WEBVTT 00:00:21.130 --> 00:00:25.370 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I am Caroline Legere. 00:00:25.890 --> 00:00:28.870 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:28.870 --> 00:00:33.159 where we discuss books, give makerspace ideas, 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:36.439 and give tips and tricks for working with our 00:00:36.439 --> 00:00:39.759 youngest learners in the library setting. This 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:44.020 week we will be discussing two more of the Texas 00:00:44.020 --> 00:00:49.420 2x2 list books. Texas 2x2 list books are a list 00:00:49.420 --> 00:00:51.899 of books curated by the Texas Library Association 00:00:51.899 --> 00:00:55.140 every year. It's a list of 20 books that are 00:00:55.140 --> 00:00:58.140 excellent stories for students between the ages 00:00:58.140 --> 00:01:02.990 of two. and second grade. And this week we have 00:01:02.990 --> 00:01:07.010 two Texas 2x2 books to share. The first of which 00:01:07.010 --> 00:01:12.709 is Adela's Mariachi Band. It is a Penguin Random 00:01:12.709 --> 00:01:16.689 House book from 2024. The author is Denise Vega. 00:01:17.209 --> 00:01:22.760 The illustrator is Erika Rodriguez Medina. And 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:27.560 this book is on a couple of lists. First, the 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:31.819 ALSC Notable Children's Book Commended List for 00:01:31.819 --> 00:01:37.980 2025, and the Teacher Favorite Awards Grade K 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:42.200 -2 Selection for 2025, and the Texas 2x2 List 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:48.930 for 2025. Our author, Denise Vega, so a little 00:01:48.930 --> 00:01:51.810 bit about her. When Denise Vega was in kindergarten, 00:01:51.950 --> 00:01:54.329 her parents sent her to a special art class where 00:01:54.329 --> 00:01:56.609 she learned that she liked art, but she eventually 00:01:56.609 --> 00:01:59.609 found that she liked writing better. When she 00:01:59.609 --> 00:02:03.109 was 12, she wrote and illustrated her first book, 00:02:03.129 --> 00:02:07.969 entitled The Laziest Laziness of Peter Rabbit, 00:02:08.289 --> 00:02:10.729 and she actually has a link to see some pictures 00:02:10.729 --> 00:02:13.629 of it and stuff like that on her website. She 00:02:13.629 --> 00:02:17.900 is a fiction and young adult mentor at Regis 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:22.620 University, MFA, in creative writing. And she 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:25.919 also facilitates an optional picture book writing 00:02:25.919 --> 00:02:31.800 semester. She's an adjunct faculty for the professional 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:35.439 creative writing program at the University College 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.439 at University of Denver. And she's also on the 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.629 faculty at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop. writing 00:02:43.629 --> 00:02:46.930 for children and young adults. Some of her other 00:02:46.930 --> 00:02:50.830 books include If Your Monster Won't Go To Bed, 00:02:51.330 --> 00:02:54.909 illustrated by Zachariah O 'Hara, Grandmother, 00:02:55.069 --> 00:02:59.530 Have the Angels Come, illustrated by Erin Eiter 00:02:59.530 --> 00:03:07.409 Kona, Fact of Life Number 31, Rock On, a story 00:03:07.409 --> 00:03:11.569 of guitars, gigs, girls, and a brother, not necessarily 00:03:11.569 --> 00:03:16.020 in that order. and Build a Burrito, a Counting 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:19.219 Book in English and Spanish, illustrated by David 00:03:19.219 --> 00:03:24.780 Diaz. And the illustrator of this book is Erika 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:28.759 Rodriguez Medina, and she is a Mexican illustrator 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:32.580 and book publicist living in Canada. She enjoys 00:03:32.580 --> 00:03:35.520 expressive characters, scribbly lines and grainy 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.560 textures in her illustrations. And some of her 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.740 other books include There Goes Patti McGee, The 00:03:42.740 --> 00:03:45.960 Story of the First Women's National Skateboard 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:51.360 Champion by Tootie Nienel, The Tunnel by Sarah 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:56.139 Howden, Fighting Words by Leonardo Carranza, 00:03:57.580 --> 00:04:01.500 Margot and the Moon Landing by A .C. Fitzpatrick, 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.919 48 Grasshopper Estates by Sarah DeWall, and I 00:04:06.919 --> 00:04:11.740 Love My Body Because. by Shelly Anand and Nomi 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:19.139 Ellinson. And so this book, Adela is a young 00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:22.439 girl whose family is in a mariachi band. Her 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.939 aunt shouts the los gritos and plays the violin. 00:04:26.420 --> 00:04:29.939 Her father plays the trumpet. Her uncle plays 00:04:29.939 --> 00:04:35.300 la vihuela and her mother and sisters twirl and 00:04:35.300 --> 00:04:39.410 swirl their skirts with the music. Adela wants 00:04:39.410 --> 00:04:42.370 to be in the mariachi band and with her family, 00:04:42.430 --> 00:04:45.350 but she knows that she needs much more practice 00:04:45.350 --> 00:04:48.610 with her dancing and with the instruments. In 00:04:48.610 --> 00:04:51.970 the end, Adela finds her place in the band when 00:04:51.970 --> 00:04:55.670 she realizes that she can be the one to shout 00:04:55.670 --> 00:05:00.050 the los gritos and so she finally finds her place 00:05:00.050 --> 00:05:04.329 and feels like part of the mariachi band herself. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:07.480 I really enjoyed the story. I thought it was 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:10.560 super cute. It is such a sweet story of a young 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:12.500 child just wanting to kind of find their place 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.759 in their family. She wants to be good at all 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:18.740 of the instruments and she wants to be successful 00:05:18.740 --> 00:05:23.300 right away, which is very relatable for the students. 