WEBVTT 00:00:03.149 --> 00:00:05.750 Do you like having your weird rotating schedule? 00:00:09.310 --> 00:00:13.470 I mean, there's pros and cons. The pro is that 00:00:13.470 --> 00:00:18.329 the way it shifts, we see the groups relatively 00:00:18.329 --> 00:00:22.850 evenly, right? Like we're not always missing 00:00:22.850 --> 00:00:25.390 the same groups on Mondays and Fridays when we 00:00:25.390 --> 00:00:33.039 have days off. So that's a plus. a definite con 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:37.820 is that the kids, like because of that, you can't 00:00:37.820 --> 00:00:40.219 just say, okay, I see you, your library day is 00:00:40.219 --> 00:00:44.640 always on Wednesday or whatever. And so that 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.399 can be really challenging. And so like kids forget 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:50.119 to bring their library books. It's really challenging 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.119 for the kids when they go to PE because they 00:00:52.119 --> 00:00:54.200 don't always wear the right footwear and that 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:59.359 kind of thing. And it's hard to explain to parents 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.640 like, Your kid comes to me once a week, but not 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.719 always on the same day of the week. Um, and so 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:07.980 we just had to be really clear about the communicating 00:01:07.980 --> 00:01:13.260 of it. Once you get used to it, it's not that 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:16.540 bad. There are definitely like little things 00:01:16.540 --> 00:01:21.000 that we do to, to help that process, like outside 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.780 my door and outside the rest of the, um, specials 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:28.140 rooms. We have like cards that we flip through 00:01:28.140 --> 00:01:30.459 so that the right color is showing outside our 00:01:30.459 --> 00:01:33.060 door so kids know what color I'm seeing that 00:01:33.060 --> 00:01:35.879 day kind of thing. We also at the base of the 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.099 stairs as the fourth and fifth and third graders 00:01:38.099 --> 00:01:39.719 come down the stairs right there at the base, 00:01:39.799 --> 00:01:42.859 the landing of the stairs on the wall. We have 00:01:42.859 --> 00:01:45.939 a poster and literally every day at the end of 00:01:45.939 --> 00:01:48.700 the day, I change it for the next day where we 00:01:48.700 --> 00:01:52.120 move the colors so that they can see. what color 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:54.359 goes to what thing. So like we have Velcro dots 00:01:54.359 --> 00:01:57.060 on them and we like, there's a sign that says 00:01:57.060 --> 00:01:59.439 purple and the purple group gets moved to where 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:01.400 they're going and the red group gets moved to 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:03.459 where they're going. And I move them every day 00:02:03.459 --> 00:02:06.540 so that they can see it just to help with that 00:02:06.540 --> 00:02:10.659 process. So like there's little things that we 00:02:10.659 --> 00:02:17.719 make it as easy as possible. It's not perfect, 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:19.979 but it works. Once you get, once you get into 00:02:19.979 --> 00:02:22.889 it. the kids figure it out pretty quick and I 00:02:22.889 --> 00:02:27.050 do my best if their library day is going to change 00:02:27.050 --> 00:02:29.669 to prep them for that the week before it changes 00:02:29.669 --> 00:02:32.229 so it'll be like I'm seeing you guys on Tuesday 00:02:32.229 --> 00:02:34.710 this week but next week I'm seeing you on Thursday 00:02:34.710 --> 00:02:37.629 so your library day is Thursday next week as 00:02:37.629 --> 00:02:39.169 they're walking out the door kind of thing you 00:02:39.169 --> 00:02:43.590 know like it just there's a little bit more work 00:02:43.590 --> 00:02:49.669 on that end to like help the kids know but The 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:52.289 good thing is that I see them relatively consistently 00:02:52.289 --> 00:02:56.509 of like, I don't lose a lot of time with just 00:02:56.509 --> 00:03:01.330 one or two groups. So yeah, that's nice. Yeah. 00:03:01.569 --> 00:03:04.069 And it helps the fine arts teacher a lot because 00:03:04.069 --> 00:03:06.889 if she was always missing first and, or like 00:03:06.889 --> 00:03:10.569 the Monday groups and the Friday groups, like 00:03:10.569 --> 00:03:14.030 trying to finish any project is really challenging. 00:03:14.550 --> 00:03:18.560 Yeah. Yeah. at the beginning of the year like 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:20.960 with your wonky schedule i was like that sounds 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.800 horrible and right now i'm like that sounds kind 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:26.900 of good i don't know did i tell you i had a group 00:03:26.900 --> 00:03:31.580 on my friday group from like october 23rd onward 00:03:31.580 --> 00:03:35.099 i didn't see them until january like for a real 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:39.560 library lesson like yeah it was like two solid 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:41.939 months because of the you know, all the breaks 00:03:41.939 --> 00:03:45.680 in there and the parade for storybook character 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:49.199 and the book fair and the elf shop. So like I 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.159 had bonus crazy. Right. Being in the library 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:56.360 compared to the others. But still, that's like 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.479 two months that those kids didn't get books. 00:04:00.379 --> 00:04:02.680 Two whole months. And I do open check -in in 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.599 the morning, so it wasn't the worst. But like, 00:04:05.639 --> 00:04:10.590 that's nuts. And like in January, I was like, 00:04:10.650 --> 00:04:14.030 oh, my Monday kids saw him one time. One time. 00:04:15.270 --> 00:04:19.730 That's crazy. I don't know. That's a whole month's 00:04:19.730 --> 00:04:21.910 of school where you're just coming once. I don't 00:04:21.910 --> 00:04:25.629 know. Yeah. And so like, I don't know. Yeah. 00:04:25.790 --> 00:04:29.310 My schedule definitely works well for that because 00:04:29.310 --> 00:04:32.670 it definitely makes it so that, you know, like 00:04:32.670 --> 00:04:34.790 any day that we're not there, we just kind of 00:04:34.790 --> 00:04:37.850 shift every rotation one day and so that's yeah 00:04:37.850 --> 00:04:41.370 it works because then we don't have those problems 00:04:41.370 --> 00:04:47.490 where we just don't see the group yeah it's it 00:04:47.490 --> 00:04:54.110 gets confusing for certain things that are like 00:04:54.110 --> 00:04:58.050 outside of our control more than anything like 00:04:58.050 --> 00:05:02.389 our counselor has high school They call them 00:05:02.389 --> 00:05:06.589 pals that come and meet with certain kids every 00:05:06.589 --> 00:05:12.129 Wednesday, which is fine, but they meet during 00:05:12.129 --> 00:05:15.610 specials time. So like they get pulled from whatever 00:05:15.610 --> 00:05:20.189 specials they're in to go to do that, which is 00:05:20.189 --> 00:05:24.009 fine. I mean, it's usually it doesn't impact 00:05:24.009 --> 00:05:27.470 too much, but what it gets confusing is like, 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.100 the group that I have this Wednesday, I might 00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:32.779 not have that group next Wednesday. And so like 00:05:32.779 --> 00:05:37.379 knowing which kids are where gets confusing because 00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:39.639 I have to know, basically I have to have a list 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:43.600 of every kid that gets pulled to go do that. 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:46.959 And then cross reference it with who I should 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:49.560 be seeing that day to know if that's why they're 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:53.019 not there kind of thing, you know? And so stuff 00:05:53.019 --> 00:05:56.959 like that gets a little more confusing. Because 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:59.100 I can't just be like, oh, this is the group that 00:05:59.100 --> 00:06:01.639 these three kids are gone because it's Wednesday. 00:06:02.339 --> 00:06:05.000 I see, I can, I could potentially see any of 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.199 the groups on Wednesday. And so I have to know 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:10.199 which kids from each group go to that. Yeah. 00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:13.620 So that gets a little confusing, but that also 00:06:13.620 --> 00:06:18.720 only impacts like one grade level. And so it's 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:20.899 not that bad. And I do just have a list and I 00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:24.139 just look at it compared to who I'm supposed 00:06:24.139 --> 00:06:26.160 to be seeing that day and figure it out. But. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:33.199 Overall, it really isn't as, like I said, it's 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:36.420 not convenient and not necessarily the easiest 00:06:36.420 --> 00:06:39.699 for trying to explain to the kids or the parents, 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:44.759 but once we get into it, it's fine. Okay. Yeah. 