WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.519 So, I don't know how helpful it was for you to 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:08.400 come to my campus, because, I don't know, I didn't 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.820 feel like I did a whole lot, but did you find 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:14.859 it useful to be there for the whole day like 00:00:14.859 --> 00:00:22.899 that? Um, yeah, I think so. Just seeing, it's 00:00:22.899 --> 00:00:26.329 pretty, it is pretty similar to what I normally 00:00:26.329 --> 00:00:28.890 do. So if nothing else, it was kind of validating 00:00:28.890 --> 00:00:32.130 that I'm not doing the worst job ever, you know? 00:00:33.210 --> 00:00:39.630 Okay. And it was just, you know, like having, 00:00:39.909 --> 00:00:42.070 like being able to see the way your library is 00:00:42.070 --> 00:00:44.850 set up because it is different from mine. So 00:00:44.850 --> 00:00:46.750 I know I saw it at the beginning of the year 00:00:46.750 --> 00:00:50.649 before I had started. But I was so inundated 00:00:50.649 --> 00:00:53.590 with new information right then and there was 00:00:53.590 --> 00:00:57.829 so much going on that I didn't really I saw it 00:00:57.829 --> 00:01:00.070 and I understood it but I didn't really like 00:01:00.070 --> 00:01:02.310 think about how I wasn't ready to process how 00:01:02.310 --> 00:01:06.430 it could like really Impact me and like process 00:01:06.430 --> 00:01:09.250 what would happen if I? Tried to do something 00:01:09.250 --> 00:01:11.590 new because I didn't know what I had and how 00:01:11.590 --> 00:01:14.849 it would work for me right now I Just wasn't 00:01:14.849 --> 00:01:17.010 ready for any of that. So it was good to see 00:01:17.010 --> 00:01:20.640 it again Just the setup on its own, you know 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:26.900 like yeah, so I think I do want to Fix the Dewey 00:01:26.900 --> 00:01:30.540 maybe not fix I'm ready to ditch the Dewey the 00:01:30.540 --> 00:01:33.819 kids don't get it Honestly gives me a headache 00:01:33.819 --> 00:01:38.420 shelving with Dewey like With all the I don't 00:01:38.420 --> 00:01:43.379 know. I just hate it It's kind of it's I guess 00:01:43.379 --> 00:01:46.719 it's not the worst. It's Could be a worse system. 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:51.799 It's something But I don't know. It was good 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:55.500 to see it in action and like how the kids use 00:01:55.500 --> 00:01:59.019 it and everything. So yeah, it was good. Good. 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:25.439 Yeah. Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:29.099 Legere. And this is Librarians of Littles, a 00:02:29.099 --> 00:02:33.520 podcast where we discuss books, share makerspace 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:36.460 ideas, and give tips and tricks for working with 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:39.460 our youngest readers in the library setting. 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:45.979 Today, we have two books that fit the theme of 00:02:45.979 --> 00:02:50.699 rhyming or poetry as April is National Poetry 00:02:50.699 --> 00:02:55.819 Month. And so the first of those books is called 00:02:55.819 --> 00:03:00.719 Bros. It is written by Carol Boston Weatherford, 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.240 illustrated by Reggie Brown, published by Candlewick 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:12.780 Press in 2024. This book is on one state list. 00:03:13.419 --> 00:03:16.599 Actually, yeah, the one state list is the, am 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:21.620 I self in? Books 2024 or the myself in books 00:03:21.620 --> 00:03:26.099 2024, which is the Michigan state list and it 00:03:26.099 --> 00:03:29.800 was also a junior Library Guild selection for 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:35.719 2024. The author Carol Boston Weatherford is 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.360 the daughter of a printer and was practically 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:42.490 born with ink in her blood. She began writing 00:03:42.490 --> 00:03:45.849 at the age of six and soon after saw her poems 00:03:45.849 --> 00:03:49.889 in print. Her 80 plus books have garnered two 00:03:49.889 --> 00:03:54.490 NAACP Image Awards and 18 American Library Association 00:03:54.490 --> 00:03:57.669 Youth Media Awards, including a Newbery Honor, 00:03:57.969 --> 00:04:01.189 Coretta Scott King Award, and four Caldecott 00:04:01.189 --> 00:04:05.110 Honors. Her career achievements have been recognized 00:04:05.110 --> 00:04:07.990 with the North Carolina Award for Literature. 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:13.500 the non -fiction award from the Children's Book 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:16.800 Guild, and induction into the North Carolina 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:21.259 Literary Hall of Fame. She is a retired English 00:04:21.259 --> 00:04:25.279 professor and lives in Maryland. And so she's 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:31.430 got a ton, a ton of books. in her bio it said 00:04:31.430 --> 00:04:35.029 80 plus i found at least 67 of them we're not 00:04:35.029 --> 00:04:36.990 going to read all of them a few of them include 00:04:36.990 --> 00:04:40.709 unspeakable the tulsa race massacre which was 00:04:40.709 --> 00:04:45.790 illustrated by floyd cooper voice of freedom 00:04:45.790 --> 00:04:49.230 fannie lou hamer the spirit of the civil rights 00:04:49.230 --> 00:04:54.610 movement illustrated by equa holmes and i hope 00:04:54.610 --> 00:04:57.980 i'm pronouncing that correctly Freedom in Congo 00:04:57.980 --> 00:05:02.519 Square, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. Schomburg, 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.720 The Man Who Built a Library, illustrated by Eric 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:11.420 Velazquez. Box. Henry Brown Mails Himself to 00:05:11.420 --> 00:05:15.240 Freedom, illustrated by Michelle Wood. How Do 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:20.199 You Spell Unfair? Magnolia Cox and the National 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:22.800 Spelling Bee, illustrated by Frank Morrison. 