00:05:23.740 --> 00:05:26.519 They always want to be the best and pick it up 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.480 so quickly. A lot of kids kind of struggle when 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.839 they find out that there's work and practice 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:35.480 involved when learning new skills. And so there 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.720 can be some frustration there. And Adela kind 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:40.120 of shows us that she can, she's getting kind 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:43.680 of that frustration too. Fortunately for Adela, 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:46.970 you know, finding her place by... recognizing 00:05:46.970 --> 00:05:49.930 some of her own strengths. It's just a very sweet 00:05:49.930 --> 00:05:52.769 and relatable story, kind of heartwarming. The 00:05:52.769 --> 00:05:55.750 illustrations are beautiful. I love how vibrant 00:05:55.750 --> 00:05:59.430 they are. And then there's the mixing in of some 00:05:59.430 --> 00:06:02.189 Spanish words to add that authenticity to the 00:06:02.189 --> 00:06:04.550 story. I would definitely suggest if you're going 00:06:04.550 --> 00:06:08.129 to read this out loud, practice saying all of 00:06:08.129 --> 00:06:11.069 those Spanish words a couple times, read through, 00:06:11.230 --> 00:06:13.129 find the correct pronunciations of them because 00:06:13.129 --> 00:06:15.800 there are quite a few in there. But I just love 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:19.079 how it they slip in and the way they're used 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.379 it helps you to understand the meanings even 00:06:21.379 --> 00:06:23.519 if you're not completely familiar with them but 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:27.800 I love that. And then what's really cool I thought 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:29.540 was awesome was at the end of the book there's 00:06:29.540 --> 00:06:31.600 an author's note that explains a little bit more 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.600 about mariachi bands and the author's experiences 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:36.980 with them and so that's kind of cool so that 00:06:36.980 --> 00:06:38.800 you can bring it back to that and give the kids 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.189 some more. like non -fiction kind of connection 00:06:42.189 --> 00:06:45.089 to it as well. So I really enjoyed this story. 00:06:45.250 --> 00:06:47.649 I love that throughout the story, there's also 00:06:47.649 --> 00:06:50.829 lots of like sounds of the music and of the instruments 00:06:50.829 --> 00:06:53.610 and things like that. So you get to be kind of 00:06:53.610 --> 00:06:55.670 silly and make a lot of noises throughout the 00:06:55.670 --> 00:06:58.350 book to keep the kids engaged. I think this was 00:06:58.350 --> 00:07:01.509 a really great story. I definitely give it like, 00:07:01.629 --> 00:07:04.689 I think four and a half to five star, five bookmarks 00:07:04.689 --> 00:07:08.029 for sure. Like definitely it's solid story, really 00:07:08.029 --> 00:07:10.699 enjoyable. Think a lot of kids would enjoy it 00:07:10.699 --> 00:07:13.980 and be able to really relate to it, too Yeah, 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.100 really great. I agree. This one was really cute. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:20.060 This was the first time I'd read it and I really 00:07:20.060 --> 00:07:24.100 appreciated how the simplicity of it the both 00:07:24.100 --> 00:07:28.920 the text and the illustrations were Simple but 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:31.939 in a really good way where it was just it was 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:36.339 short and sweet and to the point which is super 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:38.800 important when you're reading books to our youngest 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.779 learners. And then, like you said, those illustrations 00:07:42.779 --> 00:07:47.040 were just so vibrant. And really, I felt it did 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.980 a great job kind of encapsulating Mexican culture. 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:53.899 It was very sweet. I loved it. It was a good 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:56.980 one. It was really good. I'm glad that the Texas 00:07:56.980 --> 00:08:00.040 2x2 group decided to add this one to the list 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:02.399 because it really is a great story. And I think 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:05.100 a lot of students will enjoy it. So I think so 00:08:05.100 --> 00:08:07.120 too. There's, they did a really great job with 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:10.139 their diversity this year on this list. And this 00:08:10.139 --> 00:08:15.220 is another good book for that. For sure. So if 00:08:15.220 --> 00:08:16.839 we're going to read this story in the library, 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:19.740 adding in a maker space activity. Now we've done 00:08:19.740 --> 00:08:22.560 this before, but this is like a solid, easy. 00:08:22.860 --> 00:08:25.560 kind of, you probably have most of the supplies 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.540 available to you. So this would work really well. 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:32.460 Um, just making some paper plate tambourines 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:35.379 to make some music, you know, take those paper 00:08:35.379 --> 00:08:38.240 plates, which are pretty easily, if you don't 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.299 already have them, they're cheap, they're, it's 00:08:40.299 --> 00:08:43.799 a easy consumable supply to get pretty quickly. 00:08:44.059 --> 00:08:46.620 Um, so some paper plates, some like dried beans 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:50.259 or beads or something that will make some noise 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:54.700 when being shaken. and you just take that paper 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:57.879 plate, fold it in half with some dried beans 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:00.460 or some beads in there, staple it closed, and 00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:02.659 then let the kids kind of decorate it with markers, 00:09:02.940 --> 00:09:05.620 crayons, colored pencils, whatever you want to 00:09:05.620 --> 00:09:08.320 do. You could even, like, if you wanted to use 00:09:08.320 --> 00:09:10.360 some, like, have them tear up some tissue paper 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.860 and kind of glue little pieces of tissue paper 00:09:12.860 --> 00:09:15.399 on it, whatever you want, to decorate those little 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:17.580 tambourines so they can leave making some of 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:20.769 their own music as well. Uh, I think that the 00:09:20.769 --> 00:09:22.870 kids, anytime they can make something that they 00:09:22.870 --> 00:09:26.129 can take away with them is really great. And 00:09:26.129 --> 00:09:28.830 then if you can add in the fact that that thing 00:09:28.830 --> 00:09:32.190 makes some kind of noise is just. Just icing 00:09:32.190 --> 00:09:34.889 on the cake. They love that. So, and it's the 00:09:34.889 --> 00:09:36.750 best to get in the library where you can send 00:09:36.750 --> 00:09:40.049 them away to their classrooms with it. Yep. Just 00:09:40.049 --> 00:09:42.490 another added bonus added bonus for that. For 00:09:42.490 --> 00:09:45.500 sure. Yeah, I know. But yeah, this is one of 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:47.440 my favorite activities to do in the library, 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:50.139 too. It's like you said, it's really, I love 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:53.340 that they get to create something on their own. 