WEBVTT 00:00:20.570 --> 00:00:24.710 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. 00:00:25.129 --> 00:00:28.149 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:28.149 --> 00:00:32.130 where we share books, makerspace activities, 00:00:32.329 --> 00:00:36.250 and give tips and tricks for working with students 00:00:36.250 --> 00:00:41.469 in the library setting. And as this episode is 00:00:41.469 --> 00:00:44.689 posted in the beginning of October, we're getting 00:00:44.689 --> 00:00:48.490 close to Halloween. And so this week we're going 00:00:48.490 --> 00:00:52.369 to be focused on some books that have to do with 00:00:52.369 --> 00:00:56.159 monsters. The first book that we're going to 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.340 discuss today is a classic. It is called I Need 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:05.040 My Monster. It is published by Flashlight Press 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:11.280 in 2009. The author is Amanda Knoll and the illustrator 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:17.500 is Howard McWilliam. This book ended up on quite 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:22.439 a few state lists. Let's see, so. We've got the 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:27.140 Alabama State List, Camellia's Children's Choice 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:32.680 Award for 2010 -2011. We've got Arizona's Grand 00:01:32.680 --> 00:01:35.459 Canyon Reader Award Picture Book Category for 00:01:35.459 --> 00:01:40.500 2011. California's Young Reader Medal Primary 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:44.780 Division for 2011 -2012. Georgia's Children's 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:49.980 Book Award, the Picture Book Storybook for 2011 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:54.250 -2012. Mississippi's Magnolia Award for grades 00:01:54.250 --> 00:01:58.609 K through two for 2013. Nebraska's Gold Sower 00:01:58.609 --> 00:02:03.069 Award, the primary book category for 2011 through 00:02:03.069 --> 00:02:07.390 2012. Nevada's Young Reader Award, Picture Book 00:02:07.390 --> 00:02:11.150 Division for 2012. South Dakota's Prairie Bud 00:02:11.150 --> 00:02:15.409 Award for 2011 -2012. Virginia's Reader Choice. 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:20.900 for 2012 to 2013, Washington's Children's Choice 00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:25.500 Picture Book Award for 2011, and Wyoming's Buckaroo 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:32.120 Book Award for 2011 -2012. And the author for 00:02:32.120 --> 00:02:35.680 this book, Amanda Noll, her website is just a 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:37.840 blank white page. There's nothing there. And 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:40.620 so it was hard to find a lot of information about 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:43.919 her. She is a writer. And apparently she lives 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:47.599 in Spanaway, Washington. That was all I could 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.060 find. I did some searching. She's done a couple 00:02:50.060 --> 00:02:51.960 interviews and stuff, but she doesn't give a 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.259 lot of personal background information. She talks 00:02:54.259 --> 00:02:56.639 about her writing process. You can actually find 00:02:56.639 --> 00:03:00.060 for this book, you can find a YouTube video where 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:02.539 she talks about her writing process and stuff 00:03:02.539 --> 00:03:04.580 like that. But there's not a lot of information 00:03:04.580 --> 00:03:09.199 about her herself. Some of her other books she's 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:11.900 only ever done from what I found. She's written 00:03:11.900 --> 00:03:15.000 about five books, and they are all part of this 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.419 monster series. The other books include How I 00:03:18.419 --> 00:03:22.479 Met My Monster, Hey, That's My Monster, D is 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:26.319 for Drool, My Monster Alphabet, and Are You My 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:29.860 Monster? And all of those books were also illustrated 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:34.580 by Howard McWilliam. And the illustrator, Howard 00:03:34.580 --> 00:03:38.159 McWilliam, left his career as a financial magazine 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:41.259 editor and journalist in 2005 to concentrate 00:03:41.259 --> 00:03:44.780 on his sideline illustration of illustration 00:03:44.780 --> 00:03:47.599 full -time. He is a cover artist for The Week 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:52.039 in the U .S. and U .K. and other regular clients 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:55.599 include Moneyweek and Highlights Magazine. He 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:00.449 won the U .K. Cartoon Art Trusts Award for Caricature 00:04:00.449 --> 00:04:04.750 in 2009 and his first children's book, I Need 00:04:04.750 --> 00:04:09.449 My Monster by Flashlight Press has won six state 00:04:09.449 --> 00:04:12.870 young readers awards in the US and has been turned 00:04:12.870 --> 00:04:16.410 into an animated short by University of Colorado 00:04:16.410 --> 00:04:20.069 Denver. He has since illustrated some 20 further 00:04:20.069 --> 00:04:22.990 picture books plus several dozen black and white 00:04:22.990 --> 00:04:27.129 children's novels. He lives in the UK with his 00:04:27.129 --> 00:04:30.709 wife and two sons. And some of his other books 00:04:30.709 --> 00:04:34.269 include When a Dragon Moves In by Jodie Moore, 00:04:34.750 --> 00:04:38.430 Elbow Grease by John Cena, What If You Had Teeth 00:04:38.430 --> 00:04:41.910 by Sandra Markle, Hush Up and Hibernate