WEBVTT 00:00:20.969 --> 00:00:25.429 Welcome to Librarians of Littles. I'm Patrick 00:00:25.429 --> 00:00:29.649 Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. And this is a 00:00:29.649 --> 00:00:34.049 podcast where we discuss books and makerspace 00:00:34.049 --> 00:00:36.789 activities, give tips and tricks for working 00:00:36.789 --> 00:00:40.570 with pre -K students in the library setting. 00:00:41.310 --> 00:00:46.270 Today, we have two books about grandparents. 00:00:46.729 --> 00:00:51.450 As the school year starts in September, we have 00:00:51.450 --> 00:00:54.810 grandparents day. Grandparents are a big part 00:00:54.810 --> 00:00:58.090 of our students' lives. And so. we decided that 00:00:58.090 --> 00:01:01.170 we would find some grandparent themed books to 00:01:01.170 --> 00:01:04.950 share this week. Um, and I think that we did 00:01:04.950 --> 00:01:07.230 a pretty good job. We found some excellent ones. 00:01:07.230 --> 00:01:12.870 I think so too. Yeah. The first book is I Really 00:01:12.870 --> 00:01:16.689 Want to See You Grandma. It is written and illustrated 00:01:16.689 --> 00:01:22.069 by Taro Gomi and it was published by Chronicle 00:01:22.069 --> 00:01:27.739 Books LLC in 2018 for the English version. Originally, 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:32.379 it was published in 1979 in the Japanese version. 00:01:34.379 --> 00:01:40.480 This book did get a couple awards and is on a 00:01:40.480 --> 00:01:43.620 couple lists, including Outstanding International 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:49.079 Books for grades K -2 selection of 2019, the 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:54.409 Horn Book Fanfare selection for 2018, and El 00:01:54.409 --> 00:01:58.849 Dia de los Niños, El Dia de los Libros, Selection 00:01:58.849 --> 00:02:06.590 2020. The author, Taro Gomi, was born on August 00:02:06.590 --> 00:02:13.349 20th in 1945. He's a graduate of Kuozawa Design 00:02:13.349 --> 00:02:16.849 Institute, and his first book was published in 00:02:16.849 --> 00:02:22.310 1973. He has published more than 400 books in 00:02:22.310 --> 00:02:27.830 Japan. That's amazing. Yes, very amazing. That's 00:02:27.830 --> 00:02:32.889 a huge number, so very impressive. Some of his 00:02:32.889 --> 00:02:37.409 other books include Over the Ocean, The Crocodile 00:02:37.409 --> 00:02:41.189 and the Dentist, Terogomi's Big Book of Words, 00:02:41.849 --> 00:02:46.090 Mommy Mommy, I Know Numbers, What Do You Wear? 00:02:46.490 --> 00:02:50.050 Little truck and one of the most popular of his 00:02:50.050 --> 00:02:55.669 books Everyone poops. It's true. Yes So he's 00:02:55.669 --> 00:02:59.110 done a lot and he's very prolific and many many 00:02:59.110 --> 00:03:01.750 of his books have been translated into multiple 00:03:01.750 --> 00:03:08.689 languages a lot of them being English, so He's 00:03:08.689 --> 00:03:12.409 he's one of those guys that like you don't necessarily 00:03:12.409 --> 00:03:14.800 he's not one of those names that pops out But 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:16.819 when you start looking at the list of books that 00:03:16.819 --> 00:03:21.680 he's, he's produced, it's impressive. It's like, 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.900 you're like, Oh, yeah, I've read that book, or 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:26.219 I know of that book, or, you know, like, there's 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:27.939 quite a few of them that as I was going through 00:03:27.939 --> 00:03:30.259 the list, I was like, Whoa, I know that one and 00:03:30.259 --> 00:03:32.939 that one. But his name isn't one of those names 00:03:32.939 --> 00:03:36.120 that just like stands out, which is sad, because 00:03:36.120 --> 00:03:40.419 he's got some quality books there. He does. I 00:03:40.419 --> 00:03:42.800 Yeah, I've heard of most of these, but I didn't. 00:03:42.909 --> 00:03:46.550 I honestly I didn't recognize his name immediately 00:03:46.550 --> 00:03:50.189 and I hadn't read this book either until you 00:03:50.189 --> 00:03:52.629 suggested it but it's precious and I love it 00:03:52.629 --> 00:03:57.509 and yes it he deserves more recognition I assume 00:03:57.509 --> 00:04:01.129 it's just because he's Japanese and most of it 00:04:01.129 --> 00:04:03.949 was originally written in Japanese that I would 00:04:03.949 --> 00:04:06.210 think that would have definitely have some play 00:04:06.210 --> 00:04:09.030 in it for sure yeah that everything that he does 00:04:09.030 --> 00:04:11.759 has to be translated to English definitely slows 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:14.639 down that process. Like I said, this book was 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:18.759 originally published in 1979, but it was done 00:04:18.759 --> 00:04:22.040 in English in 2018. So like, yeah, there's a 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:25.220 there's definitely a delay there. A little bit. 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:30.920 So the summary for this book is the story of 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:33.360 a granddaughter and grandmother that both wish 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:36.240 to see each other. But as they leave their homes 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:40.420 and try to meet each other at the opposite person's 00:04:40.420 --> 00:04:42.779 place. They keep passing each other along the 00:04:42.779 --> 00:04:45.680 way until they finally meet in the middle at 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:50.019 a tree. It's a really cute and fun story. It's 00:04:50.019 --> 00:04:54.720 very simple story. But it like the illustrations 00:04:54.720 --> 00:05:00.240 are just warm and beautiful. And there's a simplicity 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:03.560 to them that, like, I don't want to say they're 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:07.810 simple, but There's a simple style to them that 00:05:07.810 --> 00:05:11.589 makes them just so wonderful and it's just this 00:05:11.589 --> 00:05:15.410 sweet story of a Grandmother and their grandchild 00:05:15.410 --> 00:05:19.569 trying to to be there to spend that time together 00:05:19.569 --> 00:05:23.250 and they just keep passing in the night It just 00:05:23.250 --> 00:05:26.670 so it's it's a fun story. I think students will 00:05:26.670 --> 00:05:29.990 enjoy it It's not a long story. So it's easy 00:05:29.990 --> 00:05:36.319 to keep the attention during that story And I 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:38.839 love that even as they're passing in the different 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.560 vehicles that they're riding in, it's very clear 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.379 that they're not the characters aren't noticing 00:05:43.379 --> 00:05:45.620 each other, but it's very clear for students 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:48.139 that they're right there. They're so close and 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:50.040 they're passing and not even realizing it kind 00:05:50.040 --> 00:05:53.079 of thing, which I think makes it a lot more fun. 