November is National Peanut Butter Lover's month! Warm, gooey peanut butter on a warm toast is just about the best snack ever in my opinion! So let's celebrate with these cool facts presented by National Today(followed by warm peanut butter toast after school!).
The invention of peanut butter has long been falsely credited as belonging to George Washington Carver, who was an inventor and also a scientist determined to improve the welfare and nutrition of America’s farmers. This is partly because Mr. Carver was a huge proponent of peanuts as a source of protein and energy, and created a list of foods and recipes for farmers to use that were centered around peanuts. But Carver did not actually invent peanut butter. By the time he was advocating for peanuts as a supportive, alternative crop (around 1916), peanut butter had already been popularized. In fact, in 1840 a New Yorker named Rose Davis started making peanut butter after her son saw Cuban women grinding the nuts and spreading them on bread. Additionally, evidence has surfaced that Aztecs may have even done something similar as early as the 15th century. But, the first person credited with creating peanut butter was a French-Canadian man named Marcellus Gilmore Edson, who created it in 1884. Fourteen years later, Kellogg (the man of cereal fame) created the first streamlined process to mass produce the product and it was quickly considered a snack for elite society members as it was served as a protein source in wealthier hospitals. Since then, it’s grown to be more widely available, with PB&J becoming the official sandwich of, well, everyone who wants a quick, affordable, and protein-filled snack. Did you know that two of our past presidents were peanut farmers? Jimmy Carter and Thomas Jefferson were both peanut farmers! Check out the catalog and look for cookbooks that will have recipes including peanut butter or check out a book on a past US President to see if you can learn any other cool facts about them that you may not know! Just search up "cookbook" or "president" and browse what comes up! Today is Lauren Tarshis' birthday! She is 57 years old today. So you should definitely check out her I Survived series if you haven't yet! To celebrate her birthday, here are some facts that you may not know about her that was taken from Glogster. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico but raised in New York City, New York by both parents. Today she lives in Connecticut with her husband and four children. She has tight-knit family, who happens to live right around the corner from her, including her parents, grandmother, brother, sister in law and three nieces. Lauren is the editor of a children's literacy magazine called StoryWorks. This magazine is published by Scholastic and read by more than 400,000 kids in their 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms. Lauren is a very successful writer, but it hasn't always been easy for her. Literacy wasn't her strong area in school. In fact, she mentioned in a article that she didn't actually read a book until high school. Later in life when she was given an opportunity to work for StoryWorks, she decided to go and read all of the prominent children's books. She fell in love with these books, and it inspired her to be a writer. She never would have guessed that this would be her career, but it was meant to be. Her inspiration for the popular I Survived series comes from her fascination with disasters. Not just the disasters themselves, but the people who experienced those disasters. So, for each book she has written for the series, she does a year's worth of studying and research to understand what people were going through at that time. Other books written by her are: Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree and Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love. Check out these awesome new books! This week there are several exciting titles. Most notable is Allies by Alan Gratz! I know you are stoked to read this new book, so be sure to place a hold on it! It is focused on D-Day, so it will be sure to have non-stop action for all you WWII readers out there! Also new this week is Umbertouched. This is actually the sequel to Rosemarked, which was a Truman nominee a few years ago. If you haven't read Rosemarked, here is a quick summary so you can check book one out first and then read the second book. The third one is coming soon, so this a great choice for those of you who love series! This book has a little bit of everything from romance to disaster to war. Rosemarked details: When Zivah falls prey to the deadly rose plague, she knows it's only a matter of time before she fully succumbs. Now she's destined to live her last days in isolation, cut off from her people and unable to practice her art-until a threat to her village creates a need that only she can fill. A soldier shattered by war . . . Broken by torture at the hands of the Amparan Empire, Dineas thirsts for revenge against his captors. Now escaped and reunited with his tribe, he'll do anything to free them from Amparan rule-even if it means undertaking a plan that risks not only his life but his very self. Thrust together on a high-stakes mission to spy on the capital, the two couldn't be more different: Zivah, deeply committed to her vow of healing, and Dineas, yearning for vengeance. But as they grow closer, they must find common ground to protect those they love. And amidst the constant fear of discovery, the two grapple with a mutual attraction that could break both of their carefully guarded hearts. Today is Mickey Mouse's birthday! This is the anniversary of his first appearance on screen. Here are some interesting facts and some history about Mickey from National Today.
