 Hello, everyone. It's 10 o'clock according to my clock here and we are happy to welcome you to our Latest edition of Encompass Live this morning. I have Dana Fontaine from Where are you? Fremont? She's from Fremont and in the studio here Karla Wendolin is with me and I'm Sally Snyder I'll be your host and one of the presenters this morning We are going to give you a Look at a presentation we gave at the NLA NSLA conference Last month was the last month already My time is just zooming by and I want you to know that there will be handouts attached to the recorded version of this Event so you can we will get a print copy of our list of titles So you can be sure that the one you're looking at wherever you might be ordering it if you want to That you have the one that we're talking about So if you just if you want to take notes just jot down a quick note of the title You're after or the author or something and then you can look at our our three presentations will be up there in addition I'm tacking on my full list of best children's books of 2018 because I told Krista I'm making a list anyway. So let's put that up there, too So that will be available with this presentation and also on our web page in the Presentation section if you're used to going there No handouts, excuse me. It's called handouts just for the word handouts and my it's all me because nobody else will put Any handouts there? I don't know why they're welcome to but they haven't done that yet. So I'm going to I Should say lots of other things like this is recorded for posterity. So everyone is welcome to make comments. You can type something into the question section of the go-to-webinar List of things up there or if you have a microphone, you can just Say that you want to talk and I will unmute you so you can ask your question online Just be sure you say good words So then when it's recorded, nobody says boy, did you hear that that was bad? Anyway, I'm mostly kidding, but let's see if I can get up Dana's and out. That's yours wait. Where's Dana's? Okay, I'm gonna have to activate it again. I don't know what I did with it. So we'll just do another one There we go. I'm gonna make that smaller and And This is Dana's presentation. We'll start with you today Dana. Go ahead Hi, I'm Dana Fontaine like Sally said and I Love story time I'm a high school librarian at Fremont High School senior high school in Fremont, Nebraska But I read to the life skills students at my school and so every other Friday they They come down to the library and I read them books and it's probably their favorite favorite time of the week because you know, they get out of our classroom a little bit and I Read them funny enjoyable books So the first one that I'm gonna talk about is called are you scared Darth Vader by Adam Rex? And this is one of my favorite ones because it's so funny a group of wildlings Tries to scare Darth Vader and Darth Vader is non-plus. He does not care one bit But then by the end of the book the children take their masks off and all of a sudden he's terrified of the children and so They ask oh, are you scared of this vampire Darth Vader? And he goes no should I be and it's great because you can change the voices of each character and it's just hilarious Okay, this is also like of course all of these are my favorites So I'm just gonna save myself from saying oh, this is my favorite. This is my favorite Okay, so what if by Samantha burger is a beautiful mixed media book about What can happen? even if you don't have any supplies you can still create and dream and and Just express yourself in so many ways So the main character yearns and craves to express herself and she keeps getting her supplies taken away But nothing will keep her down Because she can dance and she can dream and that's all you need to do it has a wonderful message and a great picture and a great Like they call it a gate, but I call it like a centerfold type thing that opens up and it's a whole spread of just this beautiful artwork and Dragons of tacos and dragons of tacos too were super funny so but I shall warn you that no dragons were harmed in the making of these books and Dragons of tacos But in the second one All the tacos have disappeared. Where have the tacos gone? So they go in search of their tacos and they think hmm What if we went back in time? That's the only thing that we can do we can go back in time and Save the tacos from being extinct And so without giving them salsa because if you you know if you if you read the first one dragons of tacos Do you give them salsa? It's bad news bears so If you read dragons of tacos to just make sure you don't give them salsa And you'll be fine, but you will be doing some time traveling we don't eat our classmates stars Penelope and Penelope is super excited to go to her first day of school because She'll be with other children and everyone knows that children are delicious. So she is hoping that She will make some friends, but She gets so tempted she gets so tempted to eat the kids and so she goes inside and The first thing she does is say hi Penelope But then all the kids are missing because she ate them and our teacher gets a little upset at her and says Penelope We cannot eat our friends. We cannot eat other students and so it's a pretty diverse book There's a ton of beautiful diversity in there but she learns by the end that Eating eating your classmates is not a good way to make friends and Fiona the hippo was an adorable book about Fiona and how she be how she came to be that Cincinnati Zoo and how she kind of acclimated to her new surroundings and it's super cute and It's it's based on a true story. So and How she acclimated? All right, Carl. Oh Thanks Island born by Juno Diaz is a beautifully illustrated book. It's It's very it's very diverse. A lot of the children's books are becoming more and more diverse, which is wonderful I love it and kids like reading about people that look like them. So Lola school is very diverse Everyone comes from somewhere else Not you and not the United States sometimes in the United States, but not in the United States. So Lola is a teacher Lola's teacher wants them to complete an assignment telling where they're from and so She Doesn't remember where she's from because she was just brought to the United