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New Books celebrating African American Children

12/20/2017

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Crown An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
Come to the barber shop and experience this celebration of the confidence, self-esteem and swagger that boys feel when they leave with a fresh cut.  “A fresh cut does something to your brain, right? It hooks up your intellectual.” Everybody notices and even a mother’s hug gets a little tighter.  That cut makes boys feel sharper, more visible and aware that great things could happen to them.  Beautiful!
Feb., 2018 This book was just named as an honor book for BOTH the Newbery and the Caldecott Medal!


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Hey Black Child by Useni Perkins
Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins.
Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really are?
Do you know you can be What you want to be If you try to be What you can be?

Perkins, in his own words says he “wanted to inspire and motivate all black children to achieve their God-given potential, regardless of the challenges they face in life.”
Speak these words of power to the children.

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​Early Sunday Morning by Denene Millner with illustrations by the talented Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Joy, love, jubilation, family and glorious song fill this book about getting ready for church on a special Sunday morning.  June, nervous about her solo in the choir, gets advice from family members.  The ritual of getting her hair done and donning a dress from her aunt prepares her to shine. Daddy, who won’t be coming along tells her that he will be there is spirit. Later during the service as she talk a breath to sing the first note, he walks in the door calling , “Sing, baby!” And she lifts her mighty voice and does just that. “And the church shouts, “Amen!”

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​A Night Out with Mama by Quvenzhane Wallis
From Academy Award–nominated child actress Quvenzhané Wallis comes a story the glamour of attending the Academy Awards.  The day begins with her Dad making a special breakfast before the pampering begins. Siblings help as she and her mom put on the glitz.  A fall on the red carpet doesn’t dampen her spirits and the sparkling evening ends with a tired mama and daughter return home where Nazie (her nickname) ends the day with “It’s just me, Mama.”  With illustrations by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, little girls everywhere can picture themselves on a night out with mama.


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In focus: STEM and STEAM

3/5/2015

 
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What is STEM? At MCDS we have added an A (for arts) to make STEAM
A common definition is
STEM education is an interdisciplinary approach to learning where rigorous academic concepts are coupled with real-world lessons as students apply science, technology, engineering, and mathematics [and art] in contexts that make connections between school, community, work, and the global enterprise enabling the development of STEM literacy and with it the ability to compete in the new economy. (Tsupros, 2009)
How do we introduce this to young students?  Here are some picture books to get young minds engaged in STEAM thinking.

A little girl has a wonderful idea.  She has imagined The Most Magnificent Thing!
She knows how it will look and work. She measures, hammers, adjusts, and tweaks. It just does not seem to work! Aided by her canine companion she tinkers some more and when she is finished it is just what they both wanted. Written and illustrated by Ashley Spires.

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The Going Places contest comes with a go-cart kit and Rafael builds
his to look like all the other contestants’.  But what on earth is
Maya doing with her kit? Forget about supposed to and ought to,
Maya’s ideas are sky high and Rafael is happy to pitch in and go along for the ride!
Going Places by Peter Reynolds

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Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty introduces us to inventor Rosie who creates amazing inventions from everyday objects. When her uncle laughs at her constructions, she begins to keep her dreams to herself. Enter great-great-aunt Rosie who longs to fly. From her little Rosie learns that her first flop is the perfect first try and that the only true failure can come if you quit.

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What Do You Do With An Idea by Yobi Yamada.  If your idea is different or
daring what do you do? Do you hide it or become friends with it?
  If others say it's weird and no good, do you listen or forge ahead?
Can you see big, see bravely? What can happen if you let your idea soar?

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Archibald Frisby by Michael Chesworth.  What can a mom do with a
kid who has science on the brain and would rather look at
the world through a microscope?  Lab experiments leave little
time for socializing.  So mom ships him off to summer camp
where many opportunities to investigate science lead to
unexpected friendships.

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Dreaming up a celebration of building by Christy Hale. "If they can
dream it, they can build it" Madhu Thangavelu.  Pair children
building with concrete poetry and add the inspiration of the
works of innovative architects and you have a unique creation.
From Barcelona, Spain to Luxor, Egypt follow the dreams
of children and groundbreaking architects.

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How to you take the mind boggling mathematical concept of infinity and make it kid friendly?  The author of Infinity and Me, takes this profound idea and transforms it into a race track, a never-ending ice cream cone, a family tree, a circular round of music, the vastness of the night stars snuggled up next to grandma and finally their love for each other. The end note quotes kindergarten children sharing their definition of infinity.  "How many ways are there to imagine infinity?  An infinite number. Just close the book and begin." author Kate Hosford.