Mickey Mouse first appeared in the short film “Steamboat Willie” on November 18, 1928. Ever since then, fans all over the world have celebrated this day as his birthday. 5 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT MICKEY MOUSE
Do you want to be the next R.L. Stine or Alan Gratz? The only way to get there is to do it! And that's what National Writing Month is all about. It was founded by an organization (NaNoWriMo <- say it fast....it's funny!) as a way to encourage aspiring writers of all ages to complete the novel they dream of. The site has tons of workshops, advice, and strategies to get your book written. They have a specific site for under-18 writers that is linked below. And that is just perfect if you need some advice on how to write!
So check out the site and join up if you are interested. Or, if you prefer a different approach, go ahead and search up "writing" in the library catalog or check out the link below. I made a collection of writing books for you that you can get to right there! We have a ton of great books about how to write and biographies of famous authors like J.K. Rowling. Sometimes we can learn a lot about how to write simply by reading about how others do it! Today is World Kindness Day! Thanks to folks at Nationaldaycalendar.com, The World Kindness Movement started World Kindness Day in 1998 and has spread to 28 countries. This day is all about making the world you live in a better place. There are literally countless ways you can do this from helping a neighbor with yard work to volunteering at an animal shelter to simply saying something kind to someone who needs it.
Your library has many books on volunteering and making the world a better place! Check out some of these titles and try them out next week. Even if it's after World Kindness Day, it's still awesome to be kind! Also, don't forget we have the magazine Mighty Kind, which comes out every other month and highlights kids who volunteer around the world while also offering great tips on how you can help others in big and small ways! Check out one of these books for some great ideas! Or do some googling for great ideas! Today is the day we honor those who have fought for our country. The Department of Veterans Affairs has an awesome history of this! So here's the history they present for you:
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” The original concept for the celebration was for a day observed with parades and public meetings and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m. So today, along with saying thanks to a Veteran, take a minute to browse the books in the library that relate to the subject! You can search up a specific war you are interested in or you can just search for "military" and that will get you to all the books I have about different branches of the military. No matter what you do, simply reading and learning about Vets and the struggles they survived is one of the best ways you can honor them since that will ensure that you will never forget their sacrifice for our nation! Happy reading! It's new book day! And it's an exciting day! Before today we had a few Choose Your Own Adventure books. Today, we have them all! That's 184 in total! Which is a good 175 new books! So I am not posting a cover of each book. To check out all the new titles, click the catalog link below. I know many of you enjoy reading books where you choose the outcome. I love these books because they have so much re-readability. Each trip through really is a totally new adventure! So if you've been struggling to find something you enjoy reading this year, then maybe now is the time to kick back and try out a Choose Your Own Adventure book and see where you end up!
It's finally November, which means food and family! After a whole month of scary books and movies, November feels like a breath of fresh air to me. It's a time when I start reading more lighthearted, family centered books. Partly this is just because everything seems so warm and cozy. The weather is cooler so we can start fires to read by. Hot chocolate and hot apple cider are perfectly in season, so there's something tasty and warm to sip on while we read. It's really just the perfect time to curl up with a relaxing book and a hot drink by the fire and read the day away. Check out the book trailer below for the first cozy book suggestion of the year! I have 3 copies in the library so you shouldn't even have to wait! The new catalog update allows me to share links directly to books, so if you want to hold it just click the link below and it will take you straight to the title in Destiny. Then just log in and hold it! Happy reading! |
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