 Hi, this is Chenda at Bach Library. Hi, I'm Denea from the Billy King King Library. Welcome to Picture This, our monthly conversation, sharing great books from our Picture Book collections, airing the second Wednesday of every month. Denea, what do you have to share this session? Okay, so my first two books are about libraries, but these are very different kind of libraries that you see, not just the ones that you see here. So this is my first book, it's called Library Bus. It's by Bahram Rahman, and this takes place in Afghanistan. It's a book about a young girl who is the first age she's helping her mother out at the library once. So they go around and they go to different, different, I guess, areas, and then they help girls and they teach them how to read, write, and to even speak in English. And so the little, the young girl, she's really nervous because all of these kids, they can read, write, and she's not there yet. She's gonna actually start school next year, but she's really excited to help her mother and it showed her how, like, eagerly the young girls were to learn, are ready to read, they were wanting to read, and they even go to the UNHCR. So this is actually another, the camp where they go to even bring some books to the kids and it's specifically to the girls. So, and the author who actually wrote this was born in Afghanistan and he wrote this book to show the strength of the children, specifically, Afghanistan girls and focus on their pursuit of education. And many of these library buses are, like, they're just run by women who really just are making an effort and wanting to go around and to help educate young women. So I really thought this book was good and, you know, it's worth the read because it shows how different countries, because maybe they don't have libraries to go to some parts of the world. So we have to go to them. And so I thought this was really good. My other one is actually the Spanish book. We have a Spanish book in our collection right now, but in the future, we will be getting an English word there for this. So the title is Res Contado Palotras, Jose Alberto Gutierrez y la Biblioteca que Crió. Hopefully I said that correctly. But then this is written by Angela Burke-Punkle. So in English, this means, taking her words, Jose Alberto Gutierrez, and the library he built. So this is a picture book based on the life of Jose Alberto Gutierrez. And it's an either man from Bogota, Colombia. And he fell in love with books, well, after reading Anna Karenia, Karenia. And he was a garbage collector. So he would collect books around town and he would make his own library collection at home. So every Saturday, young kids can go to his house and read books. So this is another way that we can have kids bring books to communities and stuff. So I thought this was a really good book. And also what I loved because I couldn't be, I'm, unfortunately, I cannot read Spanish, but the illustrations help tell me the story. So sometimes even if you can't read it, that's why we love illustrations because illustrations also tell us another, like a story without roots. And of course I love about that. So what about you, Chanda? Do you have a couple of books for me? I love the book that promotes literature and reading and literacy because March, since March is the beginning of a women history month, I wanted to feature the series that all encourage and feature women to challenge the system and persist. So it's written by Chelsea Clinton, illustrated by Alexandra Boger. She persisted, there's three of them. This is 13 American women who changed the world. She persisted in sports, American Olympians who changed the game, like they challenged the game. And then 13 women who changed history. So around, this is around the world. So it featured, you know, the most interesting one that I didn't realize was that J.K. Rowling, you know, the author of Harry Potter when she wanted to be a writer, but she didn't, she can, after university, she just spent years working on Harry Potter, working full-time, but many publisher rejected her first book, but she persisted. And the publisher even asked her to change her name to J.K. because Joanne sounded, you know, two females, so they want J.K. to, so it sounded less female. And her name's Joanne. She didn't have a middle name, so the K stands for her mother's, her grandmother's middle name, Catherine. So she's now sold more than 40, 400 million books. So I just want to show the challenge that women still continue to face even in today's age. And then the author of your book, Library Bus, reminds me of Malala because she wanted to get an education. And even though people in her native Pakistan thought girls shouldn't go to school and she was threatened many times, but she persisted in writing about her dreams for herself and girls everywhere. And she was even shot because for standing up, you know, to that, for the standing up for girls to have rights to go to school. So she herself continued to go to school today. So it's a really wonderful book because you have to speak up, rise up, dream big, because these women did that and more. They persisted and so should you. And then the other one that I wanted to share is about Mae Jemison, astronaut, Mae Among the Stars. This is a fictionalized picture book written