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:27.560 R -E -S -P -E -C -T. Aretha Franklin the queen 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.500 of soul illustrated by Frank Morrison and as 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:36.300 we said many many more Yeah, she's got a lot 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:40.699 going on. That's pretty impressive. Yes Love 00:05:40.699 --> 00:05:45.120 it. Yeah, and like so many of her books are about 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:50.360 like black inspiring black individuals and their 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:53.769 their challenges and so it's you get an amazing 00:05:53.769 --> 00:05:57.589 story you get a history lesson it's just yeah 00:05:57.589 --> 00:06:02.850 it's amazing yeah that's great well the illustrator 00:06:02.850 --> 00:06:06.810 of this book is reggie brown and he is a proud 00:06:06.810 --> 00:06:10.310 black and filipino children's book author and 00:06:10.310 --> 00:06:13.050 illustrator who loves bringing stories about 00:06:13.050 --> 00:06:16.589 black children and families to life one picture 00:06:16.589 --> 00:06:19.970 book at a time his illustrations act like a paintbrush 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:25.060 adding splashes of color, warmth, vibrancy, and 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:31.180 authenticity to every page. When he is not in 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:33.959 his studio creating, you'll find him lost in 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:36.660 worlds of fantasy, superheroes, and science fiction, 00:06:37.339 --> 00:06:40.199 dreaming up new ideas in case he ever gets to 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:44.019 illustrate a lightsaber -wielding alien. He has 00:06:44.019 --> 00:06:46.579 had the privilege of collaborating with wonderful 00:06:46.579 --> 00:06:49.120 publishers such as Random House, Harper Collins, 00:06:49.339 --> 00:06:53.300 and Candlewick. books, and he is honored to be 00:06:53.300 --> 00:06:57.019 a New York Times best -selling illustrator for 00:06:57.019 --> 00:07:00.740 the book, Who Are Your People? His work also 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:03.899 appears in the chapter book series, The Magnificent 00:07:03.899 --> 00:07:09.620 Makers, Sant in the City, and Taco Fall to New 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:14.360 Heights. In 2022, he was thrilled that Hey You, 00:07:14.500 --> 00:07:18.959 written by Dapo Adiello, won the children's book 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:23.100 illustrated book award at the British Book Awards 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:27.660 and in 2023 he was grateful to receive the established 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:31.399 artist award from the California Arts Council. 00:07:31.639 --> 00:07:34.300 Most importantly he shares his life with his 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:38.259 beautiful wife Demi who tolerates his quirks 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:44.100 and helps him grow every day. Yes and he's got 00:07:44.100 --> 00:07:48.660 a bunch of books as well including As we said, 00:07:48.899 --> 00:07:51.399 the Magnificent Makers series, which are all 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:55.939 written by Theann Griffith. Little Big Man by 00:07:55.939 --> 00:07:59.899 Varian Johnson. Santa in the City by Tiffany 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:04.819 D. Jackson. Who Are You People by Bakari Sellers. 00:08:05.379 --> 00:08:09.459 Taco Fall to New Heights by Taco Fall and Justin 00:08:09.459 --> 00:08:13.459 Haynes. Melodies of the Weary Blues by Langston 00:08:13.459 --> 00:08:17.040 Hughes, Frank Morrison, and Brianna Mukodori. 00:08:18.409 --> 00:08:23.889 Yuchendu and Kicks by Van G. Garrett, See Marcus 00:08:23.889 --> 00:08:27.069 Grow by Marcus Bridgewater, and The Snowman Code 00:08:27.069 --> 00:08:32.909 by Simon Stevenson. And so now we get to the 00:08:32.909 --> 00:08:36.590 summary of the book. This is a super cute, super 00:08:36.590 --> 00:08:41.519 simple book. It is the story of a group of five 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:45.139 friends that go through their day playing, imagining, 00:08:45.299 --> 00:08:48.039 reading, and just being best friends. They're 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:53.220 best bros. And so it is a rhyming book. So it 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:58.240 has the friends doing things in a rhyming sequence. 00:08:58.879 --> 00:09:04.460 It is, I would say it's a great story for young 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:07.830 readers that are learning. about rhyming because 00:09:07.830 --> 00:09:11.129 it makes the story a little bit more predictable 00:09:11.129 --> 00:09:14.870 because it is just it's simple simple sentences 00:09:14.870 --> 00:09:19.169 like two word sentences and so on any given two 00:09:19.169 --> 00:09:22.129 page spread it's about four words on most of 00:09:22.129 --> 00:09:25.789 them at most so a lot of picture little text 00:09:25.789 --> 00:09:29.549 but a cute story that shows camaraderie and friendship 00:09:29.549 --> 00:09:33.610 and just the the fun of being young children 00:09:34.430 --> 00:09:39.350 And so I think that this is a great story that 00:09:39.350 --> 00:09:43.769 allows for the students to be able to to see 00:09:43.769 --> 00:09:45.570 themselves in this kind of a story because they're 00:09:45.570 --> 00:09:47.690 young children that just want to play and have 00:09:47.690 --> 00:09:52.710 fun. The rhyming builds that predictability to 00:09:52.710 --> 00:09:56.309 the story so that as they're looking at the pictures 00:09:56.309 --> 00:09:59.970 they can make some guesses as to what the words 00:09:59.970 --> 00:10:02.570 are saying even if they can't read them. And 00:10:02.570 --> 00:10:06.830 so it's just a it's a sweet, simple story that's 00:10:06.830 --> 00:10:10.909 very, very lovable. The colorful illustrations 00:10:10.909 --> 00:10:16.090 are amazing and will definitely keep any reader's 00:10:16.090 --> 00:10:19.629 attention. So strongly suggest this one. I loved 00:10:19.629 --> 00:10:22.370 it. It was very cute. So I'd say, yeah, it's 00:10:22.370 --> 00:10:27.370 like a 4 .5 out of 5 bookmarks because it's really 00:10:27.370 --> 00:10:30.389 good. I enjoyed it a lot. It was really good. 00:10:30.570 --> 00:10:33.669 I love that there's only like four -ish words 00:10:33.669 --> 00:10:37.210 per page. I think that's really excellent for 00:10:37.210 --> 00:10:40.789 our youngest learners who are really learning 00:10:40.789 --> 00:10:45.490 about phonemic awareness and how like you know 00:10:45.490 --> 00:10:48.610 just changing one sound in a word can like does 00:10:48.610 --> 00:10:51.870 change the entire word and the meaning of it 00:10:51.870 --> 00:10:56.870 and because those vibrant illustrations are you 00:10:56.870 --> 00:11:00.779 know taking center taking center stage there, 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:04.039 like it really helps the kids think about what 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:09.120 the word is. They can see what that word means 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:12.480 when they're like looking at the picture. And 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:15.139 that's really, really great for just developing 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:18.139 that phonemic awareness in general. I loved it. 00:11:18.139 --> 00:11:21.820 It was a really great book. Yes. It's nice, simple, 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.960 but simple doesn't mean easy and simple isn't 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:27.340 it's like not talking down to the kids or anything 00:11:27.340 --> 00:11:29.340 like that. It was great. It was a good one. Yes. 