WEBVTT 00:00:01.020 --> 00:00:05.820 So yeah, it was a week of just like being very 00:00:05.820 --> 00:00:08.279 supportive for my team and just kind of doing 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:10.500 whatever we could to put out fires everywhere. 00:00:10.720 --> 00:00:15.320 It was a lot. I'm glad you're helping your team. 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:19.120 Well, I mean, that's my team was helpful. Well, 00:00:19.239 --> 00:00:23.019 and see, so that's the thing as it I'm. I'm the 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:26.440 team lead for my campus and so like. I feel like 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:28.859 it's my job to help and support and make sure 00:00:28.859 --> 00:00:31.379 that my team is surviving and like I'm checking 00:00:31.379 --> 00:00:35.939 in on them and you know like double like just 00:00:35.939 --> 00:00:37.619 bringing you a hot cup of coffee just to make 00:00:37.619 --> 00:00:39.579 sure you're doing okay today like you don't give 00:00:39.579 --> 00:00:43.640 your newbies extra work no because like I because 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:46.520 it like and that's the thing like and to be fair 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:51.840 I'm gonna I'll be 100 cleared that and I have 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:53.679 learned this year and I struggle with it and 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:57.100 I hate it that I have to ask for help. I have 00:00:57.100 --> 00:00:59.259 to. As a team lead, I can't do it all on my own. 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:02.619 So I do have to ask for help. But I'm also the 00:01:02.619 --> 00:01:06.359 first one to make sure that everybody else is 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:08.900 there and knows that if they need the help, I'm 00:01:08.900 --> 00:01:12.760 right there to help them. And I have been. And 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.840 so I just feel like as a team lead, that's part 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:19.939 of my responsibility is to make sure that when 00:01:19.939 --> 00:01:23.819 my team needs it, they know they can. Ask for 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:25.739 that help and then I'll be there to support them 00:01:25.739 --> 00:01:29.799 and do whatever I can to make it work as a, uh, 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:36.840 you know, cause we just, no one else understands 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:41.640 what we do until they're in the position. That's 00:01:41.640 --> 00:01:44.219 one thing that the new fine arts teacher has 00:01:44.219 --> 00:01:46.939 told us multiple times. She was like, I've always 00:01:46.939 --> 00:01:52.000 been in the classroom. I didn't realize. how 00:01:52.000 --> 00:01:55.180 many extra things get thrown at you guys and 00:01:55.180 --> 00:02:00.700 how many extra things you guys have to deal with 00:02:00.700 --> 00:02:06.659 every year. And she's like, even just the day 00:02:06.659 --> 00:02:16.000 -to -day stuff is more than what she had perceived 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:19.300 from her end as a classroom teacher prior to. 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.620 Mm -hmm coming on our team, you know, like she 00:02:22.620 --> 00:02:25.360 was like I mean the scheduling stuff is weird 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:27.020 and we but we just make it work when we're in 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:29.680 the classroom But like the changes to schedules 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:33.120 means that there are weeks where you don't do 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:37.800 anything with an entire group of kids Yeah, like 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:42.639 you know Because like this week we had two different 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:46.060 days because we had well, yeah, so we had Wednesday 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:48.960 When we had testing, which made it so that we 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:50.879 went from, instead of seeing kids for 45 minutes, 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:54.979 we only saw them for 30 minutes. And Thursday, 00:02:55.979 --> 00:02:58.259 which was the party day. So we had a shortened 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:00.280 schedule. So we only saw the kids for 30 minutes 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:04.300 on Thursday. So that like, that's 30 minutes 00:03:04.300 --> 00:03:06.599 from end to end. But really what that is, is 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:09.080 it took, it takes five minutes to get them in 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:11.219 and check their books in and sit down so I can 00:03:11.219 --> 00:03:12.939 give instructions. And then we start cleaning 00:03:12.939 --> 00:03:14.740 up five minutes early. So really I'm down to 00:03:14.740 --> 00:03:18.189 20 minutes. So at that like, That was two days 00:03:18.189 --> 00:03:20.310 worth of groups that I didn't actually do a lesson 00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:23.430 with them because if I read a book, that would 00:03:23.430 --> 00:03:25.770 have been all I got done that day. So instead 00:03:25.770 --> 00:03:28.750 it was, I had, they came in, sat down once everyone 00:03:28.750 --> 00:03:31.469 was sitting down, paying attention. I told them 00:03:31.469 --> 00:03:33.330 what the makerspace activities they could do 00:03:33.330 --> 00:03:35.449 were. And then they did book checkout makerspace 00:03:35.449 --> 00:03:38.150 for 15 minutes and then we cleaned up and they 00:03:38.150 --> 00:03:41.990 left kind of thing, you know? And so like trying 00:03:41.990 --> 00:03:45.379 to like, so there's stuff that I wanted to teach 00:03:45.379 --> 00:03:47.039 that I just didn't get to teach this week and 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:48.680 so I'm gonna have to find time to get that fit 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:53.020 that in later and when it comes to like art and 00:03:53.020 --> 00:03:56.620 music that like we just can't do this lesson 00:03:56.620 --> 00:03:58.139 we're gonna have to push back to next week and 00:03:58.139 --> 00:04:01.800 like it adds up a lot faster when you only see 00:04:01.800 --> 00:04:05.060 the kids for a set amount of time each week compared 00:04:05.060 --> 00:04:07.060 to like a classroom teacher when you're like 00:04:07.060 --> 00:04:10.219 oh we have this all right I have to take 30 minutes 00:04:10.219 --> 00:04:13.039 out of this but it'll be okay because we see 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.360 them every day and we'll get it kind of fit it 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:17.680 back in throughout the week kind of thing like 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:21.540 yeah it's just different yeah i like nobody i 00:04:21.540 --> 00:04:24.000 don't know nobody just knows what anybody else 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.100 does yeah really to keep things afloat like truly 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:33.319 until you do it yeah yeah and they're still even 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:36.259 with her doing this craziness in her job i know 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:37.879 there's still stuff about like your job that 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:39.959 she doesn't understand and like how much extra 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:43.689 stuff like You know, the librarians have. Yeah. 