WEBVTT 00:00:21.289 --> 00:00:25.170 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. 00:00:25.769 --> 00:00:28.730 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:28.730 --> 00:00:32.070 where we share books, give makerspace ideas, 00:00:32.350 --> 00:00:35.270 and offer tips and tricks for working in the 00:00:35.270 --> 00:00:38.770 library with our youngest readers. This week, 00:00:38.890 --> 00:00:42.609 we'll be sharing two books about camping. We 00:00:42.609 --> 00:00:45.189 decided since it's the summer, lots of people 00:00:45.189 --> 00:00:49.039 like to go on vacations. And one thing that lot 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:52.079 of people do is they go camping. So we selected 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.299 two books with a camping theme to enjoy this 00:00:56.299 --> 00:01:01.200 week. The first of which is a book called Who 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:05.959 Wet My Pants. It is published by Little Brown 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.319 Books for Young Readers in 2019. It's written 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:13.819 by Bob Shay and illustrated by Zachariah O 'Hora. 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:21.640 It appears on one state list, actually two state 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:25.859 lists, and it received an award. It is a Publisher 00:01:25.859 --> 00:01:28.739 Weekly's Best Book Picture Book Selection for 00:01:28.739 --> 00:01:35.500 2019, and it is on the Michigan Mitten Award 00:01:35.500 --> 00:01:40.299 for 2019 and the Virginia Reader's Choice List 00:01:40.299 --> 00:01:47.579 for 2019. Our author is Bob Shay. He is an award 00:01:47.579 --> 00:01:50.640 -winning author and illustrator of your favorite 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.459 children's books. Bob has worked with Comedy 00:01:53.459 --> 00:01:57.540 Central. He designed the Green Head PBS Kids 00:01:57.540 --> 00:02:01.780 logo, developed an on -air character for Playhouse 00:02:01.780 --> 00:02:05.400 Disney. He worked with Nick Jr. and he's appeared 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:10.710 on Noggin and the Sunnyside Up Show. and worked 00:02:10.710 --> 00:02:15.830 on a super secret project with really smart people 00:02:15.830 --> 00:02:21.650 at Google. And we have shared one other book 00:02:21.650 --> 00:02:26.110 by Bob Shay on our podcast, but Bob Shay has 00:02:26.110 --> 00:02:29.909 written many books. Some of the books that he's 00:02:29.909 --> 00:02:34.629 written himself include Kid Sheriff and the Terrible 00:02:34.629 --> 00:02:38.689 Toads, illustrated by Lane Smith. Big Plans, 00:02:38.909 --> 00:02:42.870 illustrated by Lane Smith, and Oh, Are You Awake, 00:02:43.150 --> 00:02:47.669 illustrated by Jarvis. Some books he did the 00:02:47.669 --> 00:02:51.490 writing and illustrating himself on include Stink 00:02:51.490 --> 00:02:55.270 Bird Has a Super... Oh, I'm sorry. Some books 00:02:55.270 --> 00:02:58.509 that he has illustrated include Stink Bird Has 00:02:58.509 --> 00:03:02.810 a Superpower by Jill S. Baum, Parrot Fish Has 00:03:02.810 --> 00:03:06.789 a Superpower by Jill S. Baum, Gilbert Goldfish 00:03:06.789 --> 00:03:11.770 Wants a Pet by Kelly DiPuccio, Quit Calling Me 00:03:11.770 --> 00:03:17.710 a Monster by Jory John, and Love Triangle by 00:03:17.710 --> 00:03:21.629 Marcy Colleen. Books that he has written and 00:03:21.629 --> 00:03:26.550 illustrated include books like Chez Bob, Ballet 00:03:26.550 --> 00:03:30.289 Cat, Totally Secret Secret, Unicorn Thinks He's 00:03:30.289 --> 00:03:34.930 Pretty Great, Dinosaur Versus the Library, and 00:03:35.180 --> 00:03:42.639 the happiest book ever. All right, and for illustrator 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:46.199 history, Zachariah O 'Hara is the show creator 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:49.240 and executive producer of the PBS Kids show, 00:03:49.740 --> 00:03:52.560 Carl the Collector. He is also an award -winning 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:55.500 author and illustrator. O 'Hara's books have 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:58.879 been translated into over a dozen languages worldwide. 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:03.560 Some of his other books, that are illustrated 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:08.319 by him are Wolfie the Bunny by Amy Dyckman, Lips 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:11.879 on a Screen, How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.780 Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession by 00:04:14.780 --> 00:04:19.720 Kate Hannigan, Horrible Bear by Amy Dyckman, 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:25.360 Pet Project, Cute and Cuddly Vicious Verses by 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:30.740 Lisa Wheeler, and Poe Won't Go by Kelly DiPuccio. 