by Rhoda Ahmed. So it just about, it just shows what a little dreamer, Mae Jemison, she grew up wanting to be an astronaut, but she got discouraged by a teacher who maybe just didn't want her to be disappointed and told her maybe she should be a nurse instead. And Mae had a hard time, so she didn't want to be a nurse. She wanted to be an astronaut. She was very disappointed. But so she decided to just study, you know, and she became a doctor instead. She graduated from high school at 17, became a doctor, but she always held on to her dream and she finally did enter to a NASA space program and she did become an astronaut because her mom always said, if you can dream it, wait a year, let me find a quote, if you can dream it and you can believe in it, and if you work hard, anything is possible. So that's just a wonderful story to follow your dreams despite people telling you how difficult or hard it can be. And then the last two book I have for Women's History Month is Shaking Things Up. The 14 Young Women Who Changed a World by Susan Hood. And this one is really awesome. It also features, it's just a one page informational one with fact and the bottom of the biography and then a illustrated page features like Mae Lin. A few of the biography that's listed here, they're still alive and there's Malala again. And it's a really an awesome book to just share and start talking about, you know, how things have to change and we have to fight for it by shaking things up because if you write this one, if we don't shake things up or speak up or fight, we will never be able to like ride a bike, or want to write a story about bicycle face, story by Larissa Tule, it's about women not being told they can't ride a bike like they can't vote. Oh, this one takes place in 1896 and girls and women lived by a long list of things they were told not to do. They were not to vote, for example, that was against the law. They were also told not to wear pants or ride a bicycle because they think that women are so fragile and weak that they were, their face were creased and their jaws were closed up forever from straining maybe forever. But Belinda didn't believe that and she borrowed her brother's pants and she tried. She kept falling down and she fell and fell again and again and again, but she persisted. Guess what? Her face did not freeze, her jaws did not lock up and she rode into this day. That's why we're still riding bikes. This book is wonderful to just start the conversation about misconception, about what women's role or abilities are and there's some historical notes about bicycle face and from bicycle to vote about women's suffrage. What do you, that's pretty much for March Women's History Month. What do you have? Well, I have a couple more that will actually ride on your stories which with the persistence and change the misconceptions I have. Our vice president, it's Kamala Harris. So this is a story about her but we also have a young girl that comes home and she's not happy because her at school, the teacher was asking all the students what they wanted to be and this young girl, her name is Eve and she's telling her mother that she wants the teacher called upon her and asked her what she wants to be. She said she wanted to be a president and another student said to her girls can't be president and so the mother told her, well, he's wrong because we have our vice president, a woman vice president and the mother talks actually is telling Eve a story about, well, telling her about the life of Kamala Harris about where she began and also like where she came from. She like, you can see in the map she's from India to Jamaica and then to United States and also I think she even went to Canada. So moved to Canada. So there's a lot of history in here about Kamala. So it's not a very, and the font is very small. So this is something that maybe a parent and a child or even an older reader can do. But I think there's one excerpt that I really liked about this and it's about where Kamala, she goes off to school and she was graduating law school and that meant she would have to pass the bar. And when she took the test, she didn't pass it the first time and she actually taught Kamala something new which is failure and it's the toughest feature but it can also be the best because it makes you dig down deeper and try harder. And from what we've got today, like learning literally from Chenda's books and here's these women and children, they were persisting and they didn't stop because they failed. It actually pushed them to become better at what they want to be and looking at what happened. We, you know, she is here. And it's cool because also in the back, it also gives you a timeline of everything that's happening in Kamala's life. So I thought this is a great book and hopefully we'll have many more and maybe even some woman president. So hopefully in the future we can look forward to that. And my last one is Speak Up. So this book is written by Miranda Paul and there's this in this book, there's different ways that children can speak up about certain things and it's really sweet. I thought this was really good because it gives kids an idea of like when they should speak up and in situations like say for example, this one, there's a young boy standing up and he's, you know, they're