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:57.279 So I think this is just a wonderful story. It's 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:02.060 so cute. I love it. And so I'm definitely saying 00:06:02.060 --> 00:06:04.920 this is a five out of five bookmarks. I think 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.339 it's a, it's a wonderful story that a lot of 00:06:07.339 --> 00:06:09.920 kids can relate to. They like grandparents are 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:13.000 such a big part of our students' lives. Um, many 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.579 of our students, honestly, a lot of my students 00:06:16.579 --> 00:06:19.279 being like I've mentioned to you previously, 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:22.100 we live, my, my students, I have a lot of students 00:06:22.100 --> 00:06:27.500 that qualify for pre -K because they're low economic 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:31.139 or they are in a home that's considered multifamily. 00:06:31.819 --> 00:06:35.540 Many of them are in homes that are multi -generational. 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:40.620 And so grandparents, for my students anyway, 00:06:40.939 --> 00:06:44.279 play a huge part in, in many of their lives, 00:06:44.420 --> 00:06:47.579 um, because they spend quite a lot of time with 00:06:47.579 --> 00:06:49.540 them. They, a lot of them live with them and 00:06:49.540 --> 00:06:51.639 that kind of thing. And so grandparents in general 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:54.699 are big part of my kid's story. So they're like 00:06:54.699 --> 00:06:57.620 their stories, their lives. And so this is a 00:06:57.620 --> 00:07:01.540 perfect book. to kind of show that love and that 00:07:01.540 --> 00:07:04.879 appreciation for them. So I really enjoyed the 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:07.759 book. Yeah, I did too. Like I said, this was 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.199 the first time I'd read it and it was just very 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:14.100 sweet. I loved that you could just feel the affection 00:07:14.100 --> 00:07:18.100 that the child and the grandmother have for each 00:07:18.100 --> 00:07:20.480 other and that they're just constantly trying 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:24.120 to connect. While they didn't connect right away, 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:26.600 they did eventually make that connection and 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.220 they met in the middle. It was just very sweet. 00:07:29.699 --> 00:07:35.639 I love it. I love the persistence of it too. 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:38.160 Neither of them really gave up and they were 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:41.439 like, this is going to happen. Yeah. And that's 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:44.079 a good message to teach our kids too, is to keep 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:48.980 trying, right? Yeah. So a makerspace activity 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:53.240 to do with this lesson, I thought since in this 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:56.100 story, The two characters the granddaughter and 00:07:56.100 --> 00:07:58.680 the grandmother travel in many different ways. 00:08:00.019 --> 00:08:03.720 The at one point the granddaughter travels by 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.759 bus while the grandmother travels by train another 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:11.660 time one of the characters travels by. Like truck 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:15.680 that is passing by and the other by taxi and 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:17.920 then at the end it's like. The little girl is 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:20.560 traveling by scooter while the grandmother is 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:22.439 traveling by motorcycle. So there's all these 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.240 different vehicles that they're trying to use 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.259 to get to each other. So I thought it'd be really 00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:29.480 fun to have the Legos and have the students build 00:08:29.480 --> 00:08:31.639 different vehicles to help the grandmother and 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.559 granddaughter get to each other. So giving those 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:38.659 kids a chance to kind of build some different 00:08:38.659 --> 00:08:43.740 vehicles to help those wayward family members 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:46.789 get back to each other would be a cute way. for 00:08:46.789 --> 00:08:48.350 the kids to make a connection with the book. 00:08:48.929 --> 00:08:54.309 Um, if you had the little mini figs of like different 00:08:54.309 --> 00:08:56.889 characters, you could use those as well. Personally, 00:08:56.889 --> 00:08:58.870 I don't use the mini figures, but I know that 00:08:58.870 --> 00:09:00.850 so many of my kids get creative and they build 00:09:00.850 --> 00:09:03.090 their own little figures using the blocks. And 00:09:03.090 --> 00:09:04.929 so having them be able to build those little 00:09:04.929 --> 00:09:06.809 figures with the blocks and then put them onto 00:09:06.809 --> 00:09:08.710 different vehicles that they build so they can 00:09:08.710 --> 00:09:11.090 try and retell the story would be a really fun 00:09:11.090 --> 00:09:14.269 activity for a lot of them to do. Yeah. And I 00:09:14.269 --> 00:09:16.639 love that. I love that that both involves you 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:20.240 know the creativity portion of it with the building 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:23.220 and creating a vehicle but then they could also 00:09:23.220 --> 00:09:26.179 like reenact it or like extend upon the story 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:29.720 and kind of have a literature component to it 00:09:29.720 --> 00:09:31.940 well i mean that's the goal right yeah all of 00:09:31.940 --> 00:09:33.320 them have a literature component to them but 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:36.240 