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Looking for innovation, mechanical engineering, women in science? Here is the perfect book to share: Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen. At the age of two, Violet can repair any appliance in the house, at eight
she is perfecting flying machines. But her fellow students tease her
for her mechanical genius until her quick thinking and bravery save
the day when a boy scout troupe faces danger.

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A 40 year old classic, Andrew Henry's Meadow continues to celebrate the young inventor and engineer.  When Henry's parents are less that supportive of his innovations, he runs away to the meadow where he  builds an inspired house.  Other children in search of creative freedom join him and each has a house built inspired by their passion.  Soon the parents come around to appreciate their children's unique houses and free spirits.

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In Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann, we meet perhaps the last mouse in Germany due to the invention of the mechanical mousetrap from which it seems all mousedom has escaped overseas.  Ships are under constant surveillance by ferocious cats. The only salvation is for this small mouse to build an airplane.  The sepia toned illustrations are amazing and mouse's design drawings are reminiscent of da Vinci's notebooks. This observant little innovator takes inspiration from bats and found objects continually revising his engineering masterpiece until he is able to soar to freedom in America where his story inspires a boy named Charles. Your own small inventor will pour over the wealth of details on every page of this gorgeous book.

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Marisol is an artist who loves to paint and draw. She shares her art with the world creating posters with ideas she believes in and is famous for her unique clothes and her belief that everyone is an artist.  Excited by the mural project for the library she volunteers to do the sky.  Shocked to find there is no blue paint, she learns to see the sky in a different light. 
Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds.

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Master builder Iggy Peck has been practicing his craft since he was a babe. However, his second grade teacher traumatized by a sky scrapper snafu as a child, does not appreciate his architectural marvels until the class embarks on a picnic crossing an old trestle to a small island.  The bridge collapses and the fainting teacher and the children are trapped. Iggy galvanizes his classmates into action and a suspension bridge is constructed using shoelaces and more.  Miss Greer is a convert to building your dreams and Iggy is the tour guide through architectural history.  Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty

Creativity and Innovation

5/17/2012

 
"The most important developments in civilization have come through the creative process, but ironically, most people have not been taught to be creative." 
Robert Fritz, The Path of Least Resistance, 1994

These books are available in the LRC to spark your creative thinking this summer.
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 things nobody told you about being creative by Austin Kleon is a fun book.  It is full of quotes that will make you think.
"Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic."     Jim Jarmusch.

The ten transformative principles will help your build a more creative life.

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In Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius by Michale Michalko, the author  examines in each chapter a different creative thinking strategy. This is a very readable book; just reading the introduction in which he summarizes the eight strategies will get your creative juices flowing.

Check out the exercises and thought experiments on his website:
http://creativethinking.net/WP01_Home.htm



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IMAGINE : How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
"Flummoxed by an intractable problem? You probably just need to work harder, right? Actually, try taking a walk instead. Thanks to how we’re hardwired, insight tends to strike suddenly—after we’ve stopped looking. In this entertaining Gladwell-esque plunge into the science of creativity, Jonah Lehrer mingles with a wide cast of characters—inventors, educators, scientists, a Pixar co-founder, an autistic surfing savant—to deconstruct how we accomplish our great feats of imagination. Notable themes emerge: Failure is necessary. The more people you casually rub shoulders with—on and off the job—the more good ideas you’ll have. And societies that unduly restrict citizens’ ability to borrow from the ideas of others—see our broken patent system—do so at their peril."
--Mother Jones

Watch Mr. Lehrer explain his thinking here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m1VE0QH1OLIYEA/ref=ent_fb_link

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Although the author of Manager's Guide to Fostering Innovations and Creativity in Teams comes from a corporate culture, Charles Prather gives helpful advice to anyone interested in implementing innovation.  Key points are how to create an environment that gets people thinking creatively, how to align teams to work toward creative solutions, and how to build a self-sustaining culture of innovation.

April is Poetry Month!

