With spring break upon us, it's the perfect time to check out one of these new books for the break! We have lots of awesome new options this week. I know there will be lots of excitement over the new Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel, but we also have so many other new books to read! Be sure to hold 1 (or 2) for break!
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March is paws to read month. So this isn't an official national day, but it is a darn cool day! According to scholastic.com, PAWS to Read! Month is a time dedicated to encouraging kids to read aloud to their furry friends. Studies show that children who regularly read aloud to therapy dogs and shelter cats improve their reading skills. The PAWS to Read! program encourages students to read aloud to therapy animals because the practice is said to have a number of benefits including increased concentration and focus, bolstered confidence in reading skills and an opportunity to simply enjoy the practice of reading. Moreover, the animals enjoy the interaction...especially if they live in a shelter since shelter life is so hard on dogs and cats! They need the interaction with humans AND you get to read! So it's a win-win!
There's still time to check out your favorite book from the library, contact your local animal shelter to see when you can visit, and get to reading! March is National Women's History Month, but it's ALSO National craft month! Here's a bit of history on national craft month from nationaldaycalendar.com:
During National Craft Month, crafters get creative with their supplies. Artisans set to work on a design, and different craftspeople put their skills together to bring an idea to life. With a broad range of crafts to choose from, National Craft Month inspires all kinds of mediums. From paper and wood to fabrics, paint and metal craft, the month is dedicated to creativity and inspiration. Whatever motivates you, take your craft from idea to reality this month. If you’ve only been thinking about learning, sign up for a class. Learning a craft offers many benefits. Expressing one’s creativity provides stress relief and can lower blood pressure much like meditation. There’s natural positive reinforcement from learning a new skill. With each new step learned, the satisfaction from gaining the skill is rewarding. Most crafts require fine motor skills. Crafts teach young children these skills as well keep ours sharp as we age. Crafting with a group becomes a social event. Gather with friends and complete a larger project or several smaller ones. Making items for charity, such as blankets for premature babies or activity bags for the children of veterans, makes your efforts that much more valuable. When creativity becomes stress relieving and generous, it fills the soul. HOW TO OBSERVE Get crafting! Grab your scissors or break out the welder. It doesn’t matter what your specialty is. Just be inspired. HISTORY In 1994, the Craft & Hobby Association created National Craft Month to help people rediscover and learn about the benefits of crafting. Use the link below to check out the craft and art books the IS has! Saturday Lois Lowry turned 83-years-old! Don't know who she is? Yes, you do! Lowry wrote The Giver, which is one of the greatest classics in children's literature. Check out this interesting history from thoughtco.com:
Author Lois Lowry is best known for The Giver, her dark, thought-provoking, and controversial fantasy, which is a young adult novel, and for Number the Stars, a children's novel about the Holocaust. Lois Lowry received the prestigious Newbery Medal for each of these books. However, what many people don't know is that Lowry has written more than thirty books for children and young teens, including several series. Lois Lowry has written more than thirty books for young people, from 2 year-olds to teens, and has received numerous honors. Lowry received the prestigious John Newbery Medal for two of her books: Number the Stars and The Giver. Other honors include the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award. The Giver is 23rd on the American Library Association's list of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. To learn more, see In Their Own Words: Authors Talk About Censorship, in which Lowry discusses reactions to The Giver and states, "Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of The Giver: the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all." We have both Number the Stars and The Giver in the library! So check it out and get to reading today. These are both EXCELLENT books! Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day! This is one of those days that seems like we celebrate it without a reason. But there is a really important reason we celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Here's a bit of really interesting history that you may not have known from Ducksters:
What does Saint Patrick's Day celebrate? Saint Patrick's Day celebrates a Christian Saint named Patrick. Patrick was a missionary who helped to bring Christianity to Ireland. He is the patron saint of Ireland. In the United States the day generally celebrates Irish-American culture and heritage. History of Saint Patrick's Day St. Patrick was a missionary to Ireland in the 5th century. There are many legends and tales about how he brought Christianity to the island including how he used the shamrock to explain the Christian trinity. It is believed he died on March 17, 461. Hundreds of years later, around the 9th century, people in Ireland began celebrating the Feast of St. Patrick on March 17th each year. This holiday continued as a serious religious holiday in Ireland for hundreds of years. In the 1700s the holiday began to become popular with Irish-Americans wanting to celebrate their heritage. The first St. Patrick's Day parade was held on March 17, 1762 in New York City. Fun Facts About Saint Patrick's Day
