tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19230858557518506772024-02-02T06:19:15.412-08:00Stone BookwormsGreetings from your school library!Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.comBlogger289125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-66883349383372017132023-06-05T10:25:00.006-07:002023-06-05T11:55:47.704-07:00Happy Summer, Stone Bookworms!<div style="text-align: center;">Check out summer reading recommendations at</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/stonesummerread2023">https://tinyurl.com/stonesummerread2023</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you in the fall!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-43992031106040923982023-05-02T09:57:00.002-07:002023-05-02T10:39:32.863-07:00Parade of Books 2023! <p style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-EP1tr_Oo-8AxEXulh6dMxOpsKV2h0PaP3iLX9UNQFwcYZEY-_7Qfl0MPlGi0sN7zdVHGIpRTtF0jtBx9pwEThV44pb87tRAhLYW0MHDjX1VQFJUBCkmUjF6ixquxMioZNuths3186k/s1600/parade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-EP1tr_Oo-8AxEXulh6dMxOpsKV2h0PaP3iLX9UNQFwcYZEY-_7Qfl0MPlGi0sN7zdVHGIpRTtF0jtBx9pwEThV44pb87tRAhLYW0MHDjX1VQFJUBCkmUjF6ixquxMioZNuths3186k/s400/parade.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b>Hooray, it's time for our 9th Annual Parade of Books, </b><b>our first parade since COVID-19! </b></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><b>How exciting and wonderful! </b></h2><div><br /></div><div>This year's parade, in which children dress up as their favorite book characters and carry the book to match or create wearable book covers, <b>will be held on Friday, May 19th and grades K through 3 will be participating</b>. (Hints for homemade costumes <a href="http://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/2011/09/parade-of-readers.html" target="_blank">here</a>.) All students in these grade levels are expected to participate. <br /><br />You are welcome to watch the parade outside on the Stone playground at 2:00 (in case of rain, the parade will be held inside the school). Bring little brothers and sisters to cheer, and don't forget the camera! This is a great opportunity for us to celebrate Stone as a community of readers, and to create home-school connections. We still are asking that costumes should be book related, and that each student carry a book related to the costume they are wearing. Chefs can carry cookbooks, Cleopatra can carry a book about ancient Egypt, baseball players can carry sport biographies, for just a few examples...and for more inspiration, check out some costumes from parades past <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/114393440971615205503/ParadeOfBooks2011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCIHf4qb-2sSt4QE&feat=embedwebsite" target="_blank">here</a>, or some ambitious online costume leads <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/handmade-diy-fancy-dress-costume-ideas" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://imaginationsoup.net/favorite-book-character-costumes/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><br />So! <u>Checklist for K-3 parents on May 19th</u>:<br />* Please send your child to school with the book-related costume (or poster) in a bag, to be changed into (or carried) in the afternoon. Please keep it simple. Mark all belongings with name and room number.<br />* Please send your child to school with the corresponding book to carry in the parade.<br />* Cheer and take pictures on the school playground at 2:00, if you are available. If you are not available, we love you just the same, and we'll take pictures.<br /><br />A gentle reminder: This should not be a recycling of scary or licensed character-inspired Halloween costumes. Children should not wear masks (which also present a safety challenge when small children march), any horror themes involving blood (zombies or vampires), or television characters/video game characters that were cartoons before they were books. The rule is that the character should have been in a book before a television show or movie! As far as books to carry, there are some resources available in our school library and your child's classroom library, but this is also a perfect opportunity to visit the <a href="http://www.chipublib.org/library/locator/" target="_blank">Chicago Public Library</a>.<br /><br />Additionally, we ask that parents please <u>do not follow children back into the school after the parade</u>, as this presents security issues. Thank you for your support and cooperation! Can't wait to see what our creative community comes up with this year...every year has been so full of amazing surprises!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMasQ8INpCiCvweTtB3rE7rsGh0UwfTOCYbRPaiKaPxuafRCxwdiWiCdgelJcuf_BdiOnKhHHuAUCQdG7oAQPmGvtm-WUpzD3yUHHF3GjKZJesmutbZmLDiulNtx9Hodi5SF1OSorarREQ/s1600/gina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMasQ8INpCiCvweTtB3rE7rsGh0UwfTOCYbRPaiKaPxuafRCxwdiWiCdgelJcuf_BdiOnKhHHuAUCQdG7oAQPmGvtm-WUpzD3yUHHF3GjKZJesmutbZmLDiulNtx9Hodi5SF1OSorarREQ/s1600/gina.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ms. Demonte sporting stripes a la </span><i style="font-size: small;">A Bad Case of Stripes</i><span style="font-size: small;"> by David Shannon.</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some examples of costumes from years past! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Can't wait to see our creativity and love of reading SHINE!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-0aeb0f31-7fff-bc5b-d9f0-ee0920598b5d"><img height="455px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/8f6l4a4kSp0uTouASsxFkSxEJGPkntxCbjhPpzzGP0rx9H6eshY4l4vn72KjKLzRwSG1tqhY4Qc5uYXoTWg3OwIPOvTQLzP-Ia32Y4XcKo69ihIUSG7O0jQOayXLVHABV74ciNMdlWnDMBoB1iAaK2_w=s2048" width="309px;" /></span></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-540c12c2-7fff-4bb9-e03c-296e8d24c6f2"><span face="Karla, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Akim Aliu — also known as "Dreamer" —</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face="Karla, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is a Nigerian born, Ukrainian Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at everyone turn. This graphic novel tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only black child in his Ukrainian school, to having his teeth bashed in by a racist teammate in the Ontario junior league. </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5448257b-7fff-6335-e113-b9bd0acd5f31"><span face="Karla, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming and working toward our goals no matter what obstacles we encounter.</span></span></span></div><div><span face="Karla, sans-serif" style="color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Karla, sans-serif" style="color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">This visit is brought to us through the generous support of our friends at <a href="https://www.thebookstall.com/" target="_blank">The Book Stall</a>. Independent booksellers support Stone Academy...let's support our wonderful independent booksellers! </span></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thebookstall.com/" target="_blank"><img height="153px;" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MGID6FulXKdFPPepyoZnnEbAxq8YNXfMTjqDK8slh9fI8G7m_zMkXgmWz1DMX-nQTxGo5A1VDymZLeb3S777dwJgpE2f88EuovUBtoej11JNLAszcGyK6mVmsTpKY4BKYKNaUBj2lOj1Q4TLl4_1lCH2=s2048" width="344px;" /></a></div><div><span><br /></span></div></div></div>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-48071218200769520362022-11-07T07:33:00.007-08:002022-11-07T07:34:59.335-08:00Family Reading Night, November 17!<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Please join us for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>FAMILY READING NIGHT </b></div></div><p style="text-align: center;">on <b>Thursday, November 17 at 6 pm</b> as we celebrate the</p><p style="text-align: center;">*** MAGIC OF READING! ***</p><p style="text-align: center;">Special Guest: Walter King Jr., THE SPELLBINDER!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b1c01afb-7fff-d527-340f-203862744983"><span style="font-family: "Mystery Quest", cursive; font-size: 22pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 222px; overflow: hidden; width: 334px;"><img height="222" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/17yWJSeZZ-YABHMHjTC5BVUVm1D7z8QhMRtSSP1C8vEbgQFAOQm4UWObtcLGeE_lpIcauuMuw99knsSl_bS0nONiNdXdAmkQESaEhPTtwq-dufy8hhrU3PVQ7ihyMLZELJTM7CixjdQrcbvJMQXo4JfqMzCbY9Jkb5Mv4Y8JkzrKB2CIk_CBK1eHIgPENw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="334" /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">Plus, reader's theater play starring all your favorite primary teachers!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Read-aloud with Ms. Nestler and Ms. Wynne!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Book Fair in the Library!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wand-erful crafts! And so much more!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Do not miss this delightful evening in which we come together as a community of readers!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br />And don't forget, we have the Scholastic Book Fair happening the whole week of November 14th. Thank you for sending your child with funds when possible. Your support goes to programming at our school! </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhf1onRZsQuj93VCGY00hnSBwsAaA0VyhIEW2YcrYIbgQjL1hIdDsXmjHd4nfNgg6PYVhBXnJGRh8jB-9g2xYXG7HLVjhEgtQEh0mDAp0EHG5gKStjxeL_IQ05J0367VL396Pgz_StB2stz87tsl25MTTrWml-BJWKUomQkvL676T12fyKxVvjDOJZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhf1onRZsQuj93VCGY00hnSBwsAaA0VyhIEW2YcrYIbgQjL1hIdDsXmjHd4nfNgg6PYVhBXnJGRh8jB-9g2xYXG7HLVjhEgtQEh0mDAp0EHG5gKStjxeL_IQ05J0367VL396Pgz_StB2stz87tsl25MTTrWml-BJWKUomQkvL676T12fyKxVvjDOJZ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8I8_PMF1Lb_n6mojq_0h-tj5d4zG0AViECeaoBOxntvTVjbmgTvB-Nmv7sNrKNwAnvUfSGv8eQAfVID21i3N2BEpRp23qnW7Kv0pVDhcyIo0e5rICuUctLOQeBINtStlQUdmVJ-rwgML3mHw9HY2bjlmEvvvXHA94-jpkuRSxV9wwux0D62rTzQMX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="287" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8I8_PMF1Lb_n6mojq_0h-tj5d4zG0AViECeaoBOxntvTVjbmgTvB-Nmv7sNrKNwAnvUfSGv8eQAfVID21i3N2BEpRp23qnW7Kv0pVDhcyIo0e5rICuUctLOQeBINtStlQUdmVJ-rwgML3mHw9HY2bjlmEvvvXHA94-jpkuRSxV9wwux0D62rTzQMX" width="320" /></a></div></div>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-84118308035789033102022-10-17T07:11:00.004-07:002022-10-17T07:13:05.261-07:00Haunted House Museum is a Ghostly GO!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FznBBigHNwU7HPIWpv61YhunIsCuk56DSfEDL5RM3KYPRDYGPkCVJa2vTJP95JaCCG-vv55NvgByRxFriwlREiE-sH-4Kr0xWWYMeiMIm_qI3341taxtBbTb4rzF-nQSJXMG0Hl6_Go/s800/haunted+house+courtney+askew.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2FznBBigHNwU7HPIWpv61YhunIsCuk56DSfEDL5RM3KYPRDYGPkCVJa2vTJP95JaCCG-vv55NvgByRxFriwlREiE-sH-4Kr0xWWYMeiMIm_qI3341taxtBbTb4rzF-nQSJXMG0Hl6_Go/s320/haunted+house+courtney+askew.gif" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Yes, yes, yes, we WILL be having a Haunted House Museum in the library again this year! </b>But we need <i>your</i> participation to make it happen!<br /><br /><b>How-to:</b> Take a cardboard box and cut holes in it for windows. Paint or otherwise cover the box with a seasonal color like orange, black, green or purple. Decorate the outside of your house with ghosts, trick-or-treaters, rotting trees…you don’t have to make it a house. It can be a haunted apartment building, or a haunted castle, or a haunted theater, or a haunted sports event, or a haunted library, or a haunted beauty salon, or a haunted store, or…whatever idea you have! Use your imagination! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you don’t celebrate Halloween, that’s fine! You can still participate. We welcome fall houses and autumn scenes as well.</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Rules:</span></b></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">No blood or gore, dismembered parts or headless dolls, sorry! We are celebrating imagination and folklore, not horror.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Please do not attach any real food to your creation. Cockroaches are even scarier than ghosts.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Please do not include or attach anything valuable to your creation. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, you can work with a friend or friends or family...just please stay COVID-safe!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">You can light it inside with a flashlight or battery-operated lights! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Please ask for a grown-up’s help for cutting out windows or when using new or messy craft materials. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">This is not an assignment for a grade. This is for FUN and open to all grade levels! </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Remember to put the name and room number of all creators clearly on your creation.</span></li></ul><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGiQQ5xN9FUCT-ypQEKkhq2dU8u8JNt9n6PvBQnahvZm3f7lg9mh0__7dFx7vBvjQh5xwvA0cCc9M-b4Qgiez1_oFhVvb50lASHo2mgGRBmkECJEuoGA3oD5swTIXxT73H4GBNZVBeyq4/s1600/pumpkin.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGiQQ5xN9FUCT-ypQEKkhq2dU8u8JNt9n6PvBQnahvZm3f7lg9mh0__7dFx7vBvjQh5xwvA0cCc9M-b4Qgiez1_oFhVvb50lASHo2mgGRBmkECJEuoGA3oD5swTIXxT73H4GBNZVBeyq4/s1600/pumpkin.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><u>Houses will be accepted in the library before or right after morning announcements starting on Monday, October 24, though Friday, October 28</u> and students should pick up houses at the end of the day on Halloween Monday for a treat. Sorry, the library cannot be responsible for houses left in November. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Can't wait to see the children's <strike>monsterpieces</strike> masterpieces!</span></p>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-90546123950557487992022-09-01T20:02:00.001-07:002022-09-13T20:08:28.085-07:00Welcome to our 2022-23 School Year!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkoxwpLihlHFQVjxxFF9Dq2i1FthQ8K72OITHhJzIaaSy2lp_Np5vPONt29Z92kXuxIPr0bGW4VD8ywuO3Tg2_ZMM7AZp7P8YueCQvs53BtVVRNSZ9T1jZsBeEIhqiDhwuX2P-30tfXKN4mVn3UciGFrRYS_LbM736xqbp81N8zx2xzRmM6tZ9fc14" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="921" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkoxwpLihlHFQVjxxFF9Dq2i1FthQ8K72OITHhJzIaaSy2lp_Np5vPONt29Z92kXuxIPr0bGW4VD8ywuO3Tg2_ZMM7AZp7P8YueCQvs53BtVVRNSZ9T1jZsBeEIhqiDhwuX2P-30tfXKN4mVn3UciGFrRYS_LbM736xqbp81N8zx2xzRmM6tZ9fc14=w240-h320" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEK8299f547dpfI1fw5HBcGSU5TbJqUnYYYip-JQGFsc5RaXnsJx5x5eqdeocozau1PO_oX0B8u8tG2ZWH7q03Jgi5LofBVQOpSD-DlSIpBIUwXjDpBG1vfetVcrH-7MbYGa4ZQ75sGUO0GvJ8SUPnVXsh8TpVyYPR52x41kstll5hiC2NYczYwAWO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEK8299f547dpfI1fw5HBcGSU5TbJqUnYYYip-JQGFsc5RaXnsJx5x5eqdeocozau1PO_oX0B8u8tG2ZWH7q03Jgi5LofBVQOpSD-DlSIpBIUwXjDpBG1vfetVcrH-7MbYGa4ZQ75sGUO0GvJ8SUPnVXsh8TpVyYPR52x41kstll5hiC2NYczYwAWO=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Welcome to a bright, shiny new school year at Stone Academy! I am Ms. Esmé, your lucky school teacher-librarian. I'm lucky because I get to teach the best kids in Chicago! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm also lucky because over the summer the library has enjoyed a glow-up, a last hurrah from former principal Jay Brandon who budgeted for a new floor, new tables, a new desk, new cabinets and a couple of new multimedia screens! Within the first couple of weeks of school, Donors Choose grants for the library have also been fulfilled, resulting in a new train table, a lego wall and educational toys for our primary Bookworms to promote cooperation and imagination. Don't worry, our old friends Dusty the Dragon and Grabby Bunny are still here, too! We ended last year with a great author visit by Newbery winner Tae Keller with help from our community partner The Book Stall. The library is the happy heart of our school! Thanks to everyone who lends their support, including our new administration, Dr. Nestler and Ms. Wynne.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am also lucky because at the start of summer I completed my second master's degree in Learning and Technology with a focus on Instructional Design from Western Governor's University. Woo-hoo, if I do say so myself! Stone students deserve the best and I am glad to be prepared to deliver it. Looking forward to a year of great read-alouds, research skills, project-based learning, discussions and discoveries. Stone supports the freedom to read and lifelong learning. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTGQECdlpZL3MyTV1NwmQG8nfSVSBu1CYjpSy_lmlOKeY4gMpV1YbjpmcI9jATMh3FvZ6R15LyxPyfXKDGuS46S4R6djeVsEYsdAZHyRI-h5HhG14QVO7-KuZ1ta9G7UbuWgUH2IU1c3aYF4KQFmARbjQ62esP60WvPLKVOZ45Bntsn4R2JwlPX-_V" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTGQECdlpZL3MyTV1NwmQG8nfSVSBu1CYjpSy_lmlOKeY4gMpV1YbjpmcI9jATMh3FvZ6R15LyxPyfXKDGuS46S4R6djeVsEYsdAZHyRI-h5HhG14QVO7-KuZ1ta9G7UbuWgUH2IU1c3aYF4KQFmARbjQ62esP60WvPLKVOZ45Bntsn4R2JwlPX-_V=w280-h400" width="280" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Parents, please check out the "school stuff" tab above to learn more about our library program. For the past couple years of pandemic pandemonium, library news has been in the Google classrooms. Glad to be returning here to our Stone Bookworms website...please check here for the latest news and celebrations! Please also stop by the library table on Curriculum Night, September 15, to meet our local branch librarian and learn how to get a Chicago Public Library Card. Hope to see you soon!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXTd7HUsclLJ0gIZF8aVWEENW9LnujE_5tUamsS3eWmxEmCg-0WZfLzbvkhOAGHIfafEhGP5zL7NdYKHWFv8-QnntUbOkP7Fl4u77UtTdZd93tdz8cRfNeA4WHiG6n0s-eFDGI2NCekTPWuryGrJvMGmc54vy0TapAiCH05Qp0IcCWnqXx4seyf9my" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="656" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXTd7HUsclLJ0gIZF8aVWEENW9LnujE_5tUamsS3eWmxEmCg-0WZfLzbvkhOAGHIfafEhGP5zL7NdYKHWFv8-QnntUbOkP7Fl4u77UtTdZd93tdz8cRfNeA4WHiG6n0s-eFDGI2NCekTPWuryGrJvMGmc54vy0TapAiCH05Qp0IcCWnqXx4seyf9my=w298-h400" width="298" /></a></div></div></div></div></div><p></p>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-89771266965850149402021-08-25T15:56:00.013-07:002022-09-13T20:07:10.421-07:00Welcome Back, Bookworms!<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjDShsW_Vaxgp2-h3knbzcVUAiIZsa6zHEW_TNPRyqdmcupZg4v8OgPwCZsFKPOtYk_3IJ6zEZOgAgqECaCq2CL9xIz9kL2eThuPQ7GzhR6KXsdy5XCFB4WCw9-sjKUbhy8QmhQWhRj0/s1250/Sabina+Hahn.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1000" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjDShsW_Vaxgp2-h3knbzcVUAiIZsa6zHEW_TNPRyqdmcupZg4v8OgPwCZsFKPOtYk_3IJ6zEZOgAgqECaCq2CL9xIz9kL2eThuPQ7GzhR6KXsdy5XCFB4WCw9-sjKUbhy8QmhQWhRj0/w370-h463/Sabina+Hahn.jpeg" width="370" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Art by <a href="http://sabinahahn.com/">Sabina Hahn</a></i></span></div><br /><b>Happy return to school, Stone Families!</b><p></p><p>Welcome back to the school library whose magic can only be rivaled by Hogwarts! Though COVID-19 and remote teaching and learning was challenging, we can't mask our love of books! I am so, so deeply proud of the learning and reading that was accomplished during that time, much of it the kind of growth that is a testament to the strength of character of out students.</p><p>In our return this fall, we can look forward to another year of marvelous stories, puppet fun, crafts galore, author and illustrator connections, as well as explorations into award-winning literature, genre, research skills, citation skills and media literacy. We can also look forward to lots of new books, thanks to multiple grants from the Department of Libraries, including plenty of graphic novels that our kids have been clamoring for! Special thanks to Ms. Egger and Ms. Cancel for their assistance in setting up the room after our long hiatus!</p><p><b>Parents! Special Supply Request! </b>To facilitate library crafts (and work in other Essential classes), besides what is on the request list provided by your child's classroom teacher, to ensure limited sharing and virus-free full participation, p<b>lease make a traveling case or zip lock bag marked with you child's name and room number, containing the following supplies:</b></p><p><b>Markers</b></p><p><b>Crayons</b></p><p><b>Child scissors</b></p><p><b>3 glue sticks</b></p><p>Also appreciated are baby wipes (just perfect for cleaning up smudgy and sticky craft hands!) and Clorox wipes (can't have enough for library, a room used by friends throughout the school). We will have new protocols to keep everyone safe, including book quarantines, and they will be detailed in library class. <b>Please remember, all children are expected to be masked above the nostrils and below the mouth at all times</b> in the interest of everyone's safety. For your information, I am fully vaccinated. </p><p>Book check-out starts midway through second grade and continues through eighth grade. Additionally, all Stone students are expected to have a Chicago Public Library card and give it a work-out! Be sure to say hello to Ms. Amy at our local <a href="https://www.chipublib.org/locations/56/" target="_blank">Northtown Branch </a>and tell her you are Stone family for the royal treatment! </p><p>Please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns, or just to say hello. <span style="text-align: center;">More to come, please check back soon in Google Classroom! In the meantime, please check out this excellent comic strip created by a student in our library program last year. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">Happy reading, everyone!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfNzZKKoTWVtL0-SYKT_yjTLY32CyP46G8VOHgZUdC62Hi48E3ftvPFe80wOq2BGyRJG1VBmmZ1fLdGoXnEHufv7oUPk2eURl7pUjRGmp_7VClRR0Oka4EO_UOoL4ajkBPRp2tFn7m7I/s1660/COVID+life.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1660" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFfNzZKKoTWVtL0-SYKT_yjTLY32CyP46G8VOHgZUdC62Hi48E3ftvPFe80wOq2BGyRJG1VBmmZ1fLdGoXnEHufv7oUPk2eURl7pUjRGmp_7VClRR0Oka4EO_UOoL4ajkBPRp2tFn7m7I/w496-h397/COVID+life.png" width="496" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-70343111281801631772021-06-13T18:37:00.002-07:002021-06-13T18:38:53.456-07:00Sunny Days Ahead! Summer Reading 2021<p>Dear Stone Families,</p><p>How wonderful and amazing that the COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted and hopefully we can look forward to a full return in the fall! Meanwhile, we have many sunny days to enjoy the luxuries of free choice summer reading! The dynamic digital libraries that we have been enjoying all year will continue to be available through June, July and August: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/GrabbyGarden" target="_blank">Grabby's Garden: Stone Digital Library K - 3 </a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><a href="https://tinyurl.com/GrabbyGarden" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="1152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9zzh67i2gT20Sh33jPBwjYbo4hvoWRAmCPq3wPg2Zew7aeiGesXqtoAYFlzXVxENY8Z08jXVGOhCs5bIqpCtIPh2VqALx33UWNf35qabCbel88ylaCG5HpZzRGV6tj2BX_3b5yZtA76c/s400/Grabby%2527s+Garden+screen+shot.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="https://tinyurl.com/stoneacademylibrary">Stone Digital Library 4 - 8</a> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/stoneacademylibrary"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1152" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij58XS2G4qkum8orIU-LF-AoJKPyN3YQIud0CJyxfpx2QQtLDOEDhOmXvdBE4XfV_dY4ecyfP7HJ5SVUNky1vwHLWio088kTSbVZPNVH5G2tKBlMTA2MQ1VUnF7NAPJXupO2PwBUfd2lo/s400/Stone+Library+4-8+screen+shot+.png" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Please click on the shining sun icon on either digital library home page for summer reading recommendations and for details about the Chicago Public Library Summer Learning Challenge. This summer's theme is "Start with Art," so our creative Stone Bookworms should do very well! If you are in the neighborhood, please be sure to say hi to Ms. Amy, our local <a href="https://www.chipublib.org/locations/56/">Northtown Branch</a> children's librarian, she will be very happy to see you. Remember, Chicago Public Library programs are completely free and accessible through any <a href="https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/locations/">Chicago Public Library</a>! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5y5iUjeBIhzuaX79g43HuNkRTAjuwoMGvuokWL597Z5FsNDNoWv5SguQlvH5AneuXGFVj5z08OV9GC06tBC8FUJUEomYmy6fSRQ5XiUR1O89qhV7rRbPip5gORCUp7EJ5g3jwRQPjkQ/s904/SLC+21+Graphic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO5y5iUjeBIhzuaX79g43HuNkRTAjuwoMGvuokWL597Z5FsNDNoWv5SguQlvH5AneuXGFVj5z08OV9GC06tBC8FUJUEomYmy6fSRQ5XiUR1O89qhV7rRbPip5gORCUp7EJ5g3jwRQPjkQ/s320/SLC+21+Graphic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Incoming 5th through 7th graders are also invited to continue their reading logs and earn fun badges and library credit through the <a href="https://cpsstoneacademy.beanstack.org/">Beanstack Level-Up Challenge</a>. Please also check out the incredible ComicsPlus database linked from the digital library, where you will find tons of graphic novels for grades 4 and up at your fingertips, perfect for summer reading fun! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cpsstoneacademy.beanstack.org/reader365" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="1240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5tYbn0aqEojnQif8GJ2Sh_J8p9vQpu465XWnutlyRxZXDzgdFzDIncb5EZ-fN2SLBBZEDi7a1FL3dNJNYdrnl595VDnZ5VF1gHcwop9Mjsuqz41MchF4j7ZzdXD2FAQ3-AtK9Oju4Iw/s320/levelup.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Keep those pages turning, Stone Bookworms! I am truly so, so proud of you and all you have achieved over this difficult year. You are the hero of this story! Can't wait to see you in the fall, and until then....stay safe and happy reading!</p>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-10097292049945911262020-10-07T17:35:00.000-07:002021-06-13T17:47:00.087-07:00Google Shmoogle Time!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXMwVmV2hjkmFawUrWrEcF75fbSjknNFIXjLosuJgncGiOtXziZlUz_LRFuPJVFrOKyRSth5_NUj6pfSvBignyGip2Cg0RGSZkRHUIoxAy_vXdAmgD3tkddUbwXgQGhycrR86FB8oxkw/s960/Adrienne+Adams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="697" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXMwVmV2hjkmFawUrWrEcF75fbSjknNFIXjLosuJgncGiOtXziZlUz_LRFuPJVFrOKyRSth5_NUj6pfSvBignyGip2Cg0RGSZkRHUIoxAy_vXdAmgD3tkddUbwXgQGhycrR86FB8oxkw/w232-h320/Adrienne+Adams.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Hello, wonderful families,<p></p><p>As we are moving toward a full remote learning experience,<b> information, celebration and coursework will appear in Google Classroom under "library" instead of this blog until such time as we return to in-person learning</b>. Please visit your child's individual Google Classroom and search "library" for grade level updates, and feel free to continue to use the tabs at the top of this page for general information. There will also be links to ensure that every Stone Bookworm has access to digital library materials while we are being safe in our homes. </p><p>Please stay protected as best as you can and continue to protect yourself and others. Looking forward to our return when the time is right. Meanwhile, happy reading!</p><p><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Artwork by Adrienne Adams</span> </i></p>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-88336878175370204062020-09-30T12:43:00.002-07:002020-09-30T12:44:25.217-07:00BEE a good reader! <p>What's the latest buzz in library primary classes? </p><p>Kindergarten students are having a honey of a time learning the difference between fiction and nonfiction thanks to a bevy of bee books, including Eric Carle's <u>The Honeybee and the Robber</u>! Some of our friends made buzzy bee puppets and illustrations to asynchronously continue their stories outside the remote classroom hive. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7CRaaYS3GT0WrGE1A_l5kBz5ZXzyfwABMQXVPKWdt0fdZ45Z9WUJotZtUmN-O5L6ALPV5oCNk7X1JGKrPifPg8NHTOpwYeoLgBgXl4M1XoArKK369XOk3rznV9IH_WLI8pZneiD5_2k/s640/bee1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7CRaaYS3GT0WrGE1A_l5kBz5ZXzyfwABMQXVPKWdt0fdZ45Z9WUJotZtUmN-O5L6ALPV5oCNk7X1JGKrPifPg8NHTOpwYeoLgBgXl4M1XoArKK369XOk3rznV9IH_WLI8pZneiD5_2k/s320/bee1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYIO_PRr9hA6irprP8LKVJ2O7SgScWz1nsbjFT8Tirhu9vH3PC4dJG0Vso1TjjzVOyzogZa8d9AwuZ_Qkh0_UDG3-FWNaFpJib6DzqHUVTEIBIPI7tLMQIZwfHgC7AzkfxIRMYeuQklo/s640/bee2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizYIO_PRr9hA6irprP8LKVJ2O7SgScWz1nsbjFT8Tirhu9vH3PC4dJG0Vso1TjjzVOyzogZa8d9AwuZ_Qkh0_UDG3-FWNaFpJib6DzqHUVTEIBIPI7tLMQIZwfHgC7AzkfxIRMYeuQklo/s320/bee2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5PdPN9BXNU6N4qA59G6clHrXc2aGjVbJT25m4D6AtIJyE5H79ewBQFKI7g2-TyjE3wIpDfoGqvmZeooa8yuV5Mtip6CRTlwY3j6SFM4uJtmou5hUpNbMPcmNUvIBN72lil6n8iWqauo/s2048/bee3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5PdPN9BXNU6N4qA59G6clHrXc2aGjVbJT25m4D6AtIJyE5H79ewBQFKI7g2-TyjE3wIpDfoGqvmZeooa8yuV5Mtip6CRTlwY3j6SFM4uJtmou5hUpNbMPcmNUvIBN72lil6n8iWqauo/s320/bee3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-56390905141793974112020-09-14T14:31:00.002-07:002020-09-14T14:31:14.183-07:00Need a Chicago Public Library Card?<ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #474747; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 0px 18px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Students who have never had a library card...</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Students who already have a library card but need to update their information...</li><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Students who need to replace their library card due to a lost card...</li></ul><div><span style="color: #474747; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click <a href="https://www.chipublib.org/news/kids-and-teens-need-a-library-card/">here</a> to get your *FREE* Chicago Public Library card! </span></div><div><span style="color: #474747; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #474747; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All Stone students should have a Chicago Public Library card in their own name by the end of the second week of school. You can use it to check out e-books and so much more!</span></div><div><span style="color: #474747; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #474747; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hooray! Happy reading is just around the corner!</span></div><div><span style="color: #474747; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.chipublib.org/news/kids-and-teens-need-a-library-card/"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvMzN9qAJRQE3EkBdJSIuymMA1f8cslZ7KYujVq2P-6Mfyd7bj0oLrAyHRV9oM8GJBB0dadkOKTvnE4zjSPuZ_NtTlMthcniLPmdOESdZsqSU7oKoXaqJU6y8ZRvDVywVOWE__fkrdmc/s0/CPL+owl.jpg" /></a></div></div>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-3749430234137906262020-09-03T10:21:00.009-07:002020-09-03T20:36:55.903-07:00Welcome Back 2020!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy new school year to you, happy new school year to youuuuuu! </div>
