¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines
Dean Robbins Dance is such an emotional art form. One of my favorite things about being a mom has been watching my daughter dance for...
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Aven Green Sleuthing Machine
Dusti Bowling As an elementary school librarian, I make great effort to house a diverse collection of books. I think it is important for...
Sona Sharma Very Best Big Sister?
Chitra Soundar Lately I have been speaking to my students about the importance of books from different cultures. I explained to them...
Albert Einstein Was a Dope?
Dan Gutman In the month of March, I have been focusing on biographies as read alouds for my third grade students. The biography section...
Starfish
Lisa Fipps My family has been on my mind so much lately. My younger sister is going through some really heavy things right now, things I...
Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great
Bob Shea Kids. Love. Unicorns. Seriously, the unicorn books in my library are ALWAYS checked out. There is a hold list. They can't...
Carter Reads the Newspaper
Deborah Hopkinson Recent events in our country regarding race inequality make me glad that I chose a career in the field of education. ...
A Place for Pluto
Stef Wade Somehow, in switching school districts as a child, I missed out on learning about the solar system. At least I think I did. I...
Thurgood
Jonah Winter Equality. There is still work to be done. Stand up. Speak out. "Unlike the white kids' schools, the black kids' schools...
The Roots of Rap
Carole Boston Weatherford If you want kids to read, (and actually enjoy it), you have to give them things to read that they care about. ...
How to Catch a Mermaid
Adam Wallace I am always excited to see what book Adam Wallace comes up with next. His "How to Catch..." series is so much fun. With...
Shine!
J.J. & Chris Grabenstein Well, it's about that time. All of the MANY books I've had checked out from public libraries since March are...
Because
Mo Willems Before becoming an elementary school library media specialist, I wasn't very familiar with Mo Willems. I had heard of him,...
The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate Covid19 "Distance Learning" was NOT my fav. I would've given anything to teach my kiddos in person. However, during...
Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet
Curtis Manley As a child, I cannot remember learning anything about the solar system. Maybe it was because I moved schools, and I missed...
The Boy Who Invented the Popsicle: The Cool Science Behind Frank Epperson's Famous Frozen Treat
Anne Renaud Quite a while ago now, I checked out a TON of books for a committee that I'm on. Seriously. I literally went to 3 different...
Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Edna The Very First Chicken
Douglas Rees My whole life, I've heard people say that chickens are dinosaurs. I've never paid attention to it. I don't know what they...
The Good Thieves
Katherine Rundell I'm having one of those days where I read more than one book, and then realize that I've randomly chosen books that are...
Extreme Animals
Steve Parker When was the last time someone asked you what your favorite animal is? As a kid, I bet you knew right away what you were...
The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark
Deborah Diesen Some people really enjoy being scared. They like the rush and the excitement. The adrenaline. Not me. Uh-uh, no way. ...
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