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:48.079 Cool. It might be something you consider at least 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:52.579 bringing up for next year maybe, you know? I 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:55.420 think I'm going to. My team is like not good 00:06:55.420 --> 00:06:58.339 at scheduling. Yeah. See their brains just don't 00:06:58.339 --> 00:07:00.480 work that way. And I feel like I'm pretty good 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.500 at it. Yeah. That's one of like my stronger suits 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:05.439 is being able to figure out schedules and stuff 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.660 to the point where like my principals have come 00:07:07.660 --> 00:07:10.639 to me a couple of times and been like, we need 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.519 to mess with the schedule for the day. How can 00:07:13.519 --> 00:07:15.980 we, how can we do this? And they give me the 00:07:15.980 --> 00:07:18.180 parameters and I just kind of sit and mess with 00:07:18.180 --> 00:07:21.160 it until I get it right. So like, that's something 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:25.120 that I'm pretty reasonable at doing, but yeah, 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:28.939 I would like. Especially it definitely helps 00:07:28.939 --> 00:07:32.240 because the same kids aren't always missing PE, 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.660 which they get really upset about. Yeah. And 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:38.259 again, they are teacher can actually get projects 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:42.220 done with every group because she's not losing 00:07:42.220 --> 00:07:45.660 days with them. And so like it does, like for 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:49.319 me, if you miss a library lesson, that's not 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:52.319 going to be the end of the world, but I would 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:54.240 like you to have the access to the books and 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:57.110 be able to check out and. I do have the morning 00:07:57.110 --> 00:08:00.029 times where they can do checkout, but I'd rather 00:08:00.029 --> 00:08:02.209 you be in there where I can be of assistance 00:08:02.209 --> 00:08:04.750 and help and kind of encourage you with certain 00:08:04.750 --> 00:08:08.670 things. And so it's nice, but it's like if I 00:08:08.670 --> 00:08:12.490 missed a whole group, there are worse things, 00:08:12.629 --> 00:08:15.449 but I want the kids to have the access. So it 00:08:15.449 --> 00:08:17.769 works out pretty well for us. It's the book access 00:08:17.769 --> 00:08:21.069 problem for me. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I said 00:08:21.069 --> 00:08:22.949 like when we had like the elf shop and stuff 00:08:22.949 --> 00:08:24.490 in the library I was like they're getting books. 00:08:24.490 --> 00:08:29.529 It's whatever right And that's the one thing 00:08:29.529 --> 00:08:32.990 I love about my library is that it's big enough 00:08:32.990 --> 00:08:36.029 that I can have the entire Book Fair up and running 00:08:36.029 --> 00:08:39.230 and still have all of the books available to 00:08:39.230 --> 00:08:41.070 the kids to check out library books the entire 00:08:41.070 --> 00:08:45.750 time and So that's really nice. Yeah, I need 00:08:45.750 --> 00:08:48.730 to rearrange now that I'm there's a lot that 00:08:48.730 --> 00:08:53.480 I'm like ready to change now that I know it. 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:56.019 Yeah. I don't know. Beginning of the year, I 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:58.440 was like, I don't, it's a whole new grade level, 00:08:58.980 --> 00:09:01.519 like all the new grade levels and all the new 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:04.539 processes and not like I didn't. And a completely 00:09:04.539 --> 00:09:08.899 new space and everything. Yeah. Now I'm very 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:10.759 ready and I'm actually getting kind of excited 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:12.679 for next year, which is weird. That's good. I 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:17.230 didn't think that would happen though. Yes. It 00:09:17.230 --> 00:09:21.230 is good and this is I was just noticing this 00:09:21.230 --> 00:09:26.350 is the first year In a long time that I haven't 00:09:26.350 --> 00:09:29.629 felt the need to Apply anywhere else or like 00:09:29.629 --> 00:09:33.529 look anywhere else Yeah, and I was very happy 00:09:33.529 --> 00:09:37.830 at the ELC's but I think that was a symptom of 00:09:37.830 --> 00:09:42.009 Keller as a whole Not the ELC's that I was like 00:09:42.299 --> 00:09:45.220 I stayed and didn't really try very hard to go 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:47.940 anywhere else because you can't do that job anywhere 00:09:47.940 --> 00:09:50.700 else. Couldn't. Now you can't do that job anywhere. 00:09:51.059 --> 00:10:18.690 It's done. Killed it. Stockholm syndrome. Hello, 00:10:18.750 --> 00:10:22.129 I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere 00:10:22.590 --> 00:10:25.370 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:10:25.370 --> 00:10:28.809 where we discuss books, give makerspace ideas, 00:10:28.870 --> 00:10:32.509 and give tips and tricks for working with our 00:10:32.509 --> 00:10:35.830 youngest learners in the library setting. This 00:10:35.830 --> 00:10:39.149 week, we are discussing some books about spring. 00:10:39.649 --> 00:10:44.610 As we enter the month of March, spring is coming 00:10:44.610 --> 00:10:48.450 and... Soon enough, it'll be here. And so we've 00:10:48.450 --> 00:10:51.909 selected some really good books that handle the 00:10:51.909 --> 00:10:55.370 topic of spring. The first of which is the book, 00:10:56.009 --> 00:10:59.090 The Thing About Spring, written and illustrated 00:10:59.090 --> 00:11:03.350 by Daniel Kirk and published by Abram Books for 00:11:03.350 --> 00:11:08.779 Young Readers in 2020. So this book actually 00:11:08.779 --> 00:11:13.220 has no awards, but the author, Daniel Kirk, is 00:11:13.220 --> 00:11:16.820 the author and illustrator of over 40 books for 00:11:16.820 --> 00:11:20.620 children, including his best -selling series, 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:24.899 Library Mouse, his nonfiction picture book, Rhino 00:11:24.899 --> 00:11:30.440 in the House, and his latest set of books, Newton 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:34.389 and Curie, Science Squirrels. And there wasn't 00:11:34.389 --> 00:11:37.269 a lot on his website about him personally. It 00:11:37.269 --> 00:11:40.049 was a lot of here's all the books I've done, 00:11:40.149 --> 00:11:43.250 which is, I mean, as an author, you definitely 00:11:43.250 --> 00:11:44.789 want people to know all the books that you've 00:11:44.789 --> 00:11:47.289 done. So, but it doesn't give a lot of like personal 00:11:47.289 --> 00:11:51.009 information about him. Yeah. I didn't know that 00:11:51.009 --> 00:11:53.889 he's done over 40 books. I know about library 00:11:53.889 --> 00:11:56.409 mouse and I've seen those, but I don't think 00:11:56.409 --> 00:11:59.740 in that series in itself, there's like, seven 00:11:59.740 --> 00:12:01.980 or eight books in that series. And I realized 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:05.700 that I don't have all of those either. I don't 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:07.879 know if I have them in my current library. Yeah, 00:12:07.899 --> 00:12:10.259 I know. I've got a couple of them, but I don't 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:17.100 have all of them. So yeah. Cool. Some of the 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:19.759 other books that Daniel Kirk has written, some 00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:23.320 of the specific ones are Rhino in the House, 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:27.320 The Story of Saving Samia, the Library Mouse 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:31.100 series, of course. Elf Realm, The Low Road, A 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:34.759 Prayer for the Animals, Hush Little Alien, Moon 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:39.500 Dogs, Dogs Rule, Keisha Ann Cain, Honk Honk Beep 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:42.320 Beep, Noon and Curie, The Sight Squirrels series, 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:47.000 Ten Thank You Laters, Ten Things I Love About 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:50.860 You, You Are Not My Friend But I Miss You, and 00:12:50.860 --> 00:12:53.120 The Big Slide. And some of the books that are 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:57.200 just illustrated by Daniel Kirk are Chugga Chugga 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:01.080 Choo Choo, by Kevin Lewis, My Truck is Stuck 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:05.039 by Kevin Lewis, and Tugga Tugga Tugboat by Kevin 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.980 Lewis. I think I'm gonna need to look up the 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:09.919 Newton and Curie science squirrels. I haven't 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:13.720 heard of that and I am intrigued. Yes, I don't 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:18.639 have any of them, but I love the idea of picture 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:23.980 books that promote science and yeah, they look 00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:26.740 pretty cool. I think right now there's two. books 00:13:26.740 --> 00:13:30.259 in the series and so like one of them is just 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:34.299 like the introduction book Newton and Curie science 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:37.340 girls and then there's Newton and Curie take 00:13:37.340 --> 00:13:41.620 flight is the other one and so they look pretty 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:44.100 interesting i'm gonna check them out and see 00:13:44.100 --> 00:13:47.700 if if i can get them added because i love a good 00:13:47.700 --> 00:13:51.139 book that incorporates picture books plus science 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:54.639 yeah and history kind of too maybe i don't know 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:57.169 yeah They're squirrels. So we'll see how much 00:13:57.169 --> 00:13:59.570 history is actually there. Yes. Oh, we got good 00:13:59.570 --> 00:14:04.350 names. Absolutely. All right. So for this book, 00:14:04.769 --> 00:14:08.210 the summary, while mouse and bird and bear are 00:14:08.210 --> 00:14:11.289 all excited that spring is here, rabbit is less 00:14:11.289 --> 00:14:14.269 than thrilled. Rabbit explains that he will miss 00:14:14.269 --> 00:14:17.009 the snow, the winter activities and the quiet 00:14:17.009 --> 00:14:20.629 of winter. Mouse, bird and bear try to convince 00:14:20.629 --> 00:14:24.049 Rabbit that spring will be wonderful also, including 00:14:24.049 --> 00:14:26.750 all of the fun things they'll be able to do together. 