by Sandra 00:04:41.910 --> 00:04:45.269 Markle, When a Dragon Moves In Again by Jodie 00:04:45.269 --> 00:04:48.189 Moore, What If You Had T -Rex Teeth and Other 00:04:48.189 --> 00:04:51.810 Dinosaur Parts by Sandra Markle, I Love My Dragon 00:04:51.810 --> 00:04:56.259 by Jodie Moore, and many more! The summary for 00:04:56.259 --> 00:04:59.100 this book is that when a boy is getting ready 00:04:59.100 --> 00:05:02.360 for bed, he finds a note from the monster under 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.579 his bed stating that he will be on vacation for 00:05:05.579 --> 00:05:09.899 a week. The boy realizing this may be problematic 00:05:09.899 --> 00:05:13.500 for him getting to sleep goes through multiple 00:05:13.500 --> 00:05:17.699 replacement monsters, but continues to find reasons 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:21.300 those replacement monsters will not work. Finally, 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:25.639 the vacationing monster returns for the boy and 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:32.420 the boy is able to finally go to sleep. I love 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:36.819 this book. This book is super cute. It's very, 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:39.779 I love the fact that it kind of takes the, I'm 00:05:39.779 --> 00:05:42.939 afraid of the monster under my bed idea and kind 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:45.000 of twists it around. Cause like the boy's like, 00:05:45.019 --> 00:05:50.139 I need my monster to be there. Cause if I'm If 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:52.060 I don't have my monster to keep me afraid and 00:05:52.060 --> 00:05:54.220 keep me in bed, then how am I ever going to fall 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:56.920 asleep? Kind of like that attitude is just a 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.139 unique perspective on the monster under the bed 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:04.120 trope. And so I really like that it's different 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:09.139 and kind of unique in that way. I love to read 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:12.459 this story out loud because I love to do different 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:15.660 voices for each of the monsters that are under 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:22.329 the bed. the replacement monsters are all kind 00:06:22.329 --> 00:06:26.709 of unique and goofy and Silly in their own way 00:06:26.709 --> 00:06:29.810 and so going over the top with like silly voices 00:06:29.810 --> 00:06:33.790 for them Until you get to the boys actual monster 00:06:33.790 --> 00:06:36.089 where then I'm I've got like the dark and gruff 00:06:36.089 --> 00:06:39.529 voice That kind of you know, like the kid it 00:06:39.529 --> 00:06:43.129 keeps the kids engaged and loving it the entire 00:06:43.129 --> 00:06:46.800 time And like the kids see the silliness of the 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:48.500 other monsters that are trying to replace them 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:50.839 like the one that's like super fancy and has 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:54.240 his hair all combed and his nails polished and 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:58.959 like the girl monster with the bows and her and 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.019 like the monster that has the really long tongue 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:04.319 like the kids think it's all silly and funny 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:08.740 too. And so it's even though it's a monster book, 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:12.009 it's not like a scary book. which is awesome 00:07:12.009 --> 00:07:15.629 for our younger kids because yes, they like monsters, 00:07:15.750 --> 00:07:18.089 but like, you don't want to be the reason why 00:07:18.089 --> 00:07:20.170 you're you're getting emails from parents saying 00:07:20.170 --> 00:07:23.029 that that kid isn't able to go to sleep at night 00:07:23.029 --> 00:07:25.689 because you terrified them. So this is a good 00:07:25.689 --> 00:07:28.670 balance between the two. It's a lot of fun. It's 00:07:28.670 --> 00:07:32.269 engaging. The pictures are amazing. The monsters, 00:07:33.110 --> 00:07:35.170 the illustrations for the monsters are really 00:07:35.170 --> 00:07:38.959 cool and like the different colors that are used 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.079 are bright and colorful in the darkness of the 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:45.100 bedroom. And just a book that I love to read 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:48.920 with the kids, because it's a lot of fun. And 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:51.600 I like I said, I love to use the voices, which 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:55.060 adds like an additional energy to it. The kids 00:07:55.060 --> 00:07:59.360 think it's it's a great book. And like, once 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:03.389 I've read this book, the other books are Taken 00:08:03.389 --> 00:08:06.089 off my shelf so quickly. They love the rest of 00:08:06.089 --> 00:08:10.470 this series because it's just it's so much fun 00:08:10.470 --> 00:08:14.209 Yeah, this is one of my favorite books too, I 00:08:14.209 --> 00:08:17.769 really enjoy it All the things you said really 00:08:17.769 --> 00:08:22.769 it's a really unique concept and it it does kind 00:08:22.769 --> 00:08:27.610 of It does have monsters which the kids are interested 00:08:27.610 --> 00:08:30.750 in but like you said it's not not in a scary 00:08:30.750 --> 00:08:34.789 way and it kind of, I think for some kids even 00:08:34.789 --> 00:08:38.610 that do have some anxiety relating to Halloween 00:08:38.610 --> 