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:55.580 They get to keep it forever, which is kind of 00:09:55.580 --> 00:09:59.840 a big deal for them and helps them be a little 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:03.860 bit more creative. And it's really a pretty cheap 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:08.240 way to give them that opportunity because a lot 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:11.009 of our kids, you just don't know what our kids 00:10:11.009 --> 00:10:14.070 have at home and you don't know what they have 00:10:14.070 --> 00:10:18.870 access to. So giving them anything like this 00:10:18.870 --> 00:10:23.870 kind of helps for them to kind of keep them a 00:10:23.870 --> 00:10:26.190 little bit more engaged and gives them something 00:10:26.190 --> 00:10:28.509 tangible to bring home with them because they 00:10:28.509 --> 00:10:31.269 may or may not ever get to experience instruments 00:10:31.269 --> 00:10:35.389 or anything like that elsewhere. So good opportunity 00:10:35.389 --> 00:10:38.549 for them. And then if you have a good relationship, 00:10:38.590 --> 00:10:40.450 if you've got a music teacher on your campus 00:10:40.450 --> 00:10:42.529 that you've got a good relationship with, you 00:10:42.529 --> 00:10:45.289 can work with them and you could find like, I 00:10:45.289 --> 00:10:46.889 know there are some YouTube videos and stuff 00:10:46.889 --> 00:10:48.870 also, but you could find ways to have the kids 00:10:48.870 --> 00:10:53.769 then use those shakers to make a beat or, you 00:10:53.769 --> 00:10:56.110 know, kind of make some music and kind of extend 00:10:56.110 --> 00:10:58.809 it even further, which is because like you said, 00:10:59.129 --> 00:11:02.750 music education is so important and a lot of 00:11:02.750 --> 00:11:06.080 kids might not get a lot of that personally my 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:11.679 campus our pre -k students don't go to art or 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:16.100 music oh no no they don't go they won't go to 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:19.080 art or music until their kindergarten year interesting 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:22.679 yeah they're specials on my campus they go to 00:11:22.679 --> 00:11:27.070 me for library They go to our makerspace lab 00:11:27.070 --> 00:11:29.970 teacher and they go to PE and those are the three 00:11:29.970 --> 00:11:32.370 things that they go to. And that's, that's it. 00:11:32.409 --> 00:11:35.389 So they don't get art or music until kindergarten. 00:11:35.909 --> 00:11:38.029 So like a little bit of an early introduction 00:11:38.029 --> 00:11:40.210 with that and being able to work with the art 00:11:40.210 --> 00:11:43.070 or music teachers to kind of incorporate some 00:11:43.070 --> 00:11:46.389 of that really just beneficial to the students. 00:11:46.570 --> 00:11:48.649 If they're, if they're not getting that consistently, 00:11:48.649 --> 00:11:50.629 being able to kind of bring it in in the library 00:11:50.629 --> 00:11:54.629 and bring it in. with their collaboration so 00:11:54.629 --> 00:11:56.129 that they get some of that experience can be 00:11:56.129 --> 00:11:59.049 really beneficial because we all know that music 00:11:59.049 --> 00:12:02.370 education, art education has lasting impacts 00:12:02.370 --> 00:12:06.450 on a student's ability to learn and be successful 00:12:06.450 --> 00:12:10.789 in other areas of academics as well. It sure 00:12:10.789 --> 00:12:15.509 does. It's very important. So yeah, any way that 00:12:15.509 --> 00:12:18.320 we can kind of incorporate those other... those 00:12:18.320 --> 00:12:20.779 other areas is always nice. So I love being able 00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:23.139 to make like musical instruments and stuff too. 00:12:24.179 --> 00:12:30.220 Yeah. Yeah. All right. So speaking of collaborating 00:12:30.220 --> 00:12:34.639 with other teachers, our Library of Littles management 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.620 tip this week is about building relationships 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:41.279 with your campus teachers. A large part of our 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:43.980 job is working with students, but there's another 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:46.159 part of it, which is being able to collaborate 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.980 with your teachers that are on the campus. We 00:12:48.980 --> 00:12:52.139 all have those teachers that have never actually 00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:54.759 stepped in the library or only come into the 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:57.759 library because there's a faculty meeting happening 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:59.379 in there or something like that. We've got those 00:12:59.379 --> 00:13:02.179 teachers that have never come in to talk to you 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:05.740 and ask what resources are available in the library 00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:09.620 or to ask about helping a student with a certain, 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:11.440 looking for a certain kind of book, any of that 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.690 kind of stuff. Some teachers are going to naturally 00:13:14.690 --> 00:13:17.549 come to you and ask for help and ask for input. 00:13:18.549 --> 00:13:21.830 Others aren't. And so we can't just stay in our, 00:13:21.830 --> 00:13:24.169 our caves and our libraries and hope that they 00:13:24.169 --> 00:13:26.409 show up. We got to reach out to them and build 00:13:26.409 --> 00:13:28.950 those relationships to get them to come into 00:13:28.950 --> 00:13:31.389 the library. And anyway, we can do that to get 00:13:31.389 --> 00:13:34.710 their foot in the door. Then we can kind of just 00:13:34.710 --> 00:13:37.769 grab onto that and go from there. So like, there's 00:13:37.769 --> 00:13:40.049 lots of different ways that you can do this. 00:13:40.990 --> 00:13:47.100 One of the ways that I. find is very, very successful, 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:52.080 I'll say is when I have a book fair, personally, 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:53.679 when I have a book fair, especially when I do 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:57.419 like, because I, on my campus, we do a scholastic 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:59.720 book fair in the fall, and we do literati in 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:03.700 the spring, both have their benefits and their 00:14:03.700 --> 00:14:06.879 detractions. But that's That's how my campus 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:09.600 does it. And it seems to work. But Scholastic 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:12.220 is really good because those Scholastic points, 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.360 you can build up those Scholastic points as you 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:18.899 sell books in your book fair. I love to do that 00:14:18.899 --> 00:14:21.100 because what I do is then I use those Scholastic 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:23.840 points that I build up to give away books to 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:28.039 teachers. And so what I do is like, I have like 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.000 any given year, my campus is fortunate enough, 