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Covid shmovid, we are still going to have a wonderful year in cyber-library!</div>
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I am Ms. Esme, your lucky school librarian. </div>
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Thank you for visiting the school library website. </div>
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This is where whole school information regarding the library will be posted.</div>
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Here are answers to some frequently asked questions!</div>
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<b>When will I see you?</b><br />Grades K- 4: I will be visiting classes weekly. I will come to you.<br />Grades 5 - 8: I will be facilitating elective excitement and teaching basic library skills.<div>You will have Meet links through your Google classroom home room.<div>
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<b>How do we check out books?</b><br />There will not be print resource checkout during this first quarter of school.<div>Instead, I will be teaching everyone how to access a wealth of electronic books from our digital libraries.<div>I'll help you with all the logins. You'll be a "pro" in no time!<br /><div>
It would be helpful if you previewed the 5-minute video about how to check out CPS e-books <a href="http://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/p/cornoavirus-online-resources.html">here</a>.<div><br />
<b>What are the expectations in library for remote learning?</b><br />
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<b>1. Students are expected to attend, </b>participate and turn in assigned work for all of their Essentials classes regularly (art, library, music, technology, PE) as they would any other core class. Students will turn in work via Seesaw (K-3) and Google Classroom (4-8).<br />
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<b>2. All Stone students are expected to have a Chicago Public Library card. </b><br />
If you have never had one before, please click <a href="https://chicago.polarislibrary.com/polaris/patronaccount/selfregister.aspx">here</a>.<br />
If you have one but have misplaced it or any other issues, please contact your <a href="https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/locations/">local public library</a>.<br />
Chicago Public Libraries are open and have curbside pick-up available for print resources.</div><div>A reminder to please wear a mask and maintain social distance when entering library spaces.<br />
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<b>3. All Stone students are expected to read trade literature (the kind of books in libraries and bookstores) of the student's choice for a <u>minimum of 20 minutes a day</u>. </b><br />
E-books, library books, home collection books, books on tape and read-aloud all "count" toward daily reading for library credit.</div><div>We may have some time during library classes to read and share what we are reading. Be prepared!</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>
<b>How will we keep track of our reading? </b>This past spring, we used a super fun app called Beanbright to log titles and time we spent reading, and we earned cool reading cyber-badges. We will be doing that again starting in October (we are waiting for some CPS permissions). For now, just read, read, read. It's the best thing you can do!<br />
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Library is a stress-free zone.</div><div>We always have some fun.<br />Sure, there's a lot of new technology. I will walk you through everything. </div><div>And if you don't get it, no problem, I'll walk you through it again until you do.</div><div>
We are all human and human things come up.<br />
We are all working on computers and computer things come up.<br />
We are learning together and patience is our best friend.<br />
We will get through this chapter. It's library. We always do.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTWU2o8Mwa9Pc7nMYgovw5b1lItEFXZ8xnYnIbKlMnilszyKODQQ1gO2yucnwASNBfoVXbA59O2fEMeOHigqRGCBLPqQxk1BASy_UjZS6n4iFo7oTNx29PG3H-cN_Z5WCfMs0z_nIFJo/s1132/dusty.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1132" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTWU2o8Mwa9Pc7nMYgovw5b1lItEFXZ8xnYnIbKlMnilszyKODQQ1gO2yucnwASNBfoVXbA59O2fEMeOHigqRGCBLPqQxk1BASy_UjZS6n4iFo7oTNx29PG3H-cN_Z5WCfMs0z_nIFJo/w400-h278/dusty.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Artwork by <a href="http://priscillaburris.com/">Priscilla Burris</a>.</span><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-60008606231122612082020-06-16T06:24:00.001-07:002020-12-18T22:04:20.656-08:00Summer Reading 2020!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here we go, Stone Bookworms! Summer days ahead, with so many lovely, lazy days to read! Please scroll down for some of the best newer chapter books, with both new and classic follow-ups by genre.</div>
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<b>SCHOOL BOOK CLUB</b><br />
These picks were for our remote learning time. When we come together again in the fall, we plan to have book clubs around these readings. Have you read them? Check them out and be ready to join the fun to come!<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/City-Ember-First-Book/dp/0375822747/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=City+of+Ember&qid=1592184365&sr=8-1">City of Ember</a> by Jeanne DuPrau. If Lena and Doom can't decode an ancient message, the great lights of the city of Ember will dim and the last vestiges of the human race will be plunged into darkness...permanently. Though we may have had enough real-life dystopia, the world of Ember and its limited resources is created in living detail and ripe for discussion. Besides, this book is so exciting. I mean, SO EXCITING. First in a series.<br />
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<b><br /></b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Where-Mountain-Meets-Moon-Grace/dp/0316038636/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13J3PGIW1EJQG&dchild=1&keywords=where+the+mountain+meets+the+moon&qid=1592255881&s=books&sprefix=Where+the+moun%2Cstripbooks%2C195&sr=1-1">Where the Mountain Meets the Moon</a> by Grace Lin. Minli goes on a journey to find the Old Man on the Moon and change her family's fortune. Inspired by Chinese folklore and, like L. Frank Baum's <i>Wizard of Oz, </i>filled to the brim with magical characters. This gracefully written adventure has a grateful heart. This book will enchant you and carry you away! First in a series.<br />
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<b>REALISTIC FICTION</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Good-Kind-Trouble-Moore-Ram%C3%A9e/dp/0062836684/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=goodkind+of+trouble&qid=1591811147&sr=8-2">A Good Kind of Trouble</a> by Lisa Moore Ramée. Shayla likes to follow the rules. But after she becomes active in the Black Lives Matter movement, she realizes some rules may be made to be broken. Will Shayla have the strength to follow her convictions, even if it means getting in trouble?<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062871994?pf_rd_r=RBWGZB2EKWNH5R0TWF01&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee">I Can Make This Promise</a> by Christine Day. An adopted Native American girl finds a box full of secrets about her heritage. Fans of Sharon Creech's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Walk-Two-Moons-Sharon-Creech-ebook/dp/B001MYJ3I8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=walk+two+moons&qid=1592257674&s=books&sr=1-1">Walk Two Moons</a> will appreciate this story line.<br />
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You'll also find strong characters and literary friends to make here:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062747800/?coliid=I32WT79TZ9X4K8&colid=4MJ60RMEKM83&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it" target="_blank">Other Words for Home</a> by Jasmine Warga<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Holler-Lisa-Lewis-Tyre/dp/0399546324/ref=pd_sbs_14_3/146-8123022-5451430?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0399546324&pd_rd_r=1ee2eee3-d03e-446a-a9a7-1808aec69313&pd_rd_w=KGYh4&pd_rd_wg=Xbpkt&pf_rd_p=e20a7044-dca9-4b2c-8da8-05b176efe6fb&pf_rd_r=RSC19132NKFYDP3NAQ7V&psc=1&refRID=RSC19132NKFYDP3NAQ7V">Hope in the Holler</a> by Lisa Lewis Tyre<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pie-Sky-Remy-Lai/dp/1250314097/ref=pd_sim_14_2/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1250314097&pd_rd_r=c5df4f5c-91e7-11e9-8783-15bb7015760f&pd_rd_w=ORfM5&pd_rd_wg=cy2Rh&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=22HJETN8SQ0665KDZX0J&psc=1&refRID=22HJETN8SQ0665KDZX0J" target="_blank">Pie in the Sky</a> by Remy Lai<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1681195380/ref=wl_mb_wl_huc_mrai_2_dp">Breakout </a>by Kate Messner<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Left-Field-Gordon-Family-Saga/dp/0425288595/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Out+of+Left+Field&qid=1560874036&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Out of Left Field</a> by Ellen Klages<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Murphys-Lynda-Mullaly-Hunt/dp/0142426520/ref=pd_sim_14_79?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0142426520&pd_rd_r=3ff0c7aa-91d0-11e9-81e6-39a51c101dec&pd_rd_w=ciroS&pd_rd_wg=3nTwT&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=1P4616F1GNW7GGJZG8HW&psc=1&refRID=1P4616F1GNW7GGJZG8HW" target="_blank">One for the Murphys</a> by Lynda Mulally Hunt<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1368016502/?coliid=I1MWFKQ1SYJUDD&colid=4MJ60RMEKM83&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it" target="_blank">Love Like Sky</a> by Leslie C. Youngblood<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1510737480/?coliid=I2Y7NC931MQKWB&colid=4MJ60RMEKM83&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it" target="_blank">The Benefits of Being an Octopus</a> by Ann Braden<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/First-Rule-Punk-Celia-P%C3%A9rez/dp/0425290425/ref=sr_1_2?crid=8CJK8MC7B5L9&keywords=first+rule+of+punk&qid=1560884925&s=gateway&sprefix=fisrt+rule+of%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-2" target="_blank">The First Rule of Punk </a>by Celia Pérez<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Restart-Gordon-Korman/dp/1338053809/ref=pd_sim_14_5/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1338053809&pd_rd_r=5276957b-91fc-11e9-ba7f-ff3c97cd9fc8&pd_rd_w=ZTRpQ&pd_rd_wg=7yLxJ&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=R9NXKNFY6F6E6QA2HTHY&psc=1&refRID=R9NXKNFY6F6E6QA2HTHY" target="_blank">Restart </a>by Gordon Korman<br />
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<a href="http://the%20mystwick%20school%20of%20musicraft%20by%20jessica%20khoury/">The Mystwick School of Musicraft</a> by Jessica Khoury. The kids at Mystwick learn to use music to make magic. But when Amelia messes up during her audition, she'll do anything to prove she's still worthy...even if it means faking her identity. But the real version of herself will have to step up to save the school from much bigger and more destructive problems. Did you graduate from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Sorcerers-Stone-Rowling/dp/0590353403/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1592254034&sr=1-2">Hogwarts</a>, reader? Here is your new summer school. </div>
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Keep stretching your imagination with these:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shah-Time-Pandava-Novel-Book/dp/1368012353/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=abu+shah&qid=1560864291&s=gateway&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Aru Shah and the End of Time</a> by Roshani Chokshi<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/False-Prince-Ascendance-Trilogy-Book/dp/0545284147/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=False+Prince&qid=1560883684&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The False Prince</a> by Jennifer Nielsen<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Serpents-Secret-Kiranmala-Kingdom-Beyond/dp/1338185705/ref=pd_sim_14_1/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1338185705&pd_rd_r=43c33e3c-91ce-11e9-8c21-0510f56b6417&pd_rd_w=ADt7O&pd_rd_wg=GaGFc&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=ZVM7DJESWBNRFEGMXXR1&psc=1&refRID=ZVM7DJESWBNRFEGMXXR1" target="_blank">The Serpent's Secret </a>by Sayantani DasGupta<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Collectors-Jacqueline-West/dp/0062691694/ref=pd_sim_14_71?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0062691694&pd_rd_r=ba0bcd05-91e3-11e9-8410-d11212a12584&pd_rd_w=MN9BQ&pd_rd_wg=frK30&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=ZTN2AZHN5HM501BA0RYM&psc=1&refRID=ZTN2AZHN5HM501BA0RYM" target="_blank">The Collectors </a>by Jacqueline West<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Adventurers-Guild-Zack-Loran-Clark/dp/1368000355/ref=pd_sim_14_2/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1368000355&pd_rd_r=aa7b8dcf-91db-11e9-845a-29bdffe07627&pd_rd_w=fC1AU&pd_rd_wg=bi83i&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=2QT889E322B0APXYBHP9&psc=1&refRID=2QT889E322B0APXYBHP9" target="_blank">The Adventurer's Guild </a>by Zack Loran Clark<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Library-Ever-Zeno-Alexander/dp/1250169178/ref=pd_sim_14_12?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1250169178&pd_rd_r=582b96b3-91f4-11e9-a12a-75d5d8bcecb3&pd_rd_w=xELzl&pd_rd_wg=NZNHm&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=SDMTY2W87SYV6YQWR92N&psc=1&refRID=SDMTY2W87SYV6YQWR92N" target="_blank">The Library of Ever </a>by Zeno Alexander<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Pearl-Yoon-Ha-Lee/dp/136801335X/ref=pd_sim_14_4/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=136801335X&pd_rd_r=49428ee1-91ce-11e9-a8e8-e3cc68f63d38&pd_rd_w=cLtCJ&pd_rd_wg=EiGHn&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=ASZXBZP09K189T7XMCC0&psc=1&refRID=ASZXBZP09K189T7XMCC0" target="_blank">Dragon Pearl </a>by Yoon Ha Lee<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Eager-Helen-Fox/dp/0553487957/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=eager&qid=1560922008&s=gateway&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Eager </a>by Helen Fox<br />