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:46.009 Cause none of my team, they're like, you just 00:04:46.009 --> 00:04:47.689 buy books, right? And I'm like, yeah, that's 00:04:47.689 --> 00:04:52.930 it. Yeah. I just, I just go click done. Click 00:04:52.930 --> 00:04:56.250 the button. They're like, you just look up books 00:04:56.250 --> 00:04:58.470 and just add them to the cart, right? Yeah. That's 00:04:58.470 --> 00:05:02.110 yeah. Just like that. That's simple. That's why 00:05:02.110 --> 00:05:27.199 it needs a master's degree. Yeah. Hello, I'm 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:30.860 Patrick Adams. And I am Caroline Legere. And 00:05:30.860 --> 00:05:33.740 this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast where 00:05:33.740 --> 00:05:37.839 we share books, give ideas for makerspace activities, 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:40.399 and give just tips and tricks for working with 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:43.220 our youngest students in the library setting. 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:47.839 Today we have two wonderful books as this is 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:51.990 being recorded in February. we are focusing on 00:05:51.990 --> 00:05:55.569 some Black History Month books that are written 00:05:55.569 --> 00:05:58.750 and illustrated by African -American authors 00:05:58.750 --> 00:06:02.089 and illustrators. So today, the first book that 00:06:02.089 --> 00:06:06.129 we are going to discuss is an amazing book titled 00:06:06.129 --> 00:06:10.529 May Among the Stars. This book was written by 00:06:10.529 --> 00:06:14.889 Rhoda Ahmed and illustrated by Stacia Burrington. 00:06:14.889 --> 00:06:21.709 It was published in 2018. It was done by, yes, 00:06:22.269 --> 00:06:26.290 published by HarperCollins in 2018. This book 00:06:26.290 --> 00:06:30.430 has won a few awards. It actually has won two. 00:06:30.930 --> 00:06:34.569 One for Outstanding Science Trade Books. It was 00:06:34.569 --> 00:06:39.870 commended in 2019. And the other was the El Día 00:06:39.870 --> 00:06:45.269 de los Niños, El Día de los Libros for 2019. 00:06:46.589 --> 00:06:54.379 And our is Rhoda Ahmed. Her family, which includes 00:06:54.379 --> 00:06:57.980 seven siblings, which is mind -blowing to me. 00:06:58.339 --> 00:07:01.180 They moved to Norway when she was a young child. 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:04.939 She now continues to live there. She has a degree 00:07:04.939 --> 00:07:07.959 in anthropology from the Norwegian University 00:07:07.959 --> 00:07:11.240 of Science and Technology. She speaks multiple 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.939 languages, including English, Arabic, French, 00:07:14.139 --> 00:07:18.180 Somali, and Norwegian. And she is also an experienced 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:21.879 author and writer working for the Norwegian National 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:26.420 newspaper. That's wild. Good for her. Amazing 00:07:26.420 --> 00:07:33.579 background. She is the author of a few other 00:07:33.579 --> 00:07:36.720 books, including Brave Bessie Queen of the Sky, 00:07:36.860 --> 00:07:40.560 which was illustrated by Lenny Wen, Alma's Art, 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.139 which was illustrated by Anita Chung, and then 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:48.339 Etta extraordinaire which was written by her 00:07:48.339 --> 00:07:53.120 as well as Charney Gordon and it was illustrated 00:07:53.120 --> 00:08:00.660 by Chloe Burgett. Okay and the illustrator Stacia 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:04.259 Burrington is a Japanese -American artist living 00:08:04.259 --> 00:08:07.519 in Washington state. She is a kind and curious 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:09.800 illustrator and storyteller with over 30 years 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:13.949 of experience of image and object making. She 00:08:13.949 --> 00:08:18.290 is the creator of the... I'm gonna butcher it. 00:08:18.290 --> 00:08:24.389 Get ready. Sasu... Oh dear. Sasuraibito? Tarot 00:08:24.389 --> 00:08:28.870 deck? Sasuraibito? Sasuraibito? I'm not sure, 00:08:28.970 --> 00:08:31.970 but yeah. You gave it a good effort. Good for 00:08:31.970 --> 00:08:35.350 you. A certain kind of special tarot deck. There 00:08:35.350 --> 00:08:39.750 you go. She now creates ships and tarot decks. 00:08:40.690 --> 00:08:44.460 And art around the world. She is the recipient 00:08:44.460 --> 00:08:47.700 of the Master of Erotic Art title by the Foundation 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:52.379 for Sex Positive Culture in 2020. And this is 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:58.480 her only book. Yes. So this book is inspired 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:02.679 by the story of Mae Jemison, the first African 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:07.100 American woman to travel in space. And so I really 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:09.340 enjoyed that part just alone that it's based 00:09:09.340 --> 00:09:14.000 on this actual person from history that we can 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:16.980 learn more about. But the summary for the book, 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:22.039 it starts with young May as she is given an assignment 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:25.580 in school to find out what she wants to be when 00:09:25.580 --> 00:09:28.440 she grows up. When she explains to her parents 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:32.100 that she wants to see Earth from outer space, 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:35.379 her parents are very supportive. They give her 00:09:35.379 --> 00:09:38.440 a ton of encouragement and take her to the library. 