00:08:42.750 in general and things like that, it kind of, 00:08:43.350 --> 00:08:46.769 because of the way it's written and it's, you 00:08:46.769 --> 00:08:49.210 know, the monster in this book is, you know, 00:08:49.450 --> 00:08:54.129 kind of comforting for the boy. So it is a great 00:08:54.129 --> 00:08:59.039 way to, for those anxious kids to kind of see 00:08:59.039 --> 00:09:02.259 it in a different light, I guess, to kind of 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:04.240 put a different perspective on it so that maybe 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.379 they feel a little bit better about Halloween 00:09:06.379 --> 00:09:10.259 in general and scary things that they, well, 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.340 things that they might perceive as scary that, 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.240 you know, maybe they don't need to be so scared 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:18.139 of all these things. My personal children are 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:21.480 extremely anxious. So books like this that kind 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.220 of give them a different perspective are really... 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.940 They truly have helped my personal children at 00:09:27.940 --> 00:09:32.519 home to kind of ease their anxiety as well. So 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:34.620 I don't know. I just love it. It's a great one. 00:09:34.700 --> 00:09:37.740 Five out of five. It's a classic for a good reason. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:42.580 Yep. I agree. Yep. Yeah. It's just so much fun. 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:46.519 And it like the kids just get so much joy out 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:48.899 of the book by the end of it. It's definitely 00:09:48.899 --> 00:09:51.620 worth checking out if you haven't read it before. 00:09:52.379 --> 00:09:55.450 Do it this year with your kids. Worth it. It's 00:09:55.450 --> 00:10:00.929 a good one for a makerspace activity. So I, this 00:10:00.929 --> 00:10:02.669 is one of those things where I would pull out 00:10:02.669 --> 00:10:05.409 and have like different tables with different 00:10:05.409 --> 00:10:08.769 materials. So like my go -to materials a lot 00:10:08.769 --> 00:10:12.210 of times are like Legos and the like magnet tiles 00:10:12.210 --> 00:10:13.990 and stuff like that. And so I'd have tables with 00:10:13.990 --> 00:10:16.710 different things like that on there. And every 00:10:16.710 --> 00:10:18.490 table would have the same task. It would just 00:10:18.490 --> 00:10:20.950 be what materials the children chose to use, 00:10:21.429 --> 00:10:23.870 but I would have them design their own monster 00:10:23.870 --> 00:10:26.730 under their bed. So if they wanted to draw it, 00:10:26.789 --> 00:10:29.610 we'd have crayons and papers so they could draw 00:10:29.610 --> 00:10:32.190 their monster, or they could build it out of 00:10:32.190 --> 00:10:34.509 Legos, or they could build it with the magnet 00:10:34.509 --> 00:10:38.490 tiles, but designing their own unique monster. 00:10:39.019 --> 00:10:42.220 that might live under their bed that has the 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:44.480 things that they want their monster to have, 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:48.980 because so many of the monsters in the book have 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:51.639 unique characteristics that either made them 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:56.120 scary to the boy or not. And so having the kids 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.340 use their own imagination to kind of create their 00:10:58.340 --> 00:11:01.860 own monster and what it might look like if that 00:11:01.860 --> 00:11:04.940 were something that they were thinking about, 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:07.779 like they could really be creative. And it's 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:10.980 not just like, Just use this one thing to do 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:14.019 it like you can do it on paper You can make it 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:16.279 three -dimensional with Legos or with magnet 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.220 tiles or anything else. So I like the idea of 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:23.000 giving the kids the the choice and how they do 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.759 it and Just I think they you'd see some really 00:11:26.759 --> 00:11:29.980 cool designs and some interesting ideas that 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:34.379 come out of that Yeah, I like that I like all 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:38.759 the choice that the kids get and the flexibility 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:41.320 they have to kind of make their own monster however 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:45.679 they want and you're right with this book in 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:47.399 particular because there's so many different 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:51.100 kinds of monsters like it would it's a good one 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:54.679 for sparking creativity in our youngest learners 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:57.980 because they can go in a lot of different directions 00:11:57.980 --> 00:12:04.750 from there. Yeah. So for our Library of Littles 00:12:04.750 --> 00:12:08.049 management tip this week, I have started this 00:12:08.049 --> 00:12:11.529 year. I was fortunate that last year I planned 00:12:11.529 --> 00:12:14.529 ahead a little bit. Being that I'm on an elementary 00:12:14.529 --> 00:12:17.129 campus, this works really great. If you're on 00:12:17.129 --> 00:12:19.990 a pre -K only campus, this will not work for 00:12:19.990 --> 00:12:23.110 you. But if you're on an elementary campus, I 00:12:23.110 --> 00:12:26.029 strongly suggest trying this out. Last year, 00:12:26.590 --> 00:12:29.169 I spoke with my fourth graders at the end of 00:12:29.169 --> 00:12:32.799 the year. and explain to them that I need some 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:35.080 additional help in the library because trying 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:38.940 to see classes all day long, get books repaired, 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:42.120 shelf books, purchase books, like all the other 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:44.159 things that have to get done in the library, 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:46.159 it's just there's not enough time in the day 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:49.200 for me to do it by myself. And so I explained 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.259 to my fourth graders that I was looking for some 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:56.299 help for this year. And so I had applications 00:12:56.299 --> 00:13:01.429 for my book helpers, my library helpers. Our 00:13:01.429 --> 00:13:06.169 campus is, they're the Cowboys, and so my library 00:13:06.169 --> 00:13:10.950 helpers are the Bookaroos. And so they had to 00:13:10.950 --> 00:13:14.970 fill out an application, which told me why they 00:13:14.970 --> 00:13:17.370 wanted to be able to help in the library, what 00:13:17.370 --> 00:13:22.289 they think the library is most important for. 00:13:22.730 --> 00:13:25.809 I gave them, I did give them in the application, 00:13:25.850 --> 00:13:29.350 they had to put some things in alphabetical order. 00:13:30.009 --> 00:13:33.830 And then they needed a parent signature saying 00:13:33.830 --> 00:13:35.730 that their parents were okay with it. And they 00:13:35.730 --> 00:13:40.350 needed a teacher referral to say that they thought 00:13:40.350 --> 00:13:42.929 that they would be a good student for this. I 00:13:42.929 --> 00:13:47.710 was able to get about 12 applications turned 00:13:47.710 --> 00:13:49.980 in. and I went through and looked at them and 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:52.960 kind of scored them and had some of my specials 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.080 team help me look at them and score them and 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:57.419 that kind of thing. And we ended up, since it 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:59.840 was only 12, I accepted them all and then two 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:02.480 of them moved. So I only have 10 this year, but 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:04.580 I've spent the last couple of weeks with these 00:14:04.580 --> 00:14:09.320 students in the mornings when they come in before 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:12.399 the... School day officially starts but once 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:14.860 the doors have been opened to the campus and 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:17.860 they come into the library and we've been practicing 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:21.159 Putting books in alphabetical order correctly 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:24.080 and then we've moved to having them actually 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.259 show books and helping to straighten up the shelves 00:14:28.259 --> 00:14:30.799 and like front the books on their shelves and 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:33.000 the fiction section that kind of thing and so 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.750 now we've gotten into a routine where they Come 00:14:36.750 --> 00:14:39.250 in every morning for me and are helping me to 00:14:39.250 --> 00:14:41.330 get all the books from the day before back on 00:14:41.330 --> 00:14:44.309 shelves in the correct places Helping straighten 00:14:44.309 --> 00:14:47.690 up the shelves after because like my day my normal 00:14:47.690 --> 00:14:51.129 day ends with kinder and first grade In the library 00:14:51.129 --> 00:14:53.049 checking out books, which means that by the end 00:14:53.049 --> 00:14:55.330 of the day My shelves are looking pretty rough 00:14:55.330 --> 00:14:58.009 and so they can come through and help me straighten 00:14:58.009 --> 00:15:00.190 up those shelves and get the books fronted again 00:15:00.190 --> 00:15:03.570 and ready for the next day and This coming week. 00:15:03.570 --> 00:15:07.110 I'm gonna start Pulling them individually while 00:15:07.110 --> 00:15:08.970 everyone else is shelving to start teaching them 00:15:08.970 --> 00:15:14.090 how to do some simple book repairs on like Binding 00:15:14.090 --> 00:15:16.769 and stuff like that that are falling apart like 00:15:16.769 --> 00:15:19.990 just from wear and tear stuff not like huge big 00:15:19.990 --> 00:15:24.529 repairs yet, but In like simple things to teach 00:15:24.529 --> 00:15:27.529 them how to do that We're gonna be working this 00:15:27.529 --> 00:15:30.450 year to have them help me build some displays 00:15:30.450 --> 00:15:35.360 of books for different themed seasons and that 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:37.740 kind of thing. And so just getting this extra 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:41.639 set of hands has helped so much. Like I'm not 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:46.039 having to stay for two hours after school shelving 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:50.500 all of the picture books or, you know, during 00:15:50.500 --> 00:15:53.039 my planning period, I could actually sit and 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:56.200 do lesson plans instead of shelving all of the 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:58.899 fiction books and that kind of thing. And so 00:15:58.899 --> 00:16:00.879 it's been really nice to have these extra hands. 