WEBVTT 00:00:21.530 --> 00:00:25.670 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I am Caroline Legere. 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:29.379 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:29.379 --> 00:00:32.600 where we discuss books, give makers space ideas, 00:00:32.700 --> 00:00:35.939 and give tips and tricks for working with our 00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:40.079 youngest students in the library setting. This 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:46.219 episode will be published in early August. And 00:00:46.219 --> 00:00:48.840 this is the time of year when we start thinking 00:00:48.840 --> 00:00:52.640 about getting ready for back to school. Phineas 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.880 and Ferb promised us 104 days of summer. They 00:00:55.880 --> 00:01:02.219 lied. We are getting ready for that back to school 00:01:02.219 --> 00:01:06.439 stuff. And so today we're going to be reading 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.219 some beginning of the school year books. We're 00:01:10.219 --> 00:01:11.659 going to be discussing some beginning of the 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:15.640 school year books. The first of which is a fantastic 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:20.719 book called The Day You Begin. It is a Penguin 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:24.549 Random House book. published in 2018. The author 00:01:24.549 --> 00:01:28.909 is Jacqueline Woodson, the illustrator Rafael 00:01:28.909 --> 00:01:33.170 Lopez. This book has won multiple, multiple awards. 00:01:33.790 --> 00:01:38.569 It is a We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading 00:01:38.569 --> 00:01:44.030 List from 2019 book. It is a CCBC Choice Selection 00:01:44.030 --> 00:01:48.700 for 2019. the jane adams children's book award 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:52.560 books for young children winner for 2019 notable 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:56.799 books for global society selection for 2019 charlotte 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:01.560 zolotow award commended list 2019 charlotte huck 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:07.239 award commended list 2019 alsc notable children's 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:10.580 book commended list 2019 School Library Journal 00:02:10.580 --> 00:02:13.939 best book of the year selection for 2018 and 00:02:13.939 --> 00:02:17.539 the publisher's weekly best picture book selection 00:02:17.539 --> 00:02:22.840 for 2018. So quite a few accolades to go with 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:26.659 this book for sure. Our author Jacqueline Woodson 00:02:26.659 --> 00:02:30.099 is an American author. As a child, Jacqueline 00:02:30.099 --> 00:02:33.319 loved to write. She wrote everywhere, even on 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.500 her clothes and shoes. She also loved to tell 00:02:36.500 --> 00:02:41.349 stories or Lies and she often would get in trouble 00:02:41.349 --> 00:02:44.150 for that but she didn't stop until fifth grade 00:02:44.150 --> 00:02:48.449 in fifth grade she began to realize that lies 00:02:48.449 --> 00:02:51.449 on the page were different and much more acceptable 00:02:51.449 --> 00:02:55.069 and Her fifth grade teacher she talks about on 00:02:55.069 --> 00:02:58.409 her webpage that her fifth grade teacher It told 00:02:58.409 --> 00:03:01.250 her, you know, this is really good and that feeling 00:03:01.250 --> 00:03:04.069 kind of stuck with her and so she continued to 00:03:04.069 --> 00:03:09.900 write and she has gone on to Win like the MacArthur 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:12.539 grant and all sorts of other Amazing things. 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:16.199 She's very successful at what she does and she 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:21.439 is is amazing at it. She is She's done so many 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:23.939 so many books that I we can't we'd spend the 00:03:23.939 --> 00:03:25.719 whole podcast Just listing all of the books that 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:30.199 she's done. But a few of them would be Brown 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:35.319 girl dreaming harbor me each kindness before 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:40.530 the ever after remember us The Other Side, The 00:03:40.530 --> 00:03:43.770 Year We Learned to Fly, The World Belongs to 00:03:43.770 --> 00:03:47.530 Us, which was illustrated by Leo Espinosa, and 00:03:47.530 --> 00:03:51.490 Pecan Pie Baby, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, 00:03:52.030 --> 00:03:58.280 and like I said, many, many others. And the illustrator 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:02.520 of this book is Rafael Lopez. He's an internationally 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.120 recognized illustrator and artist. He is a founder 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:09.159 of the urban art trail movement in San Diego's 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:11.860 East Village, creating a series of large scale 00:04:11.860 --> 00:04:15.050 murals that brought the community together. His 00:04:15.050 --> 00:04:17.769 murals can be found in urban areas, at children's 00:04:17.769 --> 00:04:19.970 hospitals, public schools, under freeways, at 00:04:19.970 --> 00:04:23.290 the farmers markets, around the country. Lopez's 00:04:23.290 --> 00:04:25.610 community work with murals is the subject of 00:04:25.610 --> 00:04:28.009 the children's book, Maybe Something Beautiful, 00:04:28.470 --> 00:04:31.269 How Art Transformed a Neighborhood. I didn't 00:04:31.269 --> 00:04:34.529 know that! That's cool! Yeah. I like that book. 00:04:35.290 --> 00:04:39.860 In 2022, He served as the first guest artist 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:44.139 of the Smithsonian Postal Museum, teaching workshops 00:04:44.139 --> 00:04:47.660 to children and families. That same year, he 00:04:47.660 --> 00:04:50.639 created 57 portraits for the Smithsonian National 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:55.420 Museum of the American Latino. He lives and works 00:04:55.420 --> 00:04:59.360 in an industrial loft in downtown San Diego and 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:03.819 at his home studio in the colonial town of San 00:05:03.819 --> 00:05:09.689 Miguel de Allende, Mexico. And some of his other 00:05:09.689 --> 00:05:14.189 books include Drum Dream Girl, How One Girl's 00:05:14.189 --> 00:05:18.709 Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle, Maybe 00:05:18.709 --> 00:05:22.089 Something Beautiful, How Art Transformed a Neighborhood 00:05:22.089 --> 00:05:28.149 by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell, Dancing 00:05:28.149 --> 00:05:33.569 Hands, How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for 00:05:33.569 --> 00:05:37.930 President Lincoln by Margarita Engle. Just Ask, 00:05:38.050 --> 00:05:42.269 Be Different, Be Brave, and Be You by Sonia Sotomayor, 00:05:42.709 --> 00:05:45.250 The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson, 00:05:45.790 --> 00:05:50.490 Tito Puente, The Mambo King by Monica Brown, 00:05:50.610 --> 00:05:55.689 and many more. Yes, and so this book, again, 00:05:56.089 --> 00:06:00.949 is amazing. I loved it a lot. The summary is 00:06:01.209 --> 00:06:05.129 It's the story of many children. It focuses on 00:06:05.129 --> 00:06:08.089 one specific girl throughout the story, but it's 00:06:08.089 --> 00:06:11.810 their experiences of fitting in or not, of feeling 00:06:11.810 --> 00:06:14.970 different because of either their culture, their 00:06:14.970 --> 00:06:18.829 skin color, their abilities or experiences. And 00:06:18.829 --> 00:06:22.110 it's the story of feeling proud of yourself and 00:06:22.110 --> 00:06:25.329 your family and finding your place in the group. 