that you do the story retelling with it as well 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:39.379 so they can do the story extension there that's 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:43.419 great Yeah. So I think that would be a fun way 00:09:43.419 --> 00:09:46.600 to share this story and definitely a really cool 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:52.299 way to have the kids be creative. And then like, 00:09:52.379 --> 00:09:56.879 if your campus has a day where you have actually 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:58.720 have like a grandparents day where grandparents 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.139 get to come in to like the classroom or into 00:10:03.139 --> 00:10:05.059 the different settings, if they come to the library, 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:08.440 you could read this story and have grandchildren 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:10.940 with grandparents, and then they could work together 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:14.080 to build the vehicles with the Legos and do that 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:18.080 too, which would be really cool. I know my campus, 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:19.700 we don't get the chance to actually have the 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:21.399 grandparents come into the classrooms, but I 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:23.580 know some campuses do invite the grandparents 00:10:23.580 --> 00:10:25.679 to stay all day for Grandparents Day and that 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:27.139 kind of thing. And so that would be a cool way 00:10:27.139 --> 00:10:30.879 to have multi -generational makerspace going 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:32.820 on, which would be pretty awesome. That would 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:38.389 be, I like it. All right. So that already brings 00:10:38.389 --> 00:10:42.789 us to our library of littles management tip for 00:10:42.789 --> 00:10:45.850 this week. This week, we're going to be talking 00:10:45.850 --> 00:10:50.730 about newsletters. This year, I'm terrible. I 00:10:50.730 --> 00:10:53.370 mentioned this to you, Caroline. I'm so terrible. 00:10:54.190 --> 00:10:59.370 I am. I'm so terrible at self -promotion in the 00:10:59.370 --> 00:11:01.990 library. Self -promotion for me is just one of 00:11:01.990 --> 00:11:06.549 the hardest things to do to keep Our families 00:11:06.549 --> 00:11:08.990 up to date on all the different things that are 00:11:08.990 --> 00:11:11.529 happening in the library when i've got. All the 00:11:11.529 --> 00:11:13.649 different things happening i'm juggling so many 00:11:13.649 --> 00:11:17.570 balls in the air and to. To promote myself and 00:11:17.570 --> 00:11:21.610 to let everyone know what's happening is. So 00:11:21.610 --> 00:11:24.970 very important but it's usually the thing that's 00:11:24.970 --> 00:11:27.509 last on my list of things to worry about and 00:11:27.509 --> 00:11:30.610 so this year i'm gonna be getting much much better 00:11:30.610 --> 00:11:34.149 with that i'm doing a monthly newsletter where. 00:11:34.429 --> 00:11:36.649 the first week of every month. I'm going to send 00:11:36.649 --> 00:11:39.710 out a newsletter with some of the things that 00:11:39.710 --> 00:11:41.809 are coming up. We're going to include like future 00:11:41.809 --> 00:11:44.970 dates for the month, events and activities that 00:11:44.970 --> 00:11:48.549 are coming up. I'll include some pictures and 00:11:48.549 --> 00:11:50.730 some things that we did from the month before, 00:11:51.490 --> 00:11:54.570 including like some of the makerspace activities, 00:11:54.730 --> 00:11:58.309 stuff like that. Also, I'm planning to, I have 00:11:58.490 --> 00:12:00.750 student helpers in the library. So I'm going 00:12:00.750 --> 00:12:02.629 to be doing spotlights on my student helpers 00:12:02.629 --> 00:12:04.669 that are helping to keep the books on the shelves 00:12:04.669 --> 00:12:08.610 and organized and all that kind of stuff. Uh, 00:12:08.610 --> 00:12:12.929 as well as just kind of like including some of 00:12:12.929 --> 00:12:18.110 the upcoming themes that we're going to hit. 00:12:18.350 --> 00:12:21.789 Like in September, it'll be easy to like have 00:12:21.789 --> 00:12:25.049 a little blurb about Hispanic American heritage 00:12:25.049 --> 00:12:27.549 month and that kind of thing. Like, you know, 00:12:27.600 --> 00:12:31.720 little things like that to just let everyone 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:33.639 know what's happening because I feel like a lot 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:37.899 of times I'm just kind of in my own little cave 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:40.600 and yeah like the students and I are in there 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.120 and they know we're doing this stuff but that 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:45.639 doesn't always get communicated out to the parents 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:49.720 and so I need to be better about communicating 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:52.320 all the things that are happening within the 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:54.820 library walls. Like my parents know when there's 00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:56.700 a book fair and that kind of thing. They know 00:12:56.700 --> 00:13:00.320 when certain activities are happening because 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:02.899 they have to sign permission slips and that kind 00:13:02.899 --> 00:13:06.580 of stuff. But like the monthly day to day kind 00:13:06.580 --> 00:13:09.740 of things that are going on in the library are 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:12.659 not things that the parents know about. Like 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:14.679 we even you and I even mentioned like we could 00:13:15.830 --> 00:13:17.870 include in the monthly newsletter, some information 00:13:17.870 --> 00:13:19.529 about like checkout data, like how many books 00:13:19.529 --> 00:13:21.549 have we checked out in the last month? How many 00:13:21.549 --> 00:13:24.190 books are overdue this month? Like that kind 00:13:24.190 --> 00:13:26.970 of stuff, just to give some like statistical 00:13:26.970 --> 00:13:30.129 data also, like anything I can do to self promote, 00:13:30.230 --> 00:13:33.929 I need to get better at it so that my community 00:13:33.929 --> 00:13:36.309 is aware of everything that I'm doing and all 00:13:36.309 --> 00:13:37.970 the work that I'm doing with the kids. Cause 00:13:37.970 --> 00:13:39.889 otherwise it just, oh, you're the librarian. 