WEBVTT 00:00:21.330 --> 00:00:25.070 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Lejere. 00:00:25.370 --> 00:00:29.449 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:29.449 --> 00:00:33.649 where we discuss books, give makerspace ideas, 00:00:33.869 --> 00:00:39.570 and do tips and tricks for our youngest learners 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:43.890 in the library setting. This week, because by 00:00:43.890 --> 00:00:46.649 the time this airs, it'll have been Father's 00:00:46.649 --> 00:00:49.509 Day, we're going to pick two books to discuss 00:00:49.509 --> 00:00:53.850 that focus on father figures and are just great 00:00:53.850 --> 00:00:57.600 books to read. with children for Father's Day. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.539 The first book that we're going to discuss is 00:01:01.539 --> 00:01:06.180 Dandy. It is written by Amy Dyckman and illustrated 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:11.719 by Charles Santoso and it was published by Little 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:17.959 Brown and Company in 2019. This book was an award 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:20.900 winner. It was a children's favorite award selection 00:01:20.900 --> 00:01:24.659 for 2020. And it's been on multiple state lists, 00:01:24.900 --> 00:01:28.879 including the Sunshine State Young Reader Award 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:35.319 Junior 2020 -2021 Elementary School grades K 00:01:35.319 --> 00:01:38.780 through two for Florida. It was on the Missouri 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:43.640 Building Block Picture Book Award list for 2020 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:48.799 for grades pre -K in Missouri. The Golden Sower 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:54.980 Award. 2021 -2022, Picture Books Grade K -3, 00:01:56.040 --> 00:02:00.579 and the Red Bud Read Aloud for 2020 in Nebraska. 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:05.180 The Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award 2021 00:02:05.180 --> 00:02:12.250 -2022, Grades K -3. And then it was also a Texas 00:02:12.250 --> 00:02:16.310 two -by -two reading list for 2020 and a Texas 00:02:16.310 --> 00:02:21.849 Mockingbird reading list for 2020 -2021. And 00:02:21.849 --> 00:02:26.509 our author, Amy Dykman, as we were talking about 00:02:26.509 --> 00:02:32.569 before we started recording this, she is a New 00:02:32.569 --> 00:02:35.509 York Times best -selling award -winning internationally 00:02:35.509 --> 00:02:38.860 translated children's author. And according to 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:41.620 her website, she would much rather be writing 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:44.879 children's books than updating her website. And 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:46.580 so that's kind of all the information she gives 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:49.639 us for a background. But she has also written 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:54.539 a total of 22 books. Amy Dyckman's other books 00:02:54.539 --> 00:02:57.819 include Wolfie the Bunny, illustrated by Zachariah 00:02:57.819 --> 00:03:00.699 O 'Hara, Misunderstood Shark, illustrated by 00:03:00.699 --> 00:03:04.080 Scott McGoon. Misunderstood Shark, Friends Don't 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.189 Eat Friends, illustrated by Scott McGoon. Boy 00:03:07.189 --> 00:03:11.169 Plus Five, illustrated by Dan Iaccarino. Horrible 00:03:11.169 --> 00:03:14.830 Bear, illustrated by Zachariah O 'Hara. Vacation, 00:03:15.270 --> 00:03:19.310 illustrated by Mark Teed. You Don't Want a Unicorn, 00:03:19.750 --> 00:03:23.370 illustrated by Liz Clemo. Read the book Lemmings, 00:03:23.689 --> 00:03:27.810 illustrated by Zachariah O 'Hara. And How Dinosaurs 00:03:27.810 --> 00:03:31.069 Went Extinct, a Safety Guide, illustrated by 00:03:31.069 --> 00:03:38.090 Jen Hart. And our illustrator is Charles Santoso. 00:03:38.610 --> 00:03:41.750 He loves drawing little things in his little 00:03:41.750 --> 00:03:44.669 journal and dreaming about funny and wondrous 00:03:44.669 --> 00:03:48.830 stories. He gathers inspiration from his childhood 00:03:48.830 --> 00:03:51.770 memories and curiosities he discovers in his 00:03:51.770 --> 00:03:56.310 everyday travels. He worked at Animal Logic as 00:03:56.310 --> 00:04:00.509 a concept artist and art director. and was involved 00:04:00.509 --> 00:04:03.229 in various animated feature film and commercial 00:04:03.229 --> 00:04:07.370 projects. And his work has been exhibited in 00:04:07.370 --> 00:04:10.310 Sydney and also internationally in North America 00:04:10.310 --> 00:04:17.189 and France. And some of his other books include 00:04:17.189 --> 00:04:21.949 Otter by Catherine Applegate, A Boy Called Bat 00:04:21.949 --> 00:04:27.250 Series by Elena K. Arnold, This Way Charlie by 00:04:27.250 --> 00:04:51.769 Karen Levis, And so for our book today, Dandy, 00:04:52.350 --> 00:04:56.709 it is the story of a dad who loves his lawn and 00:04:56.709 --> 00:05:00.740 is distraught. when he finds a dandelion that 00:05:00.740 --> 00:05:03.920 is marring that beautiful and pristine lawn. 00:05:04.519 --> 00:05:07.720 More distressing is that his daughter, Sweetie, 00:05:07.879 --> 00:05:11.240 becomes attached to the dandelion as it becomes 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:14.939 her new best friend, Charlotte. As the other 00:05:14.939 --> 00:05:19.300 fathers in the neighborhood try to convince the 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:23.899 dad to take care of this weed, his efforts are 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:26.639 thwarted at every turn when his daughter pops 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:31.069 up next to that dandelion. In the end he realizes 00:05:31.069 --> 00:05:34.550 that his child's happiness is more important, 00:05:34.629 --> 00:05:37.329 his love for her is more important than that 00:05:37.329 --> 00:05:42.449 perfect lawn. And this book is so amazing. I 00:05:42.449 --> 00:05:46.230 love this book a lot. It's funny, it's silly, 00:05:46.930 --> 00:05:51.629 and it's very relatable. The father that's the 00:05:51.629 --> 00:05:55.709 typical wanting that perfect lawn kind of guy 00:05:55.709 --> 00:05:58.829 is just something that is so relatable. All of 00:05:58.829 --> 00:06:01.810 the throughout the story, the neighborhood dads 00:06:01.810 --> 00:06:04.410 are all cheering him on as he's trying to get 00:06:04.410 --> 00:06:10.050 rid of this weed. But it's like so relatable 00:06:10.050 --> 00:06:14.069 in that as soon as he actually has the opportunity, 00:06:14.470 --> 00:06:18.870 he finds that the flower has one of Sweetie's 00:06:18.870 --> 