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<b>MYSTERY</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0545952786/?coliid=I5QYB15J49BU1&colid=H5MC5RZ3W09B&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it">The Parker Inheritance</a> by Varian Johnson. Candice and her quiet neighbor Brandon have to solve a mystery from history, and hopefully unravel the racism of their town's sullied past. Suspenseful! If you enjoyed <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Harlem-Charade-Natasha-Tarpley/dp/0545783887/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=harlem+charade&qid=1592251245&s=books&sr=1-1">Harlem Charade </a>by Natasha Tarpley, you'll love this, too!<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Desk-Zoe-Washington-Janae-Marks/dp/006287585X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Janae+Marks&qid=1591809793&s=books&sr=1-1">From the Desk of Zoe Washington</a> by Janae Marks. Zoe's father is in prison for a crime she is sure he didn't commit, and she's here to separate the truth from the lies. A strong heroine stars in this mystery about seeking justice. </div>
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You'll also find clues to the mystery of what to read next here:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ambrose-Deception-Emily-Ecton/dp/1484790057/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3I8BP6MWTYR6S&keywords=the+ambrose+deception&qid=1560867947&s=gateway&sprefix=the+ambrose+%2Caps%2C388&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Ambrose Deception</a> by Emily Ecton<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Benedict-Society-Trenton-Stewart/dp/0316003956/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2B1FGBH2KYS37&keywords=mysterious+benedict+society&qid=1560868578&s=books&sprefix=Mysterious+%2Cstripbooks%2C159&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Mysterious Benedict Society</a> by Trenton Lee Stewart<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Escape-Lemoncellos-Library-Chris-Grabenstein/dp/0307931471/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1NAV5NYRLYC7E&keywords=mr.+limoncello%27s+library+series&qid=1560868277&s=gateway&sprefix=Mr.+Lim%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library </a>by Chris Grabenstein<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Case-Closed-Mysteries-Unlocked-Science/dp/1554533635/ref=sr_1_10?crid=3S9B1J8VN6EFC&keywords=kids+mystery+books+ages+7-9&qid=1560868488&s=books&sprefix=mystery%2C+7%2Cstripbooks%2C147&sr=1-10" target="_blank">Case Closed? Nine Mysteries Unlocked by Modern Science</a> by Susan Hughes<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Name-this-Book-Secret/dp/0316113697/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3C0IV7MRZYTLE&keywords=the+name+of+this+book+is+secret&qid=1560869914&s=gateway&sprefix=the+name+of+this%2Caps%2C247&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Name of This Book is Secret</a> by Pseudonymous Bosch<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Nightingale-Wood-Lucy-Strange/dp/1338157477/ref=sr_1_1?crid=231TXC4DL6NFZ&keywords=secret+of+nightingale+wood&qid=1560873874&s=books&sprefix=secret+of+nigh%2Cstripbooks%2C149&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Secret of Nightingale Wood </a>by Lucy Strange<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Murderers-Ape-Jakob-Wegelius/dp/1101931752/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Murderer%27s+Ape&qid=1560868247&s=gateway&sr=8-1" target="_blank">The Murderer's Ape</a> by Jakob Wegelius<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1481468847/?coliid=IGAETHX1B455Q&colid=4MJ60RMEKM83&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it">Lifeboat 12 </a>by Susan Hood. Ken is escaping the Nazis in a luxury ship...until it is torpedoed. Can Ken and five other boys survive on the open ocean? Told in verse and based on a true story.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/24-Hours-Nowhere-Dusti-Bowling/dp/1454929243/ref=pd_vtp_14_40?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1454929243&pd_rd_r=3379ac5f-e595-400d-9033-fef37c771be7&pd_rd_w=1zowm&pd_rd_wg=Kxc7i&pf_rd_p=62fc6b5a-6fc3-40bb-b404-27cb94a48c9d&pf_rd_r=DDT1YG3ATRJ80HFWT7YJ&psc=1&refRID=DDT1YG3ATRJ80HFWT7YJ">24 Hours in Nowhere</a> By Dusti Bowling. Gus is trying to pay back a debt by finding treasure in the Dead Frenchman Mine of Arizona. Mountain lions? Cave-ins? Bullies? The desert heat? If one won't get Gus and his friends, maybe the other will. If you survived <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Holes-Louis-Sachar/dp/0440414806/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Holes&qid=1592251707&s=books&sr=1-1">Holes</a> by Louis Sachar, this is definitely your next challenge.<br />
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Here are a few more high-stakes stories to get your heart pumping:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1524738115/?coliid=I556T1S73JZ8R&colid=4MJ60RMEKM83&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it" target="_blank">The Bridge Home</a> by Padma Venkatraman<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Dont-Last-Shelley-Pearsall/dp/0440418119/ref=sr_1_1?crid=18K69TL5VWAG0&keywords=trouble+dont+last&qid=1560880040&s=gateway&sprefix=trouble+don%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Trouble Don't Last</a> by Shelley Pearsall<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Linea-Novel-Ann-Jaramillo/dp/0312373546/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=La+Linea&qid=1560920376&s=gateway&sr=8-1" target="_blank">La Linea</a> by Ann Jaramillo<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Langston-Lesa-Cline-Ransome/dp/0823445828/ref=pd_vtp_14_23?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0823445828&pd_rd_r=3379ac5f-e595-400d-9033-fef37c771be7&pd_rd_w=1zowm&pd_rd_wg=Kxc7i&pf_rd_p=62fc6b5a-6fc3-40bb-b404-27cb94a48c9d&pf_rd_r=DDT1YG3ATRJ80HFWT7YJ&psc=1&refRID=DDT1YG3ATRJ80HFWT7YJ">Finding Langston</a> by Lesa Cline-Ransome. Langston is having a hard time transitioning from an African-American country kid to city kid in 1946, until he discovers the Chicago Public Library and a poet who just might make all the difference.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0956932304/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyVjMzOVlVWjhVSkJCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTE0OTA3TjgzVjFHNjVJREhCJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA5ODc2MTAzNFVCMkZTUTFTUlo2JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfZGV0YWlsJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==">The Secret Lake</a> by Karen Inglis. A brother and sister in their new home in London discover a portal that allows them to travel back in time to solve a mystery a hundred years in the making. A modern book with a classic feel!<br />
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More terrific time-travel here:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sweep-Story-Girl-Her-Monster/dp/1419731408/ref=pd_sim_14_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1419731408&pd_rd_r=f50b866e-91d7-11e9-a9b2-7b7d6880f074&pd_rd_w=IRrAk&pd_rd_wg=Y4e8V&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=HCQ0BEDEH76CEKG55DGM&psc=1&refRID=HCQ0BEDEH76CEKG55DGM" target="_blank">Sweep: A Story of a Girl and Her Monster </a>by Jonathan Auxier<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Night-Diary-Veera-Hiranandani/dp/0735228515/ref=pd_sim_14_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0735228515&pd_rd_r=27128693-91e3-11e9-a8c4-3b995d5ba575&pd_rd_w=EprCw&pd_rd_wg=h4Zlp&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=Q60ZTWVEDD0713GJFB88&psc=1&refRID=Q60ZTWVEDD0713GJFB88" target="_blank">The Night Diary</a> by Veera Hiranandani<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Kind-Family-Sydney-Taylor/dp/0440400597/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZGMZ9F63DC2B&dchild=1&keywords=all+of+a+kind+family&qid=1592255271&s=books&sprefix=all+of+a+ki%2Cdigital-text%2C196&sr=1-1">All-of-a-Kind Family</a> by Sidney Taylor<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Boys-Jewell-Parker-Rhodes/dp/0316262269/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Ghost+Boys&qid=1592184519&sr=8-1">Ghost Boys</a> by Jewell Parker Rhodes<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Prairie-Lotus-Linda-Sue-Park/dp/132878150X/ref=pd_sbs_14_28?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=132878150X&pd_rd_r=0898a271-f4b3-44ab-bb2b-aacb097442b9&pd_rd_w=YpDxU&pd_rd_wg=r9KLB&pf_rd_p=bdc67ba8-ab69-42ee-b8d8-8f5336b36a83&pf_rd_r=8C6G62JTPYT5G4SB77TE&psc=1&refRID=8C6G62JTPYT5G4SB77TE">Prairie Lotus</a> by Linda Sue Park<br />
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<b>INFECTION CONNECTION</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Drop-Leeuwenhoek-Discovered-Invisible/dp/1328884201/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2SAAFXRO0MK9X&dchild=1&keywords=all+in+a+drop&qid=1591810940&sprefix=all+in+a+dr%2Caps%2C193&sr=8-1">All In a Drop: How Anthony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World</a> by Lori Alexander, illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger. Anthony van Leewenhoek believed in more than meets the eye, but how could an unschooled cloth salesman convince the world of science to take a closer look? An inspiring and well-written true story!<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030CVQQW/?coliid=IV2QR6IXBWOV&colid=H5MC5RZ3W09B&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it">Palace Beautiful </a>by Sarah DeFord Williams. An old diary discovered in an attic leads three modern girls to learn about the life of Helen, alive at the time of the 1918 flu epidemic. The girls get caught up in Helen's life and have to wonder...did she survive? Or is the ghost of Helen watching them now? One of Ms. Esme's favorites, even before the recent pandemic!<br />
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More reading in the time of COVID-19:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Trouble-Mystery-London-Called/dp/0375848185/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1560872731&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, The Blue Death and a Boy Called Eel</a> by Deborah Hopkinson<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Running-Time-Margaret-Peterson-Haddix/dp/0689812361/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3EM4AQTK8SG15&dchild=1&keywords=running+out+of+time+by+margaret+peterson+haddix&qid=1592185025&sprefix=Running+out+of+Time%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-2">Running Out of Time </a>by Margaret Peterson Haddix<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fever-1793-Laurie-Halse-Anderson/dp/0689848919/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Fever+1793&qid=1592185078&sr=8-1">Fever 1793</a> by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Enemies-Stories-Infectious-Disease/dp/0374336377/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=invisible+enemies&qid=1592184836&sr=8-1">Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease</a> by Jeanette Farrell<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Called-Wander-Rosanne-Parry/dp/0062895931/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TX4BWK5PN9ZB&dchild=1&keywords=wolf+called+wonder&qid=1591810081&s=books&sprefix=Wolf+Called%2Cstripbooks%2C193&sr=1-1">A Wolf Called Wander</a> by Rosanne Parry. True story of a wolf's journey of a thousand perilous miles to find home after the attack of a rival pack. Fans of Katherine Applegate's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Only-Ivan-Katherine-Applegate/dp/0061992275/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=THe+one+and+only+ivan&qid=1592252556&s=books&sr=1-1">The One and Only Ivan</a> will be riveted!<br />
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When you enjoy these, you will also want to check out:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Song-Whale-Lynne-Kelly/dp/152477023X/ref=pd_sim_14_1/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=152477023X&pd_rd_r=5a73decd-91d7-11e9-9d43-a9d36815ed4d&pd_rd_w=vDbZ0&pd_rd_wg=RO7jw&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=86MVN657T38C96EWCDGD&psc=1&refRID=86MVN657T38C96EWCDGD" target="_blank">Song for a Whale</a> by Lynne Kelly<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Zoo-Bryan-Chick/dp/0061987514/ref=pd_sim_14_64?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0061987514&pd_rd_r=c59ff459-91f5-11e9-9dd1-130484da88a6&pd_rd_w=Zz4Ca&pd_rd_wg=SZWth&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=9KRWSHFGZNDDHV4DVDBD&psc=1&refRID=9KRWSHFGZNDDHV4DVDBD" target="_blank">The Secret Zoo</a> by Bryan Chick<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wishtree-Katherine-Applegate/dp/1250043220/ref=pd_sim_14_18?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1250043220&pd_rd_r=e21e4bb8-91f2-11e9-87cf-a7abbaf07c71&pd_rd_w=ktl1x&pd_rd_wg=EAjES&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=5J5Q75BCHS6XGY8W6Y5F&psc=1&refRID=5J5Q75BCHS6XGY8W6Y5F" target="_blank">Wishtree</a> by Katherine Applegate<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wish-Barbara-OConnor/dp/1250144051/ref=pd_sim_14_6/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1250144051&pd_rd_r=ddd46516-91f5-11e9-b8bc-89a94018c827&pd_rd_w=XTsGF&pd_rd_wg=PtpJ7&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=TGNJ08KNJS1BCZR3WK6T&psc=1&refRID=TGNJ08KNJS1BCZR3WK6T" target="_blank">Wish</a> by Barbara O'Connor<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stuart+gibbs+funjungle+series&i=stripbooks&crid=868MXRMZEIML&sprefix=stuart+gibbs+fun%2Cstripbooks%2C143&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_16" target="_blank">FunJungle </a>series by Stuart Gibbs<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Redwall-Brian-Jacques/dp/0142302376/ref=sr_1_1?crid=TDOJUA7AD7W0&keywords=redwall&qid=1560884657&s=books&sprefix=Redwall%2Cstripbooks%2C149&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Redwall </a>series by Brian Jacques<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nightbooks-J-White/dp/0062560085/ref=pd_sim_14_1/189-2166096-2128639?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0062560085&pd_rd_r=88595567-91d8-11e9-9976-3315f7a95da4&pd_rd_w=mWfam&pd_rd_wg=h3KP7&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=1JEA6W10V59K5CXX8F9F&psc=1&refRID=1JEA6W10V59K5CXX8F9F" style="font-family: Times;" target="_blank">Nightbooks </a><span style="color: black; font-family: "times";">by J.A. White</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Small-Spaces-Katherine-Arden/dp/052551502X/ref=pd_sim_14_18?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=052551502X&pd_rd_r=23553163-91d8-11e9-a8c4-3b995d5ba575&pd_rd_w=ePcuB&pd_rd_wg=u8RYR&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=NM2G0MK3Y73H8B3XXNME&psc=1&refRID=NM2G0MK3Y73H8B3XXNME" target="_blank">Small Spaces</a> by Katherine Arden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Terrifying-Tales-Scary-Stories-Children/dp/1539078035/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=scary+stories+9-12&qid=1560872193&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Terrifying Tales: Thirteen Scary Stories for Children</a> by Shawn Cobb</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Witches-Absolutely-True-Disaster-Salem/dp/1426308698/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=Witches+salem+trial&qid=1560872403&s=books&sr=1-6" target="_blank">Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem</a> by Rosalyn Schanzer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Stealer-Gregory-Maguire/dp/0618181881/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=Gregory+Maguire+Dream&qid=1560872515&s=books&sr=1-5" target="_blank">The Dream Stealer </a>by Gregory Maguire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anything and everything by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Downing-Hahn/e/B000APO5S8?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_5&qid=1560872575&sr=1-5" target="_blank">Mary Downing Hahn</a></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YRWB4F8/?coliid=I39MCIJ87EERD3&colid=H5MC5RZ3W09B&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it">Stepping Stones</a> by Lucy Knisley. Take a summer reading trip to the country and meet Jen, who is having a rough time adjusting, and her mom's boyfriend's perfect daughters aren't helping much. <a href="https://goraina.com/">Raina Telgemeier </a>fans, rejoice, here's the graphic novel and farm-fresh new author you've been waiting for!<br />
