 Hi guys. Hi everyone. My name is Denea and I'm from the Billie Jean King Library. And I'm Miss Chenda from the, today I'm at Mark Twain Library and welcome to picture this. Okay. This is our monthly conversation sharing great books from our picture book collection airing the second Wednesday of every month. Denea for this session. What do you have to share? Oh, okay. So my first book today is I promise by LeBron James. And it is illustrated by Nina Matta. So what it is in this book, it's an inspiring book that encourages children to give their best and never give up. And in this book, we, I love how they have characters that reflect everybody in there. So I love the illustrations are beautiful. And this book is mainly the words that they say at the school that he created in his hometown. It's called the I promise school. And it's a place committed to helping them and their families reach their full potential. So for example, one of them says I promise to do all my homework and also to be helpful and respectful to others. And I love the hashtag it says hashtag strive for greatness. In the back you see a picture of LeBron and his daughter, which is awesome. Go Lakers. So this is my first book. My second book is a very slow and nice book that tells us to slow down is the title is hurry up a book about slowing down. The author is Kate Dopyric. And hopefully I said her name right I was practicing on it. But I love this stop stop and to slow down. So when this book it tells us to slow down and to take a look at everything around us and just explore and breathe and relax. The illustrations are wonderful. So if you are wanting to find a book to kind of just relax and slow down this is the one for you. So those are my first two books. What about you, Chanda? Well those are great books. I like the slowing down one because with the holiday coming up. I'm excited about the holidays, but I'm also a little worried this year. And this book I'm sharing is I'm Worry by Michael Ian Black. And it shows a little potato that says I'm worried. And it goes on the little girl asked him what are you worried about about the future. And then what, what are you worried about the future that bad things will happen. And the little girl and the little the pink flamingo reminds the potato that you know bad things happen, but over time they turn out okay. So you have to just talk about what's worrying you and what's the bad thing that you're worrying about the thing of living in the now, because you know the future, which is you're just going to happen and just enjoy the now. And then there's little potato trying to talk after you talk about what's worrying you and what bad things have passed. And then you just enjoy the now it's the better way than worrying about the future. So it's a really cute book to talk about our feelings and what's worrying and what's stressing to little ones and yourself too. And then good practice is also to bite it out if you're worried about something so you can talk about it with each other. And then another way to kind of like get rid of my worries is to try to sing silly, silly Christmas songs this year is where did they hide my presence by Ellen cats and David control. It's a really cool book, and it's just taking new lyrics and singing it to the tune of a traditional Christmas song like this one it's our friendly mailman to the tune of frosty. And then it goes like, aw friendly mailman has a big back back on his back with a feeling cards and some packages twice the size of them to sound. There's really funny and you can make up your own lyrics to like this one at the mall to the tune of deck the hall at the mall no parking space is mama mama mama can we go home. It's really funny so I hope you guys check this out and take time to just enjoy them now. And what about you to nail what do you have what else do you have. So I have two more books to talk about. So this book is called titled you matter by Christian Robinson it's another inspiring and encouraging book that incurred much reminds you that you matter that even when something is out of reach. You don't have to touch the entire the source or when everyone is too busy to help you matter. So I love this book where it talks about certain feelings or situations, and it reminds you that you still matter and nothing. Will stop even if you fall down. This is really sweet and then if you have to start all over again. This is a great book to encourage you to let mind you that you matter. And this one I love. And it's called, can I give you a squish. And it's by Emily Nielsen. So this is a Mer boy, his name is Kai, and he loves to give hugs to everyone. And this little fellow right here is a puffer fish and who shy so one day Kai gave him a hug, and he did not like it and he popped up so big and Kai was so he felt so bad that he made him feel bad. So what he did his friend, the crab said, don't worry, maybe there's something else you can give besides a squish to show that you want to be friends. So they made up certain handshakes and they made a big bump. And then, well, the squishy fish or the puppy fish really loved it. And in this book it even shows how like, each of the friends have different types of handshakes that they like. I love how the author, if you read it in the excerpt over here, it tells you that the author is introducing children to the important topic of consent in a lighthearted way. So I thought this was really cute, and you don't really get to see a lot of little mer voice so it was really sweet. And if you want to read this book, please check it out. And it's by Emily Nielsen. So those are the other