States when She was a baby and so she goes to her parents and goes to relatives and her neighbors to see for them to tell her about her the island she came from and So it's really interesting all the stories that she learns happy dreamer by Peter And the word collector by Peter Reynolds This is just a celebration about dreaming about how you can dream this would pair really nicely with what if And then the word collector is Jeremy collects words. He loves to collect words He collects words wherever he can and he has books and books and books of words and sometimes he hangs words up and sometimes he thinks about words and so It's just a beautiful celebration of that about finding the perfect word Creepy pair of underwear by Aaron Reynolds is about This little bunny who wants big boy underwear and so in order to get those big book that big boy underwear he needs to He's shopping with his mom and he wants this glow in the dark pair of underwear And so he buys it finally his mom buys it for him But then he puts it on but then he can't go to sleep because the creepy pair of underwear is glowing too brightly in the dark And so he takes it off and puts on regular underwear and puts it in his drawer But then they come back and he tries to bury them even farther And then they keep coming back and back and back until he buries them but then it's too dark and then he's scared of the dark and so he goes and digs them up and Then he wants to gift them to his friends so that they are not scared of the dark anymore dude only has one word in the entire book which is dude But it's really fun because you can use tons and tons and tons of voices an Expression and this is a really good way to get your students to use expression when reading and so I really liked reading this to the students because the illustrations are awesome and It's just a fun book to read The littlest Viking is very fierce. He nashes his teeth. He Puts up with or he makes strikes fear into the hearts of his family But all of a sudden a warrior princess comes along who's also little and fierce and vocal And so this is his story of dealing with that and how to deal with a little sister Grumpy monkey is a great cautionary tale for your kids who are having a bad day so At this time one of my students was having a bad day and so he was a grumpy monkey And so we read this story and it was about a monkey who was grumpy and his friend is trying to cheer him up And he says why are you grumpy and he tries to figure out, you know, why are you grumpy? How can I make you not grumpy and he goes on just grumpy and so by the end of the book he becomes less grumpy and it tells How good how good friendship really can be to make you happy? Esther the wonder pig is based on the true story of Esther's two dads and how they came to own a 600-pound pig Esther she was she was huge. Esther Lives on a farm. She was gifted to these two She was gifted to these two guys Because they thought she was gonna be a teacup pig, which they don't get very big But then all of a sudden she kept growing and growing and growing and they lived in this tiny house And so then they had to move to another house Well, then she outgrew that house and she would always open the gate herself and run away And they loved Esther so much. They did not want to give up Esther and so They went and bought this farm and so now they rescue all these animals But Esther is their star pig and they treat her like they're the Esther is their baby and Just a bunch of the antics that Esther gets up to like running over to the neighbors and getting out and running away This book will not be fun They are right. This book will not be fun says the mouse Says the mouse. Who's the star of this book? This book Will not be fun until the end But then as you can see in the background like it keeps getting crazier and crazier and crazier You're kind of like the book with no pictures so The mouse is kind of grumpy throughout the entire book and people try to make him have fun But by the end will he have fun? You're gonna have to read and find out wordy birdy is a great Book to share if your class is not listening wordy birdy talks all the time all the time she Read signs. She just talks incessantly but she doesn't really say anything and she doesn't really listen to her friends and so When you're talking you need to also listen and So that's what this book is about wordy birdy Sometimes talking and sometimes listening is the key to a good friendship All right, and I think that is the end of my presentation. Thank you so much for letting me share those today Those are wonderful titles Great You can get that down there too Looking for Next this This is yours, right? Yeah, that's it from the beginning. Let's do that Okay, next is Carla Wendell in with her presentation of titles so Thank you, and I think of crossovers I was thinking I'm focusing today on poetry biography and a little bit of nonfiction But I think about the choices that authors are making In books now, and I'm going to start with poetry poetry as nonfiction I pick pick poetry to start with because that's probably not always at the top of our list when we're making our book orders each year So here's some really good choices a first book of the sea This expansive collection explores the ocean in about 50 poems The topics are as varied and vast as the ocean itself in In addition to animal and plant poems subjects include Lighthouses harbors shipwrecks pearl divers and more the poems are all fairly short very alliterative lots of descriptive word choices Full page watercolor illustrations that have an enormous amount of detail There is a jaw-dropping Gatefold near the end of the book that invites readers to sing like a humpback and proceeds to tell them how So I think there's no way that kids are not going to want to do that Great for reading aloud, but it's a book that I think students will return to again and again on their own in the past collection of 20 short poems by David Elliott these are all prehistoric animals They begin with the paleozoic area era and continues through the senozoic era, which is the one we live in right now The familiar trilobites are first And the collection does include the dinosaur superstars like stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex But the rest are lesser known animals The poems include rhyming and free verse They're very playful and each one of them offers a tidbit of information kind of as a teaser to send readers to learn more The book is large in size. So the full page illustrations in green and gray are massive and highly detailed Readers are going to absolutely thrill at all the teeth. I want to show you one. I love pictures I love illustrations that make kids gas and This is one of those That's great. I hope everyone was looking at the camera of us instead of the The back matter contains a substantial amount of detail Lots of facts and thankfully a pronunciation guide for all of us who never know how to pronounce dinosaur names This really is an eye-popping blend of science and poetry a Place to start a family David Harrison has chosen 12 animals and represents birds mammals insects reptiles fish some of them are lesser known to younger readers and Describes their home construction in Fascinating detail and when you think people are doing all of this in poetry, it is amazing the amount of detail that you'll find in these Information on how they build and their materials of choice is woven into verse using a variety of rhyming formats The collection is divided according to where they build Additional facts in the back matter cut paper collage illustrations Are crafted from hand-painted papers and they have an extraordinary amount of detail color texture This book is another good choice for incorporating poetry into science class And I think it's the kind of book that will inspire curiosity in readers I love this one. I think I was thinking Dana said she loved them all I should say that too Begin beginning with selecting the location building the nest laying the eggs this collection of 16 rhymed poems Follows the life cycle of a pair of robins The eggs hatched the parent robins care for the babies the fledglings learn to fly leave the nest and then the process starts all over again Their rhymes are playful sprinkled with a lot of alliteration and I'm not I'm not I do know how to pronounce this word onomatopoeia The bird vocabulary is solid Vivid language creates delightful imagery as in when the birds hatch Pip pip an egg shell chip peck peck a bright blue flat tweak tweak a peaking beak All unpacked Watercolor and pen and ink illustrations and yummy pastels That look like Easter eggs are neck away first if anybody remembers those I'm showing my age here Reflect considerable humor and a variety of emotions on the paces of faces of the birds This book is meant to be read aloud a good one to pair with Eileen Kristallos Robins how they grow up Phrases of the moon lunar poems by J. Patrick Lewis This is a collection of 18 poems that celebrate our perpetual for a fascination with the moon Though most of the poems rhyme a variety of poetic forms explores the whimsy of the moon such as comparing it to a ham hanging lamp or its effect on sand castles or imagining driving to the moon One poem charts names of the moon across cultures another one plays with language as in moonograms Which are anagrams five of the poems are retelling of myths myths from different cultures The boot the book does contain a selection of moon facts This will be great next summer with with summer reading and when we're celebrating the anniversary 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 You really can't go wrong with this It's a companion to the book that J. Patrick Lewis edited the one on animal poetry another one on nature poetry The ones published by National Geographic with their Magnificent photographs if you have the other two then you are for sure going to want this one This volume is divided into seven regions of the United States and Includes the territories how often do you find the territories included? Classic poets such as Whitman Frost Langston Hughes are included along with the who's who of contemporary children's poets The poems deal with specific places events and nature in the area. This is a gem The photos themselves will leave readers in awe. It's worth the cost of the books, which is about $25 or so Every month is a new year by Marilyn Singer Sandwiched in between the opening and the closing closing reversal poems, which is one of her signature styles That deal with choosing a date for the turning of the year are 16 grind and free verse poems set in various world cultures And they give you a look at how this book is set up because it reads this way like the turning of a calendar It starts with the ball drop in New York City It's Times Square and embarks on a journey that includes many countries around the world Scotland Russia around Thailand Jordan and so on Each poem contains details about the traditional foods and customs of the celebration There is a map of the world at the beginning of the book extensive back matter Includes the history of calendars a pronunciation key for happy new year in several languages Substantive detail on each of the celebrations a glossy glossary a pronunciation guide for non-English words The stunning textured collage illustration created with papers collected from all over the world Reflect the color clothing and settings in the different cultures. It's informative and fascinating Have you heard have you heard about Lady Bird? This is a companion titled to singers Rutherford be who is he poems about the presidents in this one Each of our first ladies all the way through Maloney and Trump is encapsulated in a poem The poetry formats vary but most of them are rhyming each poem addresses the woman according to her Individual interests and includes ways in which she supported her husband Thus establishing her own place in history a Timeline makes up the closing end papers and biographical sketches of each first lady Is included in the back matter along with the list of books and websites? This is a useful introduction that I think will lead readers to additional sources Countdown 2979 days to the moon. This is a bit for a bit older student Free verse narrative about the Apollo program. It begins with Apollo one Which was the ill-fated mission that killed astronauts Gus Chris and Roger Chaffee and Ed White and a flash fire in the space capsule during testing The triumphs pitfalls and people of the