00:06:25.949 --> 00:06:31.069 It is an amazing, amazing story. I love it. The 00:06:31.069 --> 00:06:35.649 illustrations are so breathtaking, so colorful, 00:06:35.930 --> 00:06:39.850 vibrant. I love the illustrations. They will 00:06:39.850 --> 00:06:42.250 definitely keep the students' attention. The 00:06:42.250 --> 00:06:45.250 lyrical quality to the story, the way it's written, 00:06:46.589 --> 00:06:49.370 is just welcoming and just has that comforting 00:06:49.370 --> 00:06:51.410 feeling as you're reading. It just makes you 00:06:51.410 --> 00:06:55.250 feel warm inside. It's a wonderful story that 00:06:55.250 --> 00:06:58.980 reminds students that... we're different and 00:06:58.980 --> 00:07:00.959 we can celebrate those differences, but there's 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:03.759 a lot of things about us that are the same and 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:05.439 you might have to dig a little deeper to find 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.839 those similarities, but we can embrace those 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:12.319 as well to just embrace the whole of everyone 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:16.680 and I think that this is just such a important 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:20.120 reminder for students of all ages that just because 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:22.399 someone looks different or may act different 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:27.199 or may eat different kinds of food or, you know, 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:30.920 have different experiences, there's still people 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:36.040 that we can befriend and learn from and just 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:41.839 accept into our communities to be happy and let 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:46.360 everyone feel safe and comfortable. And for a 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.180 first week of school kind of book, I think it's 00:07:49.180 --> 00:07:53.139 a brilliant one that would be beneficial to everyone. 00:07:53.449 --> 00:07:56.709 And it just, like I said, it just, I just, once 00:07:56.709 --> 00:08:01.350 I was done reading it, I just felt so good. Like, 00:08:01.350 --> 00:08:03.910 like there's hope in that book. It just, you 00:08:03.910 --> 00:08:07.069 know, it just, it's such a good book. It made 00:08:07.069 --> 00:08:10.790 me just smile at just the message that it had. 00:08:11.129 --> 00:08:13.449 And I know that this is the kind of book that 00:08:13.449 --> 00:08:18.810 so many students need and would be comforting 00:08:18.810 --> 00:08:21.370 to them as well. So many of our students are 00:08:21.370 --> 00:08:27.149 very very aware of what makes them different. 00:08:27.930 --> 00:08:29.670 Because differences are so much easier to see, 00:08:29.850 --> 00:08:32.250 you know? And so our students are very aware 00:08:32.250 --> 00:08:35.649 of what makes them different. And so being able 00:08:35.649 --> 00:08:37.850 to point out that differences are okay, because 00:08:37.850 --> 00:08:39.889 there's plenty of similarities too. And we can 00:08:39.889 --> 00:08:42.889 learn from each other's differences and move 00:08:42.889 --> 00:08:46.230 from there. It's just, I love this story. It 00:08:46.230 --> 00:08:48.269 was wonderful and I'm looking forward to using 00:08:48.269 --> 00:08:51.169 it again this year. Yeah, this one's a really 00:08:51.169 --> 00:08:53.850 sweet one. It's really I would say it's already 00:08:53.850 --> 00:08:57.629 a classic It's very I love those illustrations 00:08:57.629 --> 00:08:59.809 and they are really does a great job of celebrating 00:08:59.809 --> 00:09:03.389 diversity and showing a lot of different parts 00:09:03.389 --> 00:09:08.190 of different cultures It's very sweet. It's very 00:09:08.190 --> 00:09:11.649 like you said, it's very comforting I would give 00:09:11.649 --> 00:09:14.169 this one a five out of five It's a lovely book. 00:09:14.450 --> 00:09:17.509 And it's really the way it's written, too. It 00:09:17.509 --> 00:09:19.549 doesn't even necessarily have to be a beginning 00:09:19.549 --> 00:09:21.450 of school book. It could really be at any time 00:09:21.450 --> 00:09:25.029 of the year. Absolutely. Yeah. It does fit in 00:09:25.029 --> 00:09:28.409 really well with the beginning of school, but 00:09:28.409 --> 00:09:30.950 it doesn't necessarily have to be. It's just 00:09:30.950 --> 00:09:33.429 and I don't think it actually mentions school 00:09:33.429 --> 00:09:35.750 a whole lot. It's just you're going somewhere 00:09:35.750 --> 00:09:38.370 new and people are different and you might feel 00:09:38.370 --> 00:09:41.509 like you might feel like you're not. You don't 00:09:41.509 --> 00:09:44.389 fit in as well at first, but you know, you will, 00:09:44.549 --> 00:09:48.009 because we're all, we are all different, but 00:09:48.009 --> 00:09:50.389 that's okay. We're kind of meant to be different. 00:09:50.610 --> 00:09:55.769 That's kind of what makes us all, that's the 00:09:55.769 --> 00:09:58.610 beautiful thing about the world, is our differences. 