00:04:31.339 --> 00:04:34.639 Books that are written and illustrated by Zachariah 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:38.339 O 'Hara include The Not So Quiet Library, Stop 00:04:38.339 --> 00:04:42.519 Snorting, Bernard, My Cousin Momo, Niblet and 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:47.920 Ralph, No Fits Nilsson, and Whale Song, The True 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:53.100 Story of a Musician Who Talked to Orcas. And 00:04:53.100 --> 00:04:56.060 I let both of these, the author and illustrator, 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.759 so many, so many wonderful books between them. 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:03.009 I know. Amazing. Yeah, they're both pretty incredible 00:05:03.009 --> 00:05:07.370 people. Really great creators. Love them. Like 00:05:07.370 --> 00:05:10.149 you can't go wrong with any of their books as 00:05:10.149 --> 00:05:13.769 far as like student engagement. It's just amazing. 00:05:14.290 --> 00:05:16.389 It's true. They're all really great for younger 00:05:16.389 --> 00:05:21.720 kids. They're all really excellent work. So for 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:25.019 this particular book, Who Wet My Pants, this 00:05:25.019 --> 00:05:28.620 is the story of Reuben the Bear as he heads to 00:05:28.620 --> 00:05:32.019 a campsite to meet his friends with donuts. As 00:05:32.019 --> 00:05:35.000 he arrives, he finds that his pants are wet. 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:37.819 Reuben decides that one of his friends must have 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:41.160 wet his pants, and he wants to know who did it. 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.680 He begins to investigate as his friends continue 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:47.399 to explain that it was probably an accident and 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:50.220 no big deal. Ruben explains that after helping 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:52.779 at the lemonade stand, drinking all the lemonade, 00:05:53.300 --> 00:05:56.259 hiking near a waterfall, and playing with his 00:05:56.259 --> 00:06:00.040 tropical fish, he took a nap with his hand in 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:04.839 that fish tank, and his pants ended up wet. So 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:10.019 it must be that the pants are defective. He explains 00:06:10.019 --> 00:06:13.379 to his friends that if his friends did wet his 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:18.379 pants, he would forgive them. This is just such 00:06:18.379 --> 00:06:25.019 a fun and goofy, just silly story that, like, 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.920 I just, I love it. It's so engaging to read this 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:31.379 with students because they're laughing and giggling 00:06:31.379 --> 00:06:35.500 the entire time. Because, you know, we've all, 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:40.339 there's, at that age, accidents happen, you know? 00:06:41.019 --> 00:06:43.860 it's gonna happen. They've had it happen. Oh 00:06:43.860 --> 00:06:46.540 yeah, all the time. Like everybody's had that 00:06:46.540 --> 00:06:50.839 issue. And so everyone can relate to that happening 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:53.399 and the embarrassment that you feel with it. 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:59.060 And this is just such a fun story that shows 00:06:59.060 --> 00:07:03.699 Ruben's friends all just being very compassionate 00:07:03.699 --> 00:07:07.579 and kind and understanding to how Ruben's feeling. 00:07:07.939 --> 00:07:09.680 And they're just like, dude, it's it's cool. 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:12.500 It was an accident. It's not a big deal. We're 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:15.899 not gonna like make a big deal about it. It's 00:07:15.899 --> 00:07:19.519 okay. accidents happen kind of thing. And it's 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:24.980 just a really great story that is so funny. The 00:07:24.980 --> 00:07:31.120 pictures in it are amazing. I love the the art 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:36.389 style. of Zechariah Ahura, they just bring the 00:07:36.389 --> 00:07:40.850 stories to life for me. And it's just such a 00:07:40.850 --> 00:07:43.970 sweet and silly story where it just kind of explains, 00:07:44.069 --> 00:07:46.910 you know, being kind and compassionate to consider 00:07:46.910 --> 00:07:50.930 how someone feels to help