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:32.820 yeah choice yeah because i mean yeah it like 00:11:32.820 --> 00:11:36.019 simple sometimes simple is really good you know 00:11:36.019 --> 00:11:38.779 you don't have to you don't have to have all 00:11:38.779 --> 00:11:40.720 the bells and whistles for it to be a good thing 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:44.539 and this has actually more than it appears from 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:46.240 the outside because there's a lot going on in 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:51.259 that story but it's it's very accessible to our 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:54.559 young readers so that's very good yeah it was 00:11:54.559 --> 00:11:57.830 great And so as a makerspace activity for this, 00:11:57.929 --> 00:11:59.649 I think it would just be fun to have the kids 00:11:59.649 --> 00:12:01.669 think about what they like to do with their friends 00:12:01.669 --> 00:12:05.149 and have them build that out of Legos. Let them 00:12:05.149 --> 00:12:08.029 show you something that they like to do with 00:12:08.029 --> 00:12:10.950 their friends. What are things that they enjoy? 00:12:11.529 --> 00:12:14.029 And so a lot of times you'll get a lot of really 00:12:14.029 --> 00:12:17.450 fun differences in what the kids enjoy doing 00:12:17.450 --> 00:12:20.289 when they're not at school. Like let them build 00:12:20.289 --> 00:12:22.309 something out of Legos to show what they like 00:12:22.309 --> 00:12:25.769 to do. Not only will that be a fun thing for 00:12:25.769 --> 00:12:27.649 the kids to do, but it'll be a fun way for you 00:12:27.649 --> 00:12:29.710 to get to learn a little bit more about the students 00:12:29.710 --> 00:12:33.070 in the library. Because, you know, some kids, 00:12:33.570 --> 00:12:36.370 you might not know that they're really into playing 00:12:36.370 --> 00:12:40.789 with toy dinosaurs until they build one out of 00:12:40.789 --> 00:12:44.070 Legos or something like that, you know? Or maybe 00:12:44.070 --> 00:12:46.549 there's that one kid that's really into basketball. 00:12:47.429 --> 00:12:49.509 And we don't always get to see all that in the 00:12:49.509 --> 00:12:51.779 library, so... letting them show you what they 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:54.200 enjoy doing with their friends outside of the 00:12:54.200 --> 00:12:57.440 library would be pretty cool yeah and it's good 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:59.340 for them too to have something a little more 00:12:59.340 --> 00:13:02.240 broad like that that's just like anything that 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:06.820 you like doing because sometimes they get reliant 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:10.259 on the prompts and don't really know what to 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:13.440 do when they're allowed to do whatever they want 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:17.399 because they're always like told what to do they 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:22.950 don't get a chance to really um choose for themselves 00:13:22.950 --> 00:13:26.169 too often like even in their regular play they're 00:13:26.169 --> 00:13:28.549 on screens all the time so they're not even really 00:13:28.549 --> 00:13:31.970 getting to choose then not really they're just 00:13:31.970 --> 00:13:35.929 doing whatever the screen says to do you know 00:13:35.929 --> 00:13:39.129 yeah and even when they're not even when they're 00:13:39.129 --> 00:13:41.730 not on a screen like a lot of these kids their 00:13:41.730 --> 00:13:47.909 day is so regimented for them. Like you get home 00:13:47.909 --> 00:13:49.870 from school, you've got this much time, but then 00:13:49.870 --> 00:13:51.570 we're going to basketball practice and then we 00:13:51.570 --> 00:13:54.570 got gymnastics and we get like, their days are 00:13:54.570 --> 00:13:57.590 so full and so regimented and they're told what 00:13:57.590 --> 00:13:59.730 to do so often that giving them some free choice 00:13:59.730 --> 00:14:03.970 can be, can be fun. Yeah. And very enlightening. 00:14:04.470 --> 00:14:10.409 So it's good for him. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Which 00:14:10.409 --> 00:14:14.990 brings us to our library of littles. maker space 00:14:14.990 --> 00:14:18.389 spotlight for this week. And I was trying to 00:14:18.389 --> 00:14:20.149 think of some other things that I love to use 00:14:20.149 --> 00:14:22.889 in the library that gets a lot of kids excited. 00:14:23.809 --> 00:14:27.470 And connects is something that my students when 00:14:27.470 --> 00:14:30.269 I pull the connects out, they really enjoy it. 00:14:30.350 --> 00:14:33.330 So for those not familiar connects is a building 00:14:33.330 --> 00:14:36.330 system. that consists of interlocking plastic 00:14:36.330 --> 00:14:39.529 rods, connectors, blocks, gears, wheels, and 00:14:39.529 --> 00:14:42.750 other components, which can be assembled to form 00:14:42.750 --> 00:14:46.269 a wide variety of models, machines, and architectural 00:14:46.269 --> 00:14:49.769 structures. While Kinects is designed for children 00:14:49.769 --> 00:14:52.990 between the ages of five and 12, a bigger version 00:14:52.990 --> 00:14:56.429 of KidKinects is aimed at children that are five 00:14:56.429 --> 00:15:01.970 and younger. And so I have in my library the 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:05.639 Kid Connects and some of the regular Connects 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.259 versions. What I didn't realize is that the Connects 00:15:09.259 --> 00:15:13.940 was created by a guy named Joel Glickman and 00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:16.960 was first introduced in America in 1992. Since 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:23.179 then, they have been purchased in 2018 by Basic 00:15:23.179 --> 00:15:26.120 Fun, which is a Florida based company. And so 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:29.480 Basic Fun actually has like a whole bunch of 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:33.840 stuff on their website. including like videos 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:38.340 of like how to become an expert connects user. 