eating lunch and it says share a moment or speak up, share a moment, kindness goes a long way. So it's not only just to speak up when something's wrong but you also wanna speak up to be kind, to include people even when you make a mistake. It's okay to speak up to say you're sorry or even when you have a special day or if you've given something to me, you speak up and say thank you or, you know, I just wanna talk about it or even yeah, you speak up to give your thanks. You know, everybody loves hearing thank you and I wanna talk to you and also even for nature, speak up, you rally to others and nature needs your mindful voices. So you gotta keep our earth clean and happy and also in the back, there's always great stuff in the back of books. So don't ever think of books that are ending. So we also have an excerpt for real kids who spoke up so you can actually read real life stories of children who spoke up and made a change. And also there's also an excerpt for when you should speak up and if you're still finding your voice. So there's also other ways that you can speak up without saying a word. And I thought that was really great because there's a lot of people that, you know, they're maybe shy or nervous or uncomfortable speaking out loud. So having that option of like speaking up in ways that make you feel comfortable and you're still helping is also a good thing to do. And you, Chandra? I really like that one. I like that you speak up, but you can also make you take action. Yes. That shows that, you know, you take action following your words or you don't even have to say a word, right? I know. It's really important. And then my last of my few books, this one, it's When Winter Comes, Discovering Wildlife in Our Snowy Woods. Ami M. Bessonet and illustrated by Aaron Horrigan. It's a really wonderful book. When you think about Texas and their blizzard or their blackout and snow and stuff like that, you wonder how can anything, when winter comes, when it's so cold and freezing outside, is there anything going on? This family is having fun because they're playing in the snow, but unbeknownst to them in the fallen log, the duck behind, you know, right here. Oh, there's toads and caterpillars, snails, slugs. They're hibernating mosquitoes and ladybugs. So animals that hibernate. And then there's animal that are still active, but they're underneath their tunnel below the snow. Look at them eating seed. And there's a wonderful two-layer picture right here is where the people, they're snow fishing. They're fishing through the frozen lake, but there's still animal underneath the lake. And even turtle who are hibernating are going to sleep at the very, themselves at the bottom of the mud. And you remember there's like, people are skiing on the snow and everything, but birds who do not fly south also has to find food and still live in the trees in the snow. And we have our common hibernators right here. And then there's also animals that stay active. They're hunters and then they'll prey. They have to stay hidden. Isn't that wonderful? So even though when winter comes, they're still wild and wonderful wintery world out there with the animals that because the wood are not empty, they're very much alive doing the winter. So it's a really wonderful book to share and learn about winter animals. And then I have two books by the same author. It's a field trip to the ocean deep and field trip to the ocean by John Hare. And there's a full page wordless book. So it's just, you have to use your visual as you look at the pictures. Think of in your head, what story would you write to go with this? The title can give you an idea of what the book is about. Field trip to the, and then you see the class. Wouldn't it be wonderful someday? We can take field trip to the ocean and field trip to the moon and our suit. But guess what? Somebody's left behind. And you can see what the person is doing. What would you write? What words would you use to describe? And then in each book, they have a surprise encounter with the creature that live on the moon and in the bottom of the ocean. And this child has a box of crayons and a sketchbook. And then in the book to the ocean, they have a underwater camera so they can take pictures. But not to worry because the teacher realized someone was left behind and they come back and give them a great, wonderful hug and they can tell their story and what they saw when they were on their field trip and never by themselves. It's a wonderful, full-page illustration, wordless book that you can share if you're building up vocabularies and using your words. Okay, Denea, what do you have? Okay, this is my last, for real, it's my last book. And it's a book that Chenda chose as well. So whenever you see us picking up the same book, it's because we were thinking about it at the same time and we wanted to show it off. So we both have different views of what we really liked about this book. And so the title is, Hooray for Helpers, First Responders and More Heroes in Action by Mike Austin, who has written a very beautiful book, very illustrative and simple text, which is really great because you have literally him telling, describing the first responder or heroes in such an easy way. And not only that, there's different scenarios that you're gonna see them