two that I have and I have another two but I want, what about you Chen that do you have any other books to share first. Yeah, I do, but I really like that, that mer boy books because, you know, sometimes it's always nice to practice before you get somebody a hug that you've never met before they don't know. So I'm going to ask, may I give you a hug boys it okay, and then over zoom we can always do the finger kind of way to each other there you go. That's our, that's our virtual hug, our virtual fifth clump also. Yay. And so that's the little, the other two books I have is Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett, do you want to share my books. So this one, a little book about Annie, the little girl who loves her cat, Taffy right here she is holding Taffy on her lap. But then as the snow is coming down during winter. I noticed that Taffy has stopped playing and Taffy has also is eating more than usual and she usually sleeps all day. And then she find Taffy cuddles or find her in strange places like hiding places. So one morning Annie could not find Taffy anywhere in the house. She's feeling lonely. So she decided she needed to make a new friend, and she made some corn cake, and but she leaves it outside. And all these winter, different winter animal comes by. There's a bobcat, there's a bear, but can you really make friends with those animals? It's not very likely until spring comes along, and then Annie cannot make any more corn cakes. So she's feeling very lonely and the animal has left to search for their own food in the spring. And that's where Annie has a surprise, because Taffy does show up in the end. So if you want to find out what is Taffy surprise, you'll have to check out this book. And my other book is a very funny chase book of Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast by Josh Funk. It's very funny because Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast were friends and they were living in the refrigerator, deep in the fridge and behind the green piece, way past the tofu, and left of the piece up in the corner and back by a roast, that Lady Pancake, and besides Sir French Toast, until Miss Brie comes along and says, you know what, there's only a single drop left of the syrup. And then instead of friends, they became competitors, and the chase has begun, and they leap and they jump and they fly off the shelf, and the refrigerator trying to get to the last drop of syrup, and at the end you see the different section of the refrigerator with all the different food and stuff. And that's a really funny food chase if you like to read fast. Alright, so I hope you enjoyed that one. But this is the first book of the series. There are other books within the series. So if you want to, Mr. Nair is going to show us how we can find other books in this series by the author, Josh Funk. You want to show us? Sure, I'm going to share the screen. So I'm going to show our catalog. And I'm going to do a keyword search. So the keyword I'm just going to take like a couple words out of the title. So I'm going to type in Lady Pancake. And we're going to see what comes over that. And there you go. It shows us the books in the series. And which is, and this one, Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast is the one that Chenda was showing us. And if you want to request it all you have to do is just click on the request button. I didn't log in. But if you click on the request button, you'll be able to order it and make sure you send or pick it up in a library that's open for curbside pickup. And also, if you enjoy the books that Josh Funk has written, you just click on the author, and you will see a list of books that we have in our system that have been written by him. And many books actually. So you have so much to enjoy. That is how you can find more books by the series or even by the author. We request the book to pick the library that's open for the to go. You can pick it up and also the holiday dates are coming up. So we're going to be close longer for Christmas. We're going to be close Christmas day. So make sure you get your books all before Christmas holiday closure this year. Do you have other books to share. I do. I actually have two more books that I want to share with everyone. And my first book is cool girl for Hanukkah. And I'm going to. Okay, so cool for Hanukkah is a book about a young girl for every night on Hanukkah. She gets a present. So she is wanting a little animal every night, but she keeps getting unusual presents. So for example, one of the nights she and she's like, Oh, she's like, I thought I might get a teeny tiny hamster, but she ended up getting a branchy plant. So each night she keeps getting like weird presents, but then in the end there's a reason why. So this is a really fun book that is a story about Hanukkah and the family. It's really, really sweet. And also in the back, there's a recipe for Kugel. And if you can tell that's actually the title underneath the barcode. And this is Kugel. It's a picture. So this is Kugel for Hanukkah. And Kugel is actually a casserole. So you can either make it out of potato or noodles, and it can be either sweet or savory. So this is Hanukkah. This is actually Hanukkah is means in means dedication in Hebrew. And in the Jewish holiday also known as a festival of lights, or the festival of dedication and represents joy. And it's celebrated on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev. And so for this year, it will be on Hanukkah will be on December 10 through the 18th. And it lasts for eight days. And it's usually, oops, yeah, and it lasts for and it's