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.700 we do pretty well with our book fair that like 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:36.710 after last year's book fair, in keeping in mind 00:14:36.710 --> 00:14:42.049 that I gave away, I wanna say 45 or 50 books 00:14:42.049 --> 00:14:46.090 to teachers last fall. I still have, I have $4 00:14:46.090 --> 00:14:49.070 ,000 that Scholastic keeps sending me. Hey, you 00:14:49.070 --> 00:14:52.830 have $4 ,000 Scholastic dollars to spend. So 00:14:52.830 --> 00:14:57.789 what I do is during those book fairs, I will 00:14:57.789 --> 00:15:02.129 come up with like trivia questions to have read 00:15:02.129 --> 00:15:05.419 over the announcements. And I tell the teachers 00:15:05.419 --> 00:15:08.480 the first X number of teachers that send me the 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:13.399 correct answer win a free book. Oh. And so what 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:15.580 that means, what that does is I get, you know, 00:15:15.580 --> 00:15:19.059 I get eight or 10 teachers that send me the, 00:15:19.179 --> 00:15:21.179 they send me an email. So there's a timestamp. 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:24.519 So the first eight or 10 or whatever, I decide 00:15:24.519 --> 00:15:26.419 number of teachers that send me the correct answer 00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:31.179 to whatever the trivia is. I let them know. you 00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:33.620 need to come down to the library before the end 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:36.220 of the day, Friday, and you get a free book from 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:38.940 the book fair. And then they come in and they're 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:40.460 like, I guess I get a free book or whatever. 00:15:40.580 --> 00:15:41.639 And then once they're in there, I tell them, 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:43.080 okay, first off, you got to pick a free book 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:46.679 from the book fair. I usually don't cap it at 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:48.940 a certain price level, because like I said, I've 00:15:48.940 --> 00:15:51.919 got enough scholastic dollars I can spend on 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:55.460 that kind of thing. And so I kind of keep that 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:57.779 in mind throughout it. when I'm deciding how 00:15:57.779 --> 00:16:00.779 many winners I have also to keep myself within 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:04.799 reasonable ranges. But then they come in, they 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:06.419 get they come down to the library, they come 00:16:06.419 --> 00:16:09.179 in, they start getting that free book, and then 00:16:09.179 --> 00:16:11.000 I can start talking to them. Once they're in 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.200 there, it's a lot easier to get them to listen 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:16.159 to me, you know, so like, once they step that 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:17.980 foot in that door, that's when I take my chance. 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:20.580 And I'm like, Hey, by the way, while you're in 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:23.259 here, I think third grade's about to start their 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:26.000 research projects. Let me show you what we have 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:27.899 in our non -fiction section that might be helpful 00:16:27.899 --> 00:16:29.840 for you or, you know, like that kind of thing. 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:32.039 Kind of grab them in, pull them in that way. 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:34.759 I also, this year I'm going to start something 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:38.799 new. I'm going to do some potty training, which 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.620 is where I'm going to, every month I'm going 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:45.419 to put a flyer in the restrooms in all of the 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:48.980 adult staff restrooms with information about 00:16:49.549 --> 00:16:52.330 Like some tech tips and some information about 00:16:52.330 --> 00:16:54.450 different things that are happening in our library 00:16:54.450 --> 00:16:57.370 so that they know what's going on also In the 00:16:57.370 --> 00:16:59.210 library and so it's just kind of right there. 00:16:59.210 --> 00:17:01.330 So when you're using the restroom It's right 00:17:01.330 --> 00:17:03.470 there on the wall at eye level so that you end 00:17:03.470 --> 00:17:06.569 up seeing it You know different things like that 00:17:06.569 --> 00:17:09.289 just to get them to know what's going on and 00:17:09.289 --> 00:17:12.329 to get their foot in the door once they're in 00:17:12.329 --> 00:17:14.829 the library then I can do my job and show them 00:17:14.829 --> 00:17:17.400 all the things but it's getting them to come 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:20.180 in, you know? So anything I can do to get them 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:23.059 in. And it can be hard. I also, I'll tell you, 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:26.619 another thing to go with book fairs is the week 00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:28.839 before the book fair, like the Friday before 00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:31.160 the book fair. Now Fridays at the end of the 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:34.319 day, people want to get out and I get that. What 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:37.839 I do is that Friday before the book fair starts 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:42.119 or that Monday, the first day of book fair depends. 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.099 But like if I can get the book fair set up in 00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:51.119 time, that Friday I'll have like chips and queso 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:53.160 and stuff like that out to get teachers to come 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:55.819 in and make their wish lists and if I can't get 00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:59.440 it done that before so that it's ready for right 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.960 after school for teachers to come in I'll do 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.920 on that Monday the first week of book book fair 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.220 I'll bring in donuts and I just send out an email 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:10.099 and invite everybody to come in and make their 00:18:10.099 --> 00:18:12.099 wish list and say hey by the way there's free 00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:15.049 chips and Queso or the hey, there's donuts in 00:18:15.049 --> 00:18:16.970 the library come down and make your wish list 00:18:16.970 --> 00:18:19.470 and it gets them in it gets their foot in the 00:18:19.470 --> 00:18:24.009 door so that I can then Jump right on and like 00:18:24.009 --> 00:18:25.970 go into my spiel about all the stuff that I can 00:18:25.970 --> 00:18:28.250 offer to help out with and that kind of thing 00:18:28.250 --> 00:18:30.670 You know, um, cuz that's what it is. It's getting 00:18:30.670 --> 00:18:32.970 them in once they get in and they realize what's 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:35.109 available You know what? I've had some I had 00:18:35.109 --> 00:18:37.390 some teachers the first year that I was at my 00:18:37.390 --> 00:18:39.130 current campus that were like I don't really 00:18:39.130 --> 00:18:40.750 use a library much and I was like But look I 00:18:40.750 --> 00:18:44.259 can do this this and this And once I did it, 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:46.099 they were like, wow, that worked really well. 