00:14:27.250 --> 00:14:29.870 In the end, Rabbit decides that no one can stop 00:14:29.870 --> 00:14:32.129 the seasons and maybe spring will turn out all 00:14:32.129 --> 00:14:36.169 right after all. And so our thoughts on that? 00:14:36.169 --> 00:14:38.529 I would say this is, it is a sweet, cute book. 00:14:40.370 --> 00:14:43.899 It's, it's an interesting story. Rabbit. continues 00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:45.720 to say throughout the story, you know, the thing 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.620 about spring is, and then points out something 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:51.940 that is going to be missed about winter. And 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:54.500 so it's a cute story with some repetition to 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:58.220 it that will help the kids build on that familiarity 00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:00.179 if they're starting to learn some sight words 00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:02.379 and that kind of thing. It's, it is a cute story 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:06.200 where they, the animals... are looking forward 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:07.840 to all of those things that the kids are looking 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:09.960 forward to. Being able to go swimming and running 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:12.860 around and playing ball and doing all those kind 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:16.039 of fun things that, you know, your students will 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:19.120 definitely be able to relate to more. And so 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:23.460 it's a fun story. The pictures are bright and 00:15:23.460 --> 00:15:27.059 vibrant and cute. All of the characters are pretty 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:31.759 adorable. It's a nice book. There's a little 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:36.269 bit... More text than maybe necessary, but it 00:15:36.269 --> 00:15:39.549 wasn't a bad story And I think it will keep a 00:15:39.549 --> 00:15:42.110 student's attention for the time needed to get 00:15:42.110 --> 00:15:44.250 through the story I would say this is a solid 00:15:44.250 --> 00:15:48.330 probably I'd say About four out of five bookmarks 00:15:48.330 --> 00:15:51.830 book. It was good And I do like at the end so 00:15:51.830 --> 00:15:54.769 at the beginning of the book rabbit is trying 00:15:54.769 --> 00:15:59.730 to save snow To try and hold on to winter and 00:15:59.730 --> 00:16:03.529 by the end of the story the snow is melted and 00:16:03.529 --> 00:16:05.590 that works out because all of the characters 00:16:05.590 --> 00:16:08.289 are thirsty and so they share some water together 00:16:08.289 --> 00:16:12.409 and are excited to get going with spring. So 00:16:12.409 --> 00:16:14.690 there's a cute little turn to the story that 00:16:14.690 --> 00:16:17.250 way too, which I think a lot of the kids will 00:16:17.250 --> 00:16:22.330 enjoy. Yeah, I think that was a good description 00:16:22.330 --> 00:16:26.250 of it. I think cute is the perfect word for this 00:16:26.250 --> 00:16:30.740 book. It's not like... Super engaging or super 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:33.220 funny, but it's still like it's fun to read. 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:36.080 It's got nice pictures It does have some vibrant 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.399 illustrations. It's not too overwhelming either 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:43.039 Yeah, and I like Daniel Kirk's illustration style 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:48.080 of that very realistic pictures that he paints 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:52.940 They're great. And I think I agree with you about 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:57.519 having slightly too much text for what it is. 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:00.279 He does, I feel that way about most of his books 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.460 that I've read that like they're really good 00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:07.700 but they seem to be aimed at like the youngest 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:12.039 readers but they're a little bit wordy for the 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:16.859 youngest readers so it lands in kind of a different 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:19.839 space I think. I think that's the way I feel 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:22.420 about most of these where it's like a little 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:25.569 too wordy for the youngest ones, but then like, 00:17:25.690 --> 00:17:27.769 you can tell that's definitely what he's aiming 00:17:27.769 --> 00:17:31.109 for. And not that older kids won't enjoy it, 00:17:31.170 --> 00:17:35.970 but it's just, it's cute. And cute is what you 00:17:35.970 --> 00:17:39.170 go for with like the youngest ones. That's all. 00:17:39.670 --> 00:17:41.869 And there's nothing really wrong with that. It's 00:17:41.869 --> 00:17:44.109 good for them to have to, to listen to a little 00:17:44.109 --> 00:17:48.250 bit more text and maintain their attention span 00:17:48.250 --> 00:17:50.910 a little bit longer. And I think the illustrations 00:17:50.910 --> 00:17:53.470 help that along with that. And I do like that 00:17:53.470 --> 00:17:57.269 it has you know as they're saying all the things 00:17:57.269 --> 00:18:01.410 that they're going to enjoy doing in spring like 00:18:01.410 --> 00:18:04.789 like yes we'll miss winter but we're gonna get 00:18:04.789 --> 00:18:08.430 to do all these fun things too like it kind of 00:18:08.430 --> 00:18:11.490 helps with those science concepts of reminding 00:18:11.490 --> 00:18:16.339 kids of what happens during the seasons and that 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:19.480 things will be changing and it does have a good 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:22.480 social emotional piece of like there are some 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:25.859 kids who are very ready for the change but there's 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:29.640 also a lot that are really anti -change just 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.900 like Rabbit and that's very relatable for some 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:37.299 of our kids so I love that about this book that 00:18:37.299 --> 00:18:39.680 it kind of helps and you can relate that to like 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:42.500 anything at all like that's kind of you know 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:47.349 change is hard in general and the changing seasons 00:18:47.349 --> 00:18:50.170 is something that everybody has to go through. 00:18:50.230 --> 00:18:51.849 That's a change that we all go through every 00:18:51.849 --> 00:18:55.470 year constantly. So it makes it a little bit 00:18:55.470 --> 00:18:58.029 more relatable. And if you can relate to it that 00:18:58.029 --> 00:19:00.589 way, then you can potentially start relating 00:19:00.589 --> 00:19:02.869 it to other areas of your life where you have 00:19:02.869 --> 00:19:05.210 to change. And so that's a good teaching piece 00:19:05.210 --> 00:19:08.569 too for our younger readers. So yeah, I think 00:19:08.569 --> 00:19:11.509 four out of five is a good rating for this book. 00:19:11.809 --> 00:19:14.460 It's cute. It's a good one. It was. It's a solid 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:19.099 book for sure. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So as far 00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:22.160 as a makerspace activity to incorporate with 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:24.319 this book, I was thinking about using the Legos 00:19:24.319 --> 00:19:27.619 and having the students use the Legos to build 00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:30.200 something that they will miss about summer or 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:32.779 something that they're excited about that comes 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:35.200 with spring. So that gives the kids some kind 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:38.720 of options to think about. the activities and 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:41.819 things that they do during the winter and some 00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:43.339 of the things that they're going to be able to 00:19:43.339 --> 00:19:46.920 do to start doing again in the spring and so 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:49.559 they can use the Legos to kind of build something 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:52.460 that shows either what they miss or what they're 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:55.759 looking forward to as it comes. Kind of lets 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:58.579 the kids have some creativity and some open -endedness 00:19:58.579 --> 00:20:01.680 so that they can think about what what they're 00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:05.000 really missing or excited about. Yeah, I like 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.839 the choices that they get with that thought they 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:10.680 could go either way I Think we'd get a lot of 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:12.140 interesting things because you know There'd be 00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:14.420 some kids that want to build like a snowman out 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:16.279 of Legos But then there's gonna be some kids 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.460 that are ready for baseball and soccer and all 00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:21.500 those other activities that they get to do during 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:26.240 the spring so I'd be interested to see the unique 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:28.799 answers that they would come up with for that. 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:31.720 Yeah And it would be another, that's another 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:33.759 great way to talk about that change. That's coming 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:36.480 in everything too. Yeah. That reinforces that. 00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:43.460 I like it. All right. So this week for our libraries 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:47.480 of Littles Makerspace Spotlight, we're going 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:49.900 to, we've been talking a little bit about different 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:53.039 tools that would be fun to use with pre -K students 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:58.299 in the Makerspace. And Cubeto is an amazing. 00:20:58.730 --> 00:21:03.069 device that can be used in pre -k makerspaces. 00:21:03.230 --> 00:21:06.730 Cubeto is a screenless wooden robot designed 00:21:06.730 --> 00:21:11.349 by Primo Toys and it is designed to teach children 00:21:11.349 --> 00:21:14.009 ages three and up the fundamentals of computer 00:21:14.009 --> 00:21:18.250 programming. It uses a Montessori approved tactile 00:21:18.250 --> 00:21:21.589 approach where kids place colorful coding blocks 00:21:21.589 --> 00:21:25.289 into a physical control board to direct the robot's 00:21:25.289 --> 00:21:30.279 movements across a world map. And so before we 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.460 get into a ton of the specifics with this, I'm 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:35.700 going to say upfront that this is one of the 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:40.579 more expensive devices that you, I would be purchasing 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:43.480 for pre -K students. I was looking at the prices 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:49.579 and they range from about $300 to $500, depending 00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:52.140 on all of the accessories that can be purchased 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:55.440 with it. This is, but it is really a very cool. 00:21:55.849 --> 00:22:00.529 robot that allows kids to begin learning coding 00:22:00.529 --> 00:22:03.930 similar to the Coda Pillar, but with a little 00:22:03.930 --> 00:22:08.410 bit more of an advanced setting that is available. 00:22:09.109 --> 00:22:10.930 The way it works is they've got these colored 00:22:10.930 --> 00:22:14.549 tiles that you place into the board there are. 00:22:14.970 --> 00:22:18.210 So basically if you buy the basic set, you get 00:22:18.210 --> 00:22:21.690 the robot, you get the interactive board, and 00:22:21.690 --> 00:22:25.359 you get a story map, world map cloth. that you 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:27.859 can put out and put the robot on it so that it 00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:31.759 can roll around and it's basically a grid that 00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:36.180 you can have the robot move through. It comes 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:39.220 with 16 coding blocks. Each color represents 00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:43.339 a different command and so the green is to go 00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:47.460 forward and on the green tile it has a straight 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:51.880 arrow. The yellow is for a left turn and it's 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:54.660 a 90 degree turn. and what you have to explain 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:59.019 to kids for this is that the robot turns but 00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:04.059 does not move forward with that so it just rotates 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:08.900 directly where it is 90 degrees but on that yellow 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:12.940 tile it does have a left turn arrow on it the 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:16.099 same for the red it's a right turn for 90 degrees 00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:18.660 and so again it just moves directly on its spot 00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:22.140 and the red tile has an arrow for the right and 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:24.799 then there's an additional arrow and this is 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:27.019 the part where it kind of takes a step up from 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:29.180 the Coda Pillar where like you could tell the 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:31.519 Coda Pillar to turn left right and go forward. 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:37.480 This product also has a blue tile and it's for 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:42.819 functions or subroutines and at on the board 00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:45.839 that you're putting the tiles into there are 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.900 three rows of slots that you can put the tiles 00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:52.859 in, but on the very bottom row, circled in a 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:57.279 box, are four additional slots that you can put 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:01.299 tiles in, and that's the function tile. So if 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:05.980 you put, like basically you could put a red and 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:08.740 a green, and then another red and a green, and 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:11.329 it's gonna basically make. the robot do a u -turn. 00:24:11.869 --> 00:24:15.390 So if you put all four of those in the function 00:24:15.390 --> 00:24:21.829 slots and then put the blue function tile into 00:24:21.829 --> 00:24:25.869 the code at the top, any time it hits that blue 00:24:25.869 --> 00:24:28.529 function tile, it's going to do that u -turn, 00:24:28.950 --> 00:24:32.049 which is kind of cool. And so it kind of adds 00:24:32.049 --> 00:24:36.950 a step up. to the abilities that the robot can 00:24:36.950 --> 00:24:40.430 have and do. And so that's pretty cool in itself. 00:24:40.890 --> 00:24:43.630 And so kind of being able to teach, slowly introduce 00:24:43.630 --> 00:24:47.829 the concept of sub -routines and functions to 00:24:47.829 --> 00:24:50.470 the students after they figure out the basics 00:24:50.470 --> 00:24:55.390 of getting the robot to move through the map, 00:24:56.130 --> 00:24:58.190 then teaching them that, well, when you have 00:24:58.190 --> 00:25:01.549 a limited amount of space, to code something, 00:25:01.609 --> 00:25:04.029 you can make subroutines that you just, it takes 00:25:04.029 --> 00:25:06.289 less space to kind of just drop it in and make 00:25:06.289 --> 00:25:09.369 it go and stuff like that, which is really, really 00:25:09.369 --> 00:25:12.910 cool. And I will say this, like I said, it's 00:25:12.910 --> 00:25:17.390 made out of wood and it is very durable for the 00:25:17.390 --> 00:25:19.130 pre -K students because it's very much designed 00:25:19.130 --> 00:25:24.309 for kids to be able to use it and kind of, it's 00:25:24.309 --> 00:25:26.009 okay with getting knocked a little bit. It's 00:25:26.009 --> 00:25:30.789 not gonna just shatter and break. being that 00:25:30.789 --> 00:25:32.970 it's a cube, it does have a cute little face 00:25:32.970 --> 00:25:36.130 on the front of it to help the students understand 00:25:36.130 --> 00:25:38.349 where the front is, but also just to add that 00:25:38.349 --> 00:25:41.069 little cuteness to it, because otherwise it's 00:25:41.069 --> 00:25:44.309 just a box. So it has a cute little smiley face 00:25:44.309 --> 00:25:47.170 on the front of it that is very engaging for 00:25:47.170 --> 00:25:48.769 the kids, because then they can see what the 00:25:48.769 --> 00:25:51.390 front of the robot is and what direction it's 00:25:51.390 --> 00:25:55.490 facing so that it can move around. It gets a 00:25:55.490 --> 00:25:58.920 lot of really good reviews from a lot of others. 