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Author Candace Fleming and illustrator Eric Rohmann have wowed the children’s book world with a very engaging and detailed book about bees. Did you know bees are quite hairy?! The oil paintings of…
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… book world with a very engaging and detailed book about bees. Did you know bees are quite hairy?! The oil … for granted. Information at the back of the book is about body parts of a worker honeybee, ways to help them …
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What is art? What attracts or repulses the viewer? The colors, setting, images, tactile feel of textiles/sculpture? Does knowledge of the artist or the subject influence the viewer?…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… some more details, but I think what was most interesting about this book were the questions the author asked herself (and thus her readers) about art and its influences. Is there a final answer? No, …
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Have you ever wondered if yoga is right for you? Join yoga instructor Sarah Dimick this December at Alicia Ashman Library to try it out. Dimick will hold three Thursday sessions of Chair Yoga on…
Last updated 5 months 2 weeks ago
… November 22 at 10AM. Click the links above to register. About the Presenter Sarah Dimick is a licensed school …
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Minibombo's newest app is all about opposites. In this app, appropriate for even the youngest players, you first choose which animal you'd like to play with. Each animal then has a series of opposite…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Minibombo's newest app is all about opposites. In this app, appropriate for even the … another set of opposites from which to choose. After about four rounds of modifying your animal, they come up with …
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Author Chloe Benjamin read from her new book The Immortalists to a packed house at the first Wisconsin Book Festival event of 2018. It was a cold night but spirits were high at Cooper's Tavern as the…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Tavern as the author shared the news that her book was about to debut on The New York Times bestsellers list. Now … this year’s Book Club Café . Stay tuned for more details about that big event! The Immortalists starts out on the …
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When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts at a new school, he feels anxious about introducing himself to new people with a long name and decides to shrink his name to "Zim." But between his new friend…
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… starts at a new school, he feels anxious about introducing himself to new people with a long name and … up practicing skateboarding, he begins to gain confidence about himself and his full name. This uplifting story will …
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Also available in Spanish as ¿Qué te pasó?
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… from the author for addressing kids' natural curiosity about disabilities. Schneider Family Book Award 2024 Honor Book. Read more about all the 2024 ALA Youth Media Award Winners here. … …
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A charming sing-along (or read-along) app based on the song (and board book) "Skeletitos" with the catchy chorus, "tumba-laca, tumba-laca, tumba, tumba..." It's a song about Dia de los Muertos…
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… "tumba-laca, tumba-laca, tumba, tumba..." It's a song about Dia de los Muertos, skeletons, and telling time and the … Perfect for this time of year! My only complaint about the app is the English narrators' pronunciation of …
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October and the spooky season are just around the corner and I have the book for you. Elly Griffiths' (best known for her Ruth Galloway series of mysteries) Stranger Diaries is suspenseful and even…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… at times (there's even a ghost) and is a gothic book about a gothic story that is being written about for a book. Okay that sounds like nonsense, I know. So …
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Because it's nearly impossible to accurately represent the sizes of countries (on a round planet) on a flat map, the world maps that we are accustomed to seeing are distorted. This app is a great way…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… US) and it will highlight in a color. You can read more about your selected area (and get a link to a Wikipedia entry about that country/state) or you can move the silhouette …
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Parents old enough to remember old-school Electric Company will find something very familiar about this app. It's got a great catchy tune and fun graphics that give kids a chance to learn about…
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… Electric Company will find something very familiar about this app. It's got a great catchy tune and fun graphics that give kids a chance to learn about letter blends. Choose one of the two-letter blends on …
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I've been hearing about Ali Hazelwood's STEM-based debut for months and I'd been vacillating on reading it. If you read my reviews, you know I do read romance, but I read far more paranormal,…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… I've been hearing about Ali Hazelwood's STEM-based debut for months and I'd … in a realistic contemporary setting. But I kept hearing about how good this particular contemporary romance was, so I …
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Me and Mama by Cozbi Cabrera, centers on the special relationship between a young girl and her mother. Starting with the morning “when the house smells like cinnamon” and the papa and little brother…