00:09:58.710 --> 00:10:02.149 It really just celebrates that. And while we 00:10:02.149 --> 00:10:06.610 are different, there are lots of other similarities 00:10:06.610 --> 00:10:09.519 between each other as well. it yeah you're right 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:12.220 it doesn't specifically say it implies kind of 00:10:12.220 --> 00:10:15.240 school because it does have the kids talk about 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:18.460 like different trips that they went on and then 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:21.200 it implied like there's a part where like mom 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:23.899 packs you your lunch and people are looking at 00:10:23.899 --> 00:10:26.419 what mom packed you and so it was like it kind 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:28.039 of implies school but it doesn't necessarily 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:29.720 have to be and it's definitely something you 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.279 could use at any point in the year i just think 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:34.679 it works really well with the beginning of the 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:36.899 year for sure you know it does work really well 00:10:36.899 --> 00:10:41.909 with the beginning And I think with pre -K, because 00:10:41.909 --> 00:10:44.990 pre -K, I think with this one, I would read it 00:10:44.990 --> 00:10:48.610 like first week of school to maybe any other 00:10:48.610 --> 00:10:51.629 grade actually. With pre -K, I would probably 00:10:51.629 --> 00:10:55.830 do it in September or October after they've already 00:10:55.830 --> 00:10:59.269 settled in a little bit because our pre -K kids 00:10:59.269 --> 00:11:04.129 are naturally. a little bit more egocentric, 00:11:04.169 --> 00:11:06.429 that's just the stage of life that they're in, 00:11:06.789 --> 00:11:11.570 and they may not notice differences yet. They're 00:11:11.570 --> 00:11:15.970 kind of so focused on themselves when they're 00:11:15.970 --> 00:11:18.789 three and four years old that they may not even 00:11:18.789 --> 00:11:22.669 really notice that there is anything different 00:11:22.669 --> 00:11:25.590 about them versus the other kids in school or 00:11:25.590 --> 00:11:27.429 what's going on there. That might be something 00:11:27.429 --> 00:11:30.159 that needs to be pointed out to them. and that's 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:31.759 because that's kind of a social construct that 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.360 kind of comes a little bit later on and that's 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.659 you know you know so it might not be that's a 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:41.120 that's a really thing yet yes but with our older 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:44.740 kids really anyone else even kindergarten i think 00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:47.200 is already noticing those differences and such 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:49.740 because they're just that's just their stage 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:52.379 of life no i think that's a that's a really good 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:54.179 point that i didn't i was just thinking just 00:11:54.179 --> 00:11:56.519 in general but you're absolutely right our pre 00:11:56.519 --> 00:12:01.500 -k kids probably they might not notice the whole 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:03.679 year if anybody was different necessarily, but 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.139 the older kids definitely would. But yeah, no, 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:10.139 that's a very good point. But it's a really good 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:13.679 one to introduce anything like that. If you have 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:15.399 any kind of unit where you're learning about 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:17.039 yourself or you're learning about other people 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:18.899 or learning about other cultures, this is a great 00:12:18.899 --> 00:12:20.860 one for Pre -K to kind of introduce that and 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:22.980 just be like, well, there are differences, but 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:25.820 it's good. We like the differences. We're down 00:12:25.820 --> 00:12:31.110 with them. Absolutely. So yes, definitely. Five 00:12:31.110 --> 00:12:32.950 out of five for this one. I love this story. 00:12:33.149 --> 00:12:36.669 It's wonderful. As far as a makerspace activity 00:12:36.669 --> 00:12:40.330 to connect with this book, I thought it would 00:12:40.330 --> 00:12:42.490 be fun to just give the kids a blank sheet of 00:12:42.490 --> 00:12:46.350 paper, give them some coloring materials, crayons, 00:12:46.590 --> 00:12:49.330 markers, colored pencils, and have the students 00:12:49.330 --> 00:12:52.710 draw a self -portrait of themselves. Have them 00:12:52.710 --> 00:12:57.179 draw them either... doing something that they 00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:59.840 enjoy or pointing out something that makes them 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:02.799 special, you know, something that they're proud 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:05.100 of about themselves. So they could draw a picture 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:07.980 of themselves, highlighting something that makes 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:10.659 them unique and special, something that they're 00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:13.039 proud of about themselves. And so it'd be kind 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:16.059 of a cool way just to see what they see in themselves 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:18.980 and see what they're happy about and what they're 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:22.600 proud of. And, you know, then you could kind 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:24.200 of have all the kids kind of share what they've 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:27.080 done. It'd be kind of cool to see all the things 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:30.940 that everyone is proud of about themselves and 00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:33.539 what they find special in themselves. You're 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:35.899 really cool. I love that. Yeah, that kind of 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:39.919 brings another layer of noticing, like introspection 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.899 and just noticing what they're good at and what 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:46.679 makes them special. Love it. That's great. Yeah. 