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.240 The Gadgeteer praised it as like real life logic 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:05.980 and building a foundation for future computer 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:10.480 education, which is nice. It's great for independent 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:14.579 play. This is probably not the best toy to teach 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:16.980 kids like to have like multiple kids using at 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:20.299 the same time. It's more of like a one on one 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:24.000 kind of thing, which sometimes we need that. 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:27.299 But again, That is going to be a downside to 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:30.160 it because most of them cost like the basic set 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:34.660 generally costs around $300. So if you're a $300 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:38.579 robot and one kid can use it at a time, that's 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:42.299 definitely going to be a drawback to your budget. 00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:47.440 But it is really cool and it does teach them 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:52.119 really great skills. $300 is a lot, but if you 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:54.359 want they have different play mats and stuff 00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:58.640 like that and so you could get like a full Big 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:00.680 play set with it with all the different play 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:02.519 mats and all the different things and it and 00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.799 you can get them for up to $500 depending on 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:07.259 all the accessories and stuff that you add on 00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:10.220 to it so it can get It can get pretty expensive. 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:14.059 Yeah, but it really is a cool toy and the kids 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:17.680 When I've used them with kids, it's been a lot 00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:21.140 of fun for them. They've had, they've been able 00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:23.740 to enjoy using it. A lot of times they start 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:26.519 out just by putting pieces, like all the tiles 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.380 into the code just to see what happens. And that's, 00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:32.400 that makes sense as their first interaction with 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:34.299 it, but slowly they start to figure out that 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:36.359 each piece, because the other good thing is when 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:39.319 you put the tiles in and you tell it to go, there's 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:44.440 a go button. As it's doing each tile, there's 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:47.019 a little light that lights up so you can see 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:50.819 where it's at in the code as it's doing the action. 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:53.460 So it helps to make that connection with the 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:56.539 students that this is what the tile does to the 00:27:56.539 --> 00:28:01.859 robot. And so that's pretty cool. That does sound 00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:06.599 great. I think I had these. I left one for you 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:10.519 at the, at the ELC and it was fun, but I don't 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:13.900 know if you used it. Yeah. I did not. It overwhelmed 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:16.119 me. I'm not going to lie. That's split between 00:28:16.119 --> 00:28:20.480 campuses. So I don't know. Codepillar I used 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:23.200 a lot and it was great. And this one I'm sure 00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:26.220 is fabulous as well, but I haven't personally 00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:30.759 gotten to use it yet. Yes. So, I don't know where 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:34.819 that landed, which is sad. I will say that this 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:40.410 is one that like, While it is for an individual 00:28:40.410 --> 00:28:44.210 student, if you gave them a challenge where you 00:28:44.210 --> 00:28:47.789 were like, hey, I want the robot to start at 00:28:47.789 --> 00:28:50.769 this corner and get to this point on the map, 00:28:51.369 --> 00:28:54.569 you could definitely have the kids work together 00:28:54.569 --> 00:28:58.309 in small groups to get this to work and get them 00:28:58.309 --> 00:29:00.589 to get where they need to be. And this would 00:29:00.589 --> 00:29:03.809 also work on their communication skills because 00:29:03.809 --> 00:29:05.390 they're going to have to talk to each other and 00:29:05.390 --> 00:29:09.380 they're going to have to problem solve. to accomplish 00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:11.759 those kinds of things. And this is where, like, 00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:15.619 if you couple it with a book, like how to code 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:18.759 a sand castle or something like that, where it 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:22.319 talks about sometimes the code doesn't work and 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:25.079 we have to go back and debug it. So like that 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.839 would be perfect when they try it and it doesn't 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.740 work the first time. Well, we need to go back 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.680 and figure out where it's falling apart and try 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:34.039 again and that kind of thing. So it could be 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:37.559 a lot of fun to use. with the pre -K students, 00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:41.539 there's probably gonna be a little bit of adult 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:45.859 guidance at first to introduce the way it works 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:47.839 and everything like that. But once the kids start 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:49.420 to get a hang of it, I think they'd have a lot 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:53.559 of fun using it. Yeah, it sounds fun. I think 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:57.259 you're right. And I wonder, I wonder too if you 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:59.900 could do like a whole group lesson like that 00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.880 where you read the book and then everybody like 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:05.440 sits around. or whatever and like takes turns 00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:09.559 trying to put in a different cube with doing 00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:12.539 the right commands and all that. And like, do 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:17.339 a big old teamwork kind of a thing. No, I kind 00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:20.779 of wish I'd used it. That's okay. And I'll say 00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:23.279 that a lot of times, like before I introduce 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:27.900 robots like this, I will do different activities 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:30.819 where we talk about like, a lot of times I'll 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:34.140 give the kids. Like I make like just like use 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:37.660 big index cards with some like arrows and stuff 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:41.579 like that. And like we'll do like a code the 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:46.359 teacher kind of thing where the kids figure out 00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:50.220 how they want me to move. And we put the different 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:53.099 cards in order and like I'll tape them on the 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:56.880 wall and then I'll do exactly what they've told 00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:59.220 me to do. And like we'll set it. So like they 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:01.710 want me to get from. where like one starting 00:31:01.710 --> 00:31:04.809 point to go sit in a chair across the room kind 00:31:04.809 --> 00:31:07.170 of thing, but I'll do absolutely everything they've 00:31:07.170 --> 00:31:09.269 put in the code. And if it doesn't go the way 00:31:09.269 --> 00:31:11.650 they want, as I'm moving, they start to freak 00:31:11.650 --> 00:31:15.390 out and stuff. And like that, and before we ever 00:31:15.390 --> 00:31:17.950 touch a robot doing stuff like that, that kind 00:31:17.950 --> 00:31:22.130 of gets them to start realizing, oh, like we 00:31:22.130 --> 00:31:24.660 told you to do this. And that's actually what 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:26.319 you're doing. That's not what we really wanted 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:28.259 you to do. That's not what we meant kind of thing. 