00:09:38.899 --> 00:09:42.399 May continues imagining being in space with homemade 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:47.279 costumes made from orange drapes and cardboard 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:52.539 boxes and she draws outer space. When she returns 00:09:52.539 --> 00:09:55.799 to school and states that she wants to be an 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:59.269 astronaut, all the other kids and her teacher 00:09:59.269 --> 00:10:01.590 kind of laugh at her and her teacher suggests 00:10:01.590 --> 00:10:03.970 that maybe being a nurse would be a better choice 00:10:03.970 --> 00:10:07.470 for her and it is heavily implied but not outright 00:10:07.470 --> 00:10:10.029 stated that it's because of the color of her 00:10:10.029 --> 00:10:13.429 skin being that she is a african -american a 00:10:13.429 --> 00:10:16.809 black child when she is completely disheartened 00:10:16.809 --> 00:10:20.149 and comes home crying her mother explains that 00:10:20.149 --> 00:10:23.250 just because someone says that she can't do it 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:26.240 doesn't mean she can't. If she pushes and chases 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:29.159 her dreams then she can do anything that she 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.340 wants. With that encouragement May continues 00:10:32.340 --> 00:10:37.379 on and in the end she does in fact get to go 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:40.919 to outer space and is able to see Earth from 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:43.919 that desired perspective where she's able to 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:47.679 wave in outer space to her parents as she promised 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:51.500 earlier in the story. This is a wonderful story 00:10:51.500 --> 00:10:56.039 about overcoming adversity. It is just a great 00:10:56.039 --> 00:11:01.740 story where we're able to enjoy a child's just 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:06.919 pure love of something and see that love grow 00:11:06.919 --> 00:11:11.259 into reaching her dreams and being able to be 00:11:11.259 --> 00:11:15.799 the first of their kind to to meet that goal. 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:19.669 And so I love this story a lot. I love the fact 00:11:19.669 --> 00:11:22.549 that we can then point to the fact that this 00:11:22.549 --> 00:11:24.750 is an actual person. This is actually something 00:11:24.750 --> 00:11:28.789 that someone was able to accomplish. She was 00:11:28.789 --> 00:11:32.269 able to continue to work hard and make sure that 00:11:32.269 --> 00:11:34.230 her dream happens, which I think is an important 00:11:34.230 --> 00:11:38.049 message for children of any race or ethnicity. 00:11:38.210 --> 00:11:41.409 But the fact that during Black History Month, 00:11:41.429 --> 00:11:43.970 we can point to this African American woman who 00:11:43.970 --> 00:11:48.789 was able to achieve her goals and reach into 00:11:48.789 --> 00:11:52.110 outer space the way she did is just really inspiring 00:11:52.110 --> 00:11:55.210 and amazing and a great message for our students. 00:11:55.250 --> 00:11:57.950 The fact that it's a Black woman that was able 00:11:57.950 --> 00:12:01.009 to do it is also awesome because I think all 00:12:01.009 --> 00:12:04.669 of our students can see, especially our female 00:12:04.669 --> 00:12:08.590 students can see, hey, like that gender barrier 00:12:08.590 --> 00:12:12.059 doesn't have to be. what stops us from reaching 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:14.279 our goals and our dreams, which is really cool. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:17.500 So I think this is an amazing story. Definitely 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:19.919 give it a five out of five. I will say it was 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:23.259 a little, there was a, it was a little longer, 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:26.779 but I think that with the amazing illustrations, 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:30.039 the bright colors and everything, I think it'll 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:32.840 definitely keep a pre -K student's attention 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:37.460 for sure. So I loved it. Yeah, this book is really 00:12:37.460 --> 00:12:41.129 inspiring. It's really good. It is a little bit 00:12:41.129 --> 00:12:43.529 longer for pre -k, but like you said I think 00:12:43.529 --> 00:12:46.870 especially since it's because it's about going 00:12:46.870 --> 00:12:49.769 into outer space and being an astronaut and that 00:12:49.769 --> 00:12:53.690 in and of itself is Such a hook for our kids. 00:12:53.730 --> 00:12:58.509 They really love anything space related I know 00:12:58.509 --> 00:13:00.909 they don't really understand a lot of it yet 00:13:00.909 --> 00:13:06.710 and to them a lot of it is kind of It is more 00:13:06.710 --> 00:13:10.450 of an abstract concept ish, but it's more of 00:13:10.450 --> 00:13:14.549 like in the vein of like Like dramatic play kind 00:13:14.549 --> 00:13:17.470 of stuff that they're extremely interested in 00:13:17.470 --> 00:13:21.289 so it's a really excellent hook for them It's 00:13:21.289 --> 00:13:23.169 kind of suck them in and kind of get them interested 00:13:23.169 --> 00:13:26.190 in that but it does like you said it is really 00:13:26.190 --> 00:13:30.370 inspirational and it does It is a good way to 00:13:30.370 --> 00:13:34.970 for them to like see a career like that that 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.559 might, you know, they might think of that as 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:40.620 almost being like a superhero, but like it's 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:42.679 something that they could actually do, you know, 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:44.840 because they don't probably not many of them 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:48.379 know astronauts in real life. But this is so 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:51.070 they might think of it like in the same vein 00:13:51.070 --> 00:13:52.629 as like a superhero because they don't know any 00:13:52.629 --> 00:13:54.889 of them in real life either but like reading 00:13:54.889 --> 00:13:57.450 a book like this they can like read it and kind 00:13:57.450 --> 00:13:59.509 of start to understand that this is something 00:13:59.509 --> 00:14:02.909 that is real and that they could do um when they 00:14:02.909 --> 00:14:07.250 grow up and just seeing that it is somebody who 00:14:07.250 --> 00:14:10.669 doesn't look like the typical astronaut like 00:14:10.669 --> 00:14:13.750 if they can read it and understand that they 00:14:13.750 --> 00:14:16.289 can do that too so i love it it's a great book 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:18.639 it is a little longer but like you said it's 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:20.480 about space and everything and like it's it's 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.440 beautiful pictures and it's a great book overall 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:29.100 excellent one good choice yeah i i love it and 00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:30.779 i'm looking forward to being able to read it 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:34.259 with my students this week as we go into the 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:36.159 week this is what i'm going to be reading with 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:38.500 