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May 31, 2021

5/31/2021

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Theme: Summer vacation
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TK: The Octopus Escapes, by Maile Meloy; A Balloon for Isabel, by Deborah Underwood; Pie Is for Sharing, by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard 
 
K: I Don’t Want to Be a Frog, by Dev Petty; Ribbit! by Rodrigo Folgueira; A Frog Thing, by Eric Drachman 
 
1st:  Hattie and Hudson, by Chris Van Dusen; The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read, by Curtis Manley
 
DHH: The Little Red Fort, by Brenda Maier
 
2nd: Hattie and Hudson, by Chris Van Dusen; My Awesome Summer, by P. Mantis
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3rd: The Antlered Ship, by Dashka Slater; Life, by Cynthia Rylant
 
4th: Pictures from Our Vacation, by Lynne Rae Perkins; Ideas Are All Around, by Philip C. Stead
 
5th: The Bunyans, by Audrey Wood; Tadpole’s Promise, by Jeanne Willis

TK: Octopus photographer at Kelly Tarlton aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand
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May 24, 2021

5/22/2021

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​TK: There Might Be Lobsters, by Carolyn Crimi; Big Al, by Andrew Clements
 
K: The Very Impatient Caterpillar, by Ross Burach; Gotta Go, Gotta Go, by Sam Swope
 
1st: Also an Octopus, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall; Rufus the Writer, by Elizabeth Bram
 
DHH: Farfallina and Marcel, by Holly Keller; something about the moon?
 
2nd: Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots, by Michael Rex; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, by Deborah Hopkinson
 
3rd: The Happy Book, by Andy Rash; Little Brown, by Marla Frazee
 
4th: I’m Trying to Love Rocks, by Bethany Barton; A Stone Sat Still, by Brendan Wenzel
 
5th: Voyage in the Clouds: The (Mostly) True Story of the First International Flight by Balloon in 1785, by Michael Olshan
 
K: "The Great Monarch Migration" 
5th: Creating the balloon-lifted house from Up, by National Geographic Channel
5th: "Clair de Lune": Alexandre Tharaud, Yoann Bourgeois, piano and dance
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May 17, 2021

5/13/2021

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Asian-American / Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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TK: Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India, by Chitra Soundar; The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families, by Susan L. Roth
 
K: Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding, by Lenore Look; Two of Everything, by Lily Toy Hong
 
1st: Luka’s Quilt, by Georgia Gubak; Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin, by Cheri Uegaki

2nd: Ruby’s Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges; The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng, by Sophia Gholz
 
3rd & 4th: Fauja Singh Keeps Going: The True Story of the Oldest Person Ever to Run a Marathon, by Simran Jeet Singh; show summer reading list
 
5th: The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art, by Barb Rosenstock

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TK: Mangrove trees; "Ecosystem of the Florida Mangrove" 
1st: "Animal Sounds on the Violin"
2nd: "Jadav Payeng: The Forest Man" 
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3rd and 4th: Fauja Singh, oldest marathon runner 
5th: Nek Chand Rock Garden of Chandigarh
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May 10, 2021

5/5/2021

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Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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TK: Two of Everything, by Lily Toy Hong; My Name Is Yoon, by Helen Recorvits
 
K: No Kimchi for Me, by Aram Kim; Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India, by Chitra Soundar
 
1st: The Firekeeper’s Son, by Linda Sue Park
 
2nd: Basho and the River Stones, by Tim Myers
 
3rd: Happy Birthday, Mr. Kang, by Susan Roth
 
4th: Barbed Wire Baseball, by Marissa Moss
 
5th: Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service, by Annette Bay Pimente
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K: "How to Make Kimchi at Home"
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2nd: a haiku by Basho, translated by Harry Behn
3rd: "Hua Mei Bird Garden, New York City"; Hua mei bird
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4th grade: Kenichi Zenimura; Lou Gehrig, Kenichi Zenimura, and Babe Ruth
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5th: Tie Sing, Yosemite
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May 3, 2021

4/29/2021

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Themes: Mothers Day (May 9) and Fathers Day (June 20)
and Asian American / Pacific Islander Month
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TK: Mister Seahorse, by Eric Carle; A Big Mooncake for Little Star, by Grace Lin
 
K: Mother Bruce, by Ryan T. Higgins; Ruby in Her Own Time, by Jonathan Emmett; Argus, by Michelle Knudsen
 
1st: Three Bears in a Boat, by David Soman; Interrupting Chicken, by David Ezra Stein

2nd: Top Job, by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales
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DHH: Mother Bruce, by Ryan T. Higgins; A Big Mooncake for Little Star, by Grace Lin
 