00:13:40.690 --> 00:13:42.730 You, you give the kids books and that's the extent 00:13:42.730 --> 00:13:45.049 of my parents knowledge of what I'm doing, which 00:13:45.210 --> 00:13:50.889 Granted not the worst but really not even It's 00:13:50.889 --> 00:13:52.750 just service level of all the stuff, you know, 00:13:52.750 --> 00:13:55.590 it's the tip of the iceberg Absolutely. Yeah, 00:13:56.049 --> 00:13:58.570 like we're doing so many more things. And so 00:13:58.570 --> 00:14:02.490 I need to get better about Self -promoting letting 00:14:02.490 --> 00:14:05.049 everyone know all the great stuff that really 00:14:05.049 --> 00:14:08.990 is happening Because you know if if I take some 00:14:08.990 --> 00:14:12.029 pictures of the kids working on a makerspace 00:14:12.029 --> 00:14:15.379 activity after we read a book And I can put that 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:18.039 in the newsletter. Like that's somebody's kids. 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:19.620 Somebody's going to see that and be like, Hey, 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:21.519 that was my kid. They did that. That's so cool. 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:25.379 Like even just that little bit. Um, it just can 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:28.000 be so powerful to share those, those things with 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:31.659 the parents. And so I have already been working 00:14:31.659 --> 00:14:35.100 in Canva looking at different newsletter templates. 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:36.860 And so I think I found the one that I'm going 00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:40.419 to use for mine. Um, but yeah, I'm going to make 00:14:40.419 --> 00:14:41.779 sure that I have that. I'm going to make sure 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:44.490 that I work with my principal. so that that gets 00:14:44.490 --> 00:14:49.169 sent out every month. And my campus has a library 00:14:49.169 --> 00:14:52.629 Facebook page that it'll be posted on. And then 00:14:52.629 --> 00:14:58.509 the campus Facebook page will repost the library's 00:14:58.509 --> 00:15:00.809 post of the newsletter so that everybody has 00:15:00.809 --> 00:15:03.269 access to both Facebook accounts and we'll be 00:15:03.269 --> 00:15:06.690 able to see it that way and through email. So. 00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:10.080 Anything anything we can do to promote ourselves 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:11.799 and make sure that the community understands 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:14.399 the impact that we're having because in a in 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:17.059 a time when Libraries are being questioned as 00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:18.919 to their importance We want to make sure that 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:20.879 everybody understands that we really are important 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:23.019 and that we're having an impact on their students 00:15:23.019 --> 00:15:26.080 education So any way that we can show that is 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:31.679 always important Absolutely Yeah Yeah, you're 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:35.139 right. A lot of people don't really realize I 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:37.500 think kind of understandably so how much goes 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:40.139 into the library. I think for most professions 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:43.559 in general, you don't really realize all the 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:46.240 different aspects of everything that person does. 00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:48.659 And the library is no exception to that. There's 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:51.100 just a lot that goes on behind the scenes and 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:52.779 a lot of bonus things that other people don't 00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:55.320 really see. And it makes it even harder because 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:59.700 we're the only one. So if we don't say it, literally 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:03.230 no one will know. And it can be hard and uncomfortable 00:16:03.230 --> 00:16:06.570 to kind of tutor on horns because we're kind 00:16:06.570 --> 00:16:11.029 of as a culture kind of value humility and being 00:16:11.029 --> 00:16:13.110 humble and kind of self -deprecation a little 00:16:13.110 --> 00:16:16.929 bit. So that makes it even more challenging. 00:16:17.309 --> 00:16:20.570 But you're right. Like if if we don't say it, 00:16:20.690 --> 00:16:24.190 nobody else knows about it. It's it's not going 00:16:24.190 --> 00:16:27.029 to like we know we're doing amazing things, but 00:16:27.029 --> 00:16:30.330 we need. the parents of the community to be aware 00:16:30.330 --> 00:16:33.230 of it as well. So they don't cut our funding. 00:16:33.509 --> 00:16:36.549 That self -advocacy piece is really pretty crucial. 00:16:37.889 --> 00:16:41.129 So yeah, a newsletter is a great way to let everybody 00:16:41.129 --> 00:16:43.789 know what's going on. It's, you know, predictable 00:16:43.789 --> 00:16:46.490 and regular and kind of holds us accountable 00:16:46.490 --> 00:16:49.690 too. So we have a deadline and can make sure 00:16:49.690 --> 00:16:53.909 that we share that with everyone. It's important 00:16:53.909 --> 00:16:59.080 stuff. So I will hopefully Do that. Maybe I'll 00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:02.460 do like a quarterly one this year. Or maybe I'll 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:05.920 do like a, just like a wrap up each semester 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:09.599 with like our circulation stats and highlight 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:11.420 some of the great things that we've done. But 00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:13.680 starting on a new campus this year, I don't, 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:17.140 I would love to, I think monthly is ideal, but 00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:20.039 I'm establishing a lot of things right now. If 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:22.940 you do it like every, every quarter, every grading 00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:25.079 period. Yeah, that would be a good start. And 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:26.640 then you can just improve from there, right? 