them not feel overly 00:07:50.930 --> 00:07:55.350 embarrassed is an important thing. And it's just 00:07:55.350 --> 00:07:58.850 such a sweet story. I really enjoyed this. I 00:07:58.889 --> 00:08:02.290 love reading this with my students, because it 00:08:02.290 --> 00:08:05.149 keeps them engaged. But we just have such a fun 00:08:05.149 --> 00:08:09.930 time reading it. It's so much fun. Yeah, this 00:08:09.930 --> 00:08:12.410 book was really fun. I think this was the first 00:08:12.410 --> 00:08:14.449 time that I just hearing you describe it made 00:08:14.449 --> 00:08:16.910 me giggle again. And this is after I've already 00:08:16.910 --> 00:08:19.310 read it. So like, I know what's gonna happen, 00:08:19.310 --> 00:08:24.589 but it's still making me giggle. In like, I just 00:08:24.589 --> 00:08:29.189 love that there's It's such a simplicity in the 00:08:29.189 --> 00:08:33.289 humor of these books, but it There's subtlety 00:08:33.289 --> 00:08:37.110 to it that like adults enjoy just as much as 00:08:37.110 --> 00:08:40.710 kids like the fact that Ruben is playing with 00:08:40.710 --> 00:08:43.850 his tropical fish and falls asleep with his hand 00:08:43.850 --> 00:08:47.730 in that warm water like clearly that's what happened, 00:08:47.730 --> 00:08:52.370 but like Kids aren't gonna get that but the adults 00:08:52.370 --> 00:08:54.769 in the room do and it's just like that subtlety 00:08:54.769 --> 00:08:58.440 of humor is really just amazing to be able to 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:02.580 reach such a wide audience and have everyone 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:05.120 be able to find humor in it. The story is just 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:11.980 so great. You can just clearly see how amazing 00:09:11.980 --> 00:09:15.559 the two are as storytellers to be able to present 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.879 this story to us and have such a wide range of 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:23.600 people that can find it amusing. It's just great. 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.820 So I would definitely give this book a five out 00:09:25.820 --> 00:09:28.299 of five. It's so engaging. The illustrations 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:31.639 are amazing. It's just such a fun story. And 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:36.500 it does have kind of that heartfelt, that message 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:40.139 of being kind and compassionate when someone's 00:09:40.139 --> 00:09:43.960 feeling embarrassed is an important way to be 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:47.080 a supportive friend. So really great message 00:09:47.080 --> 00:09:53.450 to it also. And so as a makerspace connection, 00:09:54.350 --> 00:09:59.409 I would give the kids two options. I would probably 00:09:59.409 --> 00:10:05.990 have some paper and some like art supplies like 00:10:05.990 --> 00:10:07.730 crayons, colored pencils, markers, something 00:10:07.730 --> 00:10:10.850 like that. But I'd also have some building materials 00:10:10.850 --> 00:10:13.850 like Legos. And I would give the kids an option 00:10:13.850 --> 00:10:20.750 if they want to do the art kind of. part I'd 00:10:20.750 --> 00:10:24.250 have them design like color a new pair of pants 00:10:24.250 --> 00:10:26.970 for Reuben but if they wanted to build more I'd 00:10:26.970 --> 00:10:28.929 have them use like the Legos or something to 00:10:28.929 --> 00:10:32.450 build Reuben a new pair of pants because if his 00:10:32.450 --> 00:10:35.370 are defective they're wet he needs new pants 00:10:35.370 --> 00:10:37.889 because in the story he actually does just take 00:10:37.889 --> 00:10:40.409 them off and just goes pantless for the rest 00:10:40.409 --> 00:10:43.690 of the story so if he needs a new pair of pants 00:10:43.690 --> 00:10:46.190 the students can be the ones that help him with 00:10:46.190 --> 00:10:49.649 that and they can Draw him or color him a new 00:10:49.649 --> 00:10:51.909 pair of pants or they can build him a new pair 00:10:51.909 --> 00:10:56.009 of pants to help him in his situation I think 00:10:56.009 --> 00:10:58.190 that would just be kind of fun and give the kids 00:10:58.190 --> 00:11:03.070 a good way to have a creative outlet to help 00:11:03.070 --> 00:11:06.350 solve a problem that character Ruben is having 00:11:06.350 --> 00:11:10.110 so I think kids would have a lot of fun with 00:11:10.110 --> 00:11:12.830 that one I think they would enjoy it a whole 00:11:12.830 --> 00:11:16.279 lot. I think that would be a lot of fun So yeah, 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:18.200 I'd love to see what they came up with because 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:20.179 I'm sure they'd come