my kids and i think they're really going to enjoy 00:14:38.500 --> 00:14:41.240 it it's going to definitely hook a bunch of them 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:45.659 towards the sciences which is a good thing for 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:51.710 sure As far as a makerspace activity to make 00:14:51.710 --> 00:14:55.429 connections with this book, the activity that 00:14:55.429 --> 00:14:59.049 I would do with these students is actually using 00:14:59.049 --> 00:15:03.190 the IO blocks that I have in my library and challenging 00:15:03.190 --> 00:15:06.250 the students to use those IO blocks to build 00:15:06.250 --> 00:15:10.289 their own spaceship. Because if May is going 00:15:10.289 --> 00:15:12.269 into space, she's going to need a spaceship to 00:15:12.269 --> 00:15:14.909 get her there. And so letting the students be 00:15:14.909 --> 00:15:18.330 creative. use those AYA blocks to build a spaceship, 00:15:18.629 --> 00:15:22.110 have to problem solve a way to connect the pieces 00:15:22.110 --> 00:15:25.350 together and let them be creative in coming up 00:15:25.350 --> 00:15:27.710 with what they think their spaceship should look 00:15:27.710 --> 00:15:30.649 like and what it should have on it and that would 00:15:30.649 --> 00:15:33.049 open up a lot of fun conversations about like 00:15:33.049 --> 00:15:37.570 what we would need to make a spaceship work because 00:15:37.570 --> 00:15:42.509 I know like you said it's kind of abstract to 00:15:42.509 --> 00:15:44.370 the students but A lot of them are going to say 00:15:44.370 --> 00:15:46.210 it's going to have the rockets that are going 00:15:46.210 --> 00:15:48.190 to get it into space and stuff. But beyond that, 00:15:48.470 --> 00:15:50.129 what else does the spaceship have? What else 00:15:50.129 --> 00:15:53.429 is it going to need to make sure that the astronauts 00:15:53.429 --> 00:15:55.610 are safe and that kind of thing? And so we could 00:15:55.610 --> 00:15:59.570 open up a lot of discussion by having the kids 00:15:59.570 --> 00:16:03.070 create and build a spaceship using those IA blocks. 00:16:03.110 --> 00:16:06.509 So I think that would be a lot of fun. And I 00:16:06.509 --> 00:16:09.009 think we'd get some very unique designs that 00:16:09.009 --> 00:16:12.700 way. Yeah, I love that one. That's one of my 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:16.279 favorite things to do with with pre -k is to 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.720 build rocket ships and Spaceships and things 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:21.899 and they love it too. That's such a good hook 00:16:21.899 --> 00:16:24.840 for them. They really love that Yeah, they come 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:28.240 up with some amazing things Yeah, you know every 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.820 time I it's and I love that's why I love to do 00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:33.620 it is but every time I give the pre -k kids a 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:37.919 challenge like this they come up with such unique 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:42.700 ways to create what they have in their heads 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:45.159 that I would never have thought of. It's so cool 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.639 to see all the unique possibilities that they 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:54.440 come up with. It's always great. And so actually, 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:57.840 this is a perfect segue because this week we 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:02.340 have a makerspace spotlight on IOblocks. IOblocks 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:06.440 are a 2016 award -winning, open -ended, STEM 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:10.349 -focused interlo... interlocking construction 00:17:10.349 --> 00:17:15.549 toy designed by Jenna Boldbuck for Guidecraft. 00:17:16.289 --> 00:17:19.829 They were inspired by 8 -bit pixelated graphics 00:17:19.829 --> 00:17:22.589 and iBlocks are open -ended interlocking plastic 00:17:22.589 --> 00:17:25.670 construction toys designed for children ages 00:17:25.670 --> 00:17:29.349 3 and up. They feature 12 unique friction -fit 00:17:29.349 --> 00:17:32.509 matte finish shapes in six different colors, 00:17:32.849 --> 00:17:36.789 and these stem -focused blocks allow for 2D and 00:17:36.789 --> 00:17:40.009 3D models like robots, vehicles, and structures. 00:17:40.529 --> 00:17:44.630 They can be paired with an augmented reality 00:17:44.630 --> 00:17:48.230 app for assembly guidance, and they also generally 00:17:48.230 --> 00:17:51.470 come with some cards that show some different 00:17:51.470 --> 00:17:54.450 pictures of how you can interlock the pieces 00:17:54.450 --> 00:17:59.539 to make specific um, shapes and activities with 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:04.099 them. I was looking and so in general, they're 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:08.740 not ex excessively expensive. I found just doing 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:13.259 a general Google search of 500 piece set costs 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:20.779 about $169 or you can get like a, what is this 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:26.400 one? This one's a thousand pieces for $179 so 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:29.200 relatively reasonably place when you consider 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.079 that they're educational tools and everything 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:35.700 is kind of and that's a lot of pieces like you 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:37.900 need that many pieces for a library when you've 00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:41.339 got every single kid coming in so that's yeah 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:43.500 you would only need like one kit for that so 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:46.529 that's yeah pretty great And so these are really 00:18:46.529 --> 00:18:50.990 fun. I love using the AYA blocks in makerspace 00:18:50.990 --> 00:18:53.410 centers with my students to make connections 00:18:53.410 --> 00:18:57.289 with books. Earlier this previous week, it was 00:18:57.289 --> 00:18:59.890 the week leading up to Valentine's day. And so 00:18:59.890 --> 00:19:03.109 we were reading Valentine books and I had a challenge 00:19:03.109 --> 00:19:06.029 for my students to use the AYA blocks to make 00:19:06.029 --> 00:19:12.039 a bouquet of flowers. the creativity that they 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.779 came up with on how to make blocks. We had students 00:19:14.779 --> 00:19:17.160 that made individual flowers and then put them 00:19:17.160 --> 00:19:18.960 all together to make the bouquet. We had kids 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:22.960 that just made one build that was all interconnected 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.900 to make a