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:03.759 The kids enjoy it because they're helping out 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:07.639 the school and just they have somewhere that 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:10.419 they can be part of a group that's helping out. 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:14.039 And so it's a really fun way to build a small 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.860 little library community that's kind of taking 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:20.159 ownership of the library themselves and helping 00:16:20.539 --> 00:16:22.960 to make sure that the other students in the building 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:25.139 have access to those books, which I'm really 00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:27.740 loving and the kids are really loving and they're 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:31.039 doing such a great job. It's been awesome. And 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:35.580 so I highly recommend if you have the opportunity 00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:38.559 to do something like this where your older students 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:42.720 can kind of come in and help out with this, definitely 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:46.299 recommend doing it because it's a great thing 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:49.309 to to give these kids an opportunity to be leaders 00:16:49.309 --> 00:16:53.009 and to just help out. So I'm really loving it. 00:16:53.009 --> 00:16:57.029 I love that. That sounds absolutely wonderful. 00:16:57.669 --> 00:16:59.629 That's great. I'm glad that's working out so 00:16:59.629 --> 00:17:03.110 well. Yes. And I wasn't sure what like I wasn't 00:17:03.110 --> 00:17:05.329 sure how it was going to work, but it's they're 00:17:05.329 --> 00:17:10.430 doing a great job with it. And they're like it's 00:17:10.430 --> 00:17:13.339 it's awesome because they're there's quite a 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:15.119 few of them that are not afraid to ask questions. 00:17:15.380 --> 00:17:17.240 So they're like, why is this book here? And then 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:19.940 we we look into it and we kind of like, so they're 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:22.880 getting to learn a little bit extra. In addition 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:26.660 to just where that like how to put books in alphabetical 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:28.460 order and that kind of thing. And so it's it's 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:31.740 been a it's a it's been a fun experience. Yeah, 00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:35.059 that sounds like a great setup for everybody 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:38.400 involved. Like, yeah, yeah. And basically, we're 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:42.140 gonna get Working on with my office staff. We're 00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:44.880 designing a t -shirt for them. So they'll get 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:48.359 a free t -shirt for helping out we're gonna do 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:52.519 around winter break before Winter break will 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:54.599 have an after -school little meeting where we 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:57.740 do like pizza and ice cream as a thank you for 00:17:57.740 --> 00:18:00.660 all their help so far this semester and that 00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:04.940 kind of stuff just to like to get them just make 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:07.609 sure that they understand how appreciated they 00:18:07.609 --> 00:18:10.190 are for the help that they're giving. But yeah, 00:18:10.369 --> 00:18:13.369 it's been awesome. That's great. That sounds 00:18:13.369 --> 00:18:16.009 wonderful. I'm gonna have to look into that for 00:18:16.009 --> 00:18:18.869 next year. Yes, it's and that's it. It does take 00:18:18.869 --> 00:18:21.509 some planning in advance so that you you can 00:18:21.509 --> 00:18:23.569 set it up for the following year. But I did it 00:18:23.569 --> 00:18:28.410 like I I talked to the kids about it about mid 00:18:28.410 --> 00:18:32.779 April and had the applications available. I gave 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:34.799 them about three weeks to collect an application 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.059 and fill it out if they wanted to and picked 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:39.440 them up and then I scored them and I told them 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:43.880 before they left for summer break whether they 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:50.420 made it or not and then I sent an email out basically 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:53.559 the week or two like during in -service week 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:58.160 hey if you can come up during this time I'll 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.319 give you a little training beforehand but and 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:04.230 worst case when you show up the first day to 00:19:04.230 --> 00:19:07.670 help out, we can get you trained up on what needs 00:19:07.670 --> 00:19:09.769 to be done kind of thing and kind of go from 00:19:09.769 --> 00:19:12.170 there. And so, yeah, it's been great. It's worked 00:19:12.170 --> 00:19:14.650 out really well. And the kids have really taken 00:19:14.650 --> 00:19:17.690 ownership of the library, which is awesome. Good. 00:19:21.130 --> 00:19:24.089 Well, for our other book today, we're going to 00:19:24.089 --> 00:19:27.230 talk about Frankenstein. It's another one that's 00:19:27.230 --> 00:19:29.529 a little bit older, but I feel like this one's 00:19:29.529 --> 00:19:32.799 still maybe not quite classic, classic -ish, 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:36.039 close to it. It was published by Little Brown 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:40.920 and Company in 2013. The author is Samantha Berger 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:44.500 and the illustrator is Dan Santat. This book 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:51.140 got the Iowa Goldfinch Award for 2015 and Samantha 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:53.960 Berger has written over 100 children's books. 