Read Across America (Week 3)
by Stacy
Read Across America is a year-long celebration of all things reading! Starting in August and ending in July, Read Across America is about making time to read with kids and showing how reading is important and fun!
If we are going to create more readers, more writers, people who feel included and recognized, and people who understand that the world is far richer than just their experiences alone, kids need books that are as diverse and complex as the society we live in.
Join us each week as we share more Books Across America! Enjoy the comforts of reading in your own state, or travel the map to explore something new!
Check out this week's book recommendations, featuring stories set in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska & Nevada!
See a book you want to read? Click on the title to be taken to our catalog or Prospector to place a hold or borrow instantly!
Reader's Realm: Sports
with Lisa
OK, this is it; we’re finishing up SPORTS. Keep commenting or join in now.
Readers’ Realm will be taking a break for a while. Keep watch as it might return in the fall.
As you finish your book, did it come down to one big game or one big play? Tell about it. If not, how did the sport figure into how the book ended? Please include the title and author of the book you’re reading in your post.
In my book, "Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook" by Iva-Marie Palmer, Gabby ends up with TWO games/competitions at the same time, baseball and talent show. She manages to do her best at both. In the baseball game, it doesn't come down to her having the best, win-all play. I like that. She is part of it, but only a part. Baseball is her thing, and she finds a way to bring baseball into the talent show as well. Plus, she learns a hard lesson; she is not always the Golden Child, and that’s OK.
Remember, look for Readers’ Realm to return in the fall. In the meantime, keep reading!
Grab & Go Together: Spring Trees
with Julie & Karen
Spring has sprung! Create your own decorative spring tree!
Need supplies? Grab & Go kits are available at Tallyn's Reach Library while supplies last.
Reader's Realm: Sports
with Lisa
Play on, sports! Keep commenting or join in now.
A new discussion topic will be posted each week from now through March 24. Then on to a new genre/category.
Feel free to post as much as you like. (Click on the title of the post to get to the comment page. Be sure to read others’ comments and respond to them.)
Let’s get to it!
One important thing about most sports is teamwork. How does teamwork figure into your story? If yours is an individual sport, is there some kind of group the athlete/character belongs to? What do you think about belonging to a team? Please include the title and author of the book you’re reading in your post.
In "Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook" by Iva-Marie Palmer, Gabby gives up baseball, her sport, after her new team decides she is a jinx. She joins the field hockey team, which has a terrible record, and accidentally joins a non-sport team, a talent showcase. Being on a team is very important to Gabby, but not only being on a team, but being the best on the team, the Golden Child. She’s not that at any of the teams she’s on, but she can’t see that just being a useful part is as good as being the best. She seems like she’s going to fail, big time.
What’s happening in your book?
Welcome to Make & Learn! In this program, our librarians will be sharing easy-to-make games and activities that support cognitive development and practicing early literacy skills. In this video, Miss Sara shares some fun activities using pom poms!
by Stacy
Ready for an at-home spa day? Treat yourself with this quick and easy DIY bath salts recipe!
Join us each week as we learn about the different letter of the month, each week focusing on a different activity or skill!
March's letter of the month is I and the word of the month is ICE CREAM!
Read Across America (Week 2)
by Stacy
Read Across America is a year-long celebration of all things reading! Starting in August and ending in July, Read Across America is about making time to read with kids and showing how reading is important and fun!
If we are going to create more readers, more writers, people who feel included and recognized, and people who understand that the world is far richer than just their experiences alone, kids need books that are as diverse and complex as the society we live in.
Join us each week as we share more Books Across America! Enjoy the comforts of reading in your own state, or travel the map to explore something new!
Check out this week's book recommendations, featuring stories set in the District of Columbia, Georiga, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky & Louisiana!
See a book you want to read? Click on the title to be taken to our catalog or Prospector to place a hold or borrow instantly!
Reader's Realm: Sports
with Lisa
Play on, sports! Keep commenting or join in now.
A new discussion topic will be posted each week from now through March 24. Then on to a new genre/category.
Feel free to post as much as you like. Click on the title of the post to get to the comment page. Be sure to read others’ comments and respond to them. Let’s get to it:
What has been the best sport’s action moment of your book so far? Describe it as best you can. Please include the title and author of the book you’re reading in your post.
My book, "Gabby Garcia’s Ultimate Playbook" by Iva-Marie Palmer, has been using a lot of sports analogies for everything. Gabby sees the world through her sport, baseball, so it seems natural she’d describe everything that way. The best sport's bit so far is kind of funny and sad. Gabby wants to be a part of her new school's baseball team, but they’ve already started their season. She goes to a practice waiting for a moment to run on the field and show her stuff. When she does this, to catch a fly ball, she plows right into another player, giving her a bloody nose. It’s funny because I can see someone doing something like this to get herself noticed, but it’s sad that this is what she thinks she has to do instead of talking to the coach or asking to play.
What’s happening in your book?
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