bouquet. Like the creativity that this 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:30.720 allows for is awesome. The fact that the shapes 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:36.160 are not all just rectangles and squares really 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:41.349 challenges the students to think and plan how 00:19:41.349 --> 00:19:43.849 to connect the pieces together to make the shapes 00:19:43.849 --> 00:19:45.890 that they're looking for. Because there's a lot 00:19:45.890 --> 00:19:49.210 of shapes that are like, there's like capital 00:19:49.210 --> 00:19:50.910 letter, there's shapes that look like capital 00:19:50.910 --> 00:19:52.869 letter H's. And then there's also shapes that 00:19:52.869 --> 00:19:55.490 look like lowercase letter H's. And then there's 00:19:55.490 --> 00:19:57.549 shapes that look like U's and shapes that look 00:19:57.549 --> 00:20:01.269 like V's and different shapes. And so you have, 00:20:01.309 --> 00:20:04.349 they have to problem solve to figure out how 00:20:04.349 --> 00:20:08.009 to make those pieces all connect together in 00:20:08.009 --> 00:20:11.740 a tight, way so that it stays and has the rigidity 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:16.160 it needs to stand up right. And I love watching 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:19.579 the kids problem solve and think and be creative 00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:23.859 using these tools. And it's just a lot of fun. 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:26.960 And like I said, reasonably priced for a set 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:30.099 that's more than enough for a classroom library 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:32.819 or a school library with a classroom full of 00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:37.019 kids in there using them. It's a really great 00:20:38.450 --> 00:20:41.769 purchase if you haven't had any in your library. 00:20:41.829 --> 00:20:44.109 And like I said, there is an app that goes along 00:20:44.109 --> 00:20:46.809 with it. There are cards. So even if you're not 00:20:46.809 --> 00:20:50.269 sure how to use them at first, there are some 00:20:50.269 --> 00:20:54.069 ways that they can give you assistance in helping 00:20:54.069 --> 00:20:57.549 use them until you become more comfortable. But 00:20:57.549 --> 00:20:59.549 your students will be able to dive right in and 00:20:59.549 --> 00:21:01.529 start building with them and having a lot of 00:21:01.529 --> 00:21:05.789 fun, which is, it's really cool to see the kids 00:21:05.789 --> 00:21:09.670 excited to be able to. Challenge themselves into 00:21:09.670 --> 00:21:13.009 how to make what I'm asking them to make so I 00:21:13.009 --> 00:21:17.049 really enjoy these Yeah, and I I had these at 00:21:17.049 --> 00:21:21.890 my last campus which was all pre -k and My kids 00:21:21.890 --> 00:21:27.210 loved them. I always started the year using these 00:21:27.210 --> 00:21:29.990 Partly because it was kind of a unique block. 00:21:30.049 --> 00:21:34.299 So like most pre -k kids have seen just plain 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:37.759 blocks and that's fine it's and it's good for 00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:40.279 them to build with those absolutely and they 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:43.059 definitely have their place but with these it's 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:46.599 just a little bit more of a unique piece to build 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:50.559 with it stretches their creativity a bit and 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:53.400 I would always use it at the very beginning to 00:21:53.910 --> 00:21:57.430 and I would pair it with a book about letters 00:21:57.430 --> 00:22:00.549 and kind of use that to introduce books in general 00:22:00.549 --> 00:22:02.470 to kids and just point out how there's letters 00:22:02.470 --> 00:22:04.430 in every book and here's this book about letters 00:22:04.430 --> 00:22:06.250 and now we're gonna build with letters and look 00:22:06.250 --> 00:22:08.750 these are the shapes these are the blocks that 00:22:08.750 --> 00:22:10.869 are shaped like letters and not all of the blocks 00:22:10.869 --> 00:22:13.250 are shaped like letters but about half of them 00:22:13.250 --> 00:22:17.329 are and then we would do some like little letter 00:22:17.329 --> 00:22:20.029 identification with you know this one looks like 00:22:20.029 --> 00:22:23.140 an X and this one looks like an H and things 00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:27.500 like that and it really got the kids very interested 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:30.339 in it and currently I do have some in my current 00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:34.279 library and currently the kids that I'm working 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:38.740 with most of them are you know it's just regular 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:43.440 pre -k through five campus and my second graders 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:47.660 especially really love these and they particularly 00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:51.059 like to build with them because they look kind 00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:54.019 of minecrafty. Cause all my kids are really into 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:56.480 Minecraft and it makes everything have that, 00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:59.180 you know, because it is inspired by that eight 00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:03.720 bit, um, pixelated graphics like Minecraft has. 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:08.440 So it just, they, those, those kids, they really 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:10.559 want to make everything look like Minecraft and 00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:14.740 they can with these. They're great. Yeah. It's 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:18.359 a lot of fun. And I found that like, I have students. 00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:21.559 in kindergarten all the way through fifth grade 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:24.759 in like pre -k kindergarten and then up to fifth 00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:27.839 grade and every group there's some kids that 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:31.779 really enjoy using these it just they're it they're 00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:35.859 so versatile and can be used for so many different 00:23:35.859 --> 00:23:39.380 things and my kids really love them so highly 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:41.740 suggest if you don't have them in your library 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:44.559 that you get them because they can be used for 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.380 so many different things oh great they're fabulous 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:51.339 The next book that we're going to talk about 00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:55.940 today is Change Sings. It was published by Viking 00:23:55.940 --> 00:24:00.019 in 2021. The author is Amanda Gorman and the 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:04.359 illustrator is Lauren Long. And this book was 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:08.240 on quite a few... lists and got quite a few awards. 