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:48.039 And this past year they came back and they're 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:49.680 like, Hey, remember last year when you did, can 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:52.200 we do that again? Absolutely. Let's do it. You 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:54.539 know, like once they realize what's available 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:57.779 to them and that you can help them out, they're 00:18:57.779 --> 00:19:00.279 going to keep coming back, but they got to know 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:02.700 what's there first. And so making those connections 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:05.359 and kind of getting them in anything you can 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:10.680 do to get them to do that, you know, Like I have 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:12.819 to do some presentations at the beginning of 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:15.420 the school year for like some of the technology 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:19.680 stuff And so I'm gonna try and make it I'm gonna 00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:22.980 do some like breakout sessions with it where 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:25.059 it's like where they we're gonna do like a breakout 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:28.180 edu that I'm gonna make where they Learn some 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:30.019 of the stuff that they need to know about the 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:31.559 technology that we have on campus and that kind 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:35.079 of stuff, but in a fun way so that I can be like, 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:37.359 hey, did you enjoy that? We can, I can help you 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:39.539 make one of those for your kids on whatever topic 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:41.660 you're learning. And so like kind of showing 00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:43.440 them and exposing them to some of the things 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:46.400 that we can, um, that we have access to and that 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:49.700 I can help them with. If they come to me, I can, 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:51.400 I'd be happy to help. And so kind of showing 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:54.539 them some of those things. Um, you know, I think 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:58.440 we're going to do a goose chase around the building 00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:01.940 and I'm going to help the, my, my administrators. 00:20:02.889 --> 00:20:05.069 Set up the goose chase which is just another 00:20:05.069 --> 00:20:07.869 fun like scavenger hunting kind of thing, but 00:20:07.869 --> 00:20:12.190 it's something that Would be a fun like icebreaker 00:20:12.190 --> 00:20:14.630 kind of thing for the students the first week 00:20:14.630 --> 00:20:16.750 of school yeah to get to know each other where 00:20:16.750 --> 00:20:19.589 you can set up like Find someone else in the 00:20:19.589 --> 00:20:22.210 classroom who's been out of state and stuff like 00:20:22.210 --> 00:20:25.430 you know just random stuff, but like That's something 00:20:25.430 --> 00:20:27.730 that my teachers. I don't know that many of them 00:20:27.730 --> 00:20:29.569 know how to do it, but if they don't know many 00:20:29.569 --> 00:20:31.960 do either Yeah, but I'd be happy to come and 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:34.339 help. So if I can expose them to that and help 00:20:34.339 --> 00:20:36.299 my admin at the same time with some of that, 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:38.299 you know, we're going to have, you know, at the 00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:39.559 beginning of the school year, we're going to 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:42.079 end up doing icebreakers and this and that. If 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:44.319 we can make it at least fun and entertaining 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:47.619 in the same, at the same time. And then if I 00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:49.759 can also piggyback on that and be like, did you 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.200 like that? I can help you make one for your class, 00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:55.299 like just to get them to come in. anything I 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:58.700 can do to bring them into the library. So, building 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:01.559 those relationships with the teachers is so important 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:03.599 because if no one's coming into the library, 00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:09.559 you're not doing your job. And so, getting those 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:12.579 relationships with the teachers is just as important 00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:14.400 as building the relationship with the students. 00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:17.140 And so, finding different ways to do that. It's 00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:19.240 absolutely it's it's definitely half the job 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:21.519 is working with the teachers to the teachers 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:24.099 are the ones with direct access to the kids all 00:21:24.099 --> 00:21:27.440 the time and They're the ones who really know 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:29.440 the crew. I mean we know the curriculum too, 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:32.019 but they're the ones teaching it so they're the 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:34.740 ones that we really need to support and Yeah, 00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:37.059 it's it's critical to build those relationships. 