00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:56.950 She has also written quite a bit for television 00:19:56.950 --> 00:20:00.130 and has been nominated for five Emmy awards. 00:20:00.309 --> 00:20:03.730 She is currently writing for PBS Kids and has 00:20:03.730 --> 00:20:07.269 contributed to some of the shows over there like 00:20:07.269 --> 00:20:11.829 Carl the Collector, Donkey Hody, and Sesame Street. 00:20:12.289 --> 00:20:15.829 She currently lives part time in New York City 00:20:15.829 --> 00:20:19.769 and part time in Santa Monica. Some of her other 00:20:19.769 --> 00:20:22.029 books, really there's too many to list because 00:20:22.029 --> 00:20:25.099 there are over 100, but A few of the more notable 00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:29.599 ones are G is for gratitude illustrated by Ann 00:20:29.599 --> 00:20:35.799 Shen. What if illustrated by Mike Chirado back 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:39.920 to school with Bigfoot illustrated by Dave Pressler 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:43.940 and Monsters New Undies illustrated by Tad Carpenter. 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:46.880 And then this particular book, Frankenstein, 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:51.200 does have a couple of other books in this. I 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:54.700 guess it's a whole series now. The series kind 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:57.200 of came about a little bit later, about 10 years 00:20:57.200 --> 00:21:00.140 after it was published. But there's Trick or 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:03.519 Treat, Frankenstein. There's a Valentine's one 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:06.339 that I can't remember the name of right now. 00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:10.460 Might be like one more. Yeah, I think I've got 00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:13.039 like three or four of them in my in my campus 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:15.579 library, and they're always popular with the 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:18.160 kids. They love them. So they are. They're always 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:24.779 fun. And so the illustrator for this book is 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:27.640 Dan Santat, who is a Caldecott award -winning 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:30.720 artist who grew up in Southern California and 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:33.380 graduated from the Art Center College of Design. 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:36.299 Santat is the creator of the animated series, 00:21:36.339 --> 00:21:40.000 The Replacements, and he lives outside of Los 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.920 Angeles with his wife, two kids, and many, many 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:47.089 pets. Some of the books that Santat has Illustrated 00:21:47.089 --> 00:21:50.529 include Drawn Together by Min Lee, Endlessly 00:21:50.529 --> 00:21:54.069 Ever After by Laurel Snyder, Lift by Min Lee, 00:21:54.589 --> 00:21:58.029 A New Day by Brad Meltzer, The Misfit Series 00:21:58.029 --> 00:22:01.930 by Lisa Yee, No More Poems, A Book In Verse That 00:22:01.930 --> 00:22:05.390 Just Gets Worse by Rhett Miller, Oh No or How 00:22:05.390 --> 00:22:08.069 My Science Project Destroyed The World by Mac 00:22:08.069 --> 00:22:12.529 Barnett, Dude by Aaron Reynolds, and the Ricky 00:22:12.529 --> 00:22:15.650 Ricotta's Mighty Robot Series by Dave Pilkey. 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.359 Some of the books that he has written and illustrated 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:20.779 himself include A First Time for Everything, 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:24.200 The Adventures of Beekle the Unimaginary Friend, 00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:27.480 After the Fall, How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:34.599 Again. And in this book, a boy has a bad day 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:38.079 and turns into Frankenstein. And throughout his 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:42.839 day, he can really only utter There's a lot of 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:45.019 really fun sound effects through there because 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:48.579 he's making his fun Frankenstein noises the whole 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:54.559 day. It kind of shows how, I don't think it actually 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:56.779 is in one particular day actually now that I'm 00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:59.099 thinking about it, but it does show him, you 00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:03.019 know, cold, like all cold and wet and trying 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:05.740 to trick or treat and