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Other must-reads just for summer fun:<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Be-Prepared-Vera-Brosgol/dp/1626724458/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Be+Prepared&qid=1560871690&s=books&sr=1-1" style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;" target="_blank">Be Prepared</a><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">by Vera Brosgol</span><br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Maybe-Mermaid-Josephine-Cameron/dp/0374306427/ref=pd_sim_14_8?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0374306427&pd_rd_r=afa6d41b-91f2-11e9-9dd1-130484da88a6&pd_rd_w=0aOsR&pd_rd_wg=UDZEM&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=0PFRDSDM0EDE0TEP92JZ&psc=1&refRID=0PFRDSDM0EDE0TEP92JZ" target="_blank">Maybe a Mermaid</a> by Josephine Cameron<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Season-Styx-Malone-Kekla-Magoon/dp/1524715956/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Season+of+Styx+Malone&qid=1560865486&s=books&sr=1-1" target="_blank">The Season of Styx Malone </a>by Kekla Magoon<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/13-Story-Treehouse-Monkey-Mayhem-Books/dp/1250070651/ref=sr_1_2?crid=22TWTF6RCRQKX&keywords=13+story+treehouse+series&qid=1560884380&s=books&sprefix=13+story+tree%2Cstripbooks%2C293&sr=1-2" target="_blank">The 13-Story Treehouse</a> series by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Last-Really-Great-Whangdoodles/dp/0064403149/ref=sr_1_1?crid=8VKXGJR8AUSJ&keywords=last+of+the+really+great+wangdoodles&qid=1560884598&s=books&sprefix=last+of+the+reall%2Cstripbooks%2C146&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles </a>by Julie Andrews Edwards<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rooster-Summer-Robert-Heidbreder/dp/1554989310/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Rooster+Summer&qid=1560920841&s=gateway&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Rooster Summer </a>by Robert Heidbreder<br />
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<b>Did you know there are a few key things you can do before you even open a book to help scaffold your child's reading success?</b></div>
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<b>• Turn on the closed-captioning option on your television set! </b>Even when your family is in front of a screen, your child will have more exposure to print. In <a href="https://archives.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/teletext_lives_on_in_scandinavia.php" target="_blank">Scandinavia, most of the televisions are set this way and they have some of the highest literacy rates in the world</a>, even though they don't start formal reading instruction until children are seven. Use this best practice in your own home!<br />
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• <b>Play books on tape! </b> Did you know <a href="https://www.audible.com/blog/the-listening-life/for-kids-with-reading-challenges-just-add-listening/" target="_blank">children can listen at a higher level than they can read</a>? Children with learning differences and challenges and ELL students especially benefit from having books read orally. Even fluent readers benefit from the modeling of read-aloud. Though regular read-aloud across the grade levels is always the #1 choice to bolster achievement, working or exhausted parents, grab a book and play the audio, allowing children to follow along with the text for increased exposure to print and a chance to focus on comprehension instead of decoding. It's not cheating, it's succeeding! Besides the many, many FREE audio books for kids available through the <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=home" target="_blank">CPS Virtual Library</a>, check out <a href="http://audible.com/">audible.com</a> and <a href="http://getepic.com/">getepic.com</a> for additional audio resources for home use. Also great for listening in the car!<br />
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• <b>Sign up for the <a href="https://www.chipublib.org/news/summer-learning-challenge-building-stories-coming-soon/">free summer reading program at the Chicago Public Library!</a> </b>This year's theme is "Building Stories," perfect for our Stone Bookworms! We are so lucky to have the new and extra beautiful <a href="https://www.chipublib.org/locations/56/" target="_blank">Northtown Branch</a> in our neighborhood, with allowances of up to fifty books per card per visit! Especially for kindergarten and first grade, it's important to let them check out picture books and limited vocabulary selections by the pile. A special bag or box to keep library books separate from home collections or damage will help de-stress your young reader (and you) and ensure timely returns. Please say hello to our public library partners Ms. Amy (children's) and Ms. Alex (young adult)! They will guide you to these titles and further fabulous reading! When you visit, please make sure to wear your face masks to protect our precious public librarians and other patrons.<br />
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• <b>Sign up for Stone's <a href="https://stonebookworms.beanbright.com/">Beanbright summer reading challenge</a></b>! Click <a href="https://stonebookworms.beanbright.com/">here</a> to "Take on Twenty"! Beanbright is a reading tracking tool that ties in nicely with the<a href="https://www.chipublib.org/news/summer-learning-challenge-building-stories-coming-soon/"> Chicago Public Library Summer Learning Challenge</a>. Do one, or both, or neither, as long as your child keeps reading through the summer months. Different approaches support different readers and families. (If you have never logged in to Beanbright before, carefully follow the steps outlined <a href="http://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/p/beanbright-reading-log.html">here</a>.)<br />
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• <b><a href="https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=if-kids-cant-read-what-they-want-in-the-Summer-when-can-they&fbclid=IwAR1wW-76x9g8UjhW8GyogX5ly3BFgGxCyL_vm70ipR-SQAP2XvvVLDE07rc" target="_blank">Let the children choose! </a></b> Instinctively, as parents, we try to get children to challenge themselves and "level up," but summer is especially the time for children to read for pleasure and to follow their interests and private motivations without so much attention to levels. Let them select without judgement: comic books, cook books, seemingly endless series books, magazines, nonfiction that seems way too hard, picture books that seem way too easy...let your child explore, find their own way to identifying as a reader, not just as a test-taker for now. These book recommendations above are intended as springboards into discovery, not assignments. When children read for pleasure, they read for life!<br />
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<b>Want more recommended reading lists?</b><br />
Publisher's Weekly Summer Reads <a href="https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/children/summer-reads-2020/#book/book-1">here</a>!<br />
School Library Journal Summer Reads <a href="https://www.slj.com/?page=summer-reading-2020">here</a>!<br />
Brightly Summer Reads <a href="https://www.readbrightly.com/summer-reading-central/">here</a>!<br />
American Library Association Summer Reads <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2020-summer-reading-list">here</a>!<br />
Corporate summer reading incentives and rewards <a href="https://truemoneysaver.com/freebies/summer-reading-programs/">here</a>!<br />
More Stone Bookworm book recommendations <b>by grade level</b> <a href="http://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/p/summer-reading.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
More books that celebrate diversity and anti-racism <a href="https://wtpsite.wordpress.com/2019/03/24/2019-summer-reading-list/?fbclid=IwAR0lgMguka1IwDpgAbiKkCpntLS0ZkG95VKfzyUIVts68yCgse87KkS4URk" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
More hints for preventing the summer reading slide <a href="https://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/2016/08/stop-summer-reading-slide.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
Ms. Esme's favorite picture books and more <a href="http://planetesme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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Do the happy dance, another year of library fun is in the books! It's hard to believe a whole year has gone by since this video was taken, it almost seems like another planet. Just like the novels we read, life is filled with plot twists, but you are the hero of the story and will always come out on top. Remote learning is not for the faint of heart, and you did it! Applause, applause to you!<br />
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Special loud clapping and big hugs to our graduating class of 2020. Your shining and unique personalities will not soon be forgotten. I have no doubt this crop of 8th graders will go on and grow on to do marvelous things in the world.<br />
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A special standing ovation going out to our graduating team of Junior Librarians (not all pictured but all loved), the wonderful young women who gave up innumerable recesses over the years in order to help me keep our library running: shelving books, welcoming guest authors, making artful bulletin boards and signage, prepping crafts for primary grades, wiping tables, hosting wonderful contests, recommending and checking out books to other students and so much more. All of us have a debt of gratitude to these volunteers who embody the best of character and service and Stone Academy. You will be sincerely and sorely missed by me and by photo-bombing Grabby Bunny.<br />
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More congratulations are in order to our <a href="https://stonebookworms.beanbright.com/">Beanbright </a>participants! We had 129 active readers, 81,726 minutes read and 1,274 badges earned since April! That's incredible! One student logged 113 hours. Wow, when we reconvene in the fall, we will have to have a special Beanbright celebration to honor these super readers.<br />
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Those who love earning <a href="https://stonebookworms.beanbright.com/">Beanbright </a>badges and want to continue through the summer, we have a new challenge, this one a little different from the rest: <a href="https://stonebookworms.beanbright.com/">TAKE ON TWENTY</a>! Instead of counting minutes, this time, we will read books across different genres The summer's <a href="http://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/2020/06/summer-reading-2020.html">recommended reading lists</a> will help you find titles. Adventures and new friends await you in books!<br />
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(If you have never logged on to Beanbright before, you can carefully follow the steps <a href="http://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/p/beanbright-reading-log.html">here</a> to start your account.)<br />
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I love to explore deep in the woods, which is different than a forest preserve because things there are truly wild. Here's a short video that will give you a little feeling about it. It smells like after it rains and all the trees whisper secrets to each other. There is a cascade near the hut that sings a lullaby all night long, and you can see more stars than you could ever count. Rainbows are a regular thing. I love the moss and the mushrooms and the twisted roots and secret spaces and all the green movement. It almost feels like being underwater while you're walking on the land!<br />
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Yes, there are animals, mostly snakes (that are not poisonous) and voles and frogs, one of which was very big and bumping into the window in the middle of the night and almost scared me out of my skin! They say there are bears and moose and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=fisher+cats&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS749US749&sxsrf=ALeKk03RUUyE0iD2PAcje9CYFVrwFykH4w:1592169291622&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3l7LonILqAhXeTTABHRIrAUcQ_AUoAXoECBoQAw&biw=1245&bih=649">fisher cats</a> (which is not a fish or a cat, it's an animal I never knew about before staying in such a rural place). I have never run into any of these bigger animals and I don't want to, though I wouldn't mind seeing a fox. I always find the animals very startling, but it really is their world, I'm just a guest in it. Here is a video of my late-night bullfrog visitor!<br />
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It was not a too-far walk from the hut down the hill to the little public library in the town. The librarians were very kind and patient, of course. One of the best things in the world is packing a picnic, taking a walk on a country road and finding a good spot to read among the trees!<br />
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Whether it's the woods or the seashore or somewhere else, I really hope someday you can go and visit a place where nature belongs fully to itself. Time spent in nature does unusual and refreshing things in our brains, and nature has so much to teach us without saying a word. I know many of us will be having "staycations" this year. Until you can have your own woodland adventure, check out <u>In The Woods </u>by David Elliott, illustrated by Rob Dunlavey and <u>A Whiff of Pine, A Hint of Skunk</u> by Deborah Rudell, illustrated by Joan Rankin for a little bit of that country feeling with some animal friends for company. You can always visit the library for more adventures in places different from our own!<br />
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Rainbow flags are <i>ubiquitous</i>, we see them all over our city! But what does it mean when we see a rainbow flag? What is the history behind it? <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/3879080">Read</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LU2daQ2exs">view</a> <u>Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag</u> by Rob Sanders to find out!<br />
