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Sophie Blackall has won the Caldecott Medal for her incredible ode to lighthouses and the extraordinary lives of lighthouse keepers and their families. Blackall has illustrated such a broad…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… the chapter book series, Ivy & Bean , and picture books about wild boars who go out to dinner, an only child who … Medal-winning title, Finding Winnie . If you’re curious about what it means to an author/illustrator to win such a …
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Are you a sports fan? Do you like reading about your favorite athlete or someone's inspiring journey? Then check out Booklist's current list of Top 10 Sports Books. The list includes a fisherwoman, a…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Are you a sports fan? Do you like reading about your favorite athlete or someone's inspiring journey? … basketball players. 26 Marathons: What I Learned about Faith, Identity, Running, and Life from My Marathon …
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This picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower is beautiful in its simplicity. Each spread has just a few words - starting with "a seed falls" - accompanied by vibrant illustrations that…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… This picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower is beautiful in … of a sunflower, and the back matter includes more details about the different parts of a sunflower seed and its plant, …
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Laxmi’s Mooch introduces us to Laxmi, a delightful and confident child, who has never paid much attention to the little hairs that grow on her upper lip – until a classmate points them out during a…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… By the time she gets home from school, she is concerned about her body hair, but her loving, patient parents tell her about other women who have mustaches – from ranis (Hindu …
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This is a sneaky, beautiful little book. Just when you think it’s all about girl power (and power tools!) to build and construct bookshelves, parks, community gardens, and a community center - take a…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… beautiful little book. Just when you think it’s all about girl power (and power tools!) to build and construct … of building and making. There are so many things to love about this book: great friends, great building vocabulary …
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Article
Do you have clothing or other fabric items that need mending? Sewers from the Sewing Machine Project are offering free mending at both Central and Hawthorne Libraries on a regular…
Last updated 1 month 3 weeks ago
… the Sewing Machine Project to learn how you can help. About the Sewing Machine Project: The Sewing Machine …
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Sylvie Cathrall's debut is an epistolary novel - a novelistic style that sometimes works for me and sometimes does not. Here it mostly does. I was immediately drawn in by the dreamy, carefully…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… stay in contact with the world. This world is one that is about 99% covered in water and most abodes are on floating … their sibling's relationship, we, the readers learn more about them all and what has got them to this point. This is a …
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My last couple reviews have been books with darker theme and tone, so I thought I should switch it up. Now, if you've seen the book cover and title, Fangs, you may be thinking, how is a book about a…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… and title, Fangs , you may be thinking, how is a book about a vampire (and a werewolf, btw) going to lighten things … up? Here's how: throw in a sweet, quirky romance and about as many (sometimes groanworthy) dad-type jokes poking …
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From the Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López, creators of The Day You Begin, comes a new story about using your imagination to soar. Stuck inside on a rainy day, two siblings are told by their…
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… López, creators of The Day You Begin , comes a new story about using your imagination to soar. Stuck inside on a rainy … always, and Jacqueline Woodson ends with an authors note about how she learned to fly the first time she read The …
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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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Listen Slowly by Thanhha Lai, audio edition Harper Collins Audio, 2015 read by Lulu Lam
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… California Beach Girl. She’s not really into learning about her family’s Viet Namese heritage. Accompanying her … in the mountains, so Mai will be Om’s companion. Nothing about Viet Nam is familiar; not the customs, not the heat, …
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Part guessing game, part counting book, part an environmental warning - it all adds up to another great book by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… it out! At the end, Seeger gives a little information about each of the animals, all of which are threatened or … guessing of the animal are fun, with a powerful message about endangered species and our environment. For ages 4-8, …
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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…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… 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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I told you a bit ago about how I came to read the wildly popular Fourth Wing which had been on my radar for months. Not on my radar and coming in as a total surprise for me is a book I think is a…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… I told you a bit ago about how I came to read the wildly popular Fourth Wing which … by her people. But the Anglish have far different ideas about the bond between people and dragons and if she is to …
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Kids app
Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all kinds in this weather app from marco polo. Choose from three different characters to place into the environment, then make sure they're…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… Kids learn about temperature, seasons and weather of all kinds in this … front page--it's full of great ideas to continue learning about weather once you're done with the app! … MarcoPolo …
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Recently I saw a discussion about themes/tropes/storylines that would be automatically appealing in a book. For a moment I was stumped. Sure I know the kinds of things I look for in books and often…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… Recently I saw a discussion about themes/tropes/storylines that would be automatically … really matter what they're competent at, I want to read about them. Enter Mr. Fixer Upper by Lucy Score . Paige St. …
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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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Kids app
Do you love Mad Libs stories? Here's a new twist! With Yak Libs kids can choose a story, fill in their own words or let the random word generator choose words, and then either read the story…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… option to connect to the Game Center) but also the story about farting -- you can decide which version is right for … (personally, I prefer the simple reward of cracking up about ridiculous sentences). This app is well-designed and …
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Article
Join a 4-part series on How the Body Works to explore health education and see if different health professions are right for you!
Join us at Goodman South Madison Library for snacks, games, and…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… snacks, games, and a interactive activities to learn more about how the body works and explore careers in the … one program or sign up for them all - we'll be learning about different parts of the body each time, so there will be …
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Kids app
Have you ever wanted to dress up as a character from Sesame Street? Now you can do that on a screen! You can "dress up" as one of 6 different Sesame Street characters through the magic of…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… a friend. After you're done playing with this app, think about what other ways you could dress up at your house. Even … socks become the paws and ears for a puppy costume? How about an empty box for a hat? If you have access to a …
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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…
Last updated 3 months 4 weeks ago
… 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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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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Kids app
A cartoon illustration plus micro-bio on 77+ women in history (err... "HERstory") including no less than SEVEN women named Harriet.
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… have a similar job?) and you can read a few paragraphs about her and her accomplishments. You can also simply … list of women, tapping on whoever you'd like to learn more about and see her micro-bio in the app. I wish the app would …
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Book club kit
Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a university library. His mother Margaret, a Chinese American poet, left…
Last updated 4 months 2 weeks ago
… books have been banned--and he resents that she cared more about her work than about him. Then one day, Bird receives a mysterious letter …
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Kids app
Design your own robot, then take it for a walk in the great outdoors and see how it handles the environment! Will your robot, walk, stroll or roll? Will it have laser arms or a brain…
Last updated 3 months 1 week ago
… options? Check out the robot manual that tells you all about each and every robot part and the different skills and … silliest robot or the most beautiful robot. Learn more about the makers of this app on the library's App Fairy …
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