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.779 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think I'll do that this year, 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:36.359 too Okay. Anyway for our next book. I love that. 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:40.059 We both accidentally picked Books with Asian 00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:44.619 characters. That's fun Yes, the other book says 00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:47.500 something about that culture and the importance 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:50.440 of grandparents to I think maybe I think it might 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:57.519 Yeah, I think Yeah exactly I think that's very 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:00.200 accurate. And it's important to highlight other 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:03.420 cultures as well. But this one, the next book 00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:05.200 that we're going to talk about today is called 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:08.359 Drawn Together. It was printed by Disney Hyperion 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:13.180 in 2018. The author is Minh Le and the illustrator 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:18.359 is Dan Santat. And this book has won quite a 00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:21.619 few awards. I did not know how many until we 00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:24.440 went to do this episode. It's got a total of 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.420 10 awards. It got the Anna Dudney Read Together 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:31.920 Honor in 2019, Asian Pacific American Award for 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:35.200 Literature in 2019, Notable Children's Books 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:38.799 and Language Arts Award in 2019, ALSC Notable 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.380 Children's Book 2019, Charlotte Huck Award 2019, 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:46.259 Notable Books for a Global Society 2019, Junior 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:50.390 Library Guild Selection 2018, and School Library 00:18:50.390 --> 00:18:53.450 Journal Best Books of the Year for 2018. It is 00:18:53.450 --> 00:18:57.190 on a total of 16 state lists, a few of which 00:18:57.190 --> 00:19:02.349 are California Young Reader Medal for 2021, Colorado 00:19:02.349 --> 00:19:05.710 Children's Book Award 2020, Georgia Children's 00:19:05.710 --> 00:19:09.630 Book Award 2019, Illinois Monarch Award 2021, 00:19:10.269 --> 00:19:13.289 Texas Little Maverick Novel Reading List 2020, 00:19:14.410 --> 00:19:21.339 and Vermont Red Clover Award 2019. And for our 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:27.220 author history, Minh Le is a Vietnamese -American 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:31.119 award -winning author of children's picture books 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:33.279 and middle grade graphic novels. He's worked 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:35.799 in education at the state, national, and local 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:39.440 level and is on the board of the organization 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:42.720 We Need Diverse Books. He holds a bachelor's 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:45.660 in psychology from Dartmouth College and a master's 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:48.279 in education policy from Harvard University. 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:52.049 He currently lives in San Diego with his wife 00:19:52.049 --> 00:19:54.930 and children. And some of the other books that 00:19:54.930 --> 00:19:57.210 he's written, quite a few of them are with Dan 00:19:57.210 --> 00:20:02.349 Santat. Some of those are Built to Last, Lift, 00:20:03.349 --> 00:20:08.329 and The Blur. Some other books he's written are 00:20:08.329 --> 00:20:11.630 Let Me Finish, illustrated by Isabel Roxas. The 00:20:11.630 --> 00:20:15.450 Perfect Seat, illustrated by Gus Gordon. The 00:20:15.450 --> 00:20:19.579 Real Me, illustrated by Raisa Figueroa. Green 00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:23.180 Lantern Legacy illustrated by Andy Dong. Green 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:26.779 Lantern Alliance illustrated by Andy Dong. And 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:31.160 Enlighten Me illustrated by Chan. I don't know 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:34.759 how to say that. Chao? Chao? Gonna go with Chao. 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:41.079 That sounds great. Yeah. Yeah. And the Illustrator. 00:20:41.390 --> 00:20:46.430 is Dan Santat. He is a Caldecott award -winning 00:20:46.430 --> 00:20:50.130 artist who grew up in Southern California and 00:20:50.130 --> 00:20:53.349 graduated from the Art Center College of Design. 00:20:54.210 --> 00:20:57.190 Santat is the creator of the animated series, 00:20:57.329 --> 00:21:01.170 The Replacements, and he lives outside of Los 00:21:01.170 --> 00:21:04.990 Angeles with his wife, two kids, and many, many 00:21:04.990 --> 00:21:10.369 pets. So Some of Dan Santat's other books, books 00:21:10.369 --> 00:21:15.630 that he has illustrated, include Endlessly Ever 00:21:15.630 --> 00:21:21.289 After, written by Laurel Snyder. A New Day, written 00:21:21.289 --> 00:21:28.609 by Brad Meltzer. The Misfits series by Lisa Yee. 00:21:29.309 --> 00:21:32.990 No More Poems, a book in verse that just gets 00:21:32.990 --> 00:21:39.240 worse by Rhett Miller. Oh No, or How My Science 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:42.319 Project Destroyed the World by Mack Bennett, 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:48.920 Dude by Aaron Reynolds, and the Ricky Ricotta 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:53.259 Mighty Robot series by Dave Pilkey. Books that 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:56.640 he has both written and illustrated include A 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:00.819 First Time for Everything, The Adventures of 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:04.890 Beekle, The Unimaginary Friend, After the Fall, 00:22:05.049 --> 00:22:09.009 How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again, and many, 00:22:09.069 --> 00:22:17.369 many more. And this book, so I didn't know before 00:22:17.369 --> 00:22:20.450 we did this particular episode, but there's a 00:22:20.450 --> 00:22:26.650 really, really, really good PBS Books YouTube 00:22:26.650 --> 00:22:32.380 with Men lay reading this book and it's this 00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:35.400 book is it's a nearly wordless picture book. 