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:54.120 All right. So for our Library of Littles management 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:57.259 tip, We're gonna discuss a little bit about since 00:13:57.259 --> 00:13:58.679 it's the beginning of the school year. We're 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:02.659 getting ready for that. We thought Discussing 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:04.460 seating charts for the beginning of the school 00:14:04.460 --> 00:14:08.279 year would be a great way to Introduce some of 00:14:08.279 --> 00:14:11.139 those management skills and help get to learn 00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:13.179 students names all that kind of stuff. So you 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:18.019 want to start this conversation for us? Yeah, 00:14:18.500 --> 00:14:22.759 so especially for pre -k is that Libraries that 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:25.679 I was on previously were all pre -k kids, which 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:30.840 means that I get to learn 300 brand new names 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:34.269 every single year. Actually, last year is about 00:14:34.269 --> 00:14:38.570 600. And that's a lot of kids. That's a lot of 00:14:38.570 --> 00:14:42.370 different classes. And it's really exceptionally 00:14:42.370 --> 00:14:44.549 hard. Like I know in elementary libraries, you're 00:14:44.549 --> 00:14:46.990 going to have a little bit of, you know, your 00:14:46.990 --> 00:14:48.730 kindergartners are going to come back as first 00:14:48.730 --> 00:14:50.269 graders. So you're all going to already going 00:14:50.269 --> 00:14:53.730 to know some names. You may forget a couple over 00:14:53.730 --> 00:14:55.789 the summer, but for the most part, you're going 00:14:55.789 --> 00:15:00.799 to take it back up eventually anyway. But with 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:05.279 Pre -K, it's all brand new kids, all the time, 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:09.519 every year. So for me, to help me learn my kids' 00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:13.100 names, I would always start out with a seating 00:15:13.100 --> 00:15:16.559 chart. And it was mostly just to help me learn 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:19.740 who the kids were, just because there were so 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:23.740 many. And it's kind of overwhelming to get to 00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:28.289 know all of them. it's kind of important for 00:15:28.289 --> 00:15:30.950 us to learn their names right because that's 00:15:30.950 --> 00:15:33.570 that's their identity that's who they are and 00:15:33.570 --> 00:15:37.950 um the kids notice if you don't you know really 00:15:37.950 --> 00:15:42.909 know who they are so for me i would always um 00:15:42.909 --> 00:15:45.889 start the school year with one of the first books 00:15:45.889 --> 00:15:49.570 that i always read was um chica chica boom boom 00:15:49.570 --> 00:15:52.190 i'm sure i'll do it again this year and because 00:15:52.190 --> 00:15:54.970 they're that's a good book because it starts 00:15:54.970 --> 00:15:59.690 with Letters I talk about how all the books have 00:15:59.690 --> 00:16:01.509 letters in them. So we're going to get to know 00:16:01.509 --> 00:16:04.450 letters really well in the library because that's 00:16:04.450 --> 00:16:08.929 kind of the basis of reading and I read it and 00:16:08.929 --> 00:16:13.309 then it has a really that really good YouTube 00:16:13.309 --> 00:16:16.889 song that goes with it. That's the same thing 00:16:16.889 --> 00:16:19.529 over and over again and it has it's just an animated 00:16:19.529 --> 00:16:21.830 version of the book pretty much and that's about 00:16:21.830 --> 00:16:26.519 a three minutes. Video so I've read the book 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:30.860 put on my three -minute video And it's just long 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:33.360 enough to kind of get there get their attention 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:35.860 have them sitting still and just wherever they're 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:39.480 sitting I go ahead and I have a pre -printed 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:43.559 sheet that is like a little map of my reading 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:46.919 rug and I write down where all the kids are sitting 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:50.340 and that's where I tell them like that's their 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:52.940 spot for the first at least the first several 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:57.100 weeks of school just because then I have a spot 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:59.399 written down with all of their names on it where 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:02.860 everybody is so that when they come into the 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:05.960 library next time I can say okay Jonathan needs 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.839 to go sit over here Ashley needs to go sit over 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:11.019 here and then when I'm reading the book I can 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:15.339 kind of refer back to my seating chart and I 00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:19.059 know who all the kids are and it really helps 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.799 me a lot because then I'm writing everything 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:23.420 down so that's another you know pathway in my 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:25.779 brain that's helping me form that connection 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:28.299 so I can remember who the kids are and when they 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:31.500 come back in I can refer back to it and you know 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:36.220 like kind of just notice at least the names and 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:39.660 match the names with the students so I can know 00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:42.279 who everybody is. So just I mean, just as long 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:44.880 as I can do that for at least like a month or 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:47.440 so, then I can usually get the names down pretty 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:50.319 well. And then it's not as big of a deal. And 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:52.240 then we might be able to relax the seating chart 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:55.140 a little bit. And depending on the class, there 00:17:55.140 --> 00:17:57.440 might still be some kids who just absolutely 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.559 need to be separated for whatever reason. But 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.180 after that point, once I know the kids names, 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:07.319 I do relax a little bit and kind of give them 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.759 a little bit more freedom with where they sit. 00:18:08.819 --> 00:18:11.000 But that just really, that's a really good way 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:16.420 for me personally to learn all those pre -K kids 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:21.279 because they're sure are a lot. Absolutely. Yes. 