00:06:21.759 pictures. that she painted. It's a picture of 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:25.720 her dad and the flower, the dandelion, and he 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:27.819 just kind of breaks down in tears realizing he 00:06:27.819 --> 00:06:30.800 can't do anything about it. He has to leave the 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:33.879 flower alone and then accidentally drops the 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:37.079 snips, the clippers on the flower and has to 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:39.779 try and all the dads are around it trying to 00:06:39.779 --> 00:06:44.019 help resuscitate the poor dying dandelion. It's 00:06:44.019 --> 00:06:46.740 just a really cute story. The kids will love 00:06:46.740 --> 00:06:49.600 it because of the dad's ridiculous attempts to 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:53.519 get rid of the dandelion. He ends up trying to, 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:56.379 like, be a ninja to take care of it, a mad scientist. 00:06:56.879 --> 00:06:58.600 At one point he's dressed like a pirate, and 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:00.899 so it's, like, super goofy in that sense, which 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:03.579 will grab the kids' attention. And it's just, 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:05.959 like, that sweet, heartwarming kind of story. 00:07:06.339 --> 00:07:10.779 In the end, Charlotte doesn't make it, but the 00:07:10.779 --> 00:07:13.779 dad, you know... does what you do with the dandelion 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:16.319 and kind of blows all those seeds out into the 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:20.259 yard and at the end you can see that more dandelions 00:07:20.259 --> 00:07:23.899 have popped up in the yard and the daughter is 00:07:23.899 --> 00:07:27.660 just so happy and excited and the dad is just 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:29.899 resigned to the fact that he he will not have 00:07:29.899 --> 00:07:32.120 that perfect lawn but it's it's worth it for 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.699 his child's happiness it's just such a sweet 00:07:34.699 --> 00:07:37.279 and heartwarming story while also being goofy 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:42.220 and silly and and fun The pictures are amazing. 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:46.519 I just love the story overall. It's just a well 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.120 -rounded book. It's not super long. It's got 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:52.920 a good pacing to it. And so I would definitely 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:55.439 give this a five out of five bookmarks. I think 00:07:55.439 --> 00:08:00.259 it's a great story, a lot of fun, and I think 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:03.240 students have a really great time enjoying it 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:06.579 and listening to this book. I agree. I was so 00:08:06.579 --> 00:08:09.060 glad to see that you picked this book in particular. 00:08:09.389 --> 00:08:11.790 This is one of my favorite books to read in the 00:08:11.790 --> 00:08:14.930 school year. I usually read this one in the spring 00:08:14.930 --> 00:08:18.370 or half the last several years anyway. And this 00:08:18.370 --> 00:08:21.529 is a book that both the students listening to 00:08:21.529 --> 00:08:26.829 it love and the paraprofessionals that attend 00:08:26.829 --> 00:08:30.290 our story time with our pre -k classes, they 00:08:30.290 --> 00:08:33.970 love listening to it too. There's, I almost always 00:08:33.970 --> 00:08:36.889 get somebody like one of the teachers like stops 00:08:36.889 --> 00:08:39.330 me afterward and they're like, that was brilliant. 00:08:40.269 --> 00:08:43.789 Good, I'd love that. It's both. It's very clever. 00:08:44.029 --> 00:08:46.409 It's very entertaining It's really funny, but 00:08:46.409 --> 00:08:48.830 it's also heartwarming it kind of has all the 00:08:48.830 --> 00:08:52.370 components of just a really excellent story some 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:56.090 count told all within like you know five minutes 00:08:56.090 --> 00:08:58.629 like it's kind of amazing how you can hit all 00:08:58.629 --> 00:09:02.509 those emotions and Really it checks all the boxes 00:09:02.509 --> 00:09:07.409 very very quickly. It's It's a near perfect book. 00:09:07.529 --> 00:09:09.830 Maybe it is a perfect book. I don't know. If 00:09:09.830 --> 00:09:12.009 there is one, this might be it as far as, you 00:09:12.009 --> 00:09:15.490 know, pre -K story time goes. So I love this 00:09:15.490 --> 00:09:18.549 one. It's really good. Yeah, I agree. Like I 00:09:18.549 --> 00:09:20.990 said, my students have really enjoyed it. They 00:09:20.990 --> 00:09:24.190 love to see the dad's crazy attempts at getting 00:09:24.190 --> 00:09:28.909 rid of the dandelion and the way the daughter 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:31.659 keeps popping up right next to the dandelion 00:09:31.659 --> 00:09:34.639 to to stop the father from doing anything it 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:37.360 like it really grabs their attention it's silly 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:39.960 and fun and they just really love it so yeah 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:43.559 i think this is one of those books that is even 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:47.879 though this one is from a little bit a couple 00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:50.000 years ago so 2020 you know it's a little older 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:54.360 book but it still still works and the kids really 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.240 enjoy it so definitely worth reading definitely 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:00.820 worth being part of your collection of books. 00:10:02.139 --> 00:10:06.320 So for makerspace activity, I have two possibilities 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:11.220 depending on what supplies and what things that 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:13.779 you might have available in your library. The 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:17.019 lower maintenance and probably more accessible 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:21.120 activity would be using Legos to have your students 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:25.539 build and design a garden. So you can give the 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:28.570 students some parameters, give them a set amount 00:10:28.570 --> 00:10:32.090 of space that they can use to build a garden. 