next missions are included culminating in the flight of Apollo 11 to the moon in 1969 Vivid use of language. She built suspense the white space of the first novel format is appealing the students Superb highly detailed pastel and watercolor illustrations Supplemented with archival photographs from NASA This unique book is also an obvious choice for summer reading next year and the celebration of Apollo 11 I'll say just a few things about this one both animal and in-city poems of urban wildlife Both animal and plant poems Elements of facts are woven into the poems This is the kind of book that lets Readers know that there's more nature to that to a city environment than it may seem Earth verse haiku from the ground up by Sally Walker in 29 haiku the author describes aspects of the earth's physical geography Including rocks and minerals fossils volcanoes icebergs glaciers earthquakes and much more The poems don't shy away from technical vocabulary Yet the vivid word choices make the science relatable to readers who have some familiarity with these geologic concepts for example a Volcano is described in the haiku Hot-headed mountain loses its cool spews ash cloud igneous tantrum and Comparing earth's composition to a hard-boiled egg requires some inspiration reflection Well, this book really is lovely to look at the impressionistic colored pencil illustrations Don't do a whole lot to extend the concepts, but there is extensive additional information attended Okay, let's look at some biographies I think a lot of people are using Almost poetic elements in biography these days and as you know, biography is an exploding area of children's literature I heard a remark by a literary agent who handles children's authors And she said that she'd like to receive Biographical manuscripts about lesser known accomplished women and actually I think she's getting her wish Based on by it by it was published in the past few years Someone like Grace there's a biography of Grace Hopper who developed computer code There are four picture books since 2015 about Ada Byron Loveless Whose specialty was computer programming Margaret Hamilton who wrote code for computers in the Apollo mission Marie Tharp who mapped the ocean floor Eugenie Clark a shark scientist To name a few We noticed media influences like after the movie hidden figures Catherine Johnson There's picture book about her and also a picture book about the hidden figures politics Three picture books about Ruth Bader Ginsburg one published in 2016 17 18 Three books about Sonia Sotomayor Barbara Jordan a new book coming about Barbara Jordan World figures we have lots and lots of books about Malala you soft sigh And some that struck me as unusual Subjects for the picture book audience a picture book about Audrey Hepburn Two picture books about Jane Austen from January of 2018 a picture book about Gloria Steinem cocom Chanel and Elsa Elsa Scapparelli to designers which lets us know there's something for everyone the new picture book about hyper Harper Lee And men are also getting into the action New picture book about Neil deGrasse Tyson my favorite Um, I have a crush on Neil deGrasse Tyson. I admit that Carlos Santana two books about Carlos Santana in 2018 And then we have some new books coming and there's a new book about Walt Disney um One of Doreen Rappaport's biographies where the whole cover is the photo and the Information is on the back cover Another new Troy Andrews Also known as trombone and shorty. It's written the second book also illustrated by Byron Collier Um, but here is someone another one of the women who we might not know too much about until this book uh, Sophie Germain Was a young woman who lived at the time of the french revolution and she had a gift for math complex mathematical concepts Um in the book, it's easy to see how she persevered given the time and when she lived Submitted her work to scholarly organizations with a male pseudonym The fact that we have structures such as bridges skyscrapers in the Eiffel tower can be traced back to Sophie's work Game changers the story of venus and serena williams Uh, it starts with in their childhood when every morning they swept the trash in the broken glass from the rather worn out Neighborhood tennis court before they could play and follows the two of them up to the present day The themes in this book Hardworking gollery and ambitious competitive Quite a bit of text probably has more appeal for third to fifth grade Um, another picture book About the williams sisters came out this summer sisters and champions similar content But this second book takes more of a story approach You could probably drop that one down to second or even first grade And what surprises me about both of these books is That there weren't more illustrated picture book biographies about these two before now Um, I don't think you'll ever find this in biographies But I included it because it is a prime example of the almost poetic writing that we're finding in some of these This is just a slice of life Um, what writing teachers in kindergarten might call a small moment Um, and the life of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda Um, I'm not sure all of our students out there will ever come in contact with Pablo Neruda. That is a shame um Whoever read his poetry But I'm showing you an example of the writing. Uh, it's interesting that at the front of the book This paper almost looks like an onion skin But the text will give you an idea of what I'm talking about in finding Here that you're we're finding in some of these books. I'll read just a snippet Pablo was hard at work writing a long sad poem His pen pourled the pages piled high The clock struck 12 Pablo jumped he was going to be late for lunch with his friend Matilda He combed his hair and wished he didn't look so gloomy Matilda liked to laugh. She had a smile as wide as a guitar Pablo tried to hide his gloom expression behind a bouquet of puppies No time for sadness Matilda said as she fell to base with water Come I need your help with lunch Matilda led Pablo to where fennel grew Among tomato bushes the air smelled like licorice and mud That makes you want to read on And maybe sample his poetry How to build a hug temple grand in the fair amazing squeeze machine This book