up with some pretty crazy 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:23.620 ideas, you know, but I know it'd be fun. It'd 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:31.740 be fun to see true story. All right, so our library 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:37.700 of littles management tip this week is for picking 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:41.720 the theme of your lesson. So in the library, 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.230 picking a book, picking the theme. for your lesson 00:11:46.230 --> 00:11:48.330 that you're going to be teaching, there's lots 00:11:48.330 --> 00:11:51.529 of different things to consider when you're trying 00:11:51.529 --> 00:11:53.610 to come up with what your lesson is gonna be. 00:11:54.190 --> 00:11:57.350 And so taking into consideration some of the 00:11:57.350 --> 00:12:01.909 things that are going on around you to kind of 00:12:01.909 --> 00:12:04.850 make those connections with students. So lots 00:12:04.850 --> 00:12:06.870 of times I think about like different holidays 00:12:06.870 --> 00:12:09.269 that are coming up. So like if it's around Christmas 00:12:09.269 --> 00:12:11.889 or Halloween or Thanksgiving, it makes it a lot 00:12:11.889 --> 00:12:14.370 easier. If the kids are thinking about all those 00:12:14.370 --> 00:12:16.529 things anyway, so picking books that relate to 00:12:16.529 --> 00:12:20.230 those topics to teach your lessons, clearly that's 00:12:20.230 --> 00:12:24.389 an easy way to keep the students engaged. But 00:12:24.389 --> 00:12:26.529 there are other kinds of holidays, those random 00:12:26.529 --> 00:12:29.909 holidays that pop up that aren't really holidays, 00:12:30.070 --> 00:12:33.730 but are days that can be celebrated. So I like 00:12:33.730 --> 00:12:38.889 to read a pirate book around the national talk 00:12:38.889 --> 00:12:44.110 like a pirate day kind of thing. And then in 00:12:44.110 --> 00:12:47.769 September near that time, there's also Dot Day, 00:12:48.250 --> 00:12:52.090 and there's also Batman Day. That all happens, 00:12:52.269 --> 00:12:54.929 all three of those happen in September. So September 00:12:54.929 --> 00:12:56.789 can be a busy month where you're picking different 00:12:56.789 --> 00:13:01.490 books for different holidays, air quotes, that 00:13:01.490 --> 00:13:05.149 you can connect to the students with. That's 00:13:05.149 --> 00:13:07.570 a lot of fun considering the season. So if it's 00:13:07.570 --> 00:13:10.200 the fall, you know finding some books about autumn 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:13.700 leaves or if it's winter reading about snow in 00:13:13.700 --> 00:13:17.139 the summer reading about beaches and sun and 00:13:17.139 --> 00:13:19.820 that kind of stuff definitely helps out also 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:22.259 to connect with the students and then of course 00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:25.899 actually communicating with the classroom teachers 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:28.679 finding out what kind of lessons and topics they're 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:32.120 learning about based on the curriculum that they're 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:34.539 teaching. I know you have a lot of experience 00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:38.190 with Having a specific curriculum that's being 00:13:38.190 --> 00:13:41.669 taught with some random kind of subject matter 00:13:41.669 --> 00:13:45.009 and kind of thing books that way like I always 00:13:45.009 --> 00:13:47.649 I always thought it was funny, but I also found 00:13:47.649 --> 00:13:50.429 a lot of really good books for like the when 00:13:50.429 --> 00:13:52.669 the subject unit was boxes or something, you 00:13:52.669 --> 00:13:58.690 know, like you get really good at being creative 00:13:58.690 --> 00:14:00.850 to find the right kind of things to make those 00:14:00.850 --> 00:14:03.750 connections and Yeah, making those connections 00:14:03.750 --> 00:14:07.840 helps the kids find ways to to make connections 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:11.860 with the books and You know, it's just a really 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:15.399 great way to help strengthen your lesson and 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.980 Give the kids something they can Hold on to and 00:14:18.980 --> 00:14:21.899 connect to to make it more meaningful and impactful 00:14:21.899 --> 00:14:24.399 And so kind of considering some of those things 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:27.139 is really important Can you think of other things 00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:29.580 that you consider when you're making your lessons? 