3rd: Home in the Woods, by Eliza Wheeler; I Talk Like a River, by Jordan Scott
 
4th: Nine for California, by Sonia Levitin; Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea, by Tony Johnston
 
5th: It All Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way, by Kyo Maclear 
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Mid-Autumn Festival, Beijing, photo by Shizhao, Wikimedia Common
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From Gyo Fujikawa's A to Z Picture Book ​(1974).
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April 26, 2021

4/20/2021

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Theme: Poetry and Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated on April 23
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TK: In a Garden, by Tim McCanna; Snail Crossing, by Corey R. Tabor
 
K: Feathers, Fur, or Fin: All of Us Are Kin, by Diane Lang; DKfindout! site; Trevor, by Jim Averbeck
 
1st: Margaret's Unicorn, by Briony May Smith; Thelma the Unicorn, by Aaron Blabey
 
2nd: Will’s Quill, or How a Goose Saved Shakespeare, by Don Freeman: OR Hotel Deep, by Kurt Cyrus
 
DHH: Snail Crossing, by Corey R. Tabor
 
3rd: Romeow and Drooliet, by Nina Laden
 
4th: You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks, by Evan Turk
 
5th:  Will’s Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk, by Jane Sutcliffe

LEGO mini-figs perform scenes from Shakespeare! 
1st and 2nd: "CBeebies: Who Is William Shakespeare?" 
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Quill pen and inkwell, from Shakespeare's time
3rd and 5th: "Horrible Histories: Shakespeare Goes to School" 
4th: ​A spoken word poem on writer's block, written and performed by Asha Christensen, at TEDxKids
4th: "Making of You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks, by Evan Turk"
5th: "Why Shakespeare Loved Iambic Pentameter"
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April 19, 2021

4/18/2021

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Theme: Earth Day, April 22
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​TK: Mole and Baby Bird, by Marjorie Newman; The World that We Want, by Kim Michelle Toft; Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, by Peter Brown
 
K: The Cloud Spinner, by Michael Catchpool; The World that We Want, by Kim Michelle Toft
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1st: Pond, by Jim LaMarche; Please Please the Bees, by Gerald Kelley
 
2nd: Bloom, by Doreen Cronin; Please Please the Bees, by Gerald Kelley
 
DHH: TBD
 
3rd: No Monkeys, No Chocolate, by Melissa Stewart
 
4th: We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom; also maybe A Cool Drink of Water, by Barbara Kerley
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5th: The Fate of Fausto, by Oliver Jeffers
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4th: map of DAPL proximity to Standing Rock Sioux sites 
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March 29, 2021

3/26/2021

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Themes: Spring and insects
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TK: No library due to Laura Numeroff event
 
K: No library due to Laura Numeroff event
 
1st: Lucky Ducklings, by Eva Moore; The Perfect Nest, by Catherine Friend
 
2nd: no library due to new district rule
 
DHH: no library due to the Friday holiday
 
3rd: Moth: An Evolution Story, by Isabel Thomas; video below
 
4th: no library due to the Friday holiday
 
5th: Honeybee, by Candace Fleming

"Guirec Soudée Is Sailing Around the World with His Chicken Monique" 
"Nature's Masters of Disguise," from NPR's Skunk Bear channel
For grade 2 and 5, "What's the Waggle Dance and Why do Honeybees Do It?" and "Dance of the Honeybee" (both below) 

Dance of the Honey Bee from AbelCine on Vimeo.

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March 22, 2021

3/12/2021

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​TK& K: Swashby and the Sea, by Beth Ferry; Little Crab, by Chris Haughton
 
1st: Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist, ​written by Jess Keating
 
DHH: spring—TBD
 
2nd: The Lights and Types of Ships at Night, by Dave Eggers; What Floats in a Moat, by Lynne Berry
 
3rd: The Donkey Egg, by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
 

4th: The Yankee at the Seder, by Elka Weber
 
5th: Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor, by Robert Burleigh
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For grade 5, ​Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea
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March 15, 2021

3/12/2021

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Promote book fair
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TK, K, 1st: announce CYRM winners; promote book fair; Bear Came Along, by Richard T. Morris

2nd: announce CYRM winners; promote book fair; The Ocean in Your Bathtub, by Seth Fishman

DHH: announce CYRM winners; promote book fair; Bear Came Along, by Richard T. Morris

3rd: announce CYRM winners; book fair video; The Ocean in Your Bathtub, by Seth Fishman

4th: Your Place in the Universe, by Jason Chin, with pie video from last week 

​5th: announce CYRM winners; how to review books; book fair video (no readaloud)


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