starts out this way and sets the Tony thing for the entire book temple loved folding paperpipes Making obstacle courses for her dog and building lean twos with real hinged doors Temple did not like scratchy socks whistling tea kettles bright lights or smelly perfumes And temple really didn't like hugs So this book deals with her childhood into her young adult years And discusses issues related to her autism her creativity and problem solving abilities Including building something that would make her comfortable receiving a hug This is a very child friendly story and an introduction to an accomplished woman Well, it was just a matter of time. We started having books about Eliza Hamilton um This one is written in first person as if it's a letter from Eliza to her unborn great-granddaughter dated 1854 She died later that year at the age of 97. So it is a birth to death. That is the end of the letter Very straightforward narration frequently praising her husband's accomplishments and discussing how she spent her life after his death Which in itself was truly remarkable She mentions that she and alexander well went whether to scandal and in the back matter It does mention his affair and more in their first born without saying that he also died in a duel Though that's in the back matter Eliza was important as a founding mother and a worthy subject for students to know Definitely a book for classes studying the american revolution The golden thread a song for pete seager With four biog Four biographies published since his death in 2014. This one is the most recent Might not be a household name for kids But songs like if I had a hammer and where have all the flowers gone might strike a chord for some Though they would not likely know that he wrote them As well as the arrangement of we shall overcome which we which we sing now Very rhythmic rhyming text tells his story his life story almost of a civil russon His activism for civil rights his anti-war activities his concern for the environment are all covered As well as his blacklisting during the macarthur era Striking illustrations meant to be read aloud Especially paired with his music. I'm not sure you're going to be able to see Very particularly well this illustration that I'd like to show. It's actually I'll tell you the text is the illustration that goes on the front It says I heard there was a golden thread a shining magic thing that bounded up our little world I heard pete seager sing pete seager sing Well, I looked at this illustration. I was immediately a little bit troubled by it I showed it to my husband. I said what's wrong with this picture? And he looked at it and he said He's not singing a pete seager song He's singing this land is your land this land is my land Right, that's a woody gutery song with all of pete's pete's pete seager's famous songs I think they should have but okay if I had a hammer or something there, but That's a kind that's an interesting kind of thing kids are gonna not probably going to notice that but you can talk about that a little bit critical evaluation of the illustrations Dreamers this is not going to be categorized as a biography I include it because of the autobiographical piece at the end It is touching and would made an excellent make an excellent read aloud on its own Uh, this is morales's story how she brought her two month old son from mexico to the united states And she writes of how discovering the public library changed their lives a very spare text Beautifully illustrated a message for every reader. I think this one's a must own So tall within sojourner truths long walk to freedom that the book is a very long a very tall size Um, we love gary schmidt for his wonderful new bary honor books. Lizzie bright and the book minister boy and the wednesday wars This beautifully written biography tells isabella's story of strength and persistence From the time she was a child Through her life as sojourner It's organized into sections that begin with words that can only be described as poetry for example In slavery time when respect fell as often as snow in july Dr. Mr. Dumont ordered isabella to marry a slave named thomas. She had five children Uh, so that poetic piece is followed by information about her life. There are really a number of Biographies about sojourner truth, but I recommend this one to you if you're looking for a new one Spring after spring how rachel karson inspired the environmental movement Once again the very beginning of this book sets the tone for the audience It was dawn when the chorus began Rachel didn't want to miss a note And the illustrations reflect a lot of little birds singing their sounds As the midday sun warmed the earth other musicians chimed in Life and music were all around and wonders big and small spring was rachel's favorite time of the year Um, so we see immediately. It's a story that's very readable for young readers It does deal with her work as a writer and the research that she had to do to write her books It's another story that reflects a lot of commitment and determination. The back matter gives us more to share with kids Perfect for earth day or any day like many of the others. I've reviewed here. It's consistent with STEM objectives Turning pages my life story this one is biased out of sonia sotomayor We don't have a ton of autobiographies to share with kids Though there are a couple of other biographies about her for young people She opens with my story is a story about books And proceeds to tell how like a puzzle she pieced together the parts of her life through the power of words Beginning with her childhood and taking readers to the supreme court She goes through each of the parts of her story And concludes the individual sections with a statement of how books helped her get there Quite a bit of text in this one But the story is well organized and not difficult at all to read It is a testament to the influence of books and reading on one's life Of the end papers contain photographs Also very topical Elizabeth Warren nevertheless she persisted Very straightforward biography that begins in her childhood the theme appears to be an explanation of why She now supports the issues that she does Rights and fairness for middle class americans She started out as a teacher with of children