On display: Memorial Day, Fairy Tales, and Asian – Pacific Islander Month
K: Last week to check out with your c lass
5th grade: Last class library visits!
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TK: Say Hello to Zorro, by Carter Goodrich; Zorro Gets an Outfit, by Carter Goodrich
 
K: Lucky Ducklings, by Eva Moore

1st: Donkey Egg, by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
 
DHH: distribute library cards; Lost in the Library, by Josh Funk

2nd: How My Parents Learned to Eat, by Ina R. Friedman; The Two Brothers, by William Jaspersohn; Her Right Foot, by Dave Eggers
 
3rd: Basho and the River Stones, by Tim Myers; ask about Brave Red, Smart Frog
 
4th: Finish Lewis and Clark and Me, with “Buffalo,” “My Favorite Words,” pp. 62-63 of the Afterword
 
5th: Last class visit--Tadpole’s Promise, by Jeane Willis

On display: Asian—Pacific Island Heritage Month
Mrs. Jones here on Friday, May 17 
PK Talent Show is Friday, May 17, 2019
Most grades: Summer Reading Lists
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TK: Asian-Pacific heritage--Two of Everything, by Lily Toy Hong; where is Asia?
 
K: Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, by David Ezra Stein
 
1st: Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, by David Ezra Stein
 
2nd: summer reading list—Cannon--Charlotte the Scientist Is Squished, by Camille Andros; Fletcher--Great Big Guinea Pigs, by Susan L. Roth; Freeman--Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast, by Josh Funk
 
DHH: The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown
 
3rd: Giraffe Problems, by Jory John
 
4th: Hart—“Bear-dog,” “Beaver”; Herringshaw and Rumble--Giraffe Problems, by Jory John
 
5th: Library Jeopardy

​TK: Frog on a Log, by Kes Gray; Geese Find the Missing Piece, by Marco and Giulio Maestro; mother poems from Song of the Wild, by Nicola Davies
 
K: Frog on a Log, by Kes Gray; Guess Again! by Mac Barnett
 
1st: Trees, by Verlie Hutchens; OR Once I Ate a Pie, by Patricia MacLachlan
 
2nd: Selections from the National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry; OR Hotel Deep, by Kurt Cyrus
 
DHH: Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deb Guarino
 
3rd: Public librarian visits!
 
4th: Lewis and Clark and Me, by Laurie Myers: Hart—BrainPop, “The Beginning,” and “Squirrels”; Herringshaw and Rumble—“Bear-dog,” “Beaver”
 
5th: Poetry slides and “maggie and milly and molly and mae,” by e. e. cummings

TK: The Cloud Spinner, by Michael Catchpool
 
K: The Cloud Spinner, by Michael Catchpool
 
1st: Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together, by Andrea Tsurumi
 
2nd: A Bike Like Sergio’s, by Maribeth Boelts; OR Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together, by Andrea Tsurumi
 
DHH: A Bike Like Sergio’s, by Maribeth Boelts
 
3rd: Kamishibai Man, by Allen Say (video about storytelling up to 1 min 35 seconds)
 
4th: Lewis and Clark and Me, by Laurie Myers
 
5th: The Table Where the Rich People Sit, by Byrd Baylor; OR Kamishibai Man, by Allen Say (video about storytelling up to 1 min 35 seconds)
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Library closes at 2:15 on Tuesday, April 23
Wednesday, April 24, meeting of the 5th-grade book club
2nd-grade trip to NHM on Thursday, April 25
Science Night is Thursday, April 25
 
Books on display: Protecting the environment—Transportation and energy
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TK: Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle, by Chris Raschka; OR How Will We Get to the Beach? by Brigitte Luciani
 
K: Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle, by Chris Raschka; A Bicycle for Rosaura, by Daniel Barbot

1st: Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, by D.B. Johnson; video if time, http://www.cyberbee.com/henryhikes/meethdt.html
 
2nd: Cannon, Fletcher--Stone Girl, Bone Girl, by Laurence Anholt, with video on Mary Anning https://vimeo.com/269594531; Freeman--A Bike Like Sergio’s, by Maribeth Boelts