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Whatever your preferences are or turn out to be or however you present yourself, the world and our school and library are better because you're in it. Your teachers love you and are among your allies and you can count on us for support and advocacy. </div>
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If you would like to read more LGBQT-interest books, check out the <a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/rrt/award/stonewall/honored">Stonewall Award winners</a> chosen by the American Library Association (look for the honors in children's and young adult literature, or ask your librarian).</div>
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Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-87663295000787050042020-06-10T09:10:00.000-07:002020-06-10T09:30:21.297-07:00Craft Time: 35 Games and Delights to Make!<div style="text-align: center;">
Oooo la la, today, thanks, to the internet, we travel to Quebec (French Canada) for our third day of crafty fun! </div>
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We visit "T<a href="https://www.trucsetbricolages.com/brico-enfant/35-jeux-a-fabriquer-pour-amuser-les-enfants-pendant-la-periode-de-confinement">rucs & Bricolages</a>" which translated pretty much means "do it yourself!"</div>
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For example, "35 jeux a fabriquer pour amuser les enfants pendant la période de confinement" means "35 games to make to amuse children during the confinement period." In other words, bye-bye boredom! Click <a href="https://www.trucsetbricolages.com/brico-enfant/35-jeux-a-fabriquer-pour-amuser-les-enfants-pendant-la-periode-de-confinement">here</a> to choose something fun to do or make! If you don't speak French, you can use <a href="https://translate.google.com/">Google Translate</a>, but the language of art is universal and I bet the pictures will get you started. A quick reminder: please do not put any kind of tape on floors or carpets before asking a grown-up!<br />
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What did you do that was fun for you?<br />
A reminder: these crafts are <u>optional</u> activities. <br />
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Smiles on these rainy days from your Lucky Librarian, dear children and families!</div>
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It's amazing what you can do with a little bit of paint, your fingers and toes and your imagination.</div>
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A googly-eyed lobster from <a href="https://puppydogtails.blogspot.com/2011/09/hand-and-foot-print-lobster.html">Snails and Puppy Dog Tails</a>...</div>
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...an A to Z Hand Alphabet at <a href="https://mommyminutesblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/alphabet-handprint-art.html">Mommy Minutes</a>...</div>
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Hand Superheroes at <a href="https://www.smartschoolhouse.com/diy-crafts/hand-footprint-art-ideas">Smart Schoolhouse</a>...</div>
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Disney Princess Footprints at <a href="https://www.thekeeperofthecheerios.com/2015/02/16-disney-inspired-footprint-crafts.html">The Keeper of the Cheerios</a>...</div>
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Footprint Trucks via <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/570409109034586795/">Koryn Emery</a>!</div>
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More hand and foot fun at <a href="https://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.com/the-best-hand-and-footprint-art-ideas/">Kitchen Fun With My Three Sons</a>! </div>
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OOooo, these are fancy! Some simpler but still really good ones are at <a href="https://www.creatingreallyawesomefunthings.com/59-hand-foot-print-art-projects/">CreatingReallyAwesomeFunThings</a>. </div>
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It's kind to make and mail these to friends and relatives far away, especially during COVID-19. </div>
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It will make them smile! </div>
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Please don't forget to take a picture and e-mail me it to me! You know I love to see what you create. I'm so proud of you when you make things and read pictures or words to learn how.</div>
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Maybe you'll be inspired by these projects or come up with an idea of your own. </div>
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and some books by <a href="https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary?and%5B%5D=Ed+Emberley&sin=">Ed Emberley</a>. </div>
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Using my hand to wave good-bye until next time, Stone Bookworms! Miss you!</div>
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Lots more excellent paper crafts and crafts using everyday things from around the house at <a href="https://m.blog.naver.com/yoonini_/221290606905">Yuning's Daily Story</a>! (It's a Korean blog, you can use <a href="https://translate.google.com/">Google Translate</a> if you'd like, but I think these pictures speak a thousand words.)</div>
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Read-aloud coming soon! :-)</div>
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Also scratch your itch for more bugs book at the <a href="https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/locations">Chicago Public Library</a>, opening this week!</div>
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Welcome back, public librarians! Let's keep wearing our masks to keep our librarian friends as safe as possible. Antennas optional.</div>
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Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-49852064986027975992020-06-05T10:32:00.002-07:002020-06-05T10:36:01.486-07:00This Week's Classroom ConnectionsIn 1st grade, we planted the seed to read with <a href="https://archive.org/details/munchamunchamunc00flem">Muncha, Muncha Muncha</a> by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas. Follow up with <a href="https://archive.org/details/mygarden0000henk">My Garden</a> by Kevin Henkes, and parents, check out Sharon Lovejoy's <a href="https://archive.org/details/rootsshootsbucke0000love">Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots</a> for a sunny start to your own family garden!<br />
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2nd grade loved the zany read aloud <a href="https://archive.org/details/bigorangesplot00pink">The Big Orange Splot</a> by Daniel Pinkwater. <a href="https://archive.org/details/toothgnashersupe00pink">Tooth-Gnasher Superflash</a> by the same wacky author is just as much of a wild ride!<br />
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In 3rd grade, we read <a href="https://archive.org/details/kingmidasgolden00alpe">King Midas and the Golden Touch</a> by Al Perkins. If you liked that story, you will also enjoy <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=1468193043&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">The Chocolate Touch</a> by Patrick Skene Catling!<br />
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In 5th grade, we used <a href="https://archive.org/details/yoonjadebracelet00reco">Joon and the Jade Bracelet</a> by Helen Recorvitz, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkovska to make picture book comparisons and connections to <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=1159119005&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Wonder </a>by R.J. Palacio. If you liked <u>Wonder,</u> you will love <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/4593025">Roll With It</a> by Jamie Sumner!<br />
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Lots of discussion about current events and racism/anti-racism in the middle school. Did you know <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=3592104599&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Stamped from the Beginning </a>by Jason Reynolds Ibram X. Kendi is available as an audio book unabridged and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6PzcVM8Z1GMqeGlMBQ6ikX">FOR FREE on Spotify</a>? Wow, an important book and an important time to hear it! Great for family discussion.<br />
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And the kindergarten will be beginning a unit on Australia. Check out Australian Aboriginal musical ambassador Lewis Burns jamming on the didgeridoo!<br />
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Reading leads to more reading and more discovery. It's okay to revisit favorites, too. Keep making those connections, Stone Bookworms! You're doing great!</div>
Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-30505788877564618142020-06-04T11:44:00.001-07:002020-06-05T14:18:17.342-07:00KidLit Community Rally for Black Lives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Also available on Zoom <a href="https://scbwi.zoom.us/j/95326915466?pwd=dHMwODJKUmttNTlmZC9PUGVsRHAwZz09&status=success">here</a>. Stand with favorite children's book authors and illustrators!<br />
If you missed it, the recording is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=248795633092755&ref=watch_permalink">here</a>.</div>
Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-86547873655930910942020-06-03T16:39:00.000-07:002020-06-14T16:40:05.461-07:00More Fun with Collections And MuseumsStorytiiiiime! Today we have a read aloud of <u><a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Collection-Collections-Nina-Chakrabarti/dp/1786270617/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=my+collection+of+collections&qid=1592176758&sr=8-1">My Collection of Collections</a></u> by Nina Chakrabarti and <u><a href="https://archive.org/details/rocksinhishead00hurs">Rocks in His Head</a></u> by Carol Otis Hurst, illustrated by James Stevenson. Follow your interests and build your collections, who knows where they may lead!<br />
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I like to collect plates created by the artist <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/nuikrisana/natalie-lete/">Nathalie L'Ete</a>, </div>
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I wonder what you like to collect? </div>
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You like chocolate? There's a <a href="https://hersheystory.org/">chocolate museum</a>. You like yo-yos? There's a <a href="https://nationalyoyo.org/">yo-yo museum</a>. You like Samurais? There's a <a href="https://www.samuraimuseum.jp/en/">Samurai museum</a>. You like cool cars? There's a <a href="https://www.classiccarmuseum.org/?fbclid=IwAR0fRw0_KzlrzglXzqQib8cJ4YKRmph1JDIMjNR3di0boKqtKWjNzgJcsHQ">car museum</a>. You like rattlesnakes? There's a <a href="https://www.rattlesnakes.com/">rattlesnake museum</a>. You like pizza? There's a <a href="https://uspizzamuseum.com/">pizza museum</a>. You like Pippi Longstocking? There's a <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/villa-villekulla">Pippi Longstocking Museum</a>.<br />
Name something you like. Add the word "museum." Google it. See?<br />
What, there's no museum for the thing you like?<br />
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Libraries and museums are cousins. They both have collections that are <u>curated</u>. That means, everything housed there was thoughtfully chosen to be included. Both libraries and museums have materials that have to be thoughtfully organized and displayed. Both contain lots of information that may be new and interesting. Both have collections that are shared with all of us!<br />
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We think of museums are places with objects. But in a way, the zoo is an animal museum. The aquarium is a fish museum. Even the flower conservatory is a plant museum. Have you ever thought of it like that? And a library is kind of a book museum...though you can borrow the collection, and they don't let you do that at the zoo! Some public museums have parts of their collections you can borrow, but most of it stays there to be conserved or displayed. Sometimes libraries have special exhibits, but mostly they have books you can borrow or use.<br />
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Some museums are very fancy, big marble buildings with huge, valuable collections like the <a href="https://www.si.edu/museums">Smithsonian Museums</a> in Washington D.C. or the <a href="https://www.louvre.fr/en">Louvre Art Museum</a> in Paris. These museums have treasures in them, real, original, one-of-a-kind items that can't be replaced, like the actual Star Spangled Banner or real dinosaur bones or the Apollo 11 Command Module or the painting of the Mona Lisa. These valuable things are kept in the museums for all of us to appreciate. We all can visit and enjoy them, isn't that amazing?<br />
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We are so lucky to live in Chicago. There are so many museums, big and small. There's my favorite, <a href="https://www.msichicago.org/">The Museum of Science and Industry</a>. I like the <a href="https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/christmas-around-the-world/">Christmas Trees from Around the World</a> display in December, the old time Main Street, the Great Train Story model, but most of all, the <a href="https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/exhibits/colleen-moores-fairy-castle/">Colleen Moore Fairy Castle</a>. I would go just to see that!<br />
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The <a href="https://naturemuseum.org/">Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum</a> has a magical live butterfly room. Of course, there is the favorite <a href="https://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/">Chicago Children's Museum</a> on Navy Pier, and not too far from that, the <a href="https://www.artic.edu/">Chicago Art Institute</a> is a pride of the city with the lions out front. When I was in fifth grade, I was not so interested in art museums, but my teacher Mrs. Schultz made our visit there extra fun by taking us to the gift shop first (always a good idea, like dessert first). She treated each of us to a postcard, and then we went on a treasure hunt to find the artworks that matched inside the museum. That made it much more exciting! Now I appreciate art and art museums more, especially the colorful pieces at the <a href="https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/">National Museum of Mexican Art</a> in Pilsen and the beautiful storytelling murals at the <a href="https://www.blackchicagomuseum.org/exhibits">Black Chicago Museum</a>.<br />
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We have the Chicago Museum Campus with the <a href="https://www.sheddaquarium.org/">Shedd Aquarium </a>and the <a href="https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/">Adler Planetarium</a>. When I was little I was scared of the <a href="https://www.fieldmuseum.org/">Field Museum</a>, with all the stuffed animals and the mummies! These museums can be very expensive, but there are free days and limited free passes available at the Chicago Public Library so everyone can go. I think that many of you have already had school field trips to some of these big and elegant museums!<br />