00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:31.819 Starting with like the no robot at all and just 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:34.900 doing some of that stuff and then slowly pivoting 00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:38.259 to introducing this kind of a robot would be 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:42.059 a good way to do that too. Yeah, that's cool. 00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:43.940 That's a great idea. I've never thought of that. 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:47.799 I like it a lot. Yeah, it's and it's fun because 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:50.279 it's kind of silly. Some of the things the kids 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:52.819 want you to like that have you do like they'll 00:31:52.829 --> 00:31:54.990 randomly just because they want to see it happen 00:31:54.990 --> 00:31:57.769 they'll put in like a where you just turn around 00:31:57.769 --> 00:32:00.869 instead of like moving forward and they kind 00:32:00.869 --> 00:32:02.589 of get goofy with it but it's a lot of fun to 00:32:02.589 --> 00:32:06.529 do that too. Cool I'll have to try that. Yeah. 00:32:08.009 --> 00:32:09.930 All right well our next book that we're going 00:32:09.930 --> 00:32:13.470 to talk about is Grumpy Monkey's Spring Fever. 00:32:13.710 --> 00:32:16.970 It was published by Random House Studio in 2024. 00:32:17.430 --> 00:32:20.450 The author is Suzanne Lang and the illustrator 00:32:20.450 --> 00:32:24.390 is Max Lang. This particular one has not won 00:32:24.390 --> 00:32:29.650 any Awards, it's not on any lists But the grumpy 00:32:29.650 --> 00:32:33.410 monkey series is Really really popular in general 00:32:33.410 --> 00:32:35.670 and this is one of the newer publications from 00:32:35.670 --> 00:32:42.490 that the author actually I The author and illustrator 00:32:42.490 --> 00:32:46.490 like neither of them have their own website or 00:32:46.490 --> 00:32:49.599 anything they have a little bit of information 00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:53.960 like on random houses website each they have 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:56.380 a very small website for both of them that kind 00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:59.380 of lists their books and that's about it and 00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:01.940 as the world's shortest bio so there's not a 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:05.420 ton of information about them but For Suzanne 00:33:05.420 --> 00:33:08.819 Lang, we do know that she is the New York Times 00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:11.480 bestselling author of the Grumpy Monkey book 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:14.660 series. And she frequently partners with her 00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:17.559 husband, Max Lang, to create new books. And when 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:21.480 she's not writing books, she writes and produces 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:24.380 children's television. So that's kind of fun. 00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:30.759 Yeah. Yeah. And then. Okay. And I was looking 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:34.619 because I was curious, like. when you include 00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:38.640 picture books, board books, and early readers, 00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:43.019 there's something like 19 Grumpy Monkey books. 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:46.480 So there's a lot. Yeah, it's a big collection, 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:49.279 which is really cool that they like, and the 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:51.619 kids because the kids enjoy the character. And 00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:56.200 so it's fun that we can go and add like, I need 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:58.359 to go back and add a bunch of these books to 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:02.980 my library. Yeah, I've got some but I need to 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.059 bulk it up a little bit. Yeah. And the books 00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:11.280 that pretty much for Max and Suzanne Lang, they've 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:15.539 both done all of those grumpy monkey books, the 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:19.280 grumpy monkey book series that I counted. Is 00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:22.039 it 19? That's what I counted. I might be a little 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:26.260 off, but it's a lot. Maybe I'm doing math wrong. 00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:29.539 That's possible. I'm a librarian. I don't know. 00:34:29.630 --> 00:34:32.050 I don't do counting. Well, you're up to, so you're 00:34:32.050 --> 00:34:33.889 counting about 20, so I might've missed one, 00:34:33.969 --> 00:34:36.510 but yeah, we're in the same general area. Like 00:34:36.510 --> 00:34:38.369 that's a lot of books in this series, so yeah. 00:34:38.429 --> 00:34:42.590 Yeah. So I found nine picture books, three graphic 00:34:42.590 --> 00:34:46.809 novels, four board books, and four early readers. 00:34:47.590 --> 00:34:50.550 And then they've also got the books, Families, 00:34:50.710 --> 00:34:54.690 Families, Families, and Archibald and the Furry 00:34:54.690 --> 00:34:57.369 Dinosaurs, which I haven't read either of those, 00:34:57.489 --> 00:35:00.510 but that's okay. The Family, Family, Family is 00:35:00.510 --> 00:35:02.809 one I've read and I like it. It's fun. It's kind 00:35:02.809 --> 00:35:05.789 of silly, but it's just about how families can 00:35:05.789 --> 00:35:08.429 be different shapes and sizes and made up of 00:35:08.429 --> 00:35:10.570 different people. And it's sweet. It's a good 00:35:10.570 --> 00:35:12.170 one. Probably should have read it, but I didn't 00:35:12.170 --> 00:35:15.090 yet. I've had it at a book fair and someone was 00:35:15.090 --> 00:35:17.309 not happy about it. Yeah, it does. And I was 00:35:17.309 --> 00:35:20.590 just told that I had to pull it. They didn't 00:35:20.590 --> 00:35:23.510 open the book and neither did I. And I just, 00:35:23.590 --> 00:35:25.469 I don't know. I didn't want to lose my job. So 00:35:25.469 --> 00:35:27.750 here's what I'll say about that book. I don't 00:35:27.750 --> 00:35:29.489 think that there's anything wrong with it, first 00:35:29.489 --> 00:35:31.909 off, but what it is, it's, like I said, it's 00:35:31.909 --> 00:35:34.010 about how families are in different shapes, sizes, 00:35:34.010 --> 00:35:36.650 and I want to point out that every one of those 00:35:36.650 --> 00:35:40.530 families that are in the book are animals, okay? 00:35:40.650 --> 00:35:43.150 Like they're - I did see that. All the characters 00:35:43.150 --> 00:35:47.650 are animals. Yeah. But it may or may not be implied 00:35:47.650 --> 00:35:53.170 that there are some families where the parents 00:35:53.170 --> 00:35:56.989 are of the same sex. in those pictures and there, 00:35:57.110 --> 00:36:00.449 but there's also very much implied that there 00:36:00.449 --> 00:36:03.449 are families where there's only one parent or 00:36:03.449 --> 00:36:05.809 where it's the grandparents that are taking care 00:36:05.809 --> 00:36:09.610 of the children or like they're like they're 00:36:09.610 --> 00:36:13.630 blended family. Like it shows real life. We have 00:36:13.630 --> 00:36:17.090 kids coming to our campuses where there are families. 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:22.099 are not the stereotypic mom, dad, children, families. 00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:28.340 And that book covers the entire gambit of family 00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:32.159 styles and types. And so it is a sweet, it's 00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:35.760 a cute 100%. And it's a, it is a cute story. 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:40.260 It's a good book. So check it out. Yeah. Yeah. 00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:46.599 And then the information for Max Lang isn't much 00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:51.329 more. He's a film direct director and animator 00:36:51.329 --> 00:36:54.389 and he's been nominated for two Academy Awards 00:36:54.389 --> 00:36:58.150 who knew in the category of best short animated 00:36:58.150 --> 00:37:02.690 film for the Gruffalo in 2011 and room on the 00:37:02.690 --> 00:37:07.250 broom in 2014 and he only illustrates books written 00:37:07.250 --> 00:37:10.989 by his wife Suzanne Lane Here you go. All the 00:37:10.989 --> 00:37:13.989 same books that we already listed are also maxling. 