DHH: Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, by D.B. Johnson; OR How Will We Get to the Beach? by Brigitte Luciani
 
3rd: My Light, by Molly Bang
 
4th: Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World, by Allan Drummond; and Samsø Energy Academy video below
 
5th: Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World, by Allan Drummond, and video below, "How Amsterdam Became a Bicycle Paradise" (for further information, watch at home "Cycling in the U.S. from a Dutch Perspective")

​Books on display: Protecting the Environment—Food and water
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TK: Water Is Water, by Miranda Paul; Paul and Bernadette, by Rosy Lamb
 
K: Water Dance, by Thomas Locker; Water Is Water, by Miranda Paul;
 
1st: Muncha Muncha Muncha! by Candace Fleming
 
2nd: If You Find a Rock, by Peggy Christian; AND Petra, by Marianna Coppo; Freeman--Stone Girl, Bone Girl, by Laurence Anholt
 
DHH: Before We Eat, by Pat Brisson
 
3rd: High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs, by Lisa Kahn Schnell
 
4th & 5th: No Monkeys, No Chocolate, by Melissa Stewart

TK: Mole and Baby Bird, by Marjorie Newman

K, 1st: Faraway Fox, by Jolene Thompson; entry for "Habitat" in World Book Online for Kids https:worldbookonline.com
 
2nd: Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas, ​by Lynne Cox
 
DHH: First the Egg, by Laura Vacaro Seger; AND The Most Wonderful Egg in the World, by Helme Heine
 
3rd: From Wolf to Woof: The Story of Dogs, by Hudson Talbott; California Science Center dog exhibit;  “Superpower Dogs” trailer (below) if time
 
4th: Everglades, by Jean Craighead George; discuss what young people can do to protect natural places; then National Geographic video (below) if time 
 
5th: The Good Lion, by Beryl Markham

Above: "Wildlife crossings including underpasses, overpasses, viaducts, tunnels, and more provide safe passage over and under roads and ensure that animals aren't cut off from valuable resources." From Faraway Fox, by Jolene Thompson

Books on display: Springtime and Women’s History Month
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TK & K: Mae Among the Stars, by Roda Ahmed
 
1st: Beatrix Potter and Her Paint Box, by David McPhail; The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
 
DHH: Mae Among the Stars, by Roda Ahmed

2nd: The Quickest Kid in Clarksville, by Pat Zietlow Miller

3rd: Girl Running, by Annette Bay Pimentel
 
4th: Dust Devil, by Anne Isaacs

5th: Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909, by Michelle Markel
 

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Above, Clara Lemlich, labor leader, c. 1909

At left, fire at the Triangle Waist Factory (1911); at right, advertisement for shirtwaists

Books on display: Springtime and Women’s History Month
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TK & K: Spring, by Jill Esbaum; My Garden, by Kevin Henkes (literary vs. informational)
 
1st: Spring After Spring: How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement, by Stephanie Roth Sisson

2nd: Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, by Patricia Valdez, photos of Procter's pet komodo dragon (from PDF below), and talk about biographies

​DHH: VOTE on CYRM; Spring, by Jill Esbaum
 
3rd: Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles, by Patricia Valdez, photos of Procter's pet komodo dragon (from PDF below)
 
4th: Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13, by Helaine Becker
 
5th: She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein, by Lynn Fulton

SLQB continues
Thursday, 3/14, is Pi Day
Thursday, 3/14, is Open House
Friday, 3/15, is a minimum day

Books on display:
Numbers, counting, and math
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TK: VOTE on CYRM
 
K: VOTE on CYRM
 
1st: Barney and Tynan--7 Ate 9, by Tara Lazar; Price—no library this week (minimum day on Friday)
 
2nd: VOTE on CYRM
 
DHH: no library this week (library closed Tuesday)
 
3rd: Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream, by Cindy Neuschwander
 
4th: Hart and Herringshaw--One Grain of Rice, by Demi; Rumble—not coming due to minimum day
 
5th Gralnik: VOTE on CYRM
5th Curry: no library this week (library closed Tuesday)
5th Rios: Tricking the Tallyman, by Jacqueline Davies

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See below for a fun video on Fibonacci numbers.