he's kind of cold and miserable 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:09.339 and then getting like toothbrush for his. Tricker 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:11.400 when he's trick -or -treating and he gets all 00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:14.299 cranky. So naturally he has to groan and all 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:17.460 that Anyway, it kind of follows him through these 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:19.400 different scenarios that are making him really 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:23.400 really cranky and I like this one in particular 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:26.960 Because it's just a regular boy who just gets 00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:29.619 really cranky and the illustrations are kind 00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:32.660 of amazing with it's got Santa's signature style. 00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:37.390 That's like anime adjacent it's kind of Probably 00:23:37.390 --> 00:23:39.869 because he is of Asian descent like he's got 00:23:39.869 --> 00:23:42.690 that awesome style that's just kind of a blend 00:23:42.690 --> 00:23:44.930 between like traditional like American animation 00:23:44.930 --> 00:23:49.950 and anime and They're just really lovely pictures 00:23:49.950 --> 00:23:53.490 and I love that. It's a Just a regular human 00:23:53.490 --> 00:23:56.829 boy who just gets cranky over and over and over 00:23:56.829 --> 00:23:59.349 and over again and it kind of shows him drooling 00:23:59.349 --> 00:24:03.349 and it kind of looks kind of Frankenstein esque 00:24:03.349 --> 00:24:08.279 and kind of just shows him having his horrible 00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:11.940 mood and then at the very end, he sees another 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:14.140 Frankenstein and they both kind of snap out of 00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:16.460 it at the same time and they start giggling at 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:20.500 each other because they're both realizing how 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:23.299 really silly they are for being so cranky about 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:28.700 every single thing all day long. And I just love 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:32.170 at the end how you can see. He is just a normal 00:24:32.170 --> 00:24:35.130 boy. And it's just, it's really about emotional 00:24:35.130 --> 00:24:38.470 regulation. So I like that it's, I mean, it is 00:24:38.470 --> 00:24:40.950 about a monster, kind of, I guess, but not really 00:24:40.950 --> 00:24:43.490 because it is just a normal little boy. But I 00:24:43.490 --> 00:24:46.549 love that it's, you can focus so much on it. 00:24:46.670 --> 00:24:49.130 Like you can go in the Halloween direction with 00:24:49.130 --> 00:24:53.029 it because, because of the monster. that they 00:24:53.029 --> 00:24:55.809 are calling him a monster, more or less, when 00:24:55.809 --> 00:24:58.970 he does get that cranky and kind of shows him 00:24:58.970 --> 00:25:01.569 in his terrible mood. It's got great visuals 00:25:01.569 --> 00:25:04.109 for showing him in his terrible mood. But then 00:25:04.109 --> 00:25:07.670 it also, you can talk about, you know, what can 00:25:07.670 --> 00:25:13.150 you do to regulate your mood? How can you, like, 00:25:13.150 --> 00:25:16.109 nobody wants to feel that cranky. Nobody wants 00:25:16.109 --> 00:25:20.099 to just groan like that and... not even be able 00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:23.119 to use words, they're so upset. So how can you 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:25.619 get out of that bad mood? It's a great way, like 00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:27.299 you could really go in either direction with 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:31.039 it. I do tend to like to do this one during the 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:33.480 Halloween season in general though, and do this 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:36.900 one as kind of a monster -ish kind of a book. 00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:40.500 I like that it's like it is monster, but again, 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:43.960 it's another one that's not like a scary monster 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:47.059 because it's about a little boy. It's like, it's 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:52.630 nothing. that that would cause anxiety or make 00:25:52.630 --> 00:25:56.509 any kids scared, but it's still enjoyable enough 00:25:56.509 --> 00:25:59.930 for everybody involved. So I really like this 00:25:59.930 --> 00:26:01.869 one a lot. I think there is a reason that it's 00:26:01.869 --> 00:26:04.589 got, you know, sequels now, you know, a decade 00:26:04.589 --> 00:26:06.430 that were published like a decade after the first 00:26:06.430 --> 00:26:09.410 one was made. It was just that popular that it 00:26:09.410 --> 00:26:12.869 kind of kept coming back. And if you did want 00:26:12.869 --> 00:26:16.210 to do it around Halloween, it does have that 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:18.880 trick -or -treat crankinstein book that goes 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.319 along with it that's kind of, and it's still 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:24.059 in that one too, crankinstein is still being 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:26.380 crankinstein and still getting cranky through 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:28.920 the whole thing. Like he starts out happy and 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:31.380 like he looks like a normal boy and then he gets 00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:36.720 