00:10:32.230 --> 00:10:34.409 They can build some raised beds and things like 00:10:34.409 --> 00:10:37.509 that and put in some flowers into their Lego 00:10:37.509 --> 00:10:40.950 garden. So that's one option. The other option 00:10:40.950 --> 00:10:43.370 that could be available but would be a little 00:10:43.370 --> 00:10:45.429 bit more time consuming and a little bit more 00:10:45.429 --> 00:10:51.029 work is if your campus has a garden area or I 00:10:51.029 --> 00:10:53.950 know Caroline, at least one of your campuses 00:10:53.950 --> 00:10:58.250 had some raised beds. that were put in um so 00:10:58.250 --> 00:11:01.090 having the students actually get their hands 00:11:01.090 --> 00:11:06.049 dirty and to plant some flowers to to to have 00:11:06.049 --> 00:11:08.529 for the campus so putting them out giving them 00:11:08.529 --> 00:11:12.629 some either I generally for this I don't think 00:11:12.629 --> 00:11:15.809 I'd start with seeds I'd start with some like 00:11:15.809 --> 00:11:19.470 young plants and have them help have them help 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:23.039 dig a hole and place the plant in and cover it 00:11:23.039 --> 00:11:24.600 kind of back up with a little bit of dirt and 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.740 add the water and help the plants grow that way. 00:11:28.740 --> 00:11:30.580 But having them actually be able to get into 00:11:30.580 --> 00:11:33.019 the dirt and dig the hole and put the plants 00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:34.980 in and get their hands a little bit dirty, I 00:11:34.980 --> 00:11:37.840 think that would be a fun activity that maybe 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.100 some of the kids haven't ever done before. And 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:43.379 so giving them that opportunity to actually like 00:11:43.379 --> 00:11:46.580 plant a plant. And then that would be something 00:11:46.580 --> 00:11:49.990 that you could also follow up with throughout 00:11:49.990 --> 00:11:53.610 the time that you have them on campus by like 00:11:53.610 --> 00:11:55.370 having them come out and help you water them 00:11:55.370 --> 00:11:58.149 or having the class kind of set a time with the 00:11:58.149 --> 00:12:01.250 teacher if they're available to set a time to 00:12:01.250 --> 00:12:03.970 like every couple days go out and water the plants 00:12:03.970 --> 00:12:06.850 and keep an eye on them and pull weeds and that 00:12:06.850 --> 00:12:09.629 kind of thing. That would be a fun little activity 00:12:09.629 --> 00:12:12.190 that you could do to help them kind of start 00:12:12.190 --> 00:12:17.009 fostering that love of plants and letting them 00:12:17.009 --> 00:12:19.940 see all the things necessary to keep those plants 00:12:19.940 --> 00:12:24.419 going and alive and that kind of thing. I love 00:12:24.419 --> 00:12:27.360 that idea. I love that it's very hands -on for 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:31.320 the kids and gives them that really good experience 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:34.340 of getting down and dirty in there with the garden. 00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:37.799 That's a lot of fun. It's an experience that 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.440 a lot of our kids may not necessarily get and 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:42.379 it's kind of an important one. It's kind of a 00:12:42.379 --> 00:12:45.610 good life skill as well. These are some great 00:12:45.610 --> 00:12:48.070 suggestions and both of my campuses did have 00:12:48.070 --> 00:12:50.629 some raised beds so yeah that would be a really 00:12:50.629 --> 00:12:53.289 good one for everybody could read this book and 00:12:53.289 --> 00:12:57.629 then get to have some hands -on experience in 00:12:57.629 --> 00:13:00.549 the garden as well so yeah excellent suggestions. 00:13:01.110 --> 00:13:04.169 I really like that idea because I know so often 00:13:04.169 --> 00:13:08.190 a lot of our kids when they're at home they're 00:13:08.190 --> 00:13:10.549 in front of a screen either the tv or an ipad 00:13:10.549 --> 00:13:12.370 or something not a lot of kids go out and get 00:13:12.370 --> 00:13:15.299 their hands dirty anymore. and so giving them 00:13:15.299 --> 00:13:17.899 the chances to do that is really important to 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:21.460 let them just get dirty and play and you know 00:13:21.460 --> 00:13:25.159 it's important agreed a lot of our kids are just 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:28.419 like living in a very sterile environment just 00:13:28.419 --> 00:13:30.940 stuck on screens all the time when they're not 00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:34.440 at school so yeah now more than ever you're right 00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:37.759 it's important to get out there and like have 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:45.169 life experiences yeah yeah all right So this 00:13:45.169 --> 00:13:48.769 week for our Library of Littles management tip, 00:13:49.210 --> 00:13:51.950 I thought that we would discuss a little bit 00:13:51.950 --> 00:13:55.210 about being a book ally, like helping kids find 00:13:55.210 --> 00:13:57.870 the right kinds of books. Even in our pre -k 00:13:57.870 --> 00:14:00.330 setting, our kids have certain preferences and 00:14:00.330 --> 00:14:02.409 tastes of the kinds of books that they enjoy. 00:14:03.029 --> 00:14:05.289 And so building those relationships, getting 00:14:05.289 --> 00:14:08.590 to know the students so that you can help them 00:14:08.590 --> 00:14:11.509 find those really fitting and good books that 00:14:11.509 --> 00:14:14.659 they'll enjoy. can be challenging especially 00:14:14.659 --> 00:14:18.320 when like if you only see them once a week or 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:21.759 for like like personally this year I got to see 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:24.200 each of my pre -k classes once a week for about 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.440 25 minutes and when you're doing a lesson that 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.779 during that time sometimes it could be challenging 00:14:28.779 --> 00:14:30.500 to build those relationships and get to know 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:33.039 the kids on an individual level to help them 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:36.299 find the books that they're looking for so there's 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:40.009 a couple things that you can do to build those 00:14:40.009 --> 00:14:42.070 