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:41.079 You're right In the past what I've done in the 00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:43.680 library was the thing that I've had the most 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:46.180 success with, I guess, with getting more teachers 00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:49.859 to come into the library a lot is putting out 00:21:49.859 --> 00:21:54.619 a bowl of candy, which sounds so silly, but it's 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:57.779 true. Like putting, I always put a bowl of candy 00:21:57.779 --> 00:22:01.299 or previously did in my other libraries. behind 00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:03.720 the circulation desk and the teachers all know 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:07.079 where it is and they'll randomly come into the 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:09.119 library when they're it's they usually come in 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.779 when they're having a rough day or something 00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:12.440 because and they just need their little fix of 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:17.039 chocolate but that always helps because they 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:21.880 know that um they they just they know where to 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:24.319 find that they know where to find me i feel like 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:27.960 food is a really big way to get people to come 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:30.599 to you in general. And like, it sounds like you 00:22:30.599 --> 00:22:32.859 do similar things with like you to bring donuts 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:37.279 and queso and such during book fair week. But 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:41.240 that always just got them into the library and 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:43.740 because they had to like go in behind the circulation 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:46.440 desk and like find it like they kind of had to 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.299 walk around a little bit and kind of see what 00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:51.660 was in. So that kind of helped me get them in 00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:54.720 the door. And like you said that that was my 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:58.720 chance to kind of remind them of what everything 00:22:58.720 --> 00:23:01.259 that I had to offer and because they also came 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.839 in when they were having a rough day that it 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:05.599 was usually when they were having some kind of 00:23:05.609 --> 00:23:08.450 trouble in the classroom or they needed help 00:23:08.450 --> 00:23:10.809 with the lesson. So then I could also talk to 00:23:10.809 --> 00:23:12.230 them and be like, Hey, what's up? Why do you 00:23:12.230 --> 00:23:14.769 need extra candy today? And they're like, well, 00:23:14.769 --> 00:23:16.690 I was having trouble with this. And that's, that 00:23:16.690 --> 00:23:18.630 was like kind of another opportunity to, for 00:23:18.630 --> 00:23:21.910 me to be like, well, I could help you in this 00:23:21.910 --> 00:23:24.109 way. If this is giving you a hard time, why don't 00:23:24.109 --> 00:23:26.109 you try this? And that was a lot of the time 00:23:26.109 --> 00:23:28.950 that did help with them, like building trust 00:23:28.950 --> 00:23:32.089 and building that relationship just in general. 00:23:33.059 --> 00:23:36.460 It really, really brought him in a lot. So that's 00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.819 what I found to be most helpful, which is kind 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:41.180 of interesting. I did it accidentally one year 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:43.740 where I just had too much Halloween candy at 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.940 my house. So I just put it out in the library 00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:48.819 and I was like, whoa, I think I just tripled 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:51.180 all of my circulation among teachers. That's 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:55.200 amazing. Okay. We'll keep doing that. And bonus, 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:57.539 your kids aren't eating all of their Halloween 00:23:57.539 --> 00:24:02.420 candy. So there you go. Uh huh. Yeah, it was 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:06.619 win -win for everyone. It was great. Your kids 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:08.460 might not see it that way, but everybody else 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:14.599 saw it that way. They were fine. Yeah. Love that. 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:17.779 That's excellent. Yeah. So yeah, food is definitely 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:21.059 a motivator for so many ways to get people in. 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:23.519 So yeah, anything you can do. Like there's so 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:26.819 many great ways to get the teachers in the door. 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:31.240 And I find that the sooner you get them in, the 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:33.460 closer to the beginning of the year, the more 00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:35.299 likely they are to be coming back. Because if 00:24:35.299 --> 00:24:37.680 you can't get them in until the spring, you've 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:40.660 already lost so much time. So the sooner you 00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:43.720 can do that and build those relationships, the 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:46.980 better. That's true. Yeah. And I'll be starting 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:48.980 at a new campus this year, so I don't know what 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:52.799 I'll do. I'm sure I'll put out candy in six months 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:54.900 or so. I probably won't start it right away, 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:59.099 but I'm just gonna get to know everyone at first. 00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:01.359 that's it that's the other thing is if you're 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:04.859 if you're at a new campus you you got to kind 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:08.319 of feel the vibes you know vibe check everything 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:11.000 and see see what's going on and see what needs 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:14.819 to be done too because especially at a campus 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:18.180 that it's not like a brand new campus it's just 00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:20.400 a campus that's already been going and you're 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:25.519 stepping in if your predecessor has done a good 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:28.369 job you'll already have people coming in, and 00:25:28.369 --> 00:25:30.329 so you just need to be able to maintain. That's 00:25:30.329 --> 00:25:33.150 true. I did not have people coming into the library 00:25:33.150 --> 00:25:37.750 when I started. Yeah. And so that's cool because 00:25:37.750 --> 00:25:40.230 then you've already... The previous librarian 00:25:40.230 --> 00:25:41.609 has already kind of set that up for you. You 00:25:41.609 --> 00:25:43.690 just need to maintain at that point and get the 00:25:43.690 --> 00:25:45.769 new people from the, like the new teachers on 00:25:45.769 --> 00:25:48.730 campus or whatever to get in. And so that also 00:25:48.730 --> 00:25:50.930 helps your, helps make your job a lot easier. 