Bringing Heart and Mind into Storytime
Bringing Heart and Mind into Storytime

Author: Heather McNeil

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2022-04-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13:

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Learn how to use children's books during storytime to approach sensitive topics and increase children's social-emotional wellness-and how to create storytimes that are engaging, participative, and FUN! The emotional challenges many children experience consume the time of teachers, exhaust parents, and sometimes lead children toward behaviors that prohibit social and academic success. Storytime to the rescue! Library storytimes prepare children for kindergarten; storytimes at home and in preschools allow teachers, parents, and children to think and talk about empathy and the importance of honoring your own and others' feelings. In Bringing Heart and Mind into Storytime, Heather McNeil teaches librarians and teachers how to use books to open conversations with children to teach such concepts as patience, tenacity, kindness, and teamwork. McNeil shares research on brain development, social-emotional learning, and the importance of play, but she also emphasizes maintaining the fun of storytime. She recommends songs, action rhymes, games, and crafts that contribute to fun and healthy storytimes. Extensive lists of recommended books will help readers find the right ones for their audience.

We're in It for Life
We're in It for Life

Author: Julie Dennis

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2009-12-23

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1449051278

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The season of your childhood should be the best season of your life... memories that will live with you forever, friends that you could not imagine living one day of your life without... But just as the seasons change, so does life, friends and experiences. Just when you think that you have met the one person that you want to spend the rest of your life with... Jackie Garrett meets and falls in love with the man of her dreams Deon Davis, only to find out that he has a past. Her past has come back to haunt her as well. Why did this happen now, now that everything seems so perfect? Why did Michael have to come back to ruin her relationship after all these years? Her decision will not only affect her... but, the future of them all. What happened with Michael was so long ago... I guess the saying is true. "what goes around, comes around" Now that Michael has returned, Jackie has been forced to make some decisions. The chain of events that is about to unfold will definitely have a devastating impact on all of their lives.

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Publisher: King of Houston

Published:

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13:

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Squirrel Do Bad
Squirrel Do Bad

Author: Stephan Pastis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-08-31

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 1534496122

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From the author of the Pearls Before Swine comic strip and New York Times bestselling Timmy Failure series comes a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming, full-color graphic novel series about a quirky town—just right for young readers starting to read longer books! Wendy the Wanderer has lived in Trubble Town her whole life but never had the chance to go exploring. For this reason, she thinks she was definitely misnamed. Her dad likes to know where she is to make sure she’s safe, so she’s never been anywhere on her own. Then, her dad leaves on a trip and the babysitter doesn’t reinforce all the usual rules. Or any of the usual rules! Suddenly, Wendy is free to do what she wants, and what she wants is to live up to her name…and find Trubble. Turns out, there’s lots going on in Trubble Town. As she encounters endearingly goofy animals and hilariously hapless townsfolk, Wendy’s very first adventure takes more twists and turns than she could have ever expected. She learns some really valuable life lessons and even teaches a few of her own.

The Missing Cash Mystery
The Missing Cash Mystery

Author: Doris Hay

Publisher: Rainbow Crush

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0463543343

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Ginger’s just a kitten who loves a good mystery. She’s never actually solved one before, but when a neighbour’s safe is broken into, Ginger’s on the case. Her fellow Mystery Cats, Butterball and Zorro, don’t see any point in looking into this crime. Clearly, the neighbour’s son stole the money. He doesn’t work, mooches off his parents, and suddenly has the cash to take his girlfriend on a splashy beach vacation? Even Gemma, the neighbour-lady, feels pretty certain her son is to blame—that’s why she didn’t bother calling the police. But Ginger smells a rat, and she won’t give up until the true culprit is brought to justice… even if the investigation puts this tiny kitten in all sorts of danger!

School!
School!

Author: Kate McMullan

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2010-07-20

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0312375921

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The genius of New Yorker cartoonist George Booth's illustrations and Kate McMullan's storytelling comes together for a classic back-to-school gem.

The Wolf
The Wolf

Author: J.R. Ward

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-11-16

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 1982179899

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Return to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward. In the next installment of bestselling author J.R. Ward’s Prison Camp series, things get steamy when Lucan, a wolven forced into bartering drug deals for the infamous Prison Colony, meets Rio, the second in command for the shadowy Caldwell supplier, Mozart. After a deal goes awry, a wolf with piercing golden eyes swoops in to save her from certain death. As shocking truths unfurl, Rio is uncertain of who to trust and what to believe—but with her life on the line, true love rears its head and growls in the face of danger.

Marley Legend
Marley Legend

Author: James Henke

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 0811850366

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A slipcased volume chronicles the Jamaican reggae musician's life, and includes removable reproductions of handwritten lyrics and concert schedules, as well as a compact disc featuring music clips and an interview with the songwriter.

Hugs and Sprinkles
Hugs and Sprinkles

Author: Sheryl Berk

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1492637467

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PLC is about to find out that secrets and crushes are a recipe for disaster... The fifth graders at Blakely Elementary are having their very first dance! The girls of Peace, Love, and Cupcakes are all thrilled...except for Kylie, who confides in Lexi that she wishes she had a special someone to go with. Before long, notes and gift show up in Kylie's locker from a "secret admirer" who seems to know her perfectly! Kylie is over the moon—until the discovery of her admirer's identity leads to two feuding friends! Can PLC pull it together in time for the festivities?