4/5/2012

 
This is a good time to introduce new poetry books. Take a look at these offerings and come by to check out these and other books to help you celebrate poetry in your home or classroom. Award winning poet Joyce Sidman gives these reasons for reading poetry:
1. Capture the moment.
2. Choosing joy.
3. Easing the heart.
4. Everything is connected
To read more about her rational follow this link:
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newsletters/newsletterbucketextrahelping2/893901-477/why_i_write_poetry_a.html.csp

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Never Forgotten, illustrated by the incomparable team of Leo and Diane Dillon, this story is spoken by the Griot (African storyteller) whose words have the rhythm of drum beats. In lyrical verse, it tells of Dinga the blacksmith whose wife dies leaving him to raise their son Musafa. Elements of folklore weave through the story as Earth Mother, Fire Woman, Water Maiden and Wind Spirit nourish and seek to protect the boy when he is kidnapped by slave traders. The spirits follow Musafa across the Middle Passage to find him enslaved and working as a blacksmith like his father before him. This message returns to Dinga who celebrates "With the Mother Elements by his side, Celebrating the son who was taken, But never forgotten."  The Griot reminds us that Musafa was one of millions.  Patricia McKissack gives voice to the taken and the left behind.


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Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace explores the meaning of peace."Can peace creep up on us, seep into our souls, or do we have to search it out, coax it, give it space?" Anna Hines explores the subject of peace at home, in the world and within one's self. Each evocative poem is illustrated with handmade story quilts.

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In Amazing Faces, Lee Bennett Hopkins has collected a multicultural array of people who reveal the universal emotions we all share.  Whether happiness, sadness, excitement or pride, these feelings express the experiences that make us human and let us make connections to others. "A young soldier returns home-----keeping miles of memories sealed within     One heartbreaking boyish grin."

Guyku a Year of Haiku for Boys
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Haiku at its most fun.  Throughout the seasons, boys frolic and play. In winter “Two splotches of white / on a black tree trunk. I aim / my next pitch—strike three!” 
Bob Raczka captures moments in nature complemented by Peter Reynold's delightful cartoons in which each seasons is depicted in a single hue.

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Dear Hotdog by Mordicai Gerstein celebrates ordinary things from toes to toothbrushes. Three children spend their day; they play, eat, and enjoy everyday things. Illustrated by the author, these are poems in which young readers will see themselves.  "Leaves" tells us, "In spring, yellow-green and tiny, you pop out and dress big trees in baby clothes."

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Step Gently Out--this title is good advice for being mindful of the beauty in the smallest creature. The stunning close-up photography of Rick Lieder reveals the lattice of a damselfly wing or lets you share the dew sparkling web with a spider.  Helen Frost leads you on this journey of discovery with her words, "In song and dance and stillness, they share the world with you."
Watch her world below.

Step Gently Out | A nature picture book for all ages from Step Gently Out on Vimeo.

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I Lay My Stitches Down by Cynthia Grady is a moving tribute to the African American spirit. She says this in the introductory page, "Quiltmaking and poetry share similarities in craft.  In one, color and shape are organized into an overall pattern; in the other, sound and structure create the pattern, Each poem...is named for a traditional quilt block and reflects a metaphorical patchwork of circumstances encountered by enslaved people in America."

New Women's Biographies

3/20/2012

 
Check out one of these biographies published in 2011 to celebrate women's history month.
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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming
This biography alternates between chapters describing Amelia's life and vignettes describing the desperate search for the famous aviator after she went missing while trying to circumnavigate the globe.  Ample pictures, maps, and images of other primary source documents help immerse the reader in the action, bringing a decades old mystery to life.  

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Alicia Alonso: Prima Ballerina by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by Raúl Colón
This book follows the life of Alicia Alonso with beautiful watercolor illustrations and free verse poems.  Alicia was born in Cuba, then went to New York to study ballet.  She continued to dance there despite partial blindness and eventually returned to Cuba to open her own dance company.  She still directs a dance school in Cuba today.  

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Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women's Hoops on the Map by Sue Macy, illustrated by Matt Collins

This picture book tells the story of the first women's college basketball match.  It's a bit of local history with the match being between Berkeley and Stanford.  They had to play with special modified rules to make the game more lady-like and in front of an audience of all women.  Despite these restrictions the game was anything but demure.  For more information of the history of women's basketball visit http://wbhof.com/

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Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Goldman Rubin, Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
This picture book for older children tells the story of Irena Sendler, a woman who worked with the Polish resistance movement and smuggled hundreds of Jewish children into safety during World War II, keeping records of their true identities safely buried under an apple tree so she could reunite children with their families after the war.  Beautiful oil paintings accompany this inspiring story of courage.  

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Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America by Susan Fillion
The Cone sisters became ardent fans and collectors of avant-garde artists before they became well-known.  Working without professional advice and trusting their own instincts, they collected Cézanne, Gauguin, and Picasso and amassed one of the best collections of Matisse in the world.  These two sisters traveled the world collecting works of art and making friends with the artists as well as helping to support them.  This book traces their remarkable lives and the world of early twentieth century art.  