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:11.940 It was a Junior Library Guild Selection for 2022, 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:16.059 a Notable Books for Global Society 2022, Notable 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:18.380 Children's Books and Language Arts Award 2022, 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:21.180 Notable Social Trade Books for Young People, 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:25.519 Center for the Study of Multicultural Literature 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:29.559 Best Books of 2021, Arkansas Diamond Primary 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:33.039 Award, California CTE Recommended List, Iowa 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:36.609 Goldfinch Award, Kentucky Bluegrass Award, Michigan 00:24:36.609 --> 00:24:40.609 Myself in Books, Nevada Reading Week Book List, 00:24:40.990 --> 00:24:45.569 Choose to Read Ohio, and Tennessee Volunteer 00:24:45.569 --> 00:24:52.549 State Book Awards 2022. And the author is Amanda 00:24:52.549 --> 00:24:55.769 Gorman, and she is the youngest inaugural poet 00:24:55.769 --> 00:24:58.990 in US history. And she was also appointed as 00:24:58.990 --> 00:25:03.569 the first ever National Youth Poet Laureate. 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:07.559 by Urban Word, which is a non -profit program 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:11.339 that supports young poets in America. She graduated 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:14.519 cum laude from Harvard with a degree in sociology, 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:17.339 and she currently lives in Los Angeles. She's 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:20.099 still writing all kinds of poems. She's kind 00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:23.859 of amazing. Like, I didn't... Yeah, I'm reading 00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:27.480 that, and I'm just like, this, she has, she's 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:31.529 young and already has accomplished... Some amazing 00:25:31.529 --> 00:25:35.710 feats. Wow. Yeah, like that's Incredibly impressive. 00:25:35.769 --> 00:25:39.950 That's amazing. I know she's got like a whole 00:25:39.950 --> 00:25:43.410 lot of interviews and such online and I was just 00:25:43.410 --> 00:25:46.250 watching some of them and I was like, whoa, I 00:25:46.250 --> 00:25:49.390 Don't know. That's kind of incredible Anyway, 00:25:49.950 --> 00:25:53.369 she's a pretty remarkable person some of the 00:25:53.369 --> 00:25:56.910 other books that she's written are Something 00:25:56.910 --> 00:26:00.900 someday illustrated by Christian Robinson and 00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:04.839 Girls on the Rise. This one is illustrated by, 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:08.480 I checked the spelling of this like four or five 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:12.599 times. I think her first name is Loveis. Is that 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:16.819 how you would say that? Loveis or Loveis? Loveis? 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:23.660 Last name is Wise. Is it Loveis Wise? I think. 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:26.160 I think that's the idea, but yeah. I think that 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:29.720 was the plan. Anyway, not sure how to say her 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:33.309 first name. Last name's definitely wise. And 00:26:33.309 --> 00:26:35.150 she's written a couple of collections of poetry 00:26:35.150 --> 00:26:38.769 which are For There Is Always Light, Call Us 00:26:38.769 --> 00:26:45.289 What We Carry, and The Hill We Climb. And then 00:26:45.289 --> 00:26:49.609 the illustrator is Lauren Long. She grew up in 00:26:49.609 --> 00:26:52.849 the Midwest with a deep love for drawing and 00:26:52.849 --> 00:26:55.950 painting. After graduating with a BA from the 00:26:55.950 --> 00:26:59.329 University of Kentucky and attending the American 00:26:59.329 --> 00:27:03.369 Academy of Art in Chicago, Lauren began freelancing 00:27:03.369 --> 00:27:07.190 in editorial illustration, working for major 00:27:07.190 --> 00:27:11.470 publications such as Time and Forbes. In 2003, 00:27:12.049 --> 00:27:15.920 he illustrated his first picture book and has 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:20.039 continued creating books ever since. While he 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:23.519 has illustrated over 30 books so far, he has 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:27.099 written for some of them as well, including the 00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:30.839 popular Otis series, which was adapted into an 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:34.690 animated series on Apple TV+. He currently lives 00:27:34.690 --> 00:27:37.430 in Cincinnati with his wife and two sons. He 00:27:37.430 --> 00:27:41.569 also serves on the board of the literacy nonprofit 00:27:41.569 --> 00:27:48.789 Queen City Book Bank. And he's illustrated a 00:27:48.789 --> 00:27:52.509 lot of books over 30. A few of them are Home 00:27:52.509 --> 00:27:57.430 by Matt de la Pena. Someone Builds the Dream 00:27:57.430 --> 00:28:01.420 by Lisa Wheeler. Love by Matt de la Pena. Good 00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:04.579 Day, Good Night by Margaret Wise Brown of The 00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:07.859 I Sing a Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama. 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:11.700 And he redid the illustrations in The Little 00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:15.059 Engine That Could by Wadi Piper and more. And 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:17.359 the books that he's both written and illustrated 00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:20.980 are The Yellow Bus, which is his newest release. 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:24.430 There's A Hole in the Bottom of the Lake. all 00:28:24.430 --> 00:28:27.170 the Otis series, which is Otis, Otis and the 00:28:27.170 --> 00:28:29.109 Kittens, Otis and the Puppy, and Otis Christmas, 00:28:29.670 --> 00:28:33.230 Otis and the Scarecrow, and Otis and the Tornado. 