with special names then went to law school as is the case of many of the Women who went on into law and politics. No one would hire a woman But she persisted and started out of her home The book does include the famous mitch mcconnell. They'll refer to in the text as quote another senator Incident when she wanted to read the letter from caretta scott king at the jeff sessions hearings hence the first she persisted in the title All of these biographies have differing amounts of back matter. There are some timelines. There are quotes Always additional information and resources. Sorry the kind of books that can be spring boards I think to kids for other things Just a little bit of narrative nonfiction nonfiction that Tells a story a lot of people object to cataloging this as nonfiction But I think some of these books really blur the lines I particularly love this one. I loved her book coyote moon um A young girl watches the daily activities of hawk in a text that embeds information about hawks in beautiful language that reads like a long poem Gorgeous illustrations good read aloud Facts in the back matter about red tailed hawks We have so many red tailed hawks in nebraska. It makes this book a really good purchase for your collection Go show the world A celebration of indigenous heroes. This is an overview of 14 famous canadian and american indians of the past and present All of whom are accomplished in different ways Uh, rather uneven rhyming lines introduce each one. They are not chronologically organized Um, but small biographical profiles in a sketch of each of the subjects is in the back of the book That includes the dates in which they live Not much specific information and the rhymes which might require readers to flip back and forth to the profiles The book has flaws, but if you need something you might take a look at this one Uh, the recurring refrain throughout is Quote you are people who matter. Yes, it's true now. Go show the world what people who matter can do Love agnes postcards from an octopus It's a very unique way of presenting information the postcards to and from the octopus by other ocean animals and a child Who started the correspondence? In between the postcards we see agnes's activities which include looking for home hunting for food laying eggs Not a lot of text eye catching illustrations additional facts further reading and websites in the back manner Who would think there would be two fabulous new book about octopuses octopuses? This one's by symont gummary whose nonfiction is exceptional Uh, this is based on an actual octopus tells a story about his life in the sea and how he was caught in a Lobsterman's trap and later taken to an aquarium Kids will love learning that inky inky's amazing escape that love learning that inky Like to play with lego's and mr. Potato head that they put in his tank He later escaped back to the pacific ocean very colorful collage illustrations back matter more information and fun Facts facts about octopuses and I guess that really is the way you say it octopuses not pie Hush up and hibernate You will never find this cataloged as nonfiction A mother bear tries to prepare for come for hibernation But he continues to make excuses for why he doesn't want to go Perfect for preschool story hours in kindergarten teaches hibernation within the context of an appealing story hibernation facts in the back And I'm going to use a word to describe this book that I have never in my life used in book reviews adorable Wild orca the oldest wisest whale in the world also based on an actual animal 105 year old orca called granny Like some of the others I've talked about the story frame is about little girl and her family hoping to see a particular group of orcas Granny's families that have been identified by scientists We'll went into the story our large sections of information about orcas in general map on the in papers Facts about granny in the orcas orcas Magnificent illustrations by window minor See it for me. Thank you. Wow And that looks like we have a question or is that just my question from before I'm just seeing your question Okay, about about you being online. Oh my gosh Another one, but thank you because I've been trying to watch but sometimes I forget. I'm busy listening Yeah Let's and that show And we'll see if my list is available Let's just do this Okay Why does it say up to oh that's because it wasn't conference. Oh, I feel better already. I got worried I want to talk about novels for um, I like to call it upper elementary You know my terminology is old Everybody uses this term middle grade which drives me crazy because I have no idea what age group they're really talking about I think it's so vague Anyway, I don't like that term Calm down now I'm just gonna be you know specific and say upper elementary Well, I start with uh one that could be considered An early chapter book except it doesn't have chapters But it's kind of like an early chapter book This is a full color graphic novel that will serve well in that early chapter book area Peter and Ernesto are sloths and good friends But Peter wants to leave their tree But Peter never wants to leave their tree and Ernesto longs to travel Eventually Ernesto leaves and has amazing adventures Periodically the story returns to Peter who finally decides he must follow Ernesto to be sure he is all right and bring him back to the tree They each have adventures and eventually find each other again It's a good friendship story more than just the two sloths. There are some other friendships that develop And also accepting that someone else has different goals or desires than you do And it's just fun Oh, by the way, I love all these books. They're all my favorites like everybody else for some reason my my More calm yellow background went crazy here. Maybe it's okay. I guess it's okay on the Um On this recording so I will stop worrying about it. I love this because this is book one about Og the frog and It it takes you back to the first book about Humphrey And this but this now we know what Og the frog was thinking. It's so wonderful Og the green frog tells of his time first in room 27 next to George a bullfrog who was not happy that Og was there And that's how we ended up in room 26 next to Humphrey's cage readers will