March 17th. Sometimes the day is moved by the Catholic Church to avoid the Easter holidays. Who celebrates this day? The day is celebrated as a religious holiday by the Catholic Church. It is also celebrated in Ireland and by Irish people around the world. Many non-Irish join in the celebrations in many places, especially in the United States. It is a public holiday in Ireland. What do people do to celebrate? There are a number of traditions and ways to celebrate this day. For many years the day was celebrated as a religious holiday. People in Ireland and other areas of the world went to church services to celebrate. Many people still celebrate the day this way. There are also lots of festivals and parades on this day to celebrate Irish culture. Most major cities have some sort of St. Patrick's Day parade. The city of Chicago has a fun custom where they dye the Chicago River green each year. Probably the main way to celebrate St. Patrick's is to wear green. Green is the main color and symbol of the day. People not only wear green, but they dye their food green. People eat all sorts of green foods such as green hot dogs, green cookies, green bread, and green drinks. Other fun traditions of the holiday include the shamrock (three leafed clover plant), Irish music played with bagpipes, eating corned beef and cabbage, and leprechauns. Want to learn more about Ireland? Check out this book from the library! Today we have many new books and ALL of them are about disastrous events in history! One of these titles is a new I Survived about the California wildfires of 2018! If you enjoy the I survived series, then all of these books will be just about perfect for you! The new series (Doomed!) is all about huge historical disasters and we have two new What was? books that also cover famous historical disasters. Even if you aren't a fan of disaster books, give one a try this time. The best way to find our new favorite anything is to try new things! Today is National Plant a Flower Day! Why? Because they are pretty! And they make people happy! And it's a great way to bring in spring! According to National Day Calendar, Each year this day is dedicated to the planting of flowers and looking forward to the spring season. Flower gardening has become a hobby for many, young and old, and National Plant a Flower Day is a start to the new season each year.
HOW TO OBSERVE #PlantAFlowerDay: Plant a flower garden! Tips for Starting a Flower Garden
We have an AWESOME book at the IS library that teaches you how to make a butterfly garden! Check it out below! Today we have 3 new books in alternative (not a hard copy of a book) format! The two new audiobooks are: Bella's Story, which is another book in A Dog's Way Home series that so many of you love! Also new in audiobook format is The Plot to Kill Hitler. The new ebook we have is Edgy Fashion, which is all about finding your own style and rocking it! All of these titles will need to be read on your Chromebook! The audiobooks will read through headphones on your Chromebook and the ebook will open right in the catalog for you!. To view these books, you will need to log into Destiny Discover and then scroll to the section you are interested in (audiobooks or ebooks). You will need to click the button that says "view all" on the right side of the screen and a page will open with the newest books. Then hold as always! Today we have many new books you can check out! If you are a fan of the Magnus Chase series by Riordan, then there's a great book for you in today's new books! This is a short story collection in which each story is told by a different character from the Magnus Chase series. So be sure to check this one out! You can also get it if you have only read The Lightning Thief and you will still enjoy it since it has tons of mythology! Did you know that a woman ran for president in 1872? Did you know that the first woman in space was in 1963?
It's National Women's History Month in March! So now is the time to read about all the awesome things ladies have done for society! Not a female? That's okay! Because you know women you like! Like your mom, grandma, sister, and friends. So go ahead and read about women trailblazers this month! Here's a bit of history from National Day Calendar: National Women’s History Month was established in 1987 as a way to celebrate women across the nation and their efforts to make the country, and world, a better place for women of all ages and races. While America is full of influential women today, hundreds of women came before them, paving the way. Women’s History Month serves as a way to not only remember them but keep carrying their torch onward. There’s still work to do. During the month, International Women’s Day also celebrates the achievements of women from the past and present. Pioneering Women from History
HOW TO OBSERVE #WomensHistoryMonthTake the time to learn more about women’s history this month. If you do, chances are it’ll help you truly understand and appreciate the strength and determination of women across the country over hundreds of years. |
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