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:39.339 And it's about a young boy's mother who drops 00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:42.200 him off at his tie speaking grandfather's house 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:45.119 for a visit and at first glance it looks as though 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:48.000 they have nothing in common they try to connect 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:50.819 but they just. I can't get there they both speak 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:52.960 different languages and eat different food enjoy 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:56.400 different tv shows and after missing that connection 00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:58.819 and. repeatedly missing the mark, they finally 00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:01.299 learned that they're both passionate about art 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:03.140 and they connect with each other through their 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:12.400 drawings. And in the PBS books, YouTube video 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:16.259 with Menle reading it, like he kind of explains 00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:19.200 all of the different little pieces with the book. 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:26.339 I learned that Menle is Vietnamese and his grandmother, 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:30.319 either his grandmother or his grandfather, only 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:32.559 spoke Vietnamese. And they kind of had a very 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:36.559 similar relationship from, you know, grandchild 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:40.880 to grandparent, as in this book. And Dan Santat 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.259 had the same experience, but his family is Thai. 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:46.200 So I don't remember, one of them had a grandmother 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:48.740 or grandfather that they were trying to connect 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:51.730 with that didn't speak. English at all and they 00:23:51.730 --> 00:23:54.109 were both English speaking and they didn't realize 00:23:54.109 --> 00:23:56.390 that until after they like were halfway through 00:23:56.390 --> 00:24:00.089 reading or creating this book together that they 00:24:00.089 --> 00:24:02.289 Pretty much had the same childhood experience 00:24:02.289 --> 00:24:04.509 and they both dedicated it to their grandparents, 00:24:04.589 --> 00:24:08.930 which was really sweet but Because this is nearly 00:24:08.930 --> 00:24:12.990 wordless. It's like really I like to do it with 00:24:12.990 --> 00:24:17.529 pre -k because It's a really good one for like 00:24:17.529 --> 00:24:20.720 a lot of pre -k kids will you know, when they're 00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:23.759 in the library and you tell them that, you know, 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:27.079 you can go read a book, they'll say, No, I don't 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:30.140 know how to read. That's not possible for me. 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:32.859 So I like to start with something like this, 00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:35.539 because then you can just look at the pictures 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:37.829 and I'm like, Look, there's no letters on this 00:24:37.829 --> 00:24:41.029 page. No letters means no words. You tell me 00:24:41.029 --> 00:24:44.329 what you see in the book, and we'll read it together. 00:24:44.430 --> 00:24:46.930 So then that's that kind of introduces the kids 00:24:46.930 --> 00:24:50.410 to like, Oh, I can still read this book. But 00:24:50.410 --> 00:24:53.210 this one in particular, it does a really, really 00:24:53.210 --> 00:24:59.380 good job with you can see like the Like when 00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:02.619 they sit down together the grandson is eating 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:04.660 a hot dog Which is you know, the quintessential 00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:06.420 American meal over there like burgers and hot 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.000 dogs. That's like you don't get more American 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.380 food than that While the grandfather is eating 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:16.500 ramen, which is I I mean I think to most people 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:18.440 Looking at that like you would see that and you're 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:22.259 like that's Asian food with a four -year -old 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:25.839 They may or may not recognize it as being like 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:29.099 a different Cultured like culturally different 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:31.319 I guess so you would have to point out things 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:34.019 like that like the cultural differences and you 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:37.000 would have to kind of Just point out how they're 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:40.000 trying to connect but not quite making it there 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.779 the kids can still read their facial expressions 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:45.460 and Like you can tell by the way the characters 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:48.480 are looking at each other that they want To connect 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.880 with each other like they're smiling sometimes 00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:53.220 and they're kind of looking at each other. Like 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:56.980 are you interested in this? I don't know and 00:25:56.980 --> 00:26:02.039 there are a few words like on the page not a 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.799 ton like I said like it is nearly wordless but 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:09.039 not quite there and on those with those words 00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:12.759 like it's written in like the the words that 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:17.059 the grandfather is speaking to the grandson is 