relationships and really get to know the kids 00:14:42.070 --> 00:14:44.110 a little bit better and help them so that they 00:14:44.110 --> 00:14:45.649 can find the books that they're looking for. 00:14:46.110 --> 00:14:48.269 One of the things that I really enjoy doing is 00:14:48.269 --> 00:14:50.330 near the beginning of the school year I will 00:14:50.330 --> 00:14:55.049 make an anchor chart using some giant paper and 00:14:55.049 --> 00:14:58.789 I'll put a bunch of the most popular kinds of 00:14:58.789 --> 00:15:03.129 books like in to like a grid format on this anchor 00:15:03.129 --> 00:15:06.100 chart and so I'll have a box with like the princess 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:09.759 books and I'll have a box with the dinosaur books 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:13.080 and I'll have a box with like pirate books and 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.539 things like that, sports and superheroes and 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.080 different things like that. And then I leave 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:21.899 one box labeled others. And when I make these 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:26.639 labels, I generally use a picture and a word 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:31.779 to match. So like I'll use, I have on, well, 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:39.279 At my last campus, I had visual signs that had 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:43.039 picture representations of the section and it 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.080 had the words to match. So like princesses had 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:49.100 a picture of like a crown and it said princesses. 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:53.159 So I have those already made. I would use those 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:56.600 to label the boxes. And then what I do is I give 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:59.960 every kid just a circle sticker, like one of 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:02.480 those cheap circle stickers you can buy from 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:07.120 like Staples that you can kind of put anywhere. 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:09.360 And so what I do is I give each kid one of those 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:11.259 and I tell them I want them to put their sticker 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:13.779 on their favorite kind of book. And so they've 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:16.179 got probably eight different choices on the anchor 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:19.080 chart and they can go through and they put their 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:23.159 sticker on their favorite kind of book. My only... 00:16:23.889 --> 00:16:27.409 caveat is that if they put their sticker in the 00:16:27.409 --> 00:16:29.929 box that says other, they have to be able to 00:16:29.929 --> 00:16:32.870 tell me the kind of book that they want, that 00:16:32.870 --> 00:16:35.809 they like, that isn't listed. So they can't just 00:16:35.809 --> 00:16:38.110 say other and just walk away. They have to tell 00:16:38.110 --> 00:16:41.549 me what other thing that I didn't list that's 00:16:41.549 --> 00:16:45.309 not on the chart they like. And so what I'll 00:16:45.309 --> 00:16:48.629 do is I'll do that for all of the pre -K classes 00:16:48.629 --> 00:16:50.889 as separate classes. But what it does is it allows 00:16:50.889 --> 00:16:54.750 me to see where the kids put their stickers so 00:16:54.750 --> 00:16:56.429 that I can get a better idea of what kind of 00:16:56.429 --> 00:16:58.769 books the kid is interested in. It also helps 00:16:58.769 --> 00:17:03.149 me as a class see what kind of books each class 00:17:03.149 --> 00:17:07.329 is most into and so that helps me to make choices 00:17:07.329 --> 00:17:11.630 when I'm picking books for my lessons to kind 00:17:11.630 --> 00:17:14.650 of work towards hitting the most popular kinds 00:17:14.650 --> 00:17:17.009 of books because I find that helps also with 00:17:17.009 --> 00:17:20.569 their attention span. If I'm hitting books that 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.759 and using books in their lessons that are popular, 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:25.859 that helps too. But it gives me an idea of what 00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:28.299 the kids are interested in, and I can kind of 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:30.720 make mental notes about certain kids and the 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.700 kinds of books that they're looking for. Every 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:36.440 year there's always at least one kid that puts 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:39.140 an other, and most of the time they're pretty 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:42.880 interesting. I've had, one year I had a kid that 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:46.700 wanted a book about carrots, and so I'm sure 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:51.000 that we read the creepy carrots. during the school 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.740 year and I showed him where that was so he could 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:55.079 find it and check that book out you know like 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:57.799 some of the book choices are surprising there's 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:01.240 a lot of kids like there's some that aren't surprising 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:03.839 there's a lot of girls that like unicorn books 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:05.900 and princess books there's a lot of boys that 00:18:05.900 --> 00:18:08.900 like superhero books and monster books there's 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:10.500 a lot of girls that like the monster books too 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:13.700 like it's not necessarily gender specific but 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:15.740 there's always some of those kids that are like 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:19.019 oh I like books about the solar system or, oh, 00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:25.680 I like books about, you know, about food or farms 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.220 and that kind of thing. And so it's nice to be 00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:29.660 able to see the kinds of books that each kid 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:32.519 has and then be able to work with them to find 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:34.180 those kinds of books throughout the library. 