January 18, 2021

Theme: Inventors, Inventions, and Innovations
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TK: no library this week due to MLK holiday
 
K: Faraway Fox, by Jolene Thompson; Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals, by Katy Duffield
 
1st: Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum, by Meghan McCarthy; AND What Do You Do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada
 
2nd: The Boo-boos That Changed the World, by Barry Wittenstein
 
DHH:  TBD
 
3rd: Winter’s Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again, by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff
 
4th: John Deere, That’s Who! by Tracy Maurer
 
5th: Kuklinski and Gralnik--How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning, by Rosalyn Schanzer; Curry--Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille, ​by Jen Bryant

Examples of human-made animal crossings, for Kindergarten.
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"The Truly Bloody History: A Band-Aid Love Story," about the invention of Band-Aids, for grade 2.
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Parts of a dolphin's anatomy 
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Winter the dolphin, at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, for grade 3. See also the live webcam for Winter and her dolphin friends.
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Two videos about metalsmithing for grade 4: "Britain's Longest-serving Blacksmith: Hardy Fred Harris";  "Mexican Handcraft Masters: Abdón Punzo, Copper" 
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"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" on the glass armonica, one of Ben Franklin's many inventions. For grade 5.
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The Braille alphabet, for grade 5.