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:42.700 They have like downloads for instructions and 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:45.139 for to build different things. So it's pretty 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:47.679 cool that they've got a bunch of that stuff available 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:51.940 for educators, like, and anyone else that's interested, 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:53.700 you can download instructions on how to build 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:59.480 different sets. And connects in general are reasonably 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:02.779 priced, especially if you start with like the 00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:05.620 the kid friendly ones the kid connects the sets 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:09.720 start at like 20 to 25 dollars depending on how 00:16:09.720 --> 00:16:11.460 many pieces are in the set and they go up from 00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:13.500 there so you can definitely spend a lot of money 00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:17.179 on these but there uh there's a reasonable like 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:22.100 entry price of between 25 and 30 dollars for 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:26.480 a set of i don't 25 pieces and then you can kind 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:28.740 of build from there and go from there and let 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:33.000 the kids build using the instruction cards that 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:34.820 come with them or they can start building their 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:37.460 own things. It allows for a lot of creativity. 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.799 I love to give my kids really broad topics when 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.940 I put the connects out. So they have some wiggle 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:48.600 room in how they build and what they build out 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:54.039 of the connects. I will say that when you get 00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:56.759 to the bigger, like the original connect sets 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.169 that include the gears and the the motors and 00:17:00.169 --> 00:17:03.870 that kind of stuff there's definitely a lot more 00:17:03.870 --> 00:17:06.950 pre -teaching that needs to go into it so that 00:17:06.950 --> 00:17:11.490 they can achieve their goals but when you start 00:17:11.490 --> 00:17:15.289 with the kid connects like the kids figured out 00:17:15.289 --> 00:17:17.569 pretty quick on their own they might ask for 00:17:17.569 --> 00:17:20.990 a little assistance popping pieces in to interlock 00:17:21.369 --> 00:17:23.309 at first just to kind of see how it works but 00:17:23.309 --> 00:17:25.410 most of it they figure it out pretty quick on 00:17:25.410 --> 00:17:27.329 their own how they can get the pieces connected 00:17:27.329 --> 00:17:30.529 and make them do what they want to do it's a 00:17:30.529 --> 00:17:32.970 lot of fun to see the kids just kind of go at 00:17:32.970 --> 00:17:37.730 these and and be creative it's a pretty cool 00:17:37.730 --> 00:17:41.250 tool and like i said for the cost it's really 00:17:41.250 --> 00:17:45.089 something that is reasonable to have in any library 00:17:45.089 --> 00:17:49.910 makerspace i did not know there were kid connects 00:17:49.910 --> 00:17:54.160 yes Hmm. I'm going to have to look into that. 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:57.619 Yeah. I have connects in my library. Now I'm 00:17:57.619 --> 00:18:01.119 wondering what I've got. Yeah. They're just like, 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:03.140 they've already been unboxed and everything. 00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:05.380 So I don't really know for sure, but I bet I 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:08.299 have the regular ones. Probably the kid connects 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:12.500 are bigger. So like they're like, think like 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:15.660 Duplo, like the mega blocks compared to Legos. 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:18.339 Like it's that. So like, because the kids, the 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:19.960 fine motor skills are going to be a little bit. 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:24.440 less restrained. So yeah, the kid connects pieces 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.119 are bigger. They pop into place a little bit 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:32.660 easier. But yeah, it's a good starting point 00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:35.380 for the kids because then you don't have to worry 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:38.079 about that part as much when you start to introduce 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:40.079 the regular connects to the kids because they 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:42.880 already get how those parts work. They're just 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:45.359 a little bit smaller. Then you can focus more 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.880 on the gears and the motors and that kind of 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:51.150 stuff when you introduce the bigger. the bigger 00:18:51.150 --> 00:18:55.170 kid version. That's really cool. I'm going to 00:18:55.170 --> 00:18:58.829 have to look into that. Also, I do love connects 00:18:58.829 --> 00:19:03.130 and I have them in my library and I have a fourth 00:19:03.130 --> 00:19:06.470 grade kid who come. No, he's third grade. Just 00:19:06.470 --> 00:19:09.930 kidding. A third grade kid. He comes every Friday 00:19:09.930 --> 00:19:12.910 and we don't always have