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:24.940 Um, so yeah, having it written down to go back 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:27.420 to and reflect on and be able to kind of put 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:30.539 the name to the face, to the spot definitely 00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:33.119 helps, especially for the first couple of weeks. 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:37.410 I tend to do the same for Usually honestly, I'll 00:18:37.410 --> 00:18:38.910 usually do it until the first grading period 00:18:38.910 --> 00:18:40.890 and so we do like six week grading periods and 00:18:40.890 --> 00:18:43.950 so by the end of September I've usually got most 00:18:43.950 --> 00:18:45.750 of the names down and at that point we can kind 00:18:45.750 --> 00:18:48.390 of move let them move around and pick a new spot 00:18:48.390 --> 00:18:52.009 or Come in each week and just sit down whatever 00:18:52.009 --> 00:18:54.869 works at that point for that group But yeah, 00:18:55.029 --> 00:18:57.809 absolutely having the first couple weeks of consistently 00:18:57.809 --> 00:19:00.809 having them sit in one spot so that you can learn 00:19:00.809 --> 00:19:03.180 those names and you honestly the other thing 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.819 is you start to learn some of those behaviors 00:19:04.819 --> 00:19:06.240 and some of those friends that are going to need 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:09.220 a little extra help and a little extra guidance 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:12.019 um and so absolutely i agree with you having 00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:13.619 a seating chart for the first couple weeks i 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:15.680 do this honestly i do this for all of the grade 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.559 levels even through like my fifth grade students 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:22.880 because yes that most of them have been there 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.000 all year and been there for a couple years and 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.359 so i've gotten to know them but there's some 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.950 new kids every year And so it just kind of helps. 00:19:30.650 --> 00:19:33.029 So having a seating chart, having some consistency, 00:19:33.309 --> 00:19:36.130 some rigidity for the first couple of weeks just 00:19:36.130 --> 00:19:41.250 to, it also just kind of helps to set some of 00:19:41.250 --> 00:19:44.769 those expectations. If you already know where 00:19:44.769 --> 00:19:46.329 you're going to sit, you don't have to like, 00:19:46.430 --> 00:19:48.130 there's no arguing over that. We can just come 00:19:48.130 --> 00:19:50.589 in and you can sit down and we can get going 00:19:50.589 --> 00:19:54.319 with the rest of what we need to do. building 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:57.559 those foundational routines and stuff. And so, 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:00.619 it's definitely worth doing for the first couple 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:02.480 of weeks. If you wanna keep it going all year, 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:06.279 that works too. It just depends on the group. 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.180 Cause there are some times when you're just like, 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:10.759 this group needs to have an assigned spot because 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:14.140 if they don't, it takes 20 minutes to get sitting 00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:15.660 on the carpet correctly and that kind of thing. 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.299 And that's fine. But yeah, starting the year 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:21.140 with it just to... I find that if you can set 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:24.019 those expectations from the start of come in, 00:20:24.019 --> 00:20:26.940 sit down so we can get started and build those 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:29.259 routines at the beginning, it's definitely, it's 00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:31.400 such a huge help. So I agree with you completely. 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:35.160 Seating charts are the way to go. And I even 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:39.960 made just like, I have a carpet that has the 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:42.900 alphabet on it. So it's like four, the four corners 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:44.619 or something, and then the rest of it's the alphabet. 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:51.299 And so, yeah, I made like a generic, PowerPoint 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:54.740 slide file that that's what it is and so I print 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:58.519 that and it's like kind of I have it all in gray 00:20:58.519 --> 00:21:01.500 and then I can just write in pencil right over 00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:05.000 it the kids names and I can erase when I need 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:08.359 to or move a kid when I need to and just so I 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:11.559 just buy over by my story time area where I do 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:13.700 all my lessons and everything I have a binder 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:19.630 that's split up by grade level And so each class 00:21:19.630 --> 00:21:23.390 has their seating chart in that for the beginning 00:21:23.390 --> 00:21:25.250 of the year. And I just keep it right there so 00:21:25.250 --> 00:21:27.630 that I can flip to it for whatever grade and 00:21:27.630 --> 00:21:30.150 whatever class I'm seeing. And I know where everybody 00:21:30.150 --> 00:21:32.950 is and it helps to learn all the names. It helps 00:21:32.950 --> 00:21:35.529 to just kind of give some structure at the beginning 00:21:35.529 --> 00:21:38.509 of the year. It's excellent. It does help a lot. 00:21:39.069 --> 00:21:43.940 Yeah. I need it. Yes. Yeah. I mean, Like I try 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:46.079 to explain to the students like there's one of 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:48.299 me. It's easy for you guys to learn one name 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:52.740 I'm trying to learn 300 like it's just like it's 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:56.720 not the same, you know It's a lot of work it's 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:01.400 hard All right. Well the other beginning of school 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:04.400 book that we're going to talk about today is 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:08.480 we don't eat our classmates It's published by 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:12.740 Disney Hyperion in 2018, and the author and illustrator 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:17.460 is Ryan T. Higgins. And I did not know how many 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:20.660 books or how many states had this on a list. 00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:24.779 This is on 37 state lists. That's the highest 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:31.400 number I've seen yet. I know. 37. Dang. I know. 