Sophie Blackall is written and illustrated. 00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:03.600 No, scratch that. Sophie Blackall has illustrated 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:07.210 over 50 books for children. including the New 00:17:07.210 --> 00:17:11.230 York Times best -selling Ivy and Bean series. 00:17:12.089 --> 00:17:15.970 She is originally from Australia and she now 00:17:15.970 --> 00:17:19.309 lives between Brooklyn, New York and the Catskill 00:17:19.309 --> 00:17:22.349 Mountains and she and her husband run a retreat 00:17:22.349 --> 00:17:25.029 for the children's book community called Milkwood 00:17:25.029 --> 00:17:30.069 Farm. She has won the Caldecott for both Finding 00:17:30.069 --> 00:17:35.440 Winnie in 2016 and She wrote and illustrated 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:39.539 Hello Lighthouse, which won the Caldecott in 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:44.779 2019. I think that's it. But yeah, she's had 00:17:44.779 --> 00:17:48.140 over, she's illustrated over 50 children's books, 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.759 so she's done quite a bit of work in the children's 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.839 book community. The summary for this book is, 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.740 there's a parent vacuuming a blue rug at home 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:59.619 when a young child comes in the room and brings 00:17:59.619 --> 00:18:02.640 some props to build a ship on a rug and warns 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:05.420 that a storm is coming. Initially the parent 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:07.140 says that the cleaning must be finished right 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:09.880 away, but soon the parent becomes a sailor and 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:12.259 accepts the young captain's commands and together 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:14.700 they sail the seas on the blue rug until the 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:16.900 other parent comes home and joins in the fun. 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:22.420 Really liked this book a lot and the more I looked 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:25.619 at it the more I loved it I think for this one 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:29.440 for me. It's a five out of five Initially, like 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.119 it really does read like an episode of Bluey 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:35.980 like it feels very much like it's just a single 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:38.819 episode of Bluey words just a kid's gonna play 00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:40.759 and the parents gonna join in the fun and that's 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:44.019 about it, but it It actually starts out with 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:48.140 like the very first page that you see is a glossary 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:52.000 that defines these awesome nautical terms for 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:56.019 children with terms that I didn't know and still 00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:58.799 I need to read it again apparently to learn some 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:01.140 of them. But it like defines like the poop deck 00:19:01.140 --> 00:19:04.019 and things like that but like like you hear it 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:06.200 and you know it's a nautical term but you don't 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:09.900 maybe don't know I didn't know. What technically 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:13.019 what it was until i read the glossary for this 00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:16.799 book. Even though the like when you're reading 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:19.880 it there's no the only text is just the dialogue 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:22.240 between the characters there's not really anything 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:25.019 like moving the story along it's not. There's 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:27.720 not a whole lot of words in it a lot of the story 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:31.299 is told through the pictures but you still get 00:19:31.299 --> 00:19:33.769 all of that. Wonderful vocabulary in it. There 00:19:33.769 --> 00:19:35.529 were like 10 different terms that were defined 00:19:35.529 --> 00:19:39.509 in it, which I think is kind of great Initially 00:19:39.509 --> 00:19:42.809 when I was reading it I read it to be like When 00:19:42.809 --> 00:19:46.029 I was reading it, I like I I imprinted my own 00:19:46.029 --> 00:19:49.349 social constructs onto the characters Where I 00:19:49.349 --> 00:19:51.829 was like, oh, that's clearly the mom vacuuming 00:19:51.829 --> 00:19:54.650 because the mom vacuums I guess and that's just 00:19:54.650 --> 00:19:58.410 like what my brain saw right away But then when 00:19:58.410 --> 00:20:00.190 I was reading it again for the summary, I was 00:20:00.190 --> 00:20:03.460 like, wait a minute No, it was not a mom actually 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:06.000 I have no idea like all the characters are kind 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:09.460 of androgynous and you can kind of Define it 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:13.460 how you need to define it based on your family 00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:17.750 and your background. So I thought that was super 00:20:17.750 --> 00:20:19.329 cool when i was looking back through it like 00:20:19.329 --> 00:20:21.549 they have like beanies on the character so that 00:20:21.549 --> 00:20:23.190 you don't have a lot of hair everywhere so it 00:20:23.190 --> 00:20:25.670 can really kind of go either way and you can 00:20:25.670 --> 00:20:27.930 define it yourself and the same with the child 00:20:27.930 --> 00:20:30.710 that the parent calls the child peanut throughout 00:20:30.710 --> 00:20:33.089 so it's like an endearing term it's very sweet 00:20:33.089 --> 00:20:37.390 but you know again. Could let it go either way 00:20:37.390 --> 00:20:40.569 and it's not really a real name and. It could 00:20:40.569 --> 00:20:42.829 be anything. Same with like their skin tones 00:20:42.829 --> 00:20:48.710 where it's just kind of an average could be any 00:20:48.710 --> 00:20:52.029 ethnic background. You kind of as the reader 00:20:52.029 --> 00:20:54.130 you kind of get to decide all of those things. 00:20:54.349 --> 00:20:56.970 So I loved that that it kind of made it really 00:20:56.970 --> 00:21:00.869 accessible for like really everyone in the world. 