00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:20.460 in Thai so like You can point that out to kids, 00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:22.039 and I have done that before when reading this 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:24.680 book to classes. I'm like, that doesn't look 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:27.160 like, I don't see a letter A in there, do you? 00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:32.180 None of those are letters that we recognize because 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:35.140 he's not speaking English like we are. He's speaking 00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:37.460 a different language. And look, we do see that 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:40.140 the grandson is saying these words, and we see 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:43.079 those letters. We know these letters, so he's 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:45.079 speaking English because we can recognize those 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:48.150 letters. So like you would have to point out 00:26:48.150 --> 00:26:52.829 things like that But I absolutely love this book 00:26:52.829 --> 00:26:56.630 I love how they you know, it doesn't just such 00:26:56.630 --> 00:26:59.349 a good job of showing them trying to connect 00:26:59.349 --> 00:27:03.230 I love that it is nearly wordless so kids can 00:27:03.230 --> 00:27:07.269 kind of learn to read the pictures more or less 00:27:07.269 --> 00:27:10.490 on their own and When they do connect through 00:27:10.490 --> 00:27:13.569 those drawings the grandson has you know, very 00:27:13.569 --> 00:27:18.519 bright and vivid markers, and the grandfather 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:21.880 only has like black and white pens and paint. 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:25.220 And so they do use different art mediums. And 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:28.420 then when they do start their drawings, like 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:31.640 it kind of goes into their, it shows their them 00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:35.920 dressed up doing their drawings. And it kind 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:41.480 of shows them trading their the boy trades. his 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:45.180 markers for you know the grandfather's black 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:47.779 and white paints and such so it kind of shows 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:50.359 how they kind of share that connection and they 00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:53.279 keep that connection even though they don't speak 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.420 the same language and even though they have so 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:58.279 many differences i just i absolutely love it 00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:00.519 this one for me is definitely a five out of five 00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:03.799 it's just so beautiful and i don't know the colors 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:08.099 are so vivid and so bright it has Dan Santana 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:12.200 has a very distinct, almost half anime, half 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:14.140 kind of American drawing, kind of the way you 00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:18.480 would expect him. Maybe not expect, but you would, 00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:22.119 that's probably heavily influenced by his Asian 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:25.059 background. But I don't know. This is one of 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:27.519 my favorite books. Dan Santana is one of my favorite 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:33.519 creators. I love it a lot. Yeah. Totally agree. 00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:38.279 This was just such a charming, sweet book. It 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:41.180 was wonderful. I was so happy when I saw that 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:47.500 you selected this one. Yes, I have not found 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:50.500 a bad book that Dan Santat has been a part of. 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:56.019 Especially when they work together, I just love 00:28:56.019 --> 00:29:01.319 how the storytelling just kind of gets elevated 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:05.309 to a whole new level when Dance and Tap and Minle 00:29:05.309 --> 00:29:08.750 work together. They, so many of their books are 00:29:08.750 --> 00:29:11.789 on my favorites list. Like I love to use them 00:29:11.789 --> 00:29:15.589 with students and I love how quite a few of them 00:29:15.589 --> 00:29:21.849 are like minimalist in the use of words and they 00:29:21.849 --> 00:29:25.809 still tell such a powerful story. And so I really, 00:29:25.809 --> 00:29:29.599 I love to include a lot of the books that they 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:31.819 work on together in my lessons throughout the 00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:34.339 year because they're just so wonderful. And so 00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:37.519 this is at the top of the list there too. And 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:44.519 I think that a lot of our students love art and 00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:46.480 love to draw and that kind of thing. And so to 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:49.200 see it as a way to communicate with someone else 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:52.400 is, it's something that, especially in pre -K, 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:55.700 I don't think a lot of them ever think about. 