school on Fridays because 00:19:12.910 --> 00:19:18.079 holidays and stuff. But. for the last like two 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:20.059 months maybe that he's been coming he's been 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:22.819 building a robot with connects and it's gotten 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:27.240 his name is bob and bob lives on a shelf in the 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:31.119 library and he's like gotten really intricate 00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:35.000 with it it's very cool like he wants to like 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.279 when he grows up he's like i'm going to build 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:39.960 this into this is my prototype i need pictures 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:42.339 of this so that i can build it when i'm a grown 00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:46.339 up and like he like has like a mechanism where 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:49.960 like Bob's fingers can move and it's kind of 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:54.740 amazing. That's cool. Okay so now here's what 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:56.359 we need you to take some. I'll send you some 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:57.720 pictures of Bob. Yes we need you to send some 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:01.759 pictures so we can post Bob on our social media 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:05.619 and stuff because that's awesome. I mean it's 00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:09.000 out of connect so it doesn't really look like 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:12.579 a a robot unless like he points like once he 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:14.680 points it out to you you're like oh my gosh i 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:17.400 can really tell that that's bob's you know that's 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:20.960 his head that's how his eyes move his eyes are 00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:24.220 magnets that's how his eyes moves um but like 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:28.039 in his but his fingers do like work like fingers 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:33.759 they're cool that's awesome i love that and he's 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:37.039 different Yeah, he's definitely weird sight like 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:39.140 his head is definitely not the same size as like 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:42.119 it's not proportional at all because connects 00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:45.859 but Right. It's still pretty cool from a third 00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:49.740 grader. It's taken months and I'm surprised and 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:52.440 nobody else has destroyed it like when they come 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:57.319 in Anyway, yeah, I can next I love that you can 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:59.400 build robots apparently with when you're in third 00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:04.319 grade Absolutely. That's honestly whether the 00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:07.460 robot works or not, I'm like, the dedication 00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:13.500 is wonderful. That's so cool. To see the kid 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:15.579 has found something that he's really passionate 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:18.460 about and just wants to work on is really amazing. 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:21.819 I love that. It kind of is. It's cool. Anyway, 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.799 that's the story of Bob. Very cool. Now I will 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:30.279 tell you the story of Pig the Pug. Yeah. All 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:32.180 right. So the other book that we're going to 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:35.380 talk about today, with rhyming is Pig the Pug 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:38.359 because I love it and I know most of us have 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:40.819 probably heard about Pig the Pug because it's 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:43.880 a pretty big one but I'm going for it anyway 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:48.839 because it's great. So Pig the Pug was published 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:54.339 in 2014 by Scholastic Press. The author and illustrator 00:21:54.339 --> 00:22:02.480 is Aaron Blaby This one, I was kind of surprised. 00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:05.759 It doesn't have like a ton of awards or anything, 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:08.339 but it's got a few. I just thought I would have 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:11.660 expected more from this book. Yeah. How popular 00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:15.799 it is. But it got the Children's Book Council 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:20.440 of Australia Book of the Year for 2015, the Colorado 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:25.460 Children's Book Award for 2019, and the New York 00:22:25.630 --> 00:22:29.549 three apples young readers book award for 2024 00:22:29.549 --> 00:22:33.190 i don't know why it's for 2024 but there you 00:22:33.190 --> 00:22:37.390 go i don't know that's pretty awesome yes it 00:22:37.390 --> 00:22:39.609 was published like 10 years before that and i 00:22:39.609 --> 00:22:41.430 like double checked the date like three times 00:22:41.430 --> 00:22:45.109 because i was like what i don't know aaron blaby 00:22:45.109 --> 00:22:49.089 is australian All of his books were published 00:22:49.089 --> 00:22:52.650 there first. So I don't know if that maybe is 00:22:52.650 --> 00:22:56.150 why since he's not American Why he did there 00:22:56.150 --> 00:22:59.730 was a delay with getting him some American awards? 