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Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
Queen of the Falls tells the story of Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.  A 62 year old retired charm school teacher, she thought of going over the falls as a stunt to earn her fortune for her retirement.  She drew up special plans for a barrel, oversaw its construction, hired a manager, and took the plunge.  Allsburg's characteristic illustrations (Jumanji, The Polar Express) accompany this story that is no less fantastic than his usual stories  because it is true.

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Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala - Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist Adapted by Gina Capaldi & Q.L. Pearce, illustrations by Gina Capaldi
Gertrude Simmons, known as Zitkala-Sa (Red Bird) wrote several autobiographical stories throughout her life.  Capaldi & Pearce used this as the base of their story, adapting the language to make it easier for children to understand and adding in extra biographical details.  Primary source documents are also worked into the illustrations by combining collage with acrylic paintings. Red Bird sings out as an accomplished musician, author, and activist for her people in the pages of this picture book biography.

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Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, A Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History by Sue Stauffacher, Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy
Tillie came to America with a needle and found a dream.  Soon she was riding in bicycle races with a new outfit she made herself to accommodate riding.  She beat records and made a sensation with poets writing odes to her and journalists begging for interviews.  Many thought it was improper for women to race, and Tillie lost a lot of friends but she raced on, energizing those fighting for women's rights.  This charming picture book tells her tale.  

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The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life With the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
This picture book tells the story of Jane Goodall's life with simple prose and fun, colorful pictures in acrylic paint and pen.  The story starts with an incident when Jane was a child and patiently watched a chicken for hours to see how they lay eggs, while everyone searched for her thinking she was lost.  Passion and patience are described as she goes to work for Lois Leaky , makes new discoveries about chimpanzees, and ends with her current work advocating for chimpanzees and wildlife.  

Are your students writing? Here are a few new books to get excited about.

12/7/2011

 
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50 enthralling and effective writing lessons age 5 to 12 including one by our own former reading teacher Meg Adler on "Creating a Guide to Modern Girlhood."  The entry on Magic Realism suggests "What if sneezes brought good luck? What if you wrote about it?"  Picture book writer Jon Scieszka imparts how he gets his ideas. Science teachers don't miss the link to Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame singing the Periodic Table in chapter 37.
Don't Forget to Write by 826 National, editor Jennifer Traig.


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This little jewel of a book will interest naturalists and teachers of poetry alike. Animal poems arranged by habitat delight the eye and ear. The second half of the book explores the different poetic forms used for each animal. For example the hawk entry uses a form called a triolet because "it combines rhymes and repeated lines in a pattern that nicely matches the movement of a circling hawk."
Nest, Nook & Cranny poems by Susan Blackaby

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How to Tell a Folktale by Carol Alexander is an amazing "how-to" for writing different types of folk tales including tall tales, trickster tales, pourquoi tales and more.  This a very practical book with step by step instruction and wonderful examples covering such elements as dialogue and dialect, setting, plot, theme, and creative responses.
If your curriculum covers writing  fables, myths or legends, let me know.  I will be ordering those titles in this useful series.

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Oh those pesky homophones!  Do you know there are college students who misuse these three words?  They should have read They're There in Their Boat by Mary Salzmann.

These three titles by Ann Heinrichs demystify the mechanics of grammar and its usage in a lively and humorous manner.

Recent Witch Books

10/19/2011

 
With Halloween around the corner I find myself drawn to books on witches.  Here are a few new books on the subject that I've read and enjoyed recently:
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Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (YA F Okorafor)
"Akata Witch!" Sunny was used to the taunt, but that didn't make it sting any less. As an albino who spent the first nine years of her life in America, Sunny was used to not fitting in with her Nigerian classmates, but she had no idea how different she was until she saw the end of the world in a candle's flame and discovered  that she really did have magical powers.  In Nigeria, those with magical abilities are called Leopard People and at first Sunny doesn't know what to make of their world.  Among Leopard People what sets you apart is what gives you strength and because Sunny is so different she is also very powerful.  At first her abilities and the new world they show her are thrilling, but before long she realizes that with her powers come a price and for every benefit the Leopard People have to offer there is a hidden danger.

I loved the world of magic that Okorafor creates in this novel where money is earned through knowledge and the librarian is one of the most powerful witches in town.  Imaginative touches such as a wasp artist that stings you if you do not praise its work enough surprised and delighted me. 