00:14:29.580 --> 00:14:33.169 What other kind of? I think those are the main 00:14:33.169 --> 00:14:37.629 ones. For me, there's like three or four like 00:14:37.629 --> 00:14:39.929 literacy specific things throughout the year 00:14:39.929 --> 00:14:43.629 that I know. I usually when I'm planning my I 00:14:43.629 --> 00:14:45.269 at the beginning of the school year, I do plan 00:14:45.269 --> 00:14:48.250 out like my whole year kind of my themes first. 00:14:49.629 --> 00:14:53.250 And I initially go through and like there's certain 00:14:53.250 --> 00:14:56.460 literacy themed Weeks that I know I'm gonna have 00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:58.259 where I'm like, okay book fairs here we're gonna 00:14:58.259 --> 00:15:00.320 have to just that's just gonna be book fair week 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.600 and then there's read across America week where 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:05.440 this is what we're doing over here and I'm gonna 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.500 talk about Geisel winners and such and Dot day. 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.360 I'm trying to think if there's anything else 00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:13.539 I'm moving to a new campus next year. So I'm 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:16.519 sure there will be different things then yeah 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:21.659 But then like I'll plug in those and then I look 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:23.960 at what the school is doing as a whole and like 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:25.840 you said like we usually do actually like our 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.720 whole campus used to dress up as pirates on talk 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.419 like a pirate day so we would do like pirates 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:36.970 that week and um like there was holidays was 00:15:36.970 --> 00:15:39.629 really, really big at one of my schools. So we 00:15:39.629 --> 00:15:42.250 would go all out and just do holiday books around 00:15:42.250 --> 00:15:45.149 like in all of December. And then there's our 00:15:45.149 --> 00:15:48.250 code, of course. And then aside from that, I 00:15:48.250 --> 00:15:51.889 would. communicate with the teachers and just 00:15:51.889 --> 00:15:54.330 kind of align as best as I could with whatever 00:15:54.330 --> 00:15:56.269 the teachers were doing in the classroom just 00:15:56.269 --> 00:15:59.309 to kind of make integrate what we were doing 00:15:59.309 --> 00:16:02.070 in the library with what the students were learning 00:16:02.070 --> 00:16:03.929 in the classroom just to make everything a little 00:16:03.929 --> 00:16:06.669 bit more seamless so that the kids could connect 00:16:06.669 --> 00:16:10.839 with the content a little bit better. Yeah. Yeah, 00:16:10.839 --> 00:16:14.860 they would do like six weeks of boxes or six 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:18.720 weeks of water like for a really long time in 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:22.879 each of my I know in each of my in each of the 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.679 classes, but Those are also things that you can 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:30.159 kind of embed into the makerspace lessons a little 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:33.460 bit easier so the book doesn't necessarily all 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:37.740 have to be about that and the teachers I would 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:41.820 find would also get kind of burnt out on doing 00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:45.980 six whole weeks of talking about a box. So they 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:48.799 would, they would want to embed other things 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.080 into their lessons as well and just be like, 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:53.960 okay, we're, we are learning about boxes, but 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.960 we're also going to talk about fall and maybe 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:01.220 we can have the sensory bin in a box. So that's 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:04.579 our box theme. I don't know. So that made it 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:06.660 a little bit easier too. like talking with the 00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:10.380 teachers and finding out what, like their, I 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:12.359 knew their overarching