00:23:01.869 --> 00:23:06.269 Yeah, that's my only guess I didn't realize he 00:23:06.269 --> 00:23:10.710 was Australian Yeah, he's Australian for sure 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:13.900 But yeah, he's got a lot of books and everything, 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:15.880 but I think it took him a minute to get popular 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:19.880 in the US because of that. But he is a critically 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:23.019 acclaimed Australian author and illustrator and 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:27.519 two of his more popular book series, which are 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:30.359 The Bad Guys and Thelma the Uniquel. Actually, 00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:33.779 Bad Guys has already been adapted into movies. 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:36.660 I think two of them, right? Are there two Bad 00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:38.039 Guys movies now? I believe so. I think so, yes. 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:40.859 Yeah, because my kids... are all about like my 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:42.279 students are all about the bad guys and when 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.839 the first one came out they were excited but 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:47.099 i think yeah i think we're up to two now i think 00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:51.900 so and Thelma the unicorn is another well it 00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:54.039 says series and i guess it's technically a series 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:57.240 but there's only two books in it um that one 00:23:57.240 --> 00:24:00.380 is being adapted right now okay into a netflix 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:03.779 movie okay so i don't know when that one comes 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:08.509 out but it'll be on netflix soon Cool. Yeah, 00:24:08.589 --> 00:24:11.009 when I saw that I was like wait, I didn't realize 00:24:11.009 --> 00:24:13.190 that one. So it's not out yet. That makes sense 00:24:13.190 --> 00:24:16.710 We have to look for it. Yeah. Yeah, I did figure 00:24:16.710 --> 00:24:19.289 out when that one's coming out and Aaron Blaby 00:24:19.289 --> 00:24:23.250 I think did help produce and make the bad guys 00:24:23.250 --> 00:24:26.849 movies too. So that's good because that's always 00:24:26.849 --> 00:24:30.230 sad when the writer loses all the Credit for 00:24:30.230 --> 00:24:33.970 it when it becomes a movie. So I'm glad he's 00:24:33.970 --> 00:24:36.609 Helping out with making those movies. I haven't 00:24:36.609 --> 00:24:40.349 seen it but my kids love him yeah so he's done 00:24:40.349 --> 00:24:43.990 the bad guys series which is consists of 15 books 00:24:43.990 --> 00:24:46.430 all together right now are we are we sure it's 00:24:46.430 --> 00:24:49.369 only 15 that's what his website said but then 00:24:49.369 --> 00:24:52.670 his website also said something about like bad 00:24:52.670 --> 00:24:55.869 guys 2 movie is coming out and i was like you 00:24:55.869 --> 00:24:59.660 like that's been out I could be wrong, but I 00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:02.799 feel like I have book 19 on my shelf in the library 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:06.220 right now. Cause it's like that series is so 00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:08.980 popular. I might be off, but 15 doesn't sound 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:11.319 like enough. His website might also not have 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:13.119 been updated as recently as it should have been. 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:16.359 I don't know. I wonder if it wasn't. I think 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:18.599 you might be right. There was something else 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:22.119 that I saw that I was like, hold on buddy. That's 00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:24.980 outdated. And I don't remember what it is now. 00:25:25.600 --> 00:25:29.299 I think his website must be outdated. I was assuming 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:31.519 that would be the most up -to -date information. 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:37.480 Perhaps I was wrong. I don't know. Anyway, some 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:41.259 of his other books are the Pig the Pug series. 00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:44.240 That one is ten books and that one's complete. 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:48.180 So for sure that one's got ten. Thelma the Unicorn 00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:51.990 has two books and then he does have like another 00:25:51.990 --> 00:25:55.430 15 or so books that are just like stand -alones 00:25:55.430 --> 00:25:58.410 three of the more popular ones of those are don't 00:25:58.410 --> 00:26:02.750 call me bear i need a hug and piranhas don't 00:26:02.750 --> 00:26:06.430 eat bananas because they don't which all of those 00:26:06.430 --> 00:26:12.690 are amazing as well like he yeah my his picture 00:26:12.690 --> 00:26:14.789 book section like his books in my picture book 00:26:14.789 --> 00:26:18.579 section are checked out like consistently. Like 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:21.539 you saw it this week I got like eight or nine 00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:24.119 of the Pig the Pug books. Like I got new copies 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:26.140 because mine were so worn out and they're all 00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:29.859 checked out. They're all checked out already. 