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:39.140 And if you, I'm in the process of genrefying 00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:42.690 my picture book section. And so once that's done, 00:18:42.809 --> 00:18:44.670 it'll be even easier for those students to be 00:18:44.670 --> 00:18:47.190 able to find those kinds of books. But just being 00:18:47.190 --> 00:18:50.170 able to work with them and see that chart and 00:18:50.170 --> 00:18:52.150 see where they're putting their books definitely 00:18:52.150 --> 00:18:54.609 gives me a better idea of where I can help the 00:18:54.609 --> 00:18:58.430 kids find certain things. And it's a nice way 00:18:58.430 --> 00:19:01.509 to get to know the class as a whole. And then 00:19:01.509 --> 00:19:04.630 throughout the year, when it's time to do book 00:19:04.630 --> 00:19:07.549 checkout, I try to kind of bounce between the 00:19:07.549 --> 00:19:10.049 students and give them as much assistance as 00:19:10.049 --> 00:19:13.150 I can and have those little conversations of 00:19:13.150 --> 00:19:15.109 like, oh, have you read this one? Oh, you really 00:19:15.109 --> 00:19:16.750 liked it? Okay, let's look for another one that's 00:19:16.750 --> 00:19:19.329 similar to it, that kind of thing. And it's just 00:19:19.329 --> 00:19:21.410 a nice way to start building that relationship, 00:19:22.349 --> 00:19:24.630 letting them know that you're there to help them 00:19:24.630 --> 00:19:27.609 find what they want, not what you want, right? 00:19:28.380 --> 00:19:30.180 A lot of kids are like, well, can I get that? 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:32.200 Yes. Any book that's in the library, that's in 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:34.980 the sections that we kind of give you, yes, it's 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:37.519 free reign. You get to make the choice. It's 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:40.119 not me making the choice for you. And so just 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:43.000 building those relationships so that they feel 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:46.140 comfortable to come to you and ask you where 00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:48.079 to find certain books. That's the big thing. 00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:51.160 And it takes a lot of work, but in the end, it's 00:19:51.160 --> 00:19:54.180 really, really worth it to do that. You get to 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:57.619 know the kids so much better. especially on my 00:19:57.619 --> 00:20:00.180 campus over the last two years what I found is 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:04.680 nice because I work with them in pre -k and then 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:06.839 the next year I have them again in kindergarten. 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:10.039 I have new kindergartners coming in also but 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:13.019 at least I know where these kids kind of fall 00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.720 as far as what kind of books that they'd like 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:17.980 and I can help them and I can get them take a 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:20.220 second and learn the new kindergarten kids and 00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:23.680 then so this coming year the first year I was 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:25.500 on this campus, those pre -K kids are gonna be 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.599 first graders. And so they've already, we've 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:29.980 already kind of built a solid relationships that 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:32.000 I can continue to build and work on with them 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.319 to show them where to find new books and give 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:36.980 them more choices. And so building those relationships, 00:20:37.140 --> 00:20:39.420 especially on campuses, when you get to see them 00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:43.160 for multiple years, it's really helpful and important. 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:46.440 On the pre -K campus, when it's a solid pre -K 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:48.539 campus, building those relationships is really 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:50.359 important. You just don't get to continue to 00:20:50.359 --> 00:20:53.400 build them because they, so quickly go to another 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:55.420 campus where that librarian is going to have 00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:59.119 to start the process over again. But it's really 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:01.460 nice to have that connection and those relationships 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:04.960 so you can help the kids and it becomes something 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:07.539 that what I found is the kids really like it 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:11.279 because it is freeing to be able to be like I 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:14.240 don't like that kind of book I like this and 00:21:14.240 --> 00:21:17.119 I want this and knowing kind of what they want 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:20.019 and being able to find those books is really 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:23.700 nice. they don't always get that kind of freedom 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:26.039 to be able to make their own selections for things. 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.279 And so the library can be one of those places 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:31.059 where they can. And if you can help them to do 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:33.559 that, then you become one of their favorite people. 