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I sometimes prefer the slightly smaller museums around town, like the <a href="https://www.chicagohistory.org/">Chicago History Museum</a> with its cool dioramas, the Chicago Fire exhibit and the chance to pretend to ride a real vintage trolley or climb into a hot dog bun. The wonderful <a href="https://ccamuseum.org/">Chinese American Museum of Chicago</a> is where I go to visit Dusty the Dragon's cousin. I love the Viking ship at the <a href="http://swedishamericanmuseum.org/2.0/brunk-childrens-museum/">Swedish American Museum</a>. Since our school is on the North Side, we can also easily enjoy the marvelous <a href="https://www.mitchellmuseum.org/">Mitchell Museum of the American Indian </a>in Evanston, which has so many remarkable artifacts and the <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-american-toby-jug-museum-evanston-illinois">Toby Jug Museum</a>, also in Evanston, which will shock you with the beauty and quantity of the collection!<br />
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Some museums are mostly about looking at things, and others are interactive, which means you can touch and play, do or taste. Lots of museums are both. Sometimes businesses have little museums inside of them, like <a href="https://davesrockshop.com/">Dave's Rock Shop</a> in Evanston or <a href="http://www.unionoysterhouse.com/">Union Oyster House</a> in Boston or even inside the <a href="https://www.hardrockcafe.com/">Hard Rock Café</a> chain across the country. Some of my favorite museums are ones like these, ones I come across by accident. I love surprise museums! Once when I was in Montréal, Canada, my friend and I discovered a little museum <a href="https://margueritebourgeoys.org/musee/">in the basement of a church</a>. Someone women used dolls to create scenes of the life story of their friend, a famous nun. That was very cool! I like these chances to learn something unexpected!<br />
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Whenever I go somewhere new, I seek to discover the collections that "live" there, whether they are in fancy museum palaces or tucked away in more modest museum homes. There are always treasures. For instance, I saw the real snowflake photos taken by Wilson Bentley that I read about in <a href="https://archive.org/details/snowflakebentley00mart">Snowflake Bentley</a> at the <a href="https://www.fairbanksmuseum.org/">Fairbanks Museum</a>. I saw the real cranes folded by Sadako that I read about in <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=1201066477&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes</a> at the <a href="http://hpmmuseum.jp/?lang=eng">Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum</a>. And I saw the real stuffed animals that inspired <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/289139">Winnie the Pooh</a> at the <a href="https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/schwarzman/childrens-center-42nd-street/pooh">NewYork Public Library</a>. Museums and shared collections take things out of books and history and bring them to life!<br />
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The world is full, full, full of treasures and curiosities waiting to be shared with us in museums. And since there are so, so many museums everywhere in the world, some of them, naturally, are far away. That's okay. You're a kid, you have your whole life ahead of you. You can collect dreams of museums you will travel to and visit someday. That's a good collection with which to start.<br />
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Most museums are closed during COVID-19. The good news is, most have websites and some even have virtual tours and fun online activities. Here are a few of the more unusual offerings! Which ones appeal to you?<br />
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<a href="https://www.spymuseum.org/">International Spy Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://poomuseum.org/">National Poo Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://breadandpuppet.org/museum">Bread and Puppet Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.thehouseontherock.com/">The House on the Rock</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.dogmt.com/Dog-Chapel.html">Dog Chapel</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.newmexico.org/places-to-visit/regions/southeast/roswell-ufo-museum/">UFO Museum</a><br />
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<a href="http://muttermuseum.org/">The Mutter Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://historyfangirl.com/the-strangest-museum-ive-ever-visited-the-pencil-museum-in-colonia-uruguay/">Pencil Museum</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.electric-lady-land.com/">Electric Ladyland Museum of Fluorescent Art</a><br />
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<a href="https://mustardmuseum.com/">National Mustard Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.benjerry.com/about-us/factory-tours">Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard</a><br />
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<a href="https://ozmuseum.com/pages/visit">Wizard of Oz Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.shellmuseum.org/">Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.exploratorium.edu/">Exploratorium</a><br />
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<a href="https://baseballhall.org/">National Baseball Hall of Fame</a><br />
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There are sooo many cool museums out there. Research and find 3 museums that are <u>not</u> in this post! Share them with the links in the comments section below so everyone can enjoy!<br />
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Make a "bucket list" of museums you would like to visit on this list or that you find elsewhere!<br />
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Share one of your favorite museum visits! What made it special?<br />
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Make your own museum with a collection you have in your home! Create a display and descriptive labels, maybe even a welcome sign! Take a picture or give a short video tour!<br />
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More museums and zoos are available if you scroll down on our <a href="http://stonebookworms.blogspot.com/p/cornoavirus-online-resources.html">Remote Learning Page. </a><br />
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Ms. Esmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055684624406550602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1923085855751850677.post-35574584053872348542020-06-02T08:06:00.000-07:002020-06-02T08:06:05.103-07:00Something Beautiful!Today's story time is <u><a href="https://archive.org/details/somethingbeautif0000wyet">Something Beautiful </a></u>by Sharon Dennis Wyeth, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet.<br />
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We've all seen a lot of not-so-beautiful in the news these days. Sometimes things are sad or scary, like some of the things the little girl encounters in the book. But we also have the power to see--and create--beauty around us. It's good to practice. What is your something beautiful?</div>
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Hi, kids! You're welcome to read (book recommendations if you scroll down), but this post is mostly for your parents.<br />
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<b>What is the criteria for supporting your child's development as an anti-racist through children's literature? </b> Especially now that you as parents have such an active role in the remote/crisis learning process, here are some things you can consider:<br />
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<u>Discussion is very important. </u> Ask questions. What do you think the author was trying to share by creating this book for us? How did the book make you feel? What would you have done in that situation? Was that fair? From whose point of view is the story told? Why do you think the author made that choice? What questions do you have about what we read in this book? Asking questions that have more than one possible right answer often inspires more critical thinking. It's also okay to stop and connect what you're reading with your real life experiences and invite children to do the same. It's okay not to have all the answers and wonder along with your child.<br />
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<u>Older kids can read and enjoy picture books.</u> Visual cues are powerful and positive images matter. It's okay if there is less text sometimes. At our school, we don't have <i>baby books</i>. We have <i>illustrated books</i>. We learn from art.<br />
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<u>Don't be afraid to read aloud to your child, even if your child is older</u>. There are lots of good academic reasons to do this, but emotionally, it is also a very comforting act right now. Plus, it sets the stage for those important discussions.<br />
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<u>Look for books that emphasize action and demonstration.</u> Developmentally and appropriately, children instinctively want to take action against injustice. Action is possible and constructive. Select books that model this.<br />
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<u>Be wary of didactic writing and propaganda.</u> While our times are sure to inspire powerful art, publishing is still a business, and there will be a rush and a glut of thematic books of varying quality on the theme of anti-racism, selling books on recognizable situations that may be satisfying in how affirming they are, but not necessarily high quality or well developed in terms of writing and illustration. Children deserve the best, most thoughtful literature. Be mindful of books for children full of short sentences that read like commands or statements but lack story lines, character development or, in the case of non-fiction, cited research or primary sources.<br />
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<u>History is still relevant. </u> The saying goes, "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it." We repeat and repeat. Black history is American history. The responsibility for deep learning and appreciation of this history belongs to all of us as American citizens, and will afford us new avenues for recognition, communication, compassion, amends, growth and change. Seek out this history and witness through children's literature.<br />
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<u>Read books featuring characters outside your own race or ethnicity</u> to build empathy and a moral imagination...and also so you don't miss out on great stories. Normalize seeing and reading about people outside of your own racial or ethnic group because it is and should be normal.<br />
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We are fortunate to be one of the most diverse schools in the city. While our school represents many groups and individuals who have received the brunt of systematic racism, hate and ignorance, we are taking this time necessarily to focus on African-American interests in memory of George Floyd and all that his untimely death represents.<br />
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Here are a few titles and lists to get you started. Links to free ebooks when possible, and when not possible, please check them out at our Chicago Public Library when they reopen soon.<br />
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<a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=1441474378&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963</a> by Christopher Paul Curtis. This wonderful story of a family ultimately caught in the crosshairs of history is full of humor, humanity and characters you will never forget. This is the first year in over a decade that I have not read it out loud to middle schoolers, I hope they will still find their way to this marvelous novel! All of <a href="https://nobodybutcurtis.com/">Christopher Paul Curtis' books</a> are recommended, I suggest an author binge!</div>
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Parts of the book were inspired by the poem <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46562/ballad-of-birmingham">The Ballad of Birmingham</a> by Dudley Randall, which you can hear put to music <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXpOI8WSiB0">here</a>. You will cry, but the poem's dramatic irony and important message are so important for discussion. Can conflict be avoided where racism and injustice exist? </div>
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A great non-fiction compliment to this book is <a href="https://archive.org/details/wevegotjob1963bi0000levi">We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March</a> by Cynthia Levinson, a remembrance of 4,000 school children who marched, and many were jailed, to desegregate schools in one of the most violently racist cities in America. Every bit as compelling and heart-rending as fiction, but every bit true. </div>
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<a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/3878070">All Are Welcome</a> by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman. I love this book because it looks like Stone Academy! Follow primary children through their day at an ethnically and racially diverse school. The word "welcome" is a meaningful one. How do we make everyone <i>really</i> feel welcome?<br />
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<a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/2461840">Amazing Grace</a> by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch. Grace wants the part of Peter Pan in her school play. She doesn't look like the traditional Peter Pan. Can she land the part? This beautifully illustrated book also has a healthy dose of girl power!<br />
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<a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=2873753623&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship</a> by Irene Latham and Charles Waters, illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Aiko, offers free verse and fodder for discussion.<br />
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<a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=2873766891&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Ghost Boys</a> by Jewell Parker Rhodes. This is a very popular and page-turning book in our school library collection. Told from the point of view of a twelve-year-old killed by a police offer who mistakes his toy gun for a real one, he meets the ghost of another young man, Emmett Till, and the daughter of the police officer who shot him. Complex and compelling, this is a thoughtful exploration of historical racism and how it impacts us today.<br />