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… or bananas (the little girl’s favorite), and thinking about their matching silver dresses. The illustrations are … sense of warmth and safety.) For other great picture books about special family relationships, check out these books …
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Someone whose taste in books runs parallel to mine kept raving about this book, so I've been wanting to read it for a while. I'm so glad I finally did. This book was lovely and delightful and…
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… whose taste in books runs parallel to mine kept raving about this book, so I've been wanting to read it for a while. … writes a monthly column for a Pacific Northwest magazine about life on Camano Island - where Imogen and her husband …
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Profiles of Wisconsin provides data and insight into the makeup of the state of Wisconsin. It provides the detail and demographic information that researchers or grant writers need and can also act…
Last updated 1 month ago
… Groups • Weather Statistics • Comparative Ranking Charts About Wisconsin In full color, this section gives the …
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Cat and Nat are best friends and mothers with seven kids between the two of them. They are urban Canadians and have husbands named Mark and Marc. They've created a massive online community…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… of which I am not a part and quite frankly, know nothing about, but I regularly listen to comedy books while commuting … Barbie doll in it. I appreciate Cat and Nat's mom truths about babies that don't sleep and kids that refuse to pick up …
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This books delivers exactly what it promises - a history of the color blue from lapis lazuli stones used by ancient Egyptians, to blue dye pressed from a snail's foot in Mexico, to crushed and dried…
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… clue created in 1905. Along the way we learn more nuance about the color's complicated history - how blue was used and … color. End matter includes an author's note and more facts about the color blue. … A different shade of blue …
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Ana and Harwin are best friends. They thought the fun would last forever, brewing fairy tea, playing horse doctor, crafting, and jumping on a trampoline. Then Harwin tells Ana her family is…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… me to experience as an adult. I would like to know more about infographics in order to tell my work story at Madison Public Library. Maybe you need to know more about infographics, too. This picture book inspired and …
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This novel is all the things. All the words. All the awards. All the feelings.
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Media Awards announced in January. It's a novel in verse about a teenager named Xiomara Batista. She's a twin, she's … present but still absent and a curiosity and questioning about the Catholic Church and boys that does not help soothe …
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Maybe you've heard of the Caldecott medal for illustration, one of the highest honors in children's literature, awarded annually by the American Library Association? But did you know that it is named…
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… This new book from the creator of yet another book about children's literature ( Balderdash! John Newbery and … by Caldecott, and a bibliography. I probably learned about Caldecott in library school - but not in such an …
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I've been hearing great things about The Will of the Many for a while - which made me more reluctant to read it. I have this kind of reverse metric when it comes to buzzy books. If too many people…
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… I've been hearing great things about The Will of the Many for a while - which made me more … it comes to buzzy books. If too many people are raving about a book, how good can it really be? That and it's a …
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A boy returns from school hurt that a friend drew a picture of their group and he has eyes like two lines stretched across his face. The others have big, round eyes with green, blue, brown…
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… This is a companion book to Eyes that Kiss in the Corners about a young girl who recounts how she shares her eyes with … in rich, poetic text. Author Joanna Ho is passionate about equity and inclusion in books and illustrator Dung Ho …
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Short animated/illustrated informational movies for kids about a wide variety of topics.
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… Short animated/illustrated informational movies for kids about a wide variety of topics. Join Tim and his robot friend … that your kids will love to watch while learning more about the topics that interest them most. … BrainPOP …
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This book should come with a warning - it is going to make you hungry. I ordered take out when I was about half way through, and again when I finished and I would like to try pretty much everything…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… is going to make you hungry. I ordered take out when I was about half way through, and again when I finished and I would … the book. Lin begins each section with a personal story about how she relates to the dish and the story that will …
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A list of publicly-accessible Frank Lloyd Wright architecture organized geographically. Developed in 1997 in conjunction with a library program.
Quick Guide
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… a list of books, films, tapes, and interactive media about Frank Lloyd Wright. Go to " By and About Frank Lloyd Wright " or pick up a copy at your local …
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