enjoy finding out Og's point of view and opinions about what goes on in the classroom And they'll think back to the first book about Humphrey Og writes poems and songs and his mantra is float does be This is the first book and what I understand is going to be a series So there'll be more than one about him. So keep your eye out for more about Og the frog So would you recommend reading Og the frog first or Humphrey first if you've never read the Humphrey series? I guess I guess right now I'd recommend reading Humphrey first Because I thought back how long ago did I read Humphrey? How many don't let's don't talk about years Several years ago. I read the first Humphrey book and so when I was reading this I was like, oh, yeah, I remember that Oh, did that happen in Humphrey? so, um I think if kids want to read Humphrey and Og together It might not matter which one they read first, but of course because Humphrey's very Solidly in my head. I would start with him myself May it be fun to have kids start with Og and then read Humphrey That's a good question This is a full color graphic novel Sparks the dog is in the news frequently as he often saves the day But the truth is he is a robot and inside him are two cats charlie and august August refuses to go outside. It's too dangerous except when he's in the robotic dog suit He invented it and charlie pilots it But now they must face an alien who looks like a little baby Who is intent on taking over the world charlie and august must do all they can to overwhelm the princess Oh, it could be tough work This is a black and white and olive green graphic novel memoir graphic novel style memoir This is a fictionalization of the author's experience feeling out of place with the girls at school And then with the girls at camp Her mom is divorced and cannot afford to send her to the expensive camp all the girls at school attend But with their russian heritage. She and her younger brother can attend the aura or rra organization of russian Res the chicky in america A camp with the usual activities plus speaking russian all the time And where she once again fills out a place She is miserable the bathroom. Oh, let's not even talk about that She is put in a tent with two older girls who think she is a baby They are 14 and she is almost 10. So that was a bad pairing of age groups Over time she makes a couple of connections and finds a friend and realizes camp had a lot to offer her There's empathy for others and seeing through the bullies and really finding herself and and who she wants to be Oh, I love audity Audity, new mexico is an unusual town to 11 year old eta everything is normal Zombie rabbits not really zombies and not really rabbits, but they cause trouble regularly Aliens puppet beings, you know normal stuff everyday stuff But to newcomer caden from chicago this town is weird Aida is determined to find out what happened to her twin pearl After she was one of the winners of the annual sweepstakes. They disappear every year and someone must know something It's a bit creepy humorous with kids determined to save their town I hope there's a sequel to this one Oh for the audity one Oh to audit that would be great if there was a sequel. Let's rock the author and suggest it I'm on board with that one This is the first of the rick rariden presents titles. This one is based on hindu mythology Aru who is 12 lives with her mother at the museum of ancient indian art and culture in atlanta georgia Her mother has often gone on trips to research and discover artifacts for the museum At the beginning of winter break three schoolmates stopped by to challenge aru to prove one of her stories is true She has a good imagination and some of the things she's heard about the artifacts make good stories But she wasn't really telling the truth This prompts her to light the lamp that could end the world He should never light the lamp that could end the world But anyway soon aru and her fellow hero and many are traveling to mystical places to try and save the world Wonderful action working through a possible friendship with many and dealing with the guilt. She feels keeps aru on her toes There's going to be another book in this series for sure. I don't know if there's going to be more than one more I guess we'll see how it how it evolves But it's it was a wonderful well written story Of a culture that i'm not very familiar with Stella eight and then nine is in third grade. She loves all kinds of fish, especially her pet beta fish poncho Her best friend jenny is in the other third grade class and stella is worried that she will make new friends and forget about her She is shy about speaking in school because sometimes spanish words come out instead of english When a new student stanley joins their class. She says may almost stella and then avoids him in embarrassment because that was spanish Since the students are expected to give a oral presentation of their chosen research topic And some of the girls are beginning to pick on her eventually stella begins to work on speaking up A sensitive look at shyness fitting in and speaking up Also stella discovers that she and her family are aliens with green cards Legally living in the united states Which feels weird to her at first because she didn't feel like she was an alien and she has to work through that too The magic misfits. This is a 2019 2020 golden sower chapter books nominee Carter who's about 12 or so runs away from his uncle Carter enjoys sharing his card tricks and other illusions with strangers But he never has and never will steal anything from anyone His uncle insists on it Carter arrives hungry and broken mineral wells a new england town He accidentally encounters mr. Vernon who runs a magic shop and soon has made friends with his daughter and several other youths Who all enjoy magic They all soon realize that bb basso a carnival owner. It's up to no good and needs to be stopped Soon they all embark on a plan that may stop him or may get them all in big trouble The six kids and mr. Vernon use teamwork illusion and magic to try to win the day And this is the first book in a new series It includes occasional illustrations throughout the book and as you can tell us by the actor neil petrick carous Makayla is 13 and she does love double dutch and her