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:37.299 A few of those are the Arizona Grand Canyon Reader 00:22:37.299 --> 00:22:40.859 Award for 2021, Florida Sunshine State Young 00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:44.140 Readers Award for 2019, Georgia Children's Book 00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:48.460 Award for 2020, and the Pennsylvania Young Readers 00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:51.700 Choice Award for 2019. This is also on a couple 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:54.460 of lists, including the Charlotte Zolotow Award 00:22:54.460 --> 00:23:00.480 for 2019. It's a CCBC Choice Book for 2019 and 00:23:00.569 --> 00:23:06.549 EB White Read Aloud Award 2019 and a Junior Library 00:23:06.549 --> 00:23:11.450 Guild selection. And Ryan T. Higgins was greatly 00:23:11.450 --> 00:23:15.089 influenced as a child by Calvin and Hobbes comics. 00:23:15.450 --> 00:23:17.509 Initially that's what he wanted to do. He wanted 00:23:17.509 --> 00:23:20.589 to become a comic writer. However, after reading 00:23:20.589 --> 00:23:23.490 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, he became 00:23:23.490 --> 00:23:26.990 intrigued by early readers and decided to try 00:23:26.990 --> 00:23:30.519 his hand at that genre. He currently lives in 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:35.079 Maine with his wife and three children. He has 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:38.279 quite a few books and most of them are in different 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:43.019 series. Mother Bruce series is easily his most 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:45.720 popular one. There's 19 books total in that. 00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:50.140 The Penelope Rex books including this one. has 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:53.279 four books total right now. He started a new 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:55.559 one called the Norman book series, and right 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:58.539 now that only has two books in it. It's Norman 00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:02.160 Didn't Do It, Yes He Did, and Norman and the 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:05.579 Smell of Adventure. I have to say before you 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:07.500 even start the summary, I have to say that Ryan 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:10.880 T. Higgins is one of my favorite author -illustrators 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:15.480 of picture books. I love to read the Mother Bruce 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:19.859 books with my students. They are so much fun. 00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:23.759 They're so absurd and silly and the kids just 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:28.000 love them. The Norman books are wonderful. And 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:31.960 even like Penelope Rex, I think that they're 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:36.279 just so entertaining. So like, he just, for someone 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:40.519 who didn't plan to do this and had other ideas, 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:43.829 like he came in and just did exactly like he's 00:24:43.829 --> 00:24:46.250 just doing he's just doing an amazing job with 00:24:46.250 --> 00:24:49.509 it these books are so wonderful they really are 00:24:49.509 --> 00:24:53.390 the kids love them so much and so yeah yeah they're 00:24:53.390 --> 00:24:56.690 really good and you can tell he wanted to be 00:24:56.690 --> 00:24:58.730 a comic writer in the books like they've always 00:24:58.730 --> 00:25:00.789 got those little word bubbles going on in there 00:25:00.789 --> 00:25:03.329 and that like that actually helps move the story 00:25:03.329 --> 00:25:05.210 along a little bit so this is actually probably 00:25:05.210 --> 00:25:08.460 a really great introduction to graphic novels 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:11.279 in general because like you could kind of you 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.940 could actually I think most of them you could 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:16.380 read it with or without the word bubbles that 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:19.180 are inserted in there but it does like that's 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:21.619 where most of the jokes are hidden and I guess 00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:24.900 not most that's not fair but I think more of 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:28.700 the adult humor is hidden in there and you could 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:31.039 you could kind of take it or leave it but it 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:34.109 does help move the story along. quite a bit, 00:25:34.230 --> 00:25:36.089 especially for older kids. Like I think that's 00:25:36.089 --> 00:25:39.730 what makes these books really good for like most 00:25:39.730 --> 00:25:44.269 elementary age kids actually. Like it works really 00:25:44.269 --> 00:25:46.829 well. And I think it's because they're kind of 00:25:46.829 --> 00:25:49.690 written like comics, but not really written like 00:25:49.690 --> 00:25:51.849 comics. Cause you're like, you could just read 00:25:51.849 --> 00:25:55.309 the words on the page for our younger kids or 00:25:55.309 --> 00:25:58.410 like with the older ones, you could, you know, 00:25:58.529 --> 00:26:00.470 point out the word what they're probably noticing 00:26:00.470 --> 00:26:03.339 it, but. Make sure they're not being lazy and 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:05.940 actually reading the word bubbles and it adds 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:08.420 a whole nother layer to the story It's great. 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:12.660 They're wonderful and on his website. He has 00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:17.759 a couple of Little clips of him like at home. 