00:37:14.210 --> 00:37:17.449 So that's fun That's cute. I like that they work 00:37:17.449 --> 00:37:20.289 together. It's a lot of working together with 00:37:20.289 --> 00:37:25.710 your spouse that is a Yeah But I feel like in 00:37:25.710 --> 00:37:29.409 that capacity in particular like Usually authors 00:37:29.409 --> 00:37:31.469 and illustrators like don't even have to meet 00:37:31.469 --> 00:37:35.329 like that's a lot of separate Yes, but if he 00:37:35.329 --> 00:37:38.550 draws something and she doesn't like the way 00:37:38.550 --> 00:37:46.099 it turned out Like It's not like They live in 00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:49.579 different states and he turned in the work and 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:57.139 that's it. Like they are together and if she 00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:59.480 wants it a certain way and he doesn't produce 00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:03.539 it the way she had in her head, I could see that. 00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:08.579 I'm glad they make it work. Cause I feel like 00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:10.679 that would be challenging, but Hey, it seems 00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:13.360 like it's working for them. So good for them. 00:38:15.030 --> 00:38:19.829 That's funny. Yeah, maybe. I don't know. It does 00:38:19.829 --> 00:38:20.949 look like it works for them, though, because 00:38:20.949 --> 00:38:23.170 they have a whole lot of books. And I do love 00:38:23.170 --> 00:38:27.309 that they've got the board books and the early 00:38:27.309 --> 00:38:31.190 readers and the picture books and the graphic 00:38:31.190 --> 00:38:33.530 novels, because it's very, very much now something 00:38:33.530 --> 00:38:36.789 that can grow with the child. I did Grumpy Monkey 00:38:36.789 --> 00:38:40.690 a couple of weeks ago in the library for a lesson 00:38:40.690 --> 00:38:47.989 and the kid I did it with kindergarten through 00:38:47.989 --> 00:38:53.570 second grade and my second graders in particular 00:38:53.570 --> 00:38:55.989 were like there's graphic novels too that's great 00:38:55.989 --> 00:38:58.510 where are they I need them I need them now so 00:38:58.510 --> 00:39:01.309 then we got to start the conversation of like 00:39:01.309 --> 00:39:03.789 what graphic novels are how it's different from 00:39:03.789 --> 00:39:08.110 a picture book and like why it's yeah so it was 00:39:08.110 --> 00:39:10.269 it was fabulous I love that it grows with them 00:39:10.269 --> 00:39:13.909 yeah that's really cool Yeah, that's great. And 00:39:13.909 --> 00:39:16.409 those books are really good too. Like those graphic 00:39:16.409 --> 00:39:18.389 novels in particular. Well, I just like them 00:39:18.389 --> 00:39:20.309 all. I haven't checked out the graphic novels. 00:39:20.369 --> 00:39:23.989 I need to check out the graphic novels. Now I 00:39:23.989 --> 00:39:25.590 can't keep, after I did that lesson, I can't 00:39:25.590 --> 00:39:27.630 keep them on the shelf now. I believe it. Reina, 00:39:27.829 --> 00:39:31.510 there's only like three, but still. Hey. I'm 00:39:31.510 --> 00:39:33.369 having a lot of kids continue to ask for them. 00:39:33.769 --> 00:39:35.289 And they're in Spanish as well, which is a bonus 00:39:35.289 --> 00:39:40.289 for my campus. Yeah. So in this book grumpy monkey, 00:39:40.289 --> 00:39:43.909 his name is Jim pansy wakes up one day in a very 00:39:43.909 --> 00:39:46.750 silly mood He's unable to calm down. So he talks 00:39:46.750 --> 00:39:50.409 to his neighbor Norman about how silly he's feeling 00:39:50.409 --> 00:39:53.510 When his neighbor suggests that he has spring 00:39:53.510 --> 00:39:56.789 fever Jim kind of panics and then goes through 00:39:56.789 --> 00:39:58.510 the jungle talking to the other animals, but 00:39:58.510 --> 00:40:02.340 how he can get rid of his fever Then they explain 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:05.820 to him that it's not really a fever and means 00:40:05.820 --> 00:40:09.159 that he really just has a lot of extra energy 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:11.980 because of springtime and extra sunlight and 00:40:11.980 --> 00:40:16.219 all that. They suggest ways for him to calm down, 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:19.500 but none of them work. So instead he embraces 00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:21.900 the spring fever and goes out and does all the 00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:24.340 spring things. And then everybody gets spring 00:40:24.340 --> 00:40:27.699 fever and it's just, it's a great time having 00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:32.940 that spring fever there. The end. I think I like 00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:36.280 it. Maybe I'll give this one like a four point 00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:39.920 five out of five. I think it's very I like all 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:43.199 the silliness in there. Grumpy Monkey is always 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:45.719 a little bit silly, which is, I think, part of 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:49.380 why kids love him. The illustrations are very 00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:53.679 bright, very vivid, a little more cartoony and 00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:57.119 great for drawing the kids in and grabbing their 00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:00.900 attention. I don't think there's too much text 00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:05.559 on there. It's very, it's not really repetitive, 00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:09.920 but I do like when the animals give suggestions 00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:14.320 like there's almost a cadence to it. They're 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:17.780 like, you could take a bath, but don't splash. 00:41:18.119 --> 00:41:21.420 And like, it's like very slow and like you're 00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:23.800 going through all the pictures and like, I don't 00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:26.849 know. It's great. I love it. That kind of same 00:41:26.849 --> 00:41:28.650 pattern goes in a couple of the Grumpy Monkey 00:41:28.650 --> 00:41:31.909 books as well. I just really like it. I think 00:41:31.909 --> 00:41:36.929 the only thing that I would like added maybe 00:41:36.929 --> 00:41:40.250 is like the spring things. I would think I would 00:41:40.250 --> 00:41:44.329 like to see more of like science concepts of 00:41:44.329 --> 00:41:46.750 things that happen when the seasons change in 00:41:46.750 --> 00:41:51.849 general. Yeah, it has like, it does have like 00:41:51.849 --> 00:41:54.010 you could go one of the suggestions for a spring 00:41:54.010 --> 00:41:58.329 thing is like hiding easter eggs and that is 00:41:58.329 --> 00:42:01.989 like can be religious so that when it can be 00:42:01.989 --> 00:42:03.849 religious but maybe not and maybe you just say 00:42:03.849 --> 00:42:08.369 that you know you like to that's just what some 00:42:08.369 --> 00:42:10.590 people do in the spring and that's fine one of 00:42:10.590 --> 00:42:12.349 the other things was like you could go wear a 00:42:12.349 --> 00:42:16.550 bonnet and i was like i don't think i associate 00:42:16.730 --> 00:42:19.070 anything with spring and bonnets i don't think 00:42:19.070 --> 00:42:22.610 i associate a bonnet with any season in particular 00:42:22.610 --> 00:42:25.570 so that one baffled me as an adult and i don't 00:42:25.570 --> 00:42:27.469 know what i would say to a child who was like 00:42:27.469 --> 00:42:29.710 why do we wear bonnets in the spring i don't 00:42:29.710 --> 00:42:32.829 know kid um i feel like they could have done 00:42:32.829 --> 00:42:34.789 more like i don't think flying a kite was in 00:42:34.789 --> 00:42:37.590 there i think we could do like changing weather 00:42:37.590 --> 00:42:39.389 like that maybe it's because they're in the jungle 00:42:39.389 --> 00:42:41.050 maybe that's what they were thinking they don't 00:42:41.050 --> 00:42:43.889 you don't do i don't know i would do that like 00:42:43.889 --> 00:42:46.969 i think i would change a few of those to be more 00:42:46.969 --> 00:42:50.650 like the weather is changing so we're going to 00:42:50.650 --> 00:42:52.730 start going swimming now because it's warmer 00:42:52.730 --> 00:42:55.409 and it's not cold in the water something like 00:42:55.409 --> 00:42:58.630 that i don't know that's my only thing but that's 00:42:58.630 --> 00:43:01.530 that's so minor like that's not a big deal that's 00:43:01.530 --> 00:43:03.389 me overthinking it i don't think it's really 00:43:03.389 --> 00:43:05.949 a flaw with the book it's more of like how can 00:43:05.949 --> 00:43:11.110 i as an educator um improve it it's not i don't 00:43:11.110 --> 00:43:14.409 think it's a flaw really Ultimately. So anyway, 00:43:14.650 --> 00:43:17.730 4 .5 for me. I like it. It's cute. Absolutely. 00:43:17.769 --> 00:43:20.250 I love all the grumpy monkey books that I have 00:43:20.250 --> 00:43:22.590 read. And this one in particular. So it's just 00:43:22.590 --> 00:43:24.670 a really good one. The bonnet thing did throw 00:43:24.670 --> 00:43:27.590 me off. Because I don't know. And I feel like 00:43:27.590 --> 00:43:30.809 that's more of like, maybe that was something 00:43:30.809 --> 00:43:33.769 more of in the past. But did we do that like 00:43:33.769 --> 00:43:37.210 100 years ago? I wear a bonnet to go outside. 00:43:37.469 --> 00:43:39.849 Maybe sometimes when I read turn of the century 00:43:39.849 --> 00:43:42.349 novels, they do need their bonnets to go outside. 