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:32.440 It's like we were I was there we opened them 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:34.740 and put them on the shelves Wednesday. We were 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:36.559 only there Wednesday and Thursday and they're 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:38.900 all checked out. Like that's how popular these 00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:42.960 books are. Like yeah. Have no problem believing 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:45.400 that that was one of the first things I'm new 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:47.000 to my library this year and that was one of the 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:50.519 first things I did this year was Get more pig 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:53.779 the pug because same the ones that I had were 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:57.980 really worn down. I Used scholastic dollars and 00:26:57.980 --> 00:27:00.640 I got replacements for all of them because I 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:04.680 needed it badly And my kids are much happier 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:10.259 now With this one the original pig the pug the 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:14.039 summary is pig is a pug who is completely selfish 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:16.779 he constantly hoards all of his toys and refuses 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:20.579 to share and he takes everything away from trevor 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:23.000 the sweet little dachshund that he lives with 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:28.119 one day pig gathers all of his toys that he can 00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:30.599 find into a single pile in front of a window 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:34.299 and disaster strikes when he stands on top of 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:37.440 it to gloat and he falls back and he learns a 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:41.980 valuable lesson about sharing with his friend 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:45.299 Trevor. My kids love these books so much, like 00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:49.799 we were saying. Like they're all so funny. It's 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:53.140 got a lovely little cadence to it because it 00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:55.960 is a rhyming book. It's a great introduction 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:59.559 to rhyming. I do have to explain to kids the 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:03.160 first time I read a Pig the Pug book that a pug 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:06.819 is... kind of dog and like we have to talk about 00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:09.079 breeds for a minute and what different kinds 00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:12.880 of dogs look like and so a pug is you know this 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:14.500 kind of a dog and I do have to show them some 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:18.400 pictures of some real pugs because it is a little 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:21.960 bit confusing that just because pig is another 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:24.299 kind of animal they don't get confused with Trevor 00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:29.140 that one's fine but with just with the name pig 00:28:29.140 --> 00:28:32.460 they do get confused no matter their age Like, 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:35.720 yeah, even even the big kids like forget sometimes, 00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:40.779 I don't know. So we do have to do that. But after 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:44.420 that, like they just love this book. I do, too, 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:49.680 really. It's just wonderful. Yeah, they think 00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:53.859 it's hilarious. And like they do. Sometimes they 00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:57.400 get a little look of shock when Pig falls back 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.039 out of the window and they're like, he's dead. 00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:03.099 And they're like, no. He'll be OK. Look. And 00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:05.480 when you keep going, they're like, all right, 00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:12.279 that's a little intense, but OK. Yes. But they 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:15.339 really, really do love it. They're so engaging. 00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:21.119 The illustrations are perfect. They add to all 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:25.779 the silliness. I love all the exaggerated features 00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:29.859 that Aaron Blaby does with all of his characters. 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:34.859 They're not too overdone. The background isn't 00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:37.859 overwhelming and taking center stage or anything. 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.259 So you can really focus on the pictures and what 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:43.619 you're meant to focus on. They're just great. 00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:47.279 They're so funny. My kids love these books so 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:51.500 much. Yeah, I completely agree. I love these 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:53.740 books. The kids love them. Like I said, all of 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:57.380 mine are checked out. They're always well loved 00:29:57.380 --> 00:30:01.940 and well worn in. Reading these as read alouds 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:04.299 because there's so much fun and it's fun to be 00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:07.140 able to see the kids reactions as you're going 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:12.180 through and so yeah this I Yes, definitely wonderful 00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:17.259 book Perfect. So, yep It is a perfect book. I 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:22.460 think so. They're great and for a makerspace 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:26.720 activity there are actually some really good 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:30.579 resources on the Scholastic website for Pig the 00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:33.240 Pug. There's like a couple of like ready made 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:36.400 activities that all you have to do is hit print. 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.779 And I think that's what I would do with these 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:41.920 because it is about sharing. You could I like 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.180 to do it with rhyming. I like this particular 00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:48.099 book with when I talk about rhyming in general, 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:52.539 because the cadence is so nice and it is so engaging. 