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:37.559 It's always cool because the pre -K kids know 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:40.359 that on their book checkout days, they get to 00:21:40.359 --> 00:21:42.119 make those choices and they're always so excited 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:44.940 to come in and find the book. So it's really 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:48.339 nice to have that kind of a relationship with 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:52.589 all of those kids. Yeah, I love that idea. I 00:21:52.589 --> 00:21:55.730 haven't tried that myself, but I think this will 00:21:55.730 --> 00:21:59.529 be the year that I Do attempt that I love how 00:21:59.529 --> 00:22:01.750 student -centered it is and it just really gives 00:22:01.750 --> 00:22:05.730 the kids the power to Explore their interests 00:22:05.730 --> 00:22:10.170 a little bit more. Yeah Yeah, it's great because 00:22:10.170 --> 00:22:13.950 yeah, like like I said Each of those kids they're 00:22:13.950 --> 00:22:18.220 they're their own crazy character of a kid and 00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:20.619 they all have their own interests and I try to 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:23.319 explain to them up front I said you know like 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:26.480 your friend might pick this kind of book and 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:28.680 that's great for them but it might not be yours 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:31.180 and it's okay and like once they realize they 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.980 don't have to be like everybody else and they 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:35.740 can find the books that they are really interested 00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:39.500 in it's just it's so cute to see how excited 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:41.740 they get to be like my friend got this book but 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:44.339 I found this and I think this is awesome you 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:48.039 know like It just, it makes me smile to see how 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:50.400 happy and excited they get to come into the library 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:53.920 so they can pick what they want for a book. Yeah, 00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:56.759 that's absolutely, that's why we do what we do. 00:22:56.900 --> 00:23:00.940 That's wonderful. Absolutely. The next book we're 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:03.880 going to talk about today is called Papa's Magical 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:06.779 Water Jug Clock. It's published by Minerva in 00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:11.200 2023. The author is Jesus Trejo and the illustrator 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:15.380 is Eliza Kinks. This book has won a few awards. 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:20.079 It was an ALSC Notable Children's Book in 2025. 00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:24.339 It got the Charlotte, do you see it in Zolotow 00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:29.240 or Zolotow? I should know this and I don't. It 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:34.119 got two Pura Belprase, that's good. This book 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:39.200 got the ALSC Notable Children's Book for 2025 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:43.900 and it won the Pura Belpré Honor for Illustrator 00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:47.819 in 2024, and the Pura Belpré Honor for the Author 00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:52.279 in 2024. And it was on several lists. It's on 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:55.759 the District of Columbia Three Stars Book Award 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:59.839 for 2025, Best New Books for Missouri Students 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:04.079 in 2024 for Elementary Books, the New Mexico 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:06.700 Land of Enchantment Roadrunner Reading List for 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:17.450 2024, and a Texas 2x2 in 2024. And for author 00:24:17.450 --> 00:24:21.509 history, Jesus Trejo is an American writer, comedian, 00:24:21.950 --> 00:24:25.109 actor, and producer. He began doing standup comedy 00:24:25.109 --> 00:24:28.430 in his early 20s. He has released two standup 00:24:28.430 --> 00:24:31.369 comedy specials, one called Stay at Home Son, 00:24:31.509 --> 00:24:35.710 which aired on Showtime in 2020. And his newer 00:24:35.710 --> 00:24:37.869 one, Practicing, was released on his YouTube 00:24:37.869 --> 00:24:41.650 channel in 2023. He's had several recurring acting 00:24:41.650 --> 00:24:46.000 roles on TBS's sitcom Sullivan and Sons and on 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:50.339 Netflix's Mystery Lasias Papa's magical water 00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:59.119 jug clock is his first book And He does have 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:04.779 one other book it is mama's magnificent dancing 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:11.380 plantitas And for our illustrator history Eliza 00:25:11.380 --> 00:25:14.319 Keens developed a love of creating picture books 00:25:14.319 --> 00:25:17.339 in kindergarten in a weekly rotation assignment 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:21.000 that allowed her to make picture books. She loved 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.940 creating the books so much that she lied to her 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.599 teacher and told her she hadn't done the assignment 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:27.960 yet so she could do it over and over again. She 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:31.480 later on attended UCLA's animation workshop in 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:33.799 order to explore storytelling through animation. 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:36.079 However, she found that she really didn't want 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:38.400 to tell other people's stories. She wanted to 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:41.200 tell her own. So, after having her own children, 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:43.279 she rediscovered her love of children's books 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:45.859 and she became a children's book creator full 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:51.700 -time. And some of her other books, she has written 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:56.599 and illustrated Miss Taco, A Tale of Tragedy 00:25:56.599 --> 00:26:01.339 e Tortillas. And then she illustrated this book, 00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:06.140 Papa's Magical Water Jug Clock by Jesus Trejo. 