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Reckless by Cornelia Funke (YA F Funke)
Of the two Reckless brothers, Jacob was always the one who lived up to the family name.  Ever since he discovered the world behind the mirror he's made Reckless into his job description as he travels the fairy-tale world hunting for treasures.  A comb that turns you into a crow will fetch a high price, if you can escape the witch that  it belongs to and live to collect your reward.  Will never knew about the world his brother disappeared to, until one day when Will discovers his secret and follows him in, only to fall victim to a fairy's curse that is slowly turning him to stone.  Now the clock is ticking and Jacob will have to use everything he's learned in his travels if he wants to save Will.  He never imagined that his own brother's life would end up being the most dangerous treasure he's ever sought.

I have always been a fan of new twists on classic fairy tales and this dark fairy tale world is a perfect setting to loose yourself in on Halloween. 

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Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer (133.4 SC)
In the winter of 1692 two girls began to twitch and choke and twist their bodies into odd configurations on the floor as snow piled high outside their home.  Their parents tried every remedy, but the symptoms prevailed.  When a doctor was finally called to examine them his diagnosis was that the girls were bewitched.  The original cause of the girls’ symptoms remains unknown to this day.  What is known is that the girls’ strange behavior set off a case of witch-hunt fever that would turn neighbors against each other and result in the loss of innocent lives and ruin many others.    The Salem Witch Trials are an iconic chapter of American history and its name has been evoked in modern times to point out our folly when suspicions cause us to turn against each other.  But what really happened in Salem in 1692?  Will we ever be able to learn the lessons this dark period of history has to teach us, or will we be forever doomed to repeat it?

This serves as a sobering reminder of what happened to some of the men and women who were accused of being witches. Shanzer takes the facts and presents them clearly and concisely.  The woodcut illustrations in black, white, and red are superb and depict the grizzly, imaginative scenes described well.

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Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee (E MCG)
A girl comes home from trick-or-treating on Halloween and decides, she will fly.  After a couple of failed attempts she finally takes off into the sky. 

This picture book, written in the form of a sestina, address the reader directly to involve them in this charming flight of the imagination.  The linoleum block illustrations and limited color palate add a distinctive look to the story and complement the sparse text perfectly.

Fascinating new books from the science world

10/3/2011

 
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
John Dewey

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“Written by a master storyteller, World Without Fish (by Mark Kurlansky) connects all the dots—biology, economics, evolution, politics, climate, history, culture, food, and nutrition—in a way that kids can really understand. It describes how the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod, and swordfish, could disappear within 50 years, and the domino effect it would have—oceans teeming with jellyfish and turning pinkish orange from algal blooms; seabirds disappearing, then reptiles, then mammals. It describes the back-and-forth dynamic of fishermen and scientists. It covers the effects of industrialized fishing, and how bottom-dragging nets are turning the ocean floor into a desert.
 The answer? Support sustainable fishing. World Without Fish tells kids exactly what they can do: Find out where those fish sticks come from. Tell your parents what’s good to buy, and what’s not. Ask the waiter if the fish on the menu is line-caught And follow simple rules: Use less plastic, and never eat endangered fish like bluefin tuna.
Interwoven with the book is a full-color graphic novel. Each beautifully illustrated chapter opener links to form a larger fictional story that complements the text. Hand in hand, they create a Silent Spring for a new generation.”
From the product description

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What if there Were No Bees? A Book about the Grassland Ecosystem by Suzanne Slade
Find out what the difference the loss of one animal species could make as you follow  the food chain reaction.

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The Curse of Akkad/ Climate Upheavals that Rocked Human History by Peter Christie “Grade 6 Up—In a refreshing look at climate change, Christie discusses the ways in which environmental conditions have shaped human history. The chapters, each discussing a different aspect of climate change, are arranged in loose chronological order. Every section opens with a fictionalized account featuring either an imagined or a real historical figure. The author then explains how climate change caused the events to occur.” From School Library Journal

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All the water in the world is all the water in the world by George Ella Lyon
“We are all connected by water, and this message is beautifully, lyrically delivered from poet-musician-author George Ella Lyon. Where does water come from? Where does water go? Find out in this exploration of oceans and waterways that highlights an important reality: Our water supply is limited, and it is up to us to protect it.”
From the product description

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Children will never view rain in the same way after reading this book. -- The Green Teacher

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“A Full Moon Is Rising [by Marilyn Singer] has an unusual concept: it celebrates the full moon with children all around the world. This gives the poet an opportunity to write about the full moon and also about different cultures. Be sure to look at the endpapers, which show a map of the world with the countries spotlighted in the book indicated by different bright colors. The countries are Australia, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Colombia, Curaçao (or rather, the ocean next to it), India, Israel, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Turkey, and the U.S. Plus a spot in space!”  Review by Amazon reviewer K. Coombs

 



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