00:25:50.950 --> 00:25:52.809 But once you build those relationships, it's 00:25:52.809 --> 00:25:55.650 definitely there. And so if you, if you are fortunate 00:25:55.650 --> 00:25:59.049 to have someone who already did a lot of the 00:25:59.049 --> 00:26:04.509 leg work for you, even better. Yeah. Yeah. We'll 00:26:04.509 --> 00:26:06.930 see how this year goes. Yeah, it's going to be 00:26:06.930 --> 00:26:09.579 good. It's gonna be great. It's gonna be great. 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:16.059 I know. Okay, well the next book that we're gonna 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:18.259 talk today that was on the two by two list this 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:23.200 year is called Duck Goes Meow and it's published 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:27.279 by Kane Miller, which is a division of EDC Publishing 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:30.539 in 2023. But when I was looking up all the things 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:32.460 for this book, it looks like it was actually 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:36.640 originally published by Scholastic in New Zealand. 00:26:37.709 --> 00:26:40.210 So I think it was originally published in New 00:26:40.210 --> 00:26:43.089 Zealand and then this Publishers who brought 00:26:43.089 --> 00:26:46.890 it to America I assume I'm not sure how to say 00:26:46.890 --> 00:26:49.869 this author's last name. I'm gonna go with Juliet 00:26:49.869 --> 00:26:54.390 Maciver Maciver, what do you think? Maciver? 00:26:54.670 --> 00:26:57.789 I read it as Maciver, but I'm not sure. I like 00:26:57.789 --> 00:27:01.470 Maciver. Let's do that. Okay, and the illustrator 00:27:01.470 --> 00:27:08.480 is Carla Martel This is a CCBC choice book for 00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:13.700 2025 and it's on the Texas 2x2 list. Our author 00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:16.220 Juliet MacIver lives in New Zealand with her 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:19.200 husband and her four children. She's a former 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:22.720 English teacher and a yoga instructor and recently 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:27.740 acquired a master of arts in linguistics. She's 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:30.599 written quite a few books. She has over 25 picture 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:33.619 books published and three middle grade novels. 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:37.920 A few of her published works are That's not a 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:41.420 hippopotamus, illustrated by Sarah Davis. The 00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:44.539 grizzled grist does not exist, illustrated by 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:48.160 Sarah Davis. And how to be a cat, illustrated 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:54.039 by Carla Martel. And the illustrator Carla Martel 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:57.420 is a New Zealand designer and illustrator. Much 00:27:57.420 --> 00:28:00.960 of her work is produced first with pen and ink 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:04.759 and is later manipulated digitally. In addition 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:07.339 to illustrating picture books, Carla creates 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:11.299 other designs for products such as wrapping paper 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:15.599 and greeting cards. Some of her other books that 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:19.140 she's she's illustrated nine of them. Some of 00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:24.279 them include Tulip and Dog by Emma Wood, Why 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:28.279 Won't You Sleep by Adam Wallace, and Monster 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:34.200 School Rules by Rory H. Mather. And for our summary 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:37.220 today for this one a very confused duck begins 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:41.079 the story by saying meow Loads of other animals 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:43.779 in the story make their sounds appropriately 00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:46.940 and despite hearing how all of the other animals 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:51.220 talk and Having the wise old yak tell the duck 00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:54.940 that ducks are supposed to say quack Duck continues 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:58.710 to be confused and say meow The story ends with 00:28:58.710 --> 00:29:01.569 the other animals learning exactly why Duck is 00:29:01.569 --> 00:29:04.089 so confused as to what ducks are supposed to 00:29:04.089 --> 00:29:12.029 say. I really liked this book for pre -K and 00:29:12.029 --> 00:29:15.670 for toddler age. I loved that the illustrations 00:29:15.670 --> 00:29:19.930 are like it says in the description there. Like 00:29:19.930 --> 00:29:24.009 you could tell that it was done in ink and then 00:29:24.009 --> 00:29:27.000 later. manipulated digitally. It was a lot of 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:31.680 very solid bright backgrounds like the page which 00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:35.720 it just has like a blue page with like a black 00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:40.019 and white cow on it. So I love that it was extremely 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:44.600 simple illustrations with those solid Colored 00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:47.359 backgrounds that are really really great for 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:50.059 toddlers Especially that kind of that contrast 00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:53.140 that we know our younger kids really need to 00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:56.000 see because their eyes are still developing It 00:29:56.000 --> 00:30:01.279 was just so it was so great for that So for toddlers, 00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:04.000 especially I would absolutely Highly recommend. 