00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:11.259 also Mama's Magnificent Dancing Plantitas by 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:16.000 Jesus Trejo, and Goldie's Guide to Grand Childing 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:22.039 by Clint McElroy. And in this book, Jesus, a 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:24.980 little boy, is excited because on Saturday he 00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:27.480 gets to help Papa with the family landscaping 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:30.579 business. He even gets the extra important job 00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:32.980 of caring for Papa's magical water jug clock. 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:36.099 When the jug is empty, it's time for them to 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:39.380 go home. Unfortunately, there's a lot of thirsty 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:42.220 animals along the way and naturally Jesus has 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:44.960 to help all of them. So the water jug is emptied 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:48.200 a little bit early. Papa helps Jesus learn some 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:50.819 important life lessons as their family works 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:53.079 together and solve their problem and finish out 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:57.720 their day. This book was a lot of fun. It was 00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:00.579 really, there were a lot of fun little jokes 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:02.670 that were written like in the sidebar. when I 00:27:02.670 --> 00:27:07.609 was reading it and I love that it's told in first 00:27:07.609 --> 00:27:10.430 person from little boys perspective and he's 00:27:10.430 --> 00:27:12.730 like I get to do this with my dad and we're gonna 00:27:12.730 --> 00:27:16.769 go do this so I really like that it made it just 00:27:16.769 --> 00:27:19.390 that much more relatable for kids reading the 00:27:19.390 --> 00:27:22.849 book and the illustrations kind of going along 00:27:22.849 --> 00:27:25.769 with that were I mean they were great illustrations 00:27:25.769 --> 00:27:27.750 they were bright and they were colorful but they 00:27:27.750 --> 00:27:32.380 were just a little bit were written, drawn kind 00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:35.039 of like a kid would draw them. They were not, 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:37.299 I don't want to call it sloppy or anything, but 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:41.940 just the way that they were colored it, like 00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:44.039 they were kind of colored outside the lines just 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:47.980 a little bit. And maybe it wasn't quite so neat 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:51.440 and perfect. So it just looked a little bit more 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:53.460 like a kid could have done it. So I liked that 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:56.259 it was like kid language, like in that first 00:27:56.259 --> 00:28:00.250 person mixed with that. illustrative style that 00:28:00.250 --> 00:28:03.029 was just a little bit more childlike kind of 00:28:03.029 --> 00:28:06.589 making it so that kids could relate to it a little 00:28:06.589 --> 00:28:09.569 bit better and it did really kind of sound and 00:28:09.569 --> 00:28:12.849 look like a child could have made this book obviously 00:28:12.849 --> 00:28:16.329 professional book so that didn't happen but it 00:28:16.329 --> 00:28:19.289 was just made a little bit better connection 00:28:19.289 --> 00:28:22.950 for kids who are reading it and I love that that 00:28:22.950 --> 00:28:25.769 was a very close -knit family but it did have 00:28:25.769 --> 00:28:29.740 that bigger emphasis on the father -son relationship, 00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:32.640 which was great for Father's Day. And then at 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:34.799 the very end of the book, like it has like a 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:37.859 picture of the truck, the landscaping truck, 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:42.759 and it has like Trejo and then little Anne's 00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:46.420 son next to it. So it was just very family focused. 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:51.359 And how can we work together to kind of get all 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:53.980 of our chores done and make our whole family 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:57.000 successful? And we're going to work hard. but 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.759 we're also going to have a lot of fun along the 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:02.599 way. So I just enjoyed it a whole lot. It was 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:06.019 really cute. It was very sweet. It was kind of 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:08.279 like the other one where it was still kind of 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:13.400 sweet, but very funny as well. I haven't read 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.880 it to a class yet, but I'm looking forward to 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:17.980 it. I think kids would enjoy it a whole lot. 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.920 Yeah, I agree. I hadn't read this book until 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:25.779 this week and I love it. Like you said, it's 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:31.740 a sweet story. The word choice and the illustration 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:34.640 style make it very approachable for the students. 