celebrated usually sometimes in November and December. So it's a really nice book for Hanukkah. And then my last one is my first one. This is actually not a holiday. It's a celebration for to honor African culture and to also inspire African Americans. Kugel is caring cats, and she has written a lot of books that I love using also for my story times because the illustrations are beautiful. And I love how she writes. Also, in this book, it tells us a very simple way of explaining what Kwanza is. So for Kwanza, they actually even have candles like in Hanukkah, but they have seven candles and what holds the candles is called a canara canara. And there's three red, one black, and three green. So they light a candle every night to celebrate a special idea. So, for example, the first night as on the first day of Kwanza neighbors come to visit. And we ask Habari Ghani. And it means what's the news. So, also, I guess it brings people together because it's the first day is called unity, and they say they say. So this is really me and it explains each day. So if you want to know more about that also another great fact that I found is that Kwanza was started in 1966 by a professor that is actually at Cal State University Long Beach. His name is Dr. Maulana Karenga, and he is a professor and chair department of Africana studies at Cal State University Long Beach, so go Long Beach. Yeah, thank you so much. So, what about you, what do you have for us. Last to share, I have Mr. Willoughby's Christmas tree by Robert Berry, B-A-R-R-Y. And it's just a book about how we sometimes we have so much that we can actually share it and make a huge difference on someone's life. Mr. Willoughby's, and he ordered a big, big Christmas tree for his mansion. And it's so big though that even his big house that it was too tall. What did his butler do? His butler, backster the butler, chop off the top, and it was such a waste that he didn't want to just throw it away. So he took it and gave it to Ms. Adelaide, the maid. And Ms. Adelaide, in her little room, got the Christmas tree, and it was just too tall for her room also, and she chopped off the top and so forth. And then each time someone chop off the top because it was too much, someone can use it because they didn't want it to go to waste and goes through all the way, even to the rabbit and the fox. And even the mouse can use a little part of the Christmas tree. And it just goes to show at Christmas time there's always something to share. So that's Mr. Willoughby's Christmas tree. And then my last one is a helpful book. And it's a funny book. It's about take your pet to school day. I hope one day we can go back to school and you guys can come to the library. This book is by Linda Ashman. It's pictures by Suzanne Kauffman. And there's a really funny book. Imagine if you are going back to school, and there's a letter that's sent in the mail that says, Oh, it's Friday. You can take your pet to school. And what did the kids, the kids with the pet say? Yay! They're so happy. I see like a little container of ant farm, typical goldfish, a turtle, but a horse, and alpaca, really? Oh, they're all having so much. There's even a pig. Oh my goodness. They're all having such a great time in school and the horse, but then the principal. Oh no, there's too much chaos. She's wondering, who said the pets could come to school? And they don't know. And then the little student show her the letter. But she said she didn't write that note. She didn't write that letter. Who wrote this? You'll have to check out the book to find out who sent those letter home. Oh, do you think the principal will continue to let them bring their pets to school? We don't know. You'll have to read it and find out for yourself. This is a really funny book. I can't wait for you guys to come back to the library, and maybe you guys will get to go back to school and take your pets to school. But we're doing Zoom school, homeschooling at home. Do you guys have to get a chance to show your pets at home? Danae, if you can go take a pet to school, what would you take? I think I would bring a giraffe to school. You would take a giraffe? What about you, Fenda? I would. Probably my favorite animal would be an elephant. Do you think it'll fit? I don't think so, but maybe you can have class outside then. It's just exciting and it's fun to think about it, huh? Yeah. Do you have any more books for us, Fenda? I do. I do. I do. Before we go, I just want to recommend this whole series by William B. His last name is BEE, and the author and illustrator is such a cool artist. We have all these very simple books. It's great for babies. Well, mostly for toddlers who like to name things, identify things. And Stanley is a whole series of Stanley books. There's Stanley the Builder, Stanley in the garage, Stanley Train, and then Stanley at school. So Stanley and all his animal friends, they love to do all these fun things, and I love the beginning of each book. It shows all the items that we need to go to school and what you do at school. You take your backpack and your bags and you hang it up, but they get to take their teddy bear to school. And there's all the supplies. Really great limited vocabulary, just great for toddlers in preschoolers to share and enjoy over the holidays. So guys, hope you guys check out this other book by William B. also in the system. Just look it up. And so this is it. That's our time. Thank you for joining us for Picture Gris. And remember, if you want to find the titles we've talked about today in our catalog, just search for Picture Gris 1220. And we'll see you next month. So thank you guys.