The City of Manhattan Beach has put together an extremely helpful resource page that explains the many locations and methods for voting in this neighborhood.
Have you made a plan to vote?
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This week we'll be focusing on voting in an election. An excellent new book in our collection--I Voted: Making a Choice Makes a Difference, by Mark Shulman--has some great suggestions for related online content. From the U.S. government itself there's "Ben's Guide," with voting information and games. The PBS Kids video "Presley Explains Voting to Kids" is here on SafeYoutube. Finally, who doesn't remember "I'm Just a Bill"?! And also from Schoolhouse Rock if less well known: "Three Ring Government."
The City of Manhattan Beach has put together an extremely helpful resource page that explains the many locations and methods for voting in this neighborhood. Have you made a plan to vote?
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I'd like to invite the Pennekamp community to the new Puzzle Perch! It's just like a Little Free Library but for jigsaw puzzles! It is located at my house, which is very near Pennekamp (Dragon families, email me if you don't know where I live). Our beautiful Puzzle Perch was made by Luke and Jessica, founders of the Puzzle Republic. You can follow their awesome puzzle project on Instagram @thepuzzlerepublic. The Perch offers puzzles for everyone! Since so many visitors to the Perch have been children, we've just added more 100- and 300-piece puzzles. Come by and borrow a puzzle, then once you've finished making it, bring it back and borrow another!
I'm excited to announce that Stuart Gibbs will be doing a virtual visit with students through Pages, our local independent bookstore. Gibbs's middle-grade books including the Spy School series and the Funjungle mysteries are very popular with PK's upper-grade students. Purchase a copy of Spy School Revolution, his brand-new book, through Pages (use this link), and you can attend the virtual visit. Below is the information and the PDF. ![]()
We are officially in the lovely season of fall. Coming up this month in readalouds are books about trees and leaves, apples and pumpkins, spiders and bats, and Halloween. In California, October 14 is Indigenous Peoples Day, and throughout the United States we are also in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15). The library participates in these civic events by featuring stories, writers, and nonfiction topics from the diverse indigenous and Hispanic cultures--especially at this time, but also throughout the year. The L.A. County Library has launched its annual bookmark contest, and I encourage all students (including middle- and high-school students) to enter. The PDF of the entry form is right below this post. Completed entries can be turned in online, by mail, or during a branch’s sidewalk service hours (see entry form for details). Whatever your student loves about books and reading, the bookmark contest is a way to express that enthusiasm creatively! Our local Manhattan Beach public library branch is doing a great job of checking out physical books through sidewalk service. E-books and audiobooks are also easily downloaded, and anyone can get a digital card right away by submitting the online application. The public library has adjusted its hours of service: The Manhattan Beach Library has extended its Sidewalk Service and added Tuesday evenings until 7:00 PM. Sidewalk Service hours are Monday, Wednesday to Friday, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Phone Service: 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM), Tuesdays from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM (Phone Service: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM). ![]()
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Barbara Siegemund-Broka, library resource specialist, maintains this blog to inform Pennekamp students and families about library news and related content. Any opinions expressed here are solely her own.
What's Ms. Barbara reading?How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell
Worth repeating:
His eyes are soft. “Do you know why I became a librarian?” I wait for him to tell me, because of course I don’t. “Dewey,” he says. “As in the decimal system.” I’m not sure if he’s joking or not, but he continues, “I like order. I like organization. The idea of all the information in the world, all organized, everything in its place—I like that idea.” He clears his throat. “But I’ve been doing this job for a long time. And the thing I’ve learned is that stories aren’t about order and organization. They’re about feelings. And the feelings don’t always make sense. See, stories are like …” He pauses, brow furrowing, then nods, satisfied in finding the right comparison: “Water. Like rain. We can hold them tight, but they always slip through our fingers.” I try to hide my shock. Joe doesn’t seem like the poetic type. His caterpillar eyebrows knit together. “That can be scary. But remember that water gives us life. It connects continents. It connects people. And in quiet moments, when the water’s still, sometimes we can see our own reflection.” --From When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Heller, winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal Archives
August 2021
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