Read-Aloud Roundup

Volume 5, Issue 8

March 2018

A Heart for Art Another Narwhal and Jelly!

Book Bites? Game On!

Crayola Concepts

The Flying Girl

Get in the Game This Spring

Shaking Things Up: 14 Young

Women Who Changed the

World

Spring Break 2018: Get in the

Game

Who? Which? Whatsit?:

A Wrinkle in Time

The Wild Robot Escapes

Untangle the Web www.history.com/

this-day-in-history

Select a date in history and

learn what happened in that

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can narrow their focus to

specific dates in Automotive,

Civil War, Cold War, Crime,

Entertainment, Literary, Old

West, Vietnam War, Wall

Street, and WWII history.

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Review the New

Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick &

David Serlin

Baby Monkey solves five cases (one

for each chapter) by looking carefully

for visual clues. Full-page illustrations

facing single, simple, and often

repetitive sentences in an oversized

typeface make this ideal for emerging

readers. Selznick's signature black-

and-white drawings — his noir-like

style here played up to full effect —

invite readers to linger and look

carefully.

Selznick is the author/illustrator of

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Marvels, and Wonderstruck.

This title is a collaboration between

Selznick and his husband, writer and

professor David Serlin.

The Real McCoys by Matthew Swanson & Robbi Behr The world’s greatest fourth-grade

detective Moxie McCoy looks for a missing

school mascot and a new best friend, with

the help of her annoying little brother.

Interactive illustrations on every page!

The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket

This is a thoughtful, and hilarious look at

the ways in which a bad mood wreaks havoc

as it moves from person to person, leaving

a trail of surprises in its wake.

The Blog Log www.hooverlibrary.org/blog

who journeyed far and wide in

search of the truth of

metamorphosis.

Her Right Foot by Dave

Eggers (09/19/17)

The Statue of Liberty is in New

York. She’s holding a torch, and

she's in mid-stride, moving

forward. This investigation of

a seemingly small trait of

America's most emblematic

statue reveals a powerful

message of acceptance that