team could win it all this summer Then her parents who must work on their marriage Send makayla and her younger brother cameron from their home in brooklyn to their aunt and uncle's house in south carolina Makayla and her cousin sally have been on the house for a while and things don't look like they're going to get better They are sent to a day camp and makayla is thrilled that there is a double dutch couple double dutch competition But first she has to talk sally into being on her team and then they have to find two more people They have to have four can they compete with two rookies? This is a good look at doing what you love Finding some people who might be interested in it and helping them understand how it works So that they can Do the best they can with this initial competition Family bullying and competition stress are addressed in this novel another full-colored graphic novel New teacher mr. Wolf Wolf has high hopes for his fourth grade class and greets the students as they arrive This is really just the first day of school this whole book All the characters are portrayed as animals and there is diversity among them During the first day of school the reader and the class learn that each of them have different Expectations and home situations that come to the front at school For example, one student goes missing. She has a new baby brother and she's fallen asleep in a box because she just doesn't get any rest at home Much to mr. Wolf's concern I think there's going to be more books in this series too Because we have playing more days of school to find out what else is going on with the kids This is the sequel to weekends with max and his dad Max is still in third grade and he and his mom are headed for a family reunion for his great great aunts 100th birthday party And they're going on a road trip to get there Max is worried about his dad who was supposed to have max on the weekends Will his dad be all right without him? They're going to be gone for a little while He is also worried about the tall rotor coaster. His mom is looking forward to He's not sure he can handle writing that and there are many cousins to meet and get to know It is a bit stressful, but they all turn out to have a good time and this also has occasional Illustrations through the story to break up the text This is said in the 1990s two years ago Mia now 10 and her parents moved from china to the u.s as legal immigrants Finding jobs was hard, but then they agreed to be the managers of a somewhat run-down motel It sounded good when they signed the papers But the owner pulled a bait and switch on them and they are hard pressed to do all the work and are making very little money They live at the motel in a cramped space Mia runs to deaths for them when she is not in school and she learns quite a bit along the way Her parents begin to let other asian mostly chinese immigrants who have been treated poorly too Stay overnight for free one of the book reviews said they were smuggling them which is I think that's misleading It isn't that they were smuggling them any wheny where they were just letting them stay in the hotel for free And then they did all the cleanup afterwards and didn't Didn't tell the owner that they had been there Which is actually not legal. I mean they were not keeping up They're into the bargain, but they understood this bad situation that other people were into Equality ideals and human rights are addressed and also forgiveness This has got a start review in school library journal and kirkus And I think this is a great book even though it might be a tad unrealistic at the end It does have a heartwarming happy ending. So Thank you. That's my list. I was really I think everybody felt this way But it was really really hard to cut it down to the number of titles we all Came up with because there are so many wonderful books Did you want to say something Dana? Are you sure? Yeah, I was agreeing with you. Yes It's most of it was so hard to cut it down Fine But these are the ones that we ended up talking about and I think we have a great list of titles picture books nonfiction of various What do I want to say groupings I guess and some some novels for upper elementary age and I don't see any questions here Any comments from anyone now is the time to type it into the question area or say that you want to Use your microphone to talk with us Again, um, this This is being recorded and it will be available So if you want to go back and look through a certain part and say what did Carlos say about the wild orca book. I can't remember you can do that We will have our book lists up as I said before and also I'm going to attach my Longer overall book list. You might notice some overlap between Dana's list and mine and not as much overlap with you But there's a couple of books there I want to put on my summer reading program list now that you've talked about it if I can find a copy to I Front desk, I don't think it's smuggling. I Think it's maybe harboring. I don't know if it's smuggling, but I loved front desk as well I agreed with Sally's list a lot And the the girl is 10 and but she she can read people she learns how to read people from working at the front desk all that time And she's I don't think that's unrealistic at all. I think that kids who deal with a lot of people The different kinds of people who come by a not so Great motel you can learn to read a lot of what you might be expecting Well, thank you Dana. Thank you Carla for both the the Nebraska library association Nebraska school library its association conference Events and today. I really appreciate you coming in in person or via the Go to webinar in order to give this Um presentation and I invite everyone to look on our list on our encompass live part of the Nebraska library commission webpage to see what else is coming up next week and the weeks beyond Jill annas and I will be giving a presentation on our team books that we talked about at conference I added a couple in online because you know That's the nice thing about doing this a little bit later is there's a couple more books you can slip it in On the list why not? That'll be I think it is december if there's something so look for that and um, thank you so much everyone And um, this ends our presentation Thanks guys