theme, but then when I 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:13.880 talked to them a little bit more, I could find 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:16.819 more detailed things that were maybe a little 00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:20.279 bit easier to integrate into the library. Very 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:23.359 much. And then there's also, we can also consider 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:26.839 things like Hispanic Heritage Month and Black 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:31.660 History Month and Asian Pacific Islander Month, 00:17:31.720 --> 00:17:35.250 all of those. things can be included into your 00:17:35.250 --> 00:17:39.630 lesson planning themes also so that you can expose 00:17:39.630 --> 00:17:41.650 students to different authors and illustrators 00:17:41.650 --> 00:17:43.849 from each of those backgrounds and different 00:17:43.849 --> 00:17:46.009 things like that, which is always interesting 00:17:46.009 --> 00:17:49.210 and fun to be able to do, to share those different 00:17:49.210 --> 00:17:52.049 cultures and those different authors and illustrators 00:17:52.049 --> 00:17:56.740 and to be able to give. some exposure to some 00:17:56.740 --> 00:18:00.660 of those people also so amazing ways that we 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:04.079 can come up with some really great ideas to kind 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:06.759 of have a theme and then of course from there 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:09.640 you take that theme and you can connect it to 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:11.740 your lesson with the skill that you're trying 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:15.200 to teach at the same time so you know just have 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:17.460 like having a theme doesn't have to be the whole 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:20.619 lesson like the theme can be something that you 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:24.160 use to help shape your lesson that your lesson 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:27.359 is teaching a skill, it doesn't have to just 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:30.940 be the theme itself. So keep that in mind also. 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:36.660 Yes. Yeah, the themes are more to increase student 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:39.380 engagement just because I know that the kids 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:42.720 are already learning about a certain concept 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:46.400 in the classroom. They're already kind of getting 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:48.910 interested in it. the teachers have already kind 00:18:48.910 --> 00:18:51.150 of if the teachers are already doing that in 00:18:51.150 --> 00:18:53.049 the classroom then they've kind of hooked their 00:18:53.049 --> 00:18:57.349 attention for me already so that when I continue 00:18:57.349 --> 00:19:00.329 it in the library it's more of a continuation 00:19:00.329 --> 00:19:03.369 that kids are already somewhat engaged because 00:19:03.369 --> 00:19:06.369 they are familiar with whatever we're about to 00:19:06.369 --> 00:19:10.190 talk about you're right and it's it kind of yeah 00:19:10.190 --> 00:19:16.089 it's it's more for that hook there it's not just 00:19:16.089 --> 00:19:23.380 that Anyway, yeah. Alright, well the next camping 00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:25.960 book we're going to talk about today is called 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.140 Camping Land. It is published by Two Lions in 00:19:30.140 --> 00:19:34.259 2024. The author is Amy Dykman and the illustrator 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:39.759 is James Birx. This book is a Children's Book 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:43.440 Council Teacher's Favorite for 2025. It's not 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:47.980 on any... um state lists and Amy Dykman does 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:52.799 not have much information online um her bio on 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:56.119 her website states that she is an award -winning 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.319 author and she's good at what she does so she's 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:01.039 gonna go write more books now thank you very 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:04.140 much and that's all you really need to know about 00:20:04.140 --> 00:20:10.000 her I guess um she has uh 28 other