in. And he's also, he's described all of the terms that you would use if you see like stuff over there, like in that situation. So at least you know what it is called. So I really loved it and the illustrations are really great and it's like so colorful and you get to learn more, not just like police or the firefighters or EMTs. There's way more people. There's so many more heroes out there and this book really describes it. And what about each? And what did he like about this book? I love how it's really, we're hearing a lot more of the words being used like, you know, with the blackout in Dallas, Texas, you talk about electrician going to work and chainsaw being used and cranes. And then I love how everything, like you said, is identified so we build vocabularies. But I also like the first response that they show, we have a picture showing the National Guard helping out because in LA, we have the National Guard coming out to help with the vaccination. That's pretty awesome. And they give out blankets and volunteer aid worker. I just love the fact that everything is identified. So we're building which vocabulary and they keep everyone. And then for everything you do, thank you first responder because there are heroes. And at the end of the book, of course there's stuff you can do. This one is Anthony and New York firefighter. But if you go to ready.gov flash kit for more information activities and games, you can create your own supply list. And in case you have to call 911, what you can have written down for the child or just practice saying your family's name, your home address and all that stuff. So that, you know, you're all ready to go. So that's a really wonderful book to just share and you know, learn more about first responder. They're also animals included too. They're first responders too. And then to follow that up, I have a funny one, emergency monster squad by Dave Corlitt. This is a really funny one because the responders are, he's an EMT, look at him. His name is, this is Sally and this is Gus who rides in the monster squad bus. And look at that. You wouldn't want your paramedic to show up like him, right? But this pyramid, they really have a portable oxygen tank, cardiac monitor and defibrillator first. But you know what they tell you, please don't say quiet around an ambulance crew because if you do, once you say quiet, you know what comes next, next emergency call for a pain in the chest. So every time you're near an ambulance, don't say because that will create an emergency call to come in. But I love the book and the book ends really cute, funny illustration, but I love how the book ends with the book cap on the glossary so the kids can have fun pronouncing and identifying what all the different parts are. It's really cool. And then to finish off our day, I'm so excited. Heroes wears mask. Elmo's super adventure. You know, we're hoping school will be open again and library and everything else. Once everyone get vaccinated, we hope. But Elmo is super excited, but he's also super nervous. So he practice, he takes a deep breath, he put his hand on his belly, take a deep breath through his nose and he leapt it out through his mouth just to feel better. You might have to do it a couple of times and you can even count to five after you have his breakfast and everything. He has everything in his backpack. And then Elmo's remembered to try on the mask before he goes to school so that he's all ready because he doesn't have to wear the mask at home. He just does it when he goes out and it has to fit right. And then look at that. When he gets nervous, he put his hand on his belly again and breathe through his nose and let it out through his mouth. Now he's ready to go and on the ride to the bus. He remembers, he can give mommy and daddy and family members a hug and kiss but he have to wave to your friends. You can't hug or kiss them yet. So he does that, he practice his wave and then he sees his friend at school. And so he's been practicing. So he just wave from a distance and they sit a little bit apart as much as they can and has a very unfunded at school. And Elmo's know when you go outside, he knows to wash his hands when he gets back inside. And there he goes. So he meets mommy at school and he can't wait to tell her everything. And I hope we all get to go back to school. You guys get to go back to school soon. And at the end there's tips for grownups, do's and don'ts for wearing super face mask and help children understand why it's important to wear mask and practice feeling comfortable wearing them because you do need to take a little bit of practice and the do's and don'ts are listed in how to wash your hands. Step one, wet your hand with water. Step two, you soap and scrub your hands together for 20 seconds or the ABC song twice. Rinse your hand with water and then dry your hand with a clean towel. And there's, so it's a wonderful book to share to get ready for going back to school. All right, Denea. So if you're interested in any of the books that we've mentioned today, type picture this 0321 in the search bar in our catalog and the list of books will appear. So this is Chenda, Ms. Chenda from Bach Library. And I'm Denea from the very thank you name library. Thank you for joining us for picture this. Bye. See you next time. Yay.