real cranky real fast and then, you know, he 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.619 sees all the other crankinsteins and feels better 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:41.539 at the very end. So, I mean, you could do two 00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:44.599 books with it if you wanted to, but I enjoy this 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:48.400 one a lot. it's a lot of fun agreed this is a 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:51.019 great book i love it the kids really really enjoy 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:53.740 it like i said so many of them check out the 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:56.779 whole series and so there's definitely reason 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:59.279 for it because they're just so good and the pictures 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:02.839 are amazing and it's just so much fun so i agree 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:07.579 great choice it is it's really enjoyable um for 00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:11.250 usually During Halloween, I do have a week where 00:27:11.250 --> 00:27:12.809 we do monsters, and this is one of the books 00:27:12.809 --> 00:27:17.769 that I do. And I do, I also have kids make monsters 00:27:17.769 --> 00:27:19.950 in the library, but I do it a little bit differently. 00:27:20.809 --> 00:27:24.109 I think for this one, I enjoy doing it. I usually 00:27:24.109 --> 00:27:27.170 give the kids like a blank piece of paper that 00:27:27.170 --> 00:27:30.849 has like a monster outline, but it's not really 00:27:30.849 --> 00:27:33.269 a monster outline. It's just like more like a 00:27:33.269 --> 00:27:36.589 big blob with feet. And it doesn't really have 00:27:36.589 --> 00:27:38.690 a particular head or anything on it. Like I have 00:27:38.690 --> 00:27:42.529 my own paper that I just make copies of. But 00:27:42.529 --> 00:27:47.150 it's vague enough that the kids can kind of color 00:27:47.150 --> 00:27:51.670 it in however they want. I just give them crayons 00:27:51.670 --> 00:27:54.170 to make their monster however they want. And 00:27:54.170 --> 00:27:57.910 I show them like, I personally like draw like. 00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:00.539 five different examples for them so they can 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:02.619 see different kinds, so they don't get stuck 00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:05.980 on any one kind of monster, just so they have 00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:09.380 some variety there. And then I give them stickers 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:13.519 for eyes and a mouth, and that kind of, that 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:15.759 part, the stickers for the eyes and the mouth 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:17.619 kind of brings it to life a little bit better, 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.920 because it doesn't really matter, I've found, 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:24.599 how they color it. If you put those, if you just 00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:28.069 put sticker eyes on there, and that sticker mouth, 00:28:28.190 --> 00:28:30.769 it doesn't even really matter where they go because 00:28:30.769 --> 00:28:32.789 they're meant to be monsters. So they could go 00:28:32.789 --> 00:28:36.269 anywhere. It doesn't have to be in like a traditional 00:28:36.269 --> 00:28:39.710 place or anything. And that kind of brings it 00:28:39.710 --> 00:28:42.809 to life and really makes it look like it's actually 00:28:42.809 --> 00:28:45.569 supposed to be a monster, no matter their motor 00:28:45.569 --> 00:28:49.509 skills or how they've designed it themselves. 00:28:49.930 --> 00:28:52.269 And you can kind of tell what it's meant to be. 00:28:52.670 --> 00:28:54.920 And then I usually... have them try and name 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:57.119 their monster as well. And then I write it down 00:28:57.119 --> 00:29:00.180 for them just because it's kind of fun to see 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:02.240 what kind of things that they come up with because 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:05.440 it's some interesting things. Yeah, that's awesome. 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:09.859 I love that. That's a great idea. I love that 00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:13.099 they get to color it in, but then you just give 00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:14.480 them the stickers. They can put them wherever 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:17.200 they want them to go and just brings it to life. 00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:19.980 That's so cool. It does. It's really cute. The 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:22.119 kids really like it a lot. That's actually one 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:26.019 that they a lot of times we'll ask for again 00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:28.119 like the following week because they just enjoy 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:32.559 it that much. Cool. Yeah. Well thank you all 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:35.279 for joining us today on this episode of Librarians 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:37.900 of Littles and we hope you found some fresh ideas 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:40.759 for inspiring our young readers. Please be sure 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.579 to subscribe and connect with us on social media. 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:46.380 Happy reading! 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