books that 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:12.559 she has written though listed on her website 00:20:12.829 --> 00:20:16.549 some of which are misunderstood shark illustrated 00:20:16.549 --> 00:20:20.890 by scott mcgoon you don't want a unicorn illustrated 00:20:20.890 --> 00:20:26.109 by liz clemo and the geisel award -winning vacation 00:20:26.109 --> 00:20:31.119 illustrated by mark teague And the illustrator 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:35.740 is James Burks. He is a children's author and 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:38.299 illustrator, as well as an accomplished film 00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:41.660 and TV animator. Some of his projects include 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:44.920 Space Jam, The Iron Giant, and The Emperor's 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:48.799 New Groove, which is amazing. Like those three, 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:55.259 like damn, hitting hard. I know, right? That's 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:58.750 pretty impressive. His other books he has written 00:20:58.750 --> 00:21:01.450 and illustrated several graphic novels for upper 00:21:01.450 --> 00:21:05.049 elementary students including the box tales series 00:21:05.049 --> 00:21:09.630 currently only two titles published in being 00:21:09.630 --> 00:21:14.329 published in 2025 and 2026 the agent 9 series 00:21:14.329 --> 00:21:18.589 the bird and squirrel series which my students 00:21:18.589 --> 00:21:22.589 Love the bird and squirrel series. They really 00:21:22.589 --> 00:21:27.029 enjoy that Gabby and Gator He's also written 00:21:27.029 --> 00:21:29.869 and illustrated three picture books, Pigs and 00:21:29.869 --> 00:21:35.089 a Blanket, When Pigs Fly, and Beep and Bah. His 00:21:35.089 --> 00:21:37.569 website lists 13 other children's books that 00:21:37.569 --> 00:21:40.690 he has illustrated for other authors, including 00:21:40.690 --> 00:21:45.690 Campingland by Amy Dyckman. Alright, and in this 00:21:45.690 --> 00:21:47.950 book, a family of four goes camping for the very 00:21:47.950 --> 00:21:51.089 first time, but mayhem ensues when they are unprepared 00:21:51.089 --> 00:21:53.630 for everything that comes their way, like a bear 00:21:53.630 --> 00:21:56.289 eating all their food and getting sprayed by 00:21:56.289 --> 00:21:59.990 skunks. Facing difficulty in the wild, they pack 00:21:59.990 --> 00:22:02.410 up the remnants of their campsite early and head 00:22:02.410 --> 00:22:04.970 to camping land, which is a theme park that specializes 00:22:04.970 --> 00:22:07.569 in indoor camping, complete with robotic wildlife 00:22:07.569 --> 00:22:10.549 and perfectly replicated digital experiences 00:22:10.549 --> 00:22:13.289 for the whole family. However, while they're 00:22:13.289 --> 00:22:16.269 there, they realize that although the experiences 00:22:16.269 --> 00:22:18.710 they had in the great outdoors weren't perfect 00:22:18.710 --> 00:22:22.130 ones, they made for lasting family memories. 00:22:22.589 --> 00:22:26.609 They then go back and prepare a little bit better 00:22:26.609 --> 00:22:30.589 and have a little bit better experiencing experiences 00:22:30.589 --> 00:22:36.440 camping in the wild. This book was a lot of fun. 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:41.400 I really enjoyed it. The illustrations are all 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:46.940 digital and I love how they did the all the robotic 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:51.539 animals at camping land. They were all kind of 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:53.779 they were really you could tell that they were 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:57.279 meant to be animatronics and they were just really 00:22:57.279 --> 00:23:00.319 just slightly creepy which was perfect for what 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:03.380 this was meant to be. Like it was kind of mocking 00:23:03.789 --> 00:23:07.170 you know theme parks in a way and like it was 00:23:07.170 --> 00:23:10.230 kind of letting every the kids know who were 00:23:10.230 --> 00:23:13.250 reading the book that you know it's better to 00:23:13.250 --> 00:23:18.210 go out and live your life have real experiences 00:23:18.210 --> 00:23:23.190 than be stuck trying to replicate things digitally. 