00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:06.480 I I don't know that it's published as a board 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:08.960 book, but I feel like it should be but it was 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:11.869 also little bit silly, so I think it's great 00:30:11.869 --> 00:30:16.470 for pre -k and kinder as well. Yeah, I think 00:30:16.470 --> 00:30:18.369 it was just an all -around really good book. 00:30:20.329 --> 00:30:22.789 It had some really good humor that our older 00:30:22.789 --> 00:30:25.730 kids, older being like four and five, are gonna 00:30:25.730 --> 00:30:28.190 like really enjoy with the duck saying meow all 00:30:28.190 --> 00:30:30.089 the time and everything and all the other animals 00:30:30.089 --> 00:30:34.329 trying to explain what ducks are actually supposed 00:30:34.329 --> 00:30:37.089 to say. It had some good rhyming words in it. 00:30:37.289 --> 00:30:39.789 I thought it was a really good Especially for 00:30:39.789 --> 00:30:42.710 younger kids a really good book this one I think 00:30:42.710 --> 00:30:46.130 was it was I think it's an okay for like a library 00:30:46.130 --> 00:30:49.190 read aloud for like pre -k or kinder It's a really 00:30:49.190 --> 00:30:51.950 fast one. It would definitely be over in like 00:30:51.950 --> 00:30:56.849 three minutes or less But I thought it's like 00:30:56.849 --> 00:30:59.750 this one is one that I would want if I had a 00:30:59.750 --> 00:31:02.450 toddler at home This one would be one that I 00:31:02.450 --> 00:31:05.150 would purchase for my home for sure if I was 00:31:05.150 --> 00:31:06.950 reading in that setting it would be a five out 00:31:06.950 --> 00:31:11.420 of five like Really solid perfect book for toddlers 00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:15.680 I think for pre -k or kinder in a library setting 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.420 or in a classroom setting when you're doing a 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:20.140 whole group read aloud Maybe a three and a half 00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:23.000 or a four out of five But the Texas two -by -two 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:27.940 list is meant for ages two to I think eight up 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:30.420 through second grade. I think is what it's meant 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:34.900 to be so Like in that capacity. Yeah, it's a 00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:38.180 solid choice for that. So I don't know. I enjoyed 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:41.500 it. It was a good one. Absolutely. Yeah, I like 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:45.160 this story. I thought it was really cute. Since 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:48.019 you have cats, this makes a lot more sense. I 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:53.299 do have cats! So this choice, book choice, is 00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:56.900 well chosen. But I will also say one thing that 00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:58.799 kind of jumped into my mind, because it is a 00:31:58.799 --> 00:32:01.420 very cute little simple story, but it also kind 00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:03.720 of jumped into my mind. At the end of the story, 00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:06.279 we find out the reason that the duck is saying 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:11.160 now is because it's being raised by a cat and 00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:16.339 so like for pre -k this might be a way to kind 00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:20.180 of like if because you never know what your students 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.460 are going through but this could be a way like 00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:25.200 to have a discussion about like adoption or something 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:28.740 also oh yeah a way to kind of segue into that 00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:33.109 because this duck is acting uncharacteristic 00:32:33.109 --> 00:32:36.210 by normal standards, but realistically it's acting 00:32:36.210 --> 00:32:39.690 very much like it should being raised the way 00:32:39.690 --> 00:32:42.690 it is. And so like it's being raised by a mother 00:32:42.690 --> 00:32:46.630 cat. And so like you could kind of use that as 00:32:46.630 --> 00:32:49.609 like a way to kind of broach the subject of adoption. 00:32:49.650 --> 00:32:53.250 Cause maybe we know that sometimes some of our 00:32:53.250 --> 00:32:55.390 students in pre -K settings are in foster homes 00:32:55.390 --> 00:32:56.950 and foster care and that kind of thing. And so 00:32:56.950 --> 00:33:00.009 adoption is not something that's completely uncommon. 00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:06.039 in that setting and so sometimes to help explain 00:33:06.039 --> 00:33:08.740 that situation you need to find some books and 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:11.380 so this might be one this might maybe not the 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:13.839 best one but it's not a bad one to kind of introduce 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:17.680 the topic of it um yeah so using it for something 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:19.920 like that would be another way that you could 00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:22.299 go about using it that just jumped into my head 00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:24.880 when um i read it at the end i enjoyed the end 00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:26.980 of it and so i was like oh that would be kind 00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:30.339 of a cool way to do that too so Very good book. 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:32.940 I did enjoy it a lot. Yeah, I didn't even think 00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:34.539 about it in that capacity. I think you're right 00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:36.960 I think that would be a really good Introduction 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:40.460 for younger kids for adoption. Love it. Good 00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:45.140 one And I think for a makerspace activity usually 00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:48.539 when I read a book like this that has a lot of 00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:53.000 animals my favorite thing to do is to have them 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.779 is to throw out some of the farm animal manipulatives 00:33:55.779 --> 00:34:00.859 and just have a whole lot of blocks and then 00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:04.160 let them build structures and I mean really since 00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.259 the duck does belong to a cat family and it you 00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:09.500 could you know have them create their own little 00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:13.880 animal families that are a little bit less traditional 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:18.179 and Yeah, and just have them go to town with 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:22.219 all that Yeah, that would be a good idea there'd 00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:24.719 be a lot of fun for the kids too. Yeah, I think 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:30.420 so All right. 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