00:28:34.069 --> 00:28:38.670 And in this book, in Change Things, it's about 00:28:38.670 --> 00:28:41.769 a young black girl who's holding, in the book 00:28:41.769 --> 00:28:44.750 she's holding a guitar and kind of walking through 00:28:44.750 --> 00:28:47.670 a neighborhood, and as she walks she gathers 00:28:47.670 --> 00:28:51.789 a diverse group of musicians who together kind 00:28:51.789 --> 00:28:54.809 of create music and change the neighborhood for 00:28:54.809 --> 00:28:59.109 the better. I liked this book for pre -k because 00:28:59.109 --> 00:29:06.190 it's it is just a long poem so it's got a nice 00:29:06.190 --> 00:29:08.730 flow and a nice cadence it's got those rhyming 00:29:08.730 --> 00:29:11.849 words so that even if our youngest learners don't 00:29:11.849 --> 00:29:15.109 really understand all the things yet they will 00:29:15.109 --> 00:29:19.349 definitely at least resonate with the rhythm 00:29:19.349 --> 00:29:24.029 and rhyme of the book. It also doesn't explicitly 00:29:24.029 --> 00:29:28.890 go into like black history really, but you could 00:29:28.890 --> 00:29:31.369 if you wanted to because of some of the illustrations 00:29:31.369 --> 00:29:36.849 it has like a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. 00:29:37.190 --> 00:29:39.390 in the background of one of the pages and it's 00:29:39.390 --> 00:29:42.509 like it's that's definitely the focal point of 00:29:42.509 --> 00:29:45.190 the Image like it's got the girl with the guitar 00:29:45.190 --> 00:29:47.990 at the very bottom of the mural and you can see 00:29:47.990 --> 00:29:49.750 her So it's definitely still part of the story 00:29:49.750 --> 00:29:54.269 But like you could stop and talk about who that 00:29:54.269 --> 00:29:57.470 person is in the mural Why it's in the book and 00:29:57.470 --> 00:29:59.329 kind of talk about some of the history there 00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:03.000 And with some of the words in the poem, like 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:06.220 you could, it's like very much talking about, 00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:08.960 you know, changing for the better, helping our 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:13.359 community and just helping each other. So you 00:30:13.359 --> 00:30:16.819 could go in one of two directions and just talk 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.900 about how it's important to be a kind person 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:23.259 in general and citizenship, or you could go into 00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.960 the history of it a little bit if you wanted 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:31.470 to about why that's extra necessary and you know 00:30:31.470 --> 00:30:35.170 social change in general. You have the option 00:30:35.170 --> 00:30:37.990 of going either way with the book which I really 00:30:37.990 --> 00:30:41.890 like. Which is especially with pre -k I think 00:30:41.890 --> 00:30:45.109 kind of necessary like when you're talking about 00:30:45.109 --> 00:30:47.569 history in general like things that are abstract 00:30:47.569 --> 00:30:50.710 that kids can't hold and touch anything that's 00:30:50.710 --> 00:30:53.490 not tangible it's gonna be really kind of difficult 00:30:53.490 --> 00:30:58.720 for our pre -k kids to get They think that all 00:30:58.720 --> 00:31:02.240 of history happened yesterday because yesterday 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:04.579 is anything that happened in the past, not just 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:09.440 what happened the day before. They're very focused 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:12.500 on the present and same with like looking forward 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:15.920 to the future. Everything happens tomorrow. Even 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:17.779 things that are going to happen in, you know, 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:20.519 20 years from now, everything happens tomorrow. 00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:25.140 There's just that concept of time hasn't really 00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:29.539 developed yet. So it can be a harder topic to 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.980 cover and you might have a more mature class 00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:35.539 that might be able to go into some of the history 00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:39.440 a little bit more or not. It really depends. 00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:41.900 So I really liked that you could go either way 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:44.519 with this one for pre -k. I think this is a great 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:48.200 book for like kids of all ages really like it's 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:52.970 very flexible and can because It is a little 00:31:52.970 --> 00:31:55.130 bit more open ended. You can kind of go in a 00:31:55.130 --> 00:31:57.470 lot of different directions. So I don't know. 00:31:57.470 --> 00:32:00.349 I just love it so much. I've seen it for a few 00:32:00.349 --> 00:32:02.710 years and I do not know why I haven't read it 00:32:02.710 --> 00:32:04.910 before this week. And I'm a little sad that I 00:32:04.910 --> 00:32:06.230 haven't read it before this week, but that's 00:32:06.230 --> 00:32:08.490 okay because I'm going to read it now. That's 00:32:08.490 --> 00:32:10.289 great. This is what I'm going to do this week 00:32:10.289 --> 00:32:13.230 in my classes. So this book for me is a five 00:32:13.230 --> 00:32:16.109 out of five and I love it a lot. That is all. 00:32:17.769 --> 00:32:23.170 Absolutely. artwork in it is amazing. It's breathtaking. 00:32:23.509 --> 00:32:28.190 And the message is such a powerful one that, 00:32:28.190 --> 00:32:30.869 yeah, this is just a great one. I love this story. 00:32:31.210 --> 00:32:34.450 I look forward to sharing it with my students 00:32:34.450 --> 00:32:38.109 for sure, because, like you said, even if they 00:32:38.109 --> 00:32:40.390 don't understand everything, that cadence, that 00:32:40.390 --> 00:32:43.670 rhythm that comes with the poem is something 00:32:43.670 --> 00:32:47.069 that that everybody can understand and appreciate. 