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:22.839 It kind of shows you his studio and Like his 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:25.880 process a little bit for you know when he's writing 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:29.240 which is really cool. Like that's a really I 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:32.700 know that's kind of a great introduction to authors 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:35.619 in general. Those are really cool. I think he 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:38.039 did those during COVID that looked like a COVID 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:41.299 thing, but he left them up, which makes me happy. 00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:45.740 Yeah. So anyway, I'm going to focus now. Here 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:49.569 we go. Yes. The book summary. Okay. Penelope 00:26:49.569 --> 00:26:51.849 Rex is very nervous about starting school for 00:26:51.849 --> 00:26:54.650 the first time. She has many of the typical fears 00:26:54.650 --> 00:26:57.450 like people won't like her and she won't do well, 00:26:57.450 --> 00:26:59.450 but it's all exacerbated by the fact that she 00:26:59.450 --> 00:27:02.630 is T -Rex starting school with human children. 00:27:03.329 --> 00:27:06.029 And initially she struggles to remember that 00:27:06.029 --> 00:27:10.289 she can't eat her classmates until their class 00:27:10.289 --> 00:27:15.210 goldfish teaches her a lesson and he bites her 00:27:15.210 --> 00:27:17.460 in the end and she kind of... becomes terrified 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:19.380 of him. And that's what the other books are about. 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:24.700 But I absolutely love this book. This is always 00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:29.200 the book that I start out reading to pre -K at 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:32.859 the very beginning of the school year. I usually 00:27:32.859 --> 00:27:36.799 do skip the word bubbles with pre -K at the very 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:40.059 beginning, because at the very beginning, when 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:42.640 they're fresh into school, their attention span 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:48.480 is like, tiny it's miniscule and The sooner we 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:50.880 can I do want to do story time and I do want 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:54.819 to make it engaging for everybody and We do lengthen 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:58.660 it throughout the school year, but at the very 00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:01.880 very beginning When all the kids are terrified, 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:04.880 but they're more terrified because like a lot 00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:07.920 of them have never Left their home before some 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.940 of some of them have and some of them haven't 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:12.019 the kids who have been today here kind of know 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:14.279 they're not gonna live at school but some of 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:16.660 the some of those four -year -olds they really 00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:19.099 do think that their parents have dropped them 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:20.559 off and they're never going to pick them up and 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:24.779 like what is happening and they don't know what's 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:28.079 going on so a lot of them anyway they're extra 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.740 squirrely at the beginning so i do skip the word 00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:34.480 bubbles a lot um just to kind of make it move 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:39.279 a little bit faster um But the illustrations 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:43.180 are so vibrant, it kind of catches their attention. 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:45.900 It's got a read. This book has an exceptionally 00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:53.720 good sound, soundscape on the novel effect app 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:57.579 that really hooks my students in pretty quickly 00:28:57.579 --> 00:29:00.920 and really doesn't let go for the whole book. 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:05.500 It's pretty great, like. I love it a lot. But 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:07.920 it's kind of because Penelope Rex is nervous. 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:10.940 Like all the kids are very much relating to that 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:15.059 because they're all nervous too. But because 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:19.339 she's nervous about like making friends and it's 00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:21.579 there, they all think it's hilarious that she's, 00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:23.420 you know, she might eat her classmates because 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:27.279 they all know that they're not going to eat their 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.119 classmates. That's not what they're nervous about. 00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:32.430 So it's like, it's relatable. but it's relatable 00:29:32.430 --> 00:29:36.710 in a very silly way. So that I think helps draw 00:29:36.710 --> 00:29:40.250 the kid's attention in really, really well. I 00:29:40.250 --> 00:29:43.369 just, I don't know. I love it a lot. And there's 00:29:43.369 --> 00:29:45.589 a fun disclaimer at the beginning that's like, 00:29:45.609 --> 00:29:48.930 hey, you know what? This book is about a T -Rex 00:29:48.930 --> 00:29:51.670 and they're extinct. So you don't need to be 00:29:51.670 --> 00:29:54.529 worried about being eaten at school. It's all 00:29:54.529 --> 00:29:58.170 good. Like, and that kind of helps too. I think 00:29:58.170 --> 00:30:01.200 that it's, you know. It kind of sets the tone 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.599 for the book and lets the kids know this is gonna 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:09.220 be silly. It's okay So I think this one for me 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:11.259 is a five out of five. There's a reason it's 00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:18.079 on 37 state lists. Yeah Yes, this is such a fun 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:21.000 and kind of silly story and it's really it really 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:25.460 is a great book for students I I need to