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<u>The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage</u> by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls. Many students are surprised to learn that before 1967, couples from different races could not legally marry. This nonfiction picture book gives the history of the romance...and the fight...that made this civil right possible for interracial couples.<br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/throughmyeyes00brid">Through My Eyes</a> by Ruby Bridges. In her own words and with lots of photographs, the six-year-old girl who in 1960 desegregated her school in New Orleans through screaming, angry mobs, under National Guard protection and with one committed teacher, tells her story. What an amazing book and a must-read about a true American hero and her family's spiritual strength and resiliency. After you read it, you may want to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0A841Vtacs">watch the movie</a>. This is such an important story. When we sit together at our school, all of us, when we look around and see we are all here, we owe a debt of gratitude to Ruby Bridges.<br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/yankeegirl00rodm">Yankee Girl</a> by Mary Ann Rodman. This is one of our most popular and well-received historical fiction books in the library, based on the author's own childhood experience in the 1960's as a daughter of an FBI agent relocated from Chicago to Jackson, Mississippi, to help African American voters. When a mandatory integration law brings Valerie to an all-white classroom, will anyone stand up to the torments of the "cheerleader" clique before tragedy ensues? An important book about crowd-thinking, bravery and the power of one.<br />
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<a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/305524">One Crazy Summer </a> by Rita Williams-Garcia has won pretty much every award under the hot summer sun! The story of daughters who go to meet their mother who has moved to Oakland and is active in the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/black-panthers">Black Panther Movement</a>. Another excellent summer reading choice is <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=3400242242&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">The Season of Styx Malone</a> by Kekla Magoon, about a big, braggadocious kid who comes to town and provides an interesting influence on the boys, testing their loyalties. Fans of Kenny and Byron in <u>The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963</u> will enjoy this book.<br />
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In <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=3400252653&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">A Good Kind of Troubl</a>e by Lisa Moore Ramée, Shayla is a rule-follower extraordinaire. But after being stirred to action by a Black Lives Matter demonstration, she becomes more involved in the movement and finds herself taking more risks. Why not, it's middle school, time to be a little more daring and reinvent herself! But when pushed to take sides, will Shayla be able to choose right from wrong, even if the rules suggest wrong is right? What causes are worth breaking the rules? Taking a stand and learning <i>where</i> you stand when the stakes are high is the kind of trouble that builds character and makes for some great realistic fiction and great discussion. This is the author's first novel and we hope to see more!<br />
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<u>Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez</u> by Katherine Krull, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, is about a Mexican-American figure in history, but if you know Martin Luther King's name, you should know his, too...Chavez inspired MLK! Chavez led a 300-mile march to Sacramento, California to fight for the rights of farm workers who were being badly abused, and won many changes through his demonstration. An inspiring true story, well written and with beautiful illustrations. The marches and demonstrations we see today were grandfathered by people like Chavez.<br />
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Another important name to know and a contemporary of Martin Luther King with a different approach to correcting injustice is Malcolm X, whose beginnings and the influence of his family can be introduced to children in <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/1509100">Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Be Malcolm X</a> by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, illustrated by AJ Ford. This is a historical figure whose name and influence will no doubt be invoked in the coming weeks and it is important that children become acquainted.<br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/teammates00gole">Teammates</a> by Peter Golenbock, illustrated by Paul Bacon. A true story of Jackie Robinson, the first black player on a Major League baseball team, and how his friend Pee-Wee Reese had his back. A beautiful testament to Robinson's grace and the power of the upstanding in times of trouble. Fans of this book (and of sports) may also enjoy <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=2373950752&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Baseball Saved Us</a> by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dem Lee, about the little league baseball team formed in the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation">Japanese internment camps</a> after World War II. This book shows that while racism rears its ugly head against many groups, endurance and dignity can prevail in greater measure.<br />
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Middle grade sports fans and book lovers will be charged up over the work of Kwame Alexander, especially the basketball and family themed novel in verse, <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=1299406081&currentIndex=1&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">The Crossover</a>, the story of two brothers drifting apart. Spotlighting characters that are not stereotypical yet facing the challenges of life black young men in America, this is the first book in a series and has also been made into a <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/4489191">graphic novel</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=1299456208&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Maniac Magee</a> by Jerry Spinelli. That big gold <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal">Newbery</a> medal doesn't lie; if I may share an opinion, this is one of the best children's novels and read-alouds ever written. Exciting, heartbreaking, original, this is the story of a legendary, runaway, homeless white kid who finds a home with a black family in a racially divided town. Ooooh, the discussions you will have.<br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/leonsstorysunbur00leon">Leon's Story</a> by Leon Walter Tillage. First person memoir of a school custodian who also happens to be a witness to history in a sharecropping family with run-ins with the white supremacists. One of the most resonating and contextual books about Civil Rights I have ever read, and offering an avenue of deserved reverence for courageous people across socioeconomic strata. Along those lines, another interesting book is the novel <a href="https://archive.org/details/howifoundstron00mcmu">How I Found the Strong</a> by Margaret McMullan, which explores the motivations of a white family of soldiers during the Civil War and gives us the chance to consider the ways class can connect or disconnect us as much as race.<br />
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<a href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780142402368">The Devil in Vienna</a> by Doris Orgel. Just as not the only books about African Americans shared with children should be about slavery, not all books about Jewish people should be about the Holocaust. However, this book is timely and relevant, exploring the friendship...and the end of a friendship... between a Jewish girl and her best friend whose father is a Nazi. How do political attitudes affect our personal relationships? This is an important anti-racist conversation.<br />
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<a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/2546447">Midnight Without Moon</a> by Linda Williams Jackson, about a girl in 1955 eager to move North, but changes her tune after the trial for Emmett Till, a black young man killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Maybe the South needs her and the changes she can help to bring. But what will those changes be? This is a great choice for a book club with friends, this powerful page-turner has so much to discuss. The author has been called a modern Mildred Taylor, who penned <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/1244236">Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</a>, a Newbery-winning classic that I also recommend if/when you enjoy this book, along with <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/2053310">Stella by Starlight</a> by Sharon Draper and picture book <a href="https://archive.org/details/bessiesmithnight0000stau">Bessie Smith and the Night Riders</a> by Sue Stauffacher.<br />
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<u>The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom</u> by Emily Arnold McCully. Wow, wow, wow. This picture book nonfiction, albeit hard to find, is one of the best books I have read to exemplify how history gets whitewashed. Martha Washington, our first First Lady, does approximately everything humanly possible to to keep, track down and torment the woman who was enslaved by her family. This is a rare book and can be hard to find, but an important one for discussion about entitlement and the capacity for evil when accepted by the culture at large. Good read in combination with the harrowing true story picture book <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=1342803767&currentIndex=0&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Henry's Freedom Box</a> by Ellen Levine, illustrated by the great Kadir Nelson.<br />
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<u>They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group </u>by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. <a href="http://www.scbartoletti.com/?page_id=105">This author</a> is one of the bravest nonfiction authors out there, taking on the hardest topics with the most meticulous research and primary source material. This book is no exception. Definitely an upper grade read, this book explores and uses photos to show the history of this hate group. It is important to know where it comes from so we might be armed with more knowledge to stop it.<br />
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Also for older students, <u>The Hate U Give</u> by former teen rapper Angie Thomas has been one of our most popular YA books in the school library this past year, about a police shooting of her unarmed best friend and the girl who comes forward about it and lives in the aftermath. Contemporary and relevant. Eerily relevant. So many middle grade students have already read it; the follow-up novel, <u>On the Come Up</u>, is also out. Both are excellent for discussions about labels and speaking truth to power.<br />
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Anything written by <a href="https://www.jasonwritesbooks.com/books">Jason Reynolds</a> is worthy of your time, but <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/?config=12#section=resource&resourceid=3570767579&currentIndex=4&view=fullDetailsDetailsTab">Stamped</a>, a young adult "remix" of National Book Award winner <u>Stamped from the Beginning: Racism, Antiracism and You, </u>is the book of the hour. From the description:</div>
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<i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">"This is NOT a history book.</i><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">This is a book about the here and now.</i><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">A book to help us better understand why we are where we are.</i><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">A book about race.</i><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Stamped from the Beginning</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited."</span></blockquote>
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I still have a special place in my heart for <u>For Every One</u> by Jason Reynolds, written as a poem- performance for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and later read as a tribute to the late and very great African American author and way-maker, <a href="https://walterdeanmyers.net/bibliography/">Walter Dean Myers</a>. Reynolds also encourages young writers to tell their own stories in <a href="https://chipublib.overdrive.com/library/kids/media/4455145">Brave the Page</a>. Even in these difficult times, with the help of great books, to <a href="https://www.passiton.com/inspirational-quotes/7525-do-the-best-you-can-until-you-know-better-then">paraphrase</a> <a href="https://www.biography.com/writer/maya-angelou">Maya Angelou</a>, we are inspired to know better, do better, be better.<br />
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This list, of course, is limited, and you will discover many more important titles, authors and ideas here:<br />
31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism and Resistance <a href="https://www.embracerace.org/resources/26-childrens-books-to-support-conversations-on-race-racism-resistance">here</a><br />
37 Children's Books to Help Talk About Racism and Discrimination <a href="https://coloursofus.com/37-childrens-books-to-help-talk-about-racism-discrimination/">here</a><br />
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race <a href="https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4?fbclid=IwAR3jrAVhK1cmkzKQPcfFPngsnT0pCotW5VSOTw3X8U9icc6j6ps6VnsdbBg">here</a><br />
Anti Racism 101: Starting to Talk to Kids About Race <a href="https://booksforlittles.com/racial-diversity/">here</a><br />
New York Times list of Books that Tackle Race and Ethnicity <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/22/books/23racebooks.html">here</a><br />
Talking About Race Portal from the National Museum of African American History and Culture <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race">here</a><br />
The Coretta Scott King Award lists <a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards">here</a><br />
CPS ebooks about race relations <a href="https://pac.library.cps.edu/list/static/3618328998/rss">here</a><br />
You Don't Have to Be Jewish <a href="http://planetesme.blogspot.com/2019/10/you-dont-have-to-be-jewish.html">here</a><br />
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And! If you see this sticker on a book, that is the <a href="http://www.ala.org/rt/emiert/cskbookawards">Coretta Scott King Award</a>, given by a roundtable of the American Library Association to African American authors that "demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal values." In other words, it's a distinguished book about African Americans either written or illustrated by an African American.<br />
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