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:58.849 And so it's a nice, new idea for them to see 00:29:58.849 --> 00:30:02.049 that their artwork can be a form of communication 00:30:02.049 --> 00:30:07.910 also. So really fun. Love this book. Yeah, I 00:30:07.910 --> 00:30:09.869 love it a whole lot. Like pretty much everything 00:30:09.869 --> 00:30:14.609 they do is kind of amazing. Yeah. Yeah. For a 00:30:14.609 --> 00:30:17.950 makerspace activity, because this book does center 00:30:17.950 --> 00:30:22.109 around art in a really big way, I would just 00:30:22.109 --> 00:30:26.210 put out lot of different choices for kids to 00:30:26.210 --> 00:30:28.569 use to create their own art just maybe get like 00:30:28.569 --> 00:30:32.450 a really big piece of butcher paper and lay it 00:30:32.450 --> 00:30:35.849 across the table and then have everybody get 00:30:35.849 --> 00:30:39.990 something and not necessarily the same thing 00:30:39.990 --> 00:30:45.990 and kind of create their art together. So yeah, 00:30:45.990 --> 00:30:49.250 I would put out like crayons and markers and 00:30:49.250 --> 00:30:53.240 pens if I was feeling brave. I might do, I probably 00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:55.160 wouldn't do paint actually with something like 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:58.119 this because there would be so many kids in the 00:30:58.119 --> 00:31:00.839 same spot. But I'll probably stick with like 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:03.819 colored pencils, crayons and markers so everybody 00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:05.619 could have something different. And because there 00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:08.079 is the black and white in the book as well with 00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:12.079 the grandfather, I would probably get just some 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.079 pens as well. And I'll probably do less messy 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.680 things due to the number of kids using it at 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:22.460 the same time, but kind of create our own. Big 00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:26.579 drawing like they saw in the book Yeah, and see 00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:30.380 what everybody could bring to that drawing I 00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:33.500 Love that. That's really cool end up with this 00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:36.180 beautiful mural that the kids all work together 00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:38.690 on kind of thing Yeah, and then you could like 00:31:38.690 --> 00:31:40.930 hang it up if that depending on I don't know, 00:31:40.970 --> 00:31:42.430 I guess it depends on how many classes did it. 00:31:42.430 --> 00:31:44.029 I don't know if you'd have room for it or not. 00:31:44.329 --> 00:31:46.410 Or you could give it to the classroom teacher 00:31:46.410 --> 00:31:48.529 and they could hang it up if they if you didn't 00:31:48.529 --> 00:31:50.410 have enough space. That would be something kind 00:31:50.410 --> 00:31:53.329 of cool to have in their classroom to that would 00:31:53.329 --> 00:31:55.210 I bet they would like Yeah, the kid and the kids 00:31:55.210 --> 00:31:57.849 would probably enjoy seeing the work that they 00:31:57.849 --> 00:32:02.079 created altogether like that as well. Yeah. Very 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:04.680 cool. The other thing that I thought is you could 00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:06.400 and I haven't used them So I don't know how messy 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.460 they would get but they now have like sharpie 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:14.819 makes like paint pens So they're a little expensive 00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:19.619 because I bought my wife some for school Five 00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:22.259 of them they're like oil or yeah, they're water 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:24.660 based their watercolor based Because you can 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:26.480 get watercolor based or the oil ones, but like 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:29.119 the watercolor ones I think I got a pack of five. 00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:31.970 It's like 20 bucks for them. So they're not cheap. 00:32:32.250 --> 00:32:36.009 Yeah. But I like, I don't think they're gonna 00:32:36.009 --> 00:32:39.309 be super messy either. So it's a way to introduce 00:32:39.309 --> 00:32:43.150 paint maybe without all the mess. So it's something 00:32:43.150 --> 00:32:45.170 that if you had them lying around, if you had 00:32:45.170 --> 00:32:48.609 them and you wanted to introduce them that way, 00:32:48.630 --> 00:32:51.190 you could add those in. But I think you're right. 00:32:51.289 --> 00:32:54.630 I think like trying to Like adding like watercolors 00:32:54.630 --> 00:32:56.970 with paint and everything. That would be a nightmare 00:32:56.970 --> 00:33:01.390 this early, like in September, especially we're 00:33:01.390 --> 00:33:03.630 not ready in September, right? Not in September. 00:33:03.869 --> 00:33:06.230 We're around grandparents today. But, um, also 00:33:06.230 --> 00:33:08.849 just if everyone is participating together, you're 00:33:08.849 --> 00:33:10.529 going to have people putting elbows in it and 00:33:10.529 --> 00:33:12.210 stuff like that. So I think that you're right 00:33:12.210 --> 00:33:15.130 to keep it out of it. It keep paint out of it, 00:33:15.130 --> 00:33:17.329 but you might be able to find some other ways 00:33:17.329 --> 00:33:21.549 to do it, but Yeah, super cool idea. I love that 00:33:21.549 --> 00:33:24.170 idea of just like all of them working together 00:33:24.170 --> 00:33:27.410 to do something. That'd be cool. Yeah, it'd be 00:33:27.410 --> 00:33:31.549 a lot of fun. All right, well thank you all for 00:33:31.549 --> 00:33:34.250 joining us today on this episode of Librarians 00:33:34.250 --> 00:33:36.069 of Littles, and we hope you found some fresh 00:33:36.069 --> 00:33:38.549 ideas for inspiring our young readers. Please 00:33:38.549 --> 00:33:41.190 be sure to subscribe and connect with us on social 00:33:41.190 --> 00:33:44.009 media. Happy reading! Thank you for listening 00:33:44.009 --> 00:33:47.190 to this episode of Librarians of Littles. 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And she 00:34:33.130 --> 00:34:37.710 was like, no, but we should let's go. And now 00:34:37.710 --> 00:34:41.329 it's, I don't know. It just, it just slowly got 00:34:41.329 --> 00:34:44.690 bigger and bigger. Okay. So there's, she's doing 00:34:44.690 --> 00:34:47.010 like a three week project with them in the art 00:34:47.010 --> 00:34:49.019 room. And we're going to hang up all the things 00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:51.039 around the school and it's just going to be a 00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:55.340 dress up day. And that's cool. The principal's 00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:58.059 getting little dot candies for everybody and 00:34:58.059 --> 00:35:01.460 the art teachers hosting an after school staff 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:05.519 dot making party. Okay. That's pretty awesome. 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:06.679 Yeah.