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:55.500 but you can also do it at the beginning of the 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:57.839 year when you're talking about sharing in general 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:02.720 and It's just a really great Connection with 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:05.900 any kind of play really you could do just any 00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:07.859 kind of play you wanted to with this one and 00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:10.579 just Remind kids to share and then that's kind 00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:12.240 of it for your microspace connection. You could 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:15.839 do that and go simple with it Or I mean, it's 00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:20.240 still simple to go to the Scholastic site. There's 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:22.829 some great coloring pages if you just want to 00:31:22.829 --> 00:31:26.849 do that. It's got a ready -made Pig the Pug mask 00:31:26.849 --> 00:31:30.529 that is it says on there that you could do it 00:31:30.529 --> 00:31:34.549 for Halloween but you could also instead of doing 00:31:34.549 --> 00:31:36.809 it as a mask you could definitely make it into 00:31:36.809 --> 00:31:39.829 a puppet and do a little Pig the Pug puppets 00:31:39.829 --> 00:31:43.029 in your library so for retelling the story and 00:31:43.029 --> 00:31:45.849 it's got some ready -made memory games that all 00:31:45.849 --> 00:31:49.109 you would have to do is print it And that's really 00:31:49.109 --> 00:31:51.430 it. Just turn them upside down and that's it. 00:31:51.650 --> 00:31:55.289 Some really good stuff there. So yeah, either 00:31:55.289 --> 00:31:57.869 a lesson about sharing and any kind of free play 00:31:57.869 --> 00:32:01.730 where we share a lot or any of the fabulous resources 00:32:01.730 --> 00:32:04.170 they've got for you on Scholastic. I didn't know 00:32:04.170 --> 00:32:07.130 those were there. So I'll probably be doing that 00:32:07.130 --> 00:32:09.950 in the next couple of weeks, actually. I always 00:32:09.950 --> 00:32:12.329 forget that Scholastic does really have some 00:32:12.329 --> 00:32:15.390 great resources available on their website. That's 00:32:15.390 --> 00:32:20.099 a place where I, Don't go enough to look for 00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:22.519 some of those things because they do have some 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.940 really fun and cool things that a lot of our 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:29.779 kids would enjoy doing Mm -hmm Yeah, me too. 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:32.259 I forget about there's just a lot of ready -made 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:35.279 stuff online if you have to sift sifting through 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:41.000 it is a trick, but Yes, that one is a good reliable 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:44.950 one though. So yeah, I get to remember them I 00:32:44.950 --> 00:32:46.930 gotta remember the mask for next year because 00:32:46.930 --> 00:32:51.910 I know like every year for the on halloween my 00:32:51.910 --> 00:32:57.549 campus does the storybook character parade and 00:32:57.549 --> 00:33:01.430 every year there's not a ton but there are always 00:33:01.430 --> 00:33:05.069 some kids that don't come with a costume or anything 00:33:05.069 --> 00:33:07.509 like that and remembering that the pig the pug 00:33:07.509 --> 00:33:10.089 mask is there might be a good thing to be able 00:33:10.089 --> 00:33:13.609 to be like hey teachers if one of your friends 00:33:13.930 --> 00:33:17.990 Doesn't have a costume print this real quick. 00:33:18.170 --> 00:33:22.490 That would be a Good thing to try and remember 00:33:22.490 --> 00:33:26.869 for the next year. So they've got That as something 00:33:26.869 --> 00:33:29.890 just in case That's a great idea because that 00:33:29.890 --> 00:33:32.210 love that always happens, you know, so might 00:33:32.210 --> 00:33:34.509 as well use something that's out there, you know, 00:33:34.569 --> 00:33:37.869 yeah It does happen and then it's sad. That's 00:33:37.869 --> 00:33:40.109 a great idea Yeah, probably do the same because 00:33:40.109 --> 00:33:42.569 we do the same thing because at least that way 00:33:42.569 --> 00:33:47.529 the kids don't feel like they're left out. It's 00:33:47.529 --> 00:33:49.609 a cheap quick thing that we can just print it 00:33:49.609 --> 00:33:51.170 and let them color it real quick and they're 00:33:51.170 --> 00:33:55.210 good to go. A little bit of string and you're 00:33:55.210 --> 00:34:03.609 fine. 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You can follow us on BlueSky at littleslibrarian 00:34:43.849 --> 00:34:48.449 .bsky .social. And you can send us your emails 00:34:48.449 --> 00:34:53.900 at librarianoflittlespodatgmail .com. So I think 00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:57.119 I cracked a rib yesterday or just bruised it 00:34:57.119 --> 00:35:02.400 really well. Doing karate? Yeah, doing taekwondo. 00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:09.059 We were sparring. Okay. Okay. Sorry. You alright? 00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:12.340 Yeah. Really not? Are you gonna go to the doctor 00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:14.260 or does it matter since they can't do anything 00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:16.719 for that anyway? They won't do anything about 00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:23.030 it, so we'll just leave it at that. Yeah. Sorry, 00:35:23.230 --> 00:35:28.010 that's painful. Yeah. Yeah, it's, it just like 00:35:28.010 --> 00:35:30.789 anytime I move just the right way, it's like, 00:35:30.869 --> 00:35:33.849 oh, that's still there. It hurts. Yeah. Yeah. 00:35:34.110 --> 00:35:37.789 So, you know, yeah, it'll be fine. It'll be fine. 00:35:38.030 --> 00:35:41.869 We'll make it work. We'll survive. Yeah. Are 00:35:41.869 --> 00:35:44.849 you a little bit sick too? I just have like a 00:35:44.849 --> 00:35:47.030 cough that I'm trying to get rid of. And I think 00:35:47.030 --> 00:35:49.269 it's the, just like the pollen that's been in 00:35:49.269 --> 00:35:52.239 the air lately, you know? Yeah. You probably 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:54.719 can't do a big cough either since you're... No, 00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:58.480 I can't. Yeah. That's making it worse. Yes.