00:21:00.950 --> 00:21:04.529 That was very cool. And that was definitely something 00:21:04.529 --> 00:21:06.569 I missed the first time around reading it. I 00:21:06.569 --> 00:21:09.880 had to read it twice to really get that. And 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:13.480 it really. And it was just, I don't know, I just 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:16.920 loved it. It was a very simple story, but very 00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:20.240 sweet love that it's the parents are building 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.099 that relationship with the child and kind of 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:25.720 putting the child first. But they still, you 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:27.539 know, the parent takes a break in the middle 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:31.339 of it to take a phone call. So like it still 00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:33.720 shows the parents taking care of the business 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:36.940 that. Needs to be taken care of but then they 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.900 always come back to the child because that's 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:41.059 what really matters and the family is important 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:44.440 I loved this one. I'm going with five out of 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:47.000 five Yeah, I agree. This was such a cute story 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:51.000 and I love the illustrations were just Amazing 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:53.140 and bright and colorful and just kind of popping 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:56.839 off the page. It was wonderful I really enjoyed 00:21:56.839 --> 00:21:59.900 the story. It was super cute and I agree. It's 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:02.819 just one of those it's a Just a kind of a perfect 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:05.640 picture book for for kids to show that first 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:09.019 off you can Use your imaginations and you know 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:12.160 what? Sometimes adults can take a break and join 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:14.519 you and have fun with you and you get to spend 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:17.700 that Quality time together. It was it was really 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:22.819 cute book. I agree. Excellent Yeah, so I think 00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:26.970 for the makerspace activity Mean really and truly 00:22:26.970 --> 00:22:29.930 you could do any kind of a make -believe activity 00:22:29.930 --> 00:22:32.410 because it does start out with like the parents 00:22:32.410 --> 00:22:34.930 just Vacuuming that big blue rug and they turn 00:22:34.930 --> 00:22:37.390 the big blue rug into the ocean and they have 00:22:37.390 --> 00:22:39.569 all these You know things that you would just 00:22:39.569 --> 00:22:42.930 find randomly throughout the house to build a 00:22:42.930 --> 00:22:44.789 you know make -believe ship So you could really 00:22:44.789 --> 00:22:47.650 just do any kind of a make -believe activity 00:22:47.650 --> 00:22:51.329 and that would work but if you wanted something 00:22:51.329 --> 00:22:54.279 more specific you could just Like build your 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:57.720 own ship of any kind in the library i feel like 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:00.579 a lot of us have a lot of legos hanging out because 00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:06.640 legos are fabulous mayor space tool so. Very 00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:08.619 specific activity that you can do is just build 00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:11.779 a ship with with legos so you could since they 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:16.619 use it blue rug. In the book you could for the 00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:19.420 ocean you could just have like small blue towels 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:22.400 or small blue any kind of scrap. Really I mean 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:24.220 it could just be a blue piece of construction 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:27.960 paper for your ocean if you need like underneath 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:32.539 the Legos Ideally obviously you'd have the big 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:35.339 blue Lego plates But if you don't have those 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:37.039 readily available or if you have like the green 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:39.299 ones And then you need the blue ones you could 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:42.640 just use a blue sheet of construction paper and 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:44.859 build on top of that So you would have your ocean 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:49.259 and you know build your little ship on on top 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:51.579 of that. And because it does have all of that, 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:55.779 the glossary with all the terminology, you could 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:58.460 challenge the kids, which I know not all of them 00:23:58.460 --> 00:24:00.700 would be able to do it at the pre -k level, but 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:02.259 definitely some of the older kids I think would 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:06.519 be able to include some of those different parts 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:09.200 of the ship that were defined and were shown 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:13.059 earlier in the book and kind of have a more complex 00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:18.779 structure. I think kids would really enjoy to 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:21.339 be able to get to have the chance to build with 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:24.400 Legos because like you said kids love the Legos 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:30.099 and then to try and include as many parts of 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:32.319 the ship as possible I love that because then 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:35.740 you're working on those vocabulary words and 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:38.420 they are showing you that they're they're comprehending 00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:40.480 and they understand what they're doing I love 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:42.619 I love that idea I think that would be a lot 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:47.390 of fun and I bet that you'd Find a lot of interesting 00:24:47.390 --> 00:24:49.789 kinds of special ships being built that be a 00:24:49.789 --> 00:24:52.210 lot of fun to see what comes like what gets made 00:24:52.210 --> 00:24:56.990 Yeah, I think you could Yeah, the kids could 00:24:56.990 --> 00:25:00.089 really be created with it. And yeah, you're right. 00:25:00.089 --> 00:25:02.130 They could build their own kinds of ships, too 00:25:02.130 --> 00:25:07.529 That would be a lot of fun Yeah Very all right. 00:25:07.529 --> 00:25:12.369 I love that idea Well, thanks Well, thank you 00:25:12.369 --> 00:25:14.930 all for joining us today on this episode of Librarians 00:25:14.930 --> 00:25:17.529 of Littles. We hope you found some fresh ideas 00:25:17.529 --> 00:25:20.470 for inspiring our youngest readers. Please be 00:25:20.470 --> 00:25:22.589 sure to subscribe and connect with us on social 00:25:22.589 --> 00:25:25.890 media. Happy reading! Thank you for listening 00:25:25.890 --> 00:25:29.130 to this episode of Librarians of Littles. We 00:25:29.130 --> 00:25:31.450 hope that you've enjoyed it. Check back each 00:25:31.450 --> 00:25:35.599 Wednesday for a new episode. 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