00:32:47.069 --> 00:32:52.329 And I think that that coupled with the pictures 00:32:52.329 --> 00:32:55.470 is definitely going to be something that keeps 00:32:55.470 --> 00:32:57.549 their attention and I think they're really gonna 00:32:57.549 --> 00:32:59.349 enjoy it. I love this book. Yeah, it was a good 00:32:59.349 --> 00:33:03.369 one. And I think for a makerspace activity, you 00:33:03.369 --> 00:33:06.569 could really do a lot with it too because it's 00:33:06.569 --> 00:33:08.710 so kind of open -ended like that. You could either 00:33:08.710 --> 00:33:14.170 go and focus on the music in it because there's 00:33:14.170 --> 00:33:17.920 no like actual music in it and you don't have 00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:20.200 to like it's not based on a song or anything 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:23.720 like that it is a poem but it does have all those 00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:27.380 musical instruments in it so if you wanted to 00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:31.279 you could focus on that and you could make instruments 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:33.859 of some kind and do like an easy to make little 00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:37.220 shaker or something to go with it where you just 00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:42.099 do like a paper plate and color one side of it 00:33:42.099 --> 00:33:44.759 and then put a little bit of rice or beans on 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:47.980 the sprinkled inside and then staple that shut 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:51.400 and make a really quick shake shaker for everybody 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:57.079 or you could focus on just the importance of 00:33:57.079 --> 00:34:01.460 that community building and kindness that's in 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:05.319 there and write kind notes or make a picture 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:09.960 for somebody and just do you know paper and crayons 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:12.219 or whatever and have the kids draw a picture 00:34:12.219 --> 00:34:14.719 for somebody else and just do something kind 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:19.219 and give something to somebody else or you could 00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:24.559 um if you wanted to you could do it with um like 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:26.699 a taking care of our earth kind of a unit and 00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:29.920 like do a little cleanup activity where you clean 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:32.639 up um around the school or something there's 00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:34.559 just a lot of different directions that you could 00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:38.139 go with it because it is very open -ended i don't 00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:39.840 know and it's just about being a better person 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:42.840 in general so there's just a lot of ways you 00:34:42.840 --> 00:34:47.440 could go Yeah. Yeah. You could also use the Aya 00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:49.460 blocks and have the kids build their own. Indeed, 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:53.719 you could. And it does, there's one page where 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:57.800 it says, I don't build a taller fence. I build 00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:59.800 a better bridge or something like that. They 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:01.719 could build a little bridge. Like they're building 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:05.360 a bridge for a girl in a wheelchair so she can, 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:08.320 um, you know, leave her house a little bit easier. 00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:12.960 Yeah. Lots of things you could do with this book. 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:15.639 There's so many things you can do with this book. 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:21.280 I love it. It's really good. Yeah. It's rare 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:23.400 that I find a book like that where I'm like, 00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:27.019 I was missing it and I didn't know it. Okay. 00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:30.039 But I found it. So I feel better. Don't worry. 00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:36.019 That's always a good feeling though to know like, 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:39.019 okay, now I have it. It's a part of my collection. 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:40.880 I'm going to keep going back to it and using 00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:44.480 it because it's such a good story. Yeah, I'm 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:49.960 gonna keep using that one. Well, thank you all 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:52.179 for joining us on this episode of Librarians 00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:55.599 of Littles, and we hope you found some inspiring 00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:59.320 new ideas for helping our youngest readers. Happy 00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:02.059 reading! Thank you for listening to this episode 00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:04.880 of Librarians of Littles. We hope that you've 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:08.039 enjoyed it. Check back each Wednesday for a new 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:12.170 episode. Librarians of Littles is a podcast produced 00:36:12.170 --> 00:36:15.489 and hosted by Patrick Adams and Caroline Legier. 00:36:15.670 --> 00:36:19.130 Editor Patrick Adams. Our theme song is performed 00:36:19.130 --> 00:36:22.750 by JD Adams. You can follow us on Instagram at 00:36:22.750 --> 00:36:26.030 Librarians of Littles. You can follow us on blue 00:36:26.030 --> 00:36:32.130 sky at littleslibrarian .bsky .social. And you 00:36:32.130 --> 00:36:37.050 can send us your emails at librarianoflittlespodatgmail 00:36:37.050 --> 00:36:41.159 .com. It's fine. I'm not gonna buy a car today. 00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.840 Very excited about that. Do you like the new 00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:49.599 car? Is it? I do. Yeah. I do. Yeah. It's very 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:53.059 similar. I had an Outback before. Right. It's 00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:55.920 very similar. Like it drives very similarly. 00:36:56.500 --> 00:37:00.739 Okay. Yeah. I like it. What color did you get? 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:07.969 It's a very dark gray. Almost black. You get 00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:10.250 used to all the little like differences of the 00:37:10.250 --> 00:37:12.090 minor differences and that kind of stuff and 00:37:12.090 --> 00:37:17.929 it and everything and Yeah, most of it is Pretty 00:37:17.929 --> 00:37:21.909 much the same except like the displays a little 00:37:21.909 --> 00:37:28.150 bit different and They switched like the trip 00:37:28.150 --> 00:37:31.409 Odometer button or whatever with the ignition 00:37:31.409 --> 00:37:33.869 so I keep not turning on the car when I mean 00:37:33.869 --> 00:37:37.639 to turn on the car That's a little annoying Okay. 00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:47.079 Yeah. That's okay. But for the most part, everything 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:51.639 else is pretty similar. And yeah, I like it. 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:55.719 I don't plan to total this one. Well, that would 00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:59.840 be, yeah, let's not for a while. Or ever.