00:23:23.549 --> 00:23:27.029 I thought it was a great message intended to 00:23:27.029 --> 00:23:29.210 kind of bring families together it was still 00:23:29.210 --> 00:23:33.089 it was pretty funny. um most of Amy Dyckman's 00:23:33.089 --> 00:23:35.609 books are kind of like this where I think that's 00:23:35.609 --> 00:23:39.069 what makes her such a great author is there's 00:23:39.069 --> 00:23:45.190 um usually a focus on um families in general 00:23:45.190 --> 00:23:47.930 with most of her books like families and friends 00:23:47.930 --> 00:23:49.390 and things like that there's a lot of really 00:23:49.390 --> 00:23:52.730 good social and emotional um lessons that happen 00:23:52.730 --> 00:23:56.329 in her books but they're pretty simple and told 00:23:56.329 --> 00:23:59.609 in a really kind of a funny way to kind of hit 00:23:59.609 --> 00:24:02.130 the message home. It just kind of hooks the kids 00:24:02.130 --> 00:24:06.950 in and then with some nice humor and then you 00:24:06.950 --> 00:24:10.470 get the really sweet ending usually with hers. 00:24:10.490 --> 00:24:14.930 And this kind of went along with that that vibe 00:24:14.930 --> 00:24:17.609 that she's got going on. So I really enjoyed 00:24:17.609 --> 00:24:19.509 it. I think I would give this one a five out 00:24:19.509 --> 00:24:23.369 of five as well. I really enjoy both of these 00:24:23.369 --> 00:24:26.930 books actually as far as camping goes for a theme. 00:24:27.369 --> 00:24:30.579 They were just really really entertaining books, 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:33.259 really funny. And then this one I love that it 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:37.900 had the added component of, you know, being a 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:40.900 family together, making memories together. That's 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:45.160 what camping and being together is really about. 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:49.500 Yeah, absolutely. I had not read this book before 00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:52.440 you suggested it and it's just such a cute and 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:55.619 sweet and really really funny story. I really 00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:57.440 enjoyed it a lot and I look forward to sharing 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:00.180 it with my students because it's a great one. 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:03.519 I loved it. Yeah really everything Amy Dyckman 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:06.759 does too. There's a lot of like really impressive 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:10.799 authors and illustrators on this episode. Yeah 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:18.700 incredible. I know. All right well for a Magerspace 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:23.289 activity for this one since the family does, 00:25:23.289 --> 00:25:25.950 you know, give up on camping pretty quickly and 00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:31.250 they go to camping land and it's clearly a replicated 00:25:31.250 --> 00:25:33.769 campsite. I thought they could make their own 00:25:33.769 --> 00:25:36.710 campsites as well. They could, I mean, and you 00:25:36.710 --> 00:25:39.849 could use pretty much any makerspace materials 00:25:39.849 --> 00:25:42.609 that you have around just to create your own 00:25:42.609 --> 00:25:45.710 camping land and try and make that replication 00:25:45.710 --> 00:25:51.150 where, I mean, obviously the ideal scenario would 00:25:51.150 --> 00:25:53.460 be going camping for real, like reading this 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:55.559 at home would be fun and then taking your kids 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:58.000 camping if you were read it at home. But as far 00:25:58.000 --> 00:26:00.759 as in the library where we can't have experiences 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.720 like that, I think creating your own camping 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:08.980 land with Legos or whatever you've got in your 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:11.200 library would be a whole lot of fun and just 00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:16.140 try and create a space for the kids to be creative 00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:19.200 like that. Yeah, that would be great. I think. 00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:22.900 they could come up with a lot of really fun and 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:25.299 kind of unique things when they're making their 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:27.420 own camping land like that. That'd be a lot of 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:33.140 fun. I'm sure they will. All right, well thank 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:35.480 you all for joining us today on this episode 00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:38.240 of Librarians of Littles. 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