00:43:42.570 --> 00:43:45.389 So maybe that was where that one came from. I 00:43:45.389 --> 00:43:48.530 don't know, but I do I love the this book. It 00:43:48.530 --> 00:43:52.329 was a lot of fun. I did also like that you can 00:43:52.329 --> 00:43:55.289 and I'm trying to decide if I tried to do this 00:43:55.289 --> 00:43:57.670 with my kids if it would be more of a distraction 00:43:57.670 --> 00:44:00.369 than anything else, but throughout the book there 00:44:00.369 --> 00:44:05.829 are striped painted eggs in the pictures. Oh, 00:44:05.829 --> 00:44:07.530 I didn't pay that close attention. I should read 00:44:07.530 --> 00:44:10.110 it again. There are 25 of them throughout the 00:44:10.110 --> 00:44:14.119 book. And so like, if you told the kids, I, I 00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:19.079 do things. Um, and so, cause I started seeing 00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:20.739 them and I looked it up in there. Yeah. There's 00:44:20.739 --> 00:44:24.780 25 of them in the book. And so, um, like you 00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:26.820 could tell the kids while you're reading to be 00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:30.420 keeping an eye out for the striped eggs that 00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:33.889 are in the background and the pictures. But again, 00:44:34.050 --> 00:44:35.829 I don't know if them paying attention to that 00:44:35.829 --> 00:44:37.590 would mean that they'd miss out on the story 00:44:37.590 --> 00:44:39.469 itself because they'd be so focused on looking 00:44:39.469 --> 00:44:42.150 for the, I don't know. I could read it twice. 00:44:42.530 --> 00:44:48.849 Yeah. But that's a fun little Easter egg for 00:44:48.849 --> 00:44:54.170 the book, which is cute as well. And I just love 00:44:54.170 --> 00:44:57.159 that. the monkey's name is jim pansy like that 00:44:57.159 --> 00:45:02.559 is like peak like adult humor that i just it 00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:06.539 makes me smile every time so i love i do i think 00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:08.579 this was a great book i think this would be a 00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:11.059 lot of fun that would definitely entertain the 00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:13.940 students and keep them engaged the entire time 00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:17.579 yeah i think so too i like it a lot i just like 00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:20.739 grumpy monkey i do yes it's okay to be grumpy 00:45:20.739 --> 00:45:25.780 sometimes yes For a makerspace activity, I've 00:45:25.780 --> 00:45:28.880 got draw pictures of ways students can get rid 00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:32.800 of their spring fever. I put, yeah, spring fever 00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:36.780 is what I meant to put there, but yes. Because 00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:40.019 especially like right now, right before spring 00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:44.000 break, oh man, all the kids are feeling it. All 00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:46.780 the teachers are feeling it. We all feel it right 00:45:46.780 --> 00:45:51.590 now. We need our break. They really need different 00:45:51.590 --> 00:45:54.409 ways to get rid of their spring fever because, 00:45:54.750 --> 00:45:57.849 oh boy, it's happening. It's probably, I'm saying 00:45:57.849 --> 00:45:59.550 that right before spring break, but you know, 00:45:59.590 --> 00:46:01.150 it's going to be worse when we get back from 00:46:01.150 --> 00:46:04.809 spring break and we have that long interminable 00:46:04.809 --> 00:46:11.190 stretch between spring break and May. We can 00:46:11.190 --> 00:46:14.929 do hard things. We keep telling ourselves we 00:46:14.929 --> 00:46:20.519 can't anyway. I don't know. we can we can do 00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:24.139 it so yeah this book i think is a great way to 00:46:24.139 --> 00:46:27.239 um start that conversation of ways they can appropriately 00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:30.239 get rid of their spring fever as well yeah i 00:46:30.239 --> 00:46:34.039 think that would be a great fun activity we all 00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:39.380 need to do it it's gonna be great yeah i'd be 00:46:39.380 --> 00:46:40.739 interested to see what some of the kids come 00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:43.860 up with because i'm sure there's some unique 00:46:43.860 --> 00:46:46.239 ideas about how they can get that energy out 00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:52.139 Maybe not in the library, though. They can do 00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:55.360 it also. Save that for when you go to the gym. 00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:59.420 Pictures in the library could be crazy somewhere 00:46:59.420 --> 00:47:03.699 else. Yeah. All right. 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You can 00:47:37.570 --> 00:47:40.829 follow us on Instagram at Librarians of Littles. 00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:45.059 You can follow us on bluesky at littleslibrarian 00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:49.719 .bsky .social. And you can send us your emails 00:47:49.719 --> 00:47:55.679 at librarianoflittlespodatgmail .com. I like 00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:58.659 Grumpy Monkey. Yeah. Yeah. And I think the kids 00:47:58.659 --> 00:48:01.940 will like that one a lot too. Yeah. I didn't 00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:04.039 know how many Grumpy Monkey books. I knew there 00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:06.860 were a lot. Yeah. I think I'm missing some when 00:48:06.860 --> 00:48:09.039 I started looking at them. Yeah. When I was looking 00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:11.820 at your lit, I was like, I think I need to get 00:48:11.820 --> 00:48:15.219 a couple more. Yeah. Yeah. There were so many 00:48:15.219 --> 00:48:16.639 that I was like, I'm never going to list all 00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:23.199 these. Like, there's a lot. Yeah. Yeah. And one 00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:26.039 of the board books is kind of weird too. There's 00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:29.900 grumpy monkey poop. Just poop is the name of 00:48:29.900 --> 00:48:32.780 the title. Okay. It's a board book and grumpy 00:48:32.780 --> 00:48:34.860 monkey doesn't like to poop when he's not at 00:48:34.860 --> 00:48:36.659 home. So he has to find different spots to poop. 00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:39.550 And he has a hard time doing that. to be fair 00:48:39.550 --> 00:48:44.329 suggestions for other animals i feel i feel like 00:48:44.329 --> 00:48:46.750 that's valid for grumpy monkey like i don't like 00:48:46.750 --> 00:48:51.230 to poop anywhere else either i kind of i mean 00:48:51.230 --> 00:48:56.510 obviously i get it too but i was like do we need 00:48:56.510 --> 00:49:01.429 a book about this i don't know actually now that 00:49:01.429 --> 00:49:03.550 i think about it i do know a couple of kids who 00:49:03.550 --> 00:49:07.110 probably need that book but i'm not putting it 00:49:07.110 --> 00:49:10.690 in the library We have, it's a funny story about 00:49:10.690 --> 00:49:14.550 that. We have a, um, she used to be a fifth grade 00:49:14.550 --> 00:49:17.090 teacher on my campus last year, but she left 00:49:17.090 --> 00:49:19.809 halfway through last year because she had finished 00:49:19.809 --> 00:49:22.010 her counseling degree and was looking for a counseling 00:49:22.010 --> 00:49:24.309 job and got one at one of the middle schools 00:49:24.309 --> 00:49:27.909 in the district. And so her kid, she's got three 00:49:27.909 --> 00:49:30.769 kids. One of the youngest one is in first grade. 00:49:31.570 --> 00:49:34.969 And like, she was one of the counselors that 00:49:34.969 --> 00:49:38.769 came to one of my night events. to talk to the 00:49:38.769 --> 00:49:42.070 incoming fifth grade turning sixth grade kids. 00:49:42.710 --> 00:49:44.650 And so after the event, she was talking with 00:49:44.650 --> 00:49:47.449 us and she was saying how her kid stayed home 00:49:47.449 --> 00:49:50.010 earlier this week because he wasn't feeling well. 00:49:50.070 --> 00:49:52.170 And like he threw up and stuff like that. So 00:49:52.170 --> 00:49:53.969 she kept him home. And then the more and more 00:49:53.969 --> 00:49:55.889 she was talking with him throughout the day, 00:49:56.309 --> 00:50:01.610 it became very apparent that the kid, the mom 00:50:01.610 --> 00:50:03.889 and dad are divorced. And so like, apparently 00:50:03.889 --> 00:50:07.579 when the kids with dad, apparently dad's a Not 00:50:07.579 --> 00:50:13.199 a bad guy. He just doesn't always enforce necessarily 00:50:13.199 --> 00:50:15.360 healthy habits. So apparently the kid, all the 00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:18.079 kid eats when he's at dad's house is like granola 00:50:18.079 --> 00:50:21.599 bars and I don't know, a couple other things, 00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:26.260 but basically not an ounce of actual like green 00:50:26.260 --> 00:50:30.860 fiber of any kind. So it turns out the kid was 00:50:30.860 --> 00:50:34.440 sick because he hadn't taken a dump in like three 00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:39.360 days. So she was like, it was super awkward coming 00:50:39.360 --> 00:50:41.880 back to work because she finally forced him to 00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:44.360 like go and, you know, he finally like helped 00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:46.199 them, gave them some stuff to help them do it. 00:50:47.019 --> 00:50:48.840 But like to get back the next day and all of 00:50:48.840 --> 00:50:51.320 her coworkers like, oh, is he okay? And she's 00:50:51.320 --> 00:50:56.079 like, yeah, he's fine. He just needed to just 00:50:56.079 --> 00:51:02.400 need to go. So that food's gotta go somewhere. 00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:09.829 Needs an exit strategy. So that book might actually 00:51:09.829 --> 00:51:11.429 not be a bad thing.