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:38.779 It's very much like a welcoming kind of like 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:43.299 kid book. And the story is like there's some 00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:45.559 really silly parts, but it's really heartwarming 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.980 in that you can feel that connection between 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:52.000 father and son throughout the story, which is 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:55.799 really nice. it's very relatable as a parent 00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:58.619 when you're like okay when this happens then 00:29:58.619 --> 00:30:02.059 we'll be done and so as Jesus is continuing to 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:04.599 just like splash water in his own face and give 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:06.440 water to all the animals you're like oh i already 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:09.880 see where this is going kind of thing and when 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:13.059 in the story when it's like Jesus is like we're 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.680 almost done with the water and the dad's like 00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:19.359 it's 10 30 and we have 11 more houses to do it's 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:23.900 just very relatable It was just a fun story and 00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:26.599 I agree it's excellent and I look forward to 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:29.559 sharing it with students because I hadn't yet 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:32.779 but I really like this one. This is a great story. 00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:38.720 I really like as well that you could tell that 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:41.019 the family had really big Latin roots and it 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:44.579 did have a few Spanish words sprinkled here and 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:47.799 there so that was another great component of 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:50.359 this book as well. When I was reading through 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:54.000 this one my 11 year old was reading with me and 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.400 we were about halfway through and I told her 00:30:56.400 --> 00:30:58.740 it was time for her to go she had to go get ready 00:30:58.740 --> 00:31:01.740 for bed and she was like before I finish this 00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:05.059 book and she kept talking how cute it was I mean 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:07.960 just the 11 year old thinks it's cute it's gotta 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:11.920 be cute so it was just very engaging very entertaining 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:14.160 I think I would probably give this one a 5 out 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:17.619 of 5 as well I think so it was it was great I 00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:19.839 love it I'm definitely gonna use it with my students 00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:24.940 And as far as a makerspace activity with this 00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:28.640 one, I think you could probably, actually I think 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:31.299 pair really well with Dandy. We did not do that 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:36.559 on purpose, but as we tend to do, we accidentally 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:39.460 pair two books that go amazingly well together, 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:42.900 being that it's both about a father and a child 00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:47.980 and just plants in general. So I do think that 00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:50.279 either of the activities that you picked earlier 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:54.180 could tie into this one really well. But there 00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:56.839 was also with this one, there was the added component 00:31:56.839 --> 00:32:02.140 of when Jesus was giving up, when they run out 00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:05.339 of water. And then the dad wants to know like, 00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:08.240 well, how on earth did that happen? It was a 00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:10.680 full water jug, and that was a big water jug. 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:14.039 And the boy had to explain, well, I gave water 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:17.220 to these thirsty animals, and you drank this 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:24.019 many. And it didn't have a written out numerically 00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:27.400 math problems on it, but it did pictorially have 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:29.539 some math problems where it was like one glass 00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:32.279 of water plus one glass of water plus one. glass 00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:34.680 of water for these animals. So you could tie 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:37.119 it into like an addition lesson if you wanted 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:40.839 to or some kind of a measurement. Anything with 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:43.319 like volume would pair really well with this 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:46.279 because you have to measure the number of cups 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:49.240 that were going into the jug. So anyway, you 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:52.480 could either do any of the activities that you 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.279 mentioned earlier or you could pair it with a 00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:57.779 measurement activity like that with either volume 00:32:57.779 --> 00:33:01.400 or addition. But this was a really fun book and 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:03.059 there's a lot of ways to use it in the classroom 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:06.420 as well. So, really enjoyable. Highly recommend. 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:12.039 Very good. I think both of these are excellent 00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:15.559 books for Father's Day. I think they're really 00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:19.420 good stories. Yeah, they're both a lot of fun. 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:24.200 Very entertaining and heartwarming and just really 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:27.640 focuses on a good positive relationship with 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:33.829 families. specifically one with fathers. 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