remember 00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:27.539 to try the novel effect with it. I haven't done 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:30.299 that before but I'm gonna do it this year I gotta 00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:34.059 make a mental note to to do that because I keep 00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:36.420 forgetting to use the novel effect so I need 00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:39.279 to do that um because I think it's a really good 00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:41.720 one for this one in particular like that that 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:43.759 app I'm not gonna lie sometimes it's hit or miss 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:46.759 sometimes I'm like okay that is making it worse 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:51.119 but this one oh man it's a good one do it yeah 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:54.359 so I'm looking forward to that to using this 00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:56.799 to use this book this year and to use the novel 00:30:56.799 --> 00:31:00.400 effect with it this year um to to share the story 00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:02.660 with the kids because it is such a good book 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:05.839 and it really is just something that all the 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:09.740 kids enjoy so yeah great book great book yeah 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:14.740 i love this one a whole lot and i think for a 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:17.680 makerspace activity because it's theoretically 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:19.019 the beginning of the school year when you're 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:21.740 reading it it probably is because i just don't 00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:25.160 see another reason way that this book would fit 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:29.200 in anywhere else. There's other Penelope Rex 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:31.980 books will definitely fit in elsewhere, but this 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:35.160 one, I don't know. This is kind of where it belongs 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.599 for sure. So I think for this one, since you're 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:40.720 just establishing routines and procedures, I 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:43.920 think for a makerspace activity, this is where 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:48.519 I would introduce makerspace and I would just 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:53.690 keep it as simple as possible. because really 00:31:53.690 --> 00:31:56.410 all you're doing is teaching routines and procedures 00:31:56.410 --> 00:32:00.910 at the very beginning of the school year. So 00:32:00.910 --> 00:32:06.150 I usually keep it extra simple and only have 00:32:06.150 --> 00:32:10.569 maybe, depending on the size of the class, maybe 00:32:10.569 --> 00:32:16.730 three makerspace centers. at the most. I do kind 00:32:16.730 --> 00:32:20.750 of move it around so that there's more room at 00:32:20.750 --> 00:32:23.109 each of the makerspace centers so that there's 00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:27.710 plenty of space for the kids to get at everything. 00:32:29.130 --> 00:32:32.109 But the entire goal for me at the very beginning 00:32:32.109 --> 00:32:34.869 of the school year is letting the kids know that 00:32:34.869 --> 00:32:39.559 they are safe and they are loved and we are going 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:42.940 to have a predictable routine that they'll be 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:47.180 able to rely on throughout the school year. And 00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:50.200 part of the routine is going to be going to the 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:53.980 Maker Space Centers and cleaning up after themselves. 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:56.519 And cleanup is gonna take a little bit longer 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:59.940 than usual and minimizing the number of choices 00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:02.339 that they have at this point in the school year 00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:04.640 is gonna help with cleanup because there's not 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:07.460 gonna be as much to do and they'll kind of get 00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:12.000 through that a little bit faster. So yeah, just 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.029 keeping it simple. and just whatever you think 00:33:15.029 --> 00:33:18.009 it will be most engaging for your students. I 00:33:18.009 --> 00:33:20.029 might throw in some dinosaur toys in there if 00:33:20.029 --> 00:33:23.950 I have enough just because Penelope Rex is naturally 00:33:23.950 --> 00:33:27.650 a Tyrannosaurus Rex. That would help kind of 00:33:27.650 --> 00:33:30.950 with a tie into the story, but yeah for this 00:33:30.950 --> 00:33:32.589 one I would just teach routines and procedures 00:33:32.589 --> 00:33:36.369 within the library. Yeah which is super important, 00:33:36.430 --> 00:33:38.990 so important to get those routines set up at 00:33:38.990 --> 00:33:41.250 the beginning so that the students know what 00:33:41.250 --> 00:33:42.970 to expect for the rest of the year, absolutely. 00:33:43.390 --> 00:33:46.049 Yeah. Yeah, that's your basis for the whole school 00:33:46.049 --> 00:33:50.230 year. So, yeah. That's what I'm going to do. 00:33:50.569 --> 00:33:52.710 Gotta put in the time up front to make sure that 00:33:52.710 --> 00:33:54.269 everything else runs smooth the rest of the year, 00:33:54.309 --> 00:33:57.069 for sure. Absolutely. Because yeah, if you don't 00:33:57.069 --> 00:33:59.309 do that, oh boy, you're gonna have problems and 00:33:59.309 --> 00:34:00.650 then you won't be able to have any fun for the 00:34:00.650 --> 00:34:03.349 rest of the year. So, yeah. Yeah. Excellent. 00:34:03.490 --> 00:34:06.890 Love it. Alright, well, thank you all for joining 00:34:06.890 --> 00:34:09.329 us today on this episode of Librarians of Littles, 00:34:09.710 --> 00:34:12.329 and we hope you found some fresh ideas for inspiring 00:34:12.329 --> 00:34:14.889 young readers. Please be sure to subscribe and 00:34:14.889 --> 00:34:17.630 connect with us on social media. Happy reading! 00:34:19.710 --> 00:34:22.530 Thank you for listening to this episode of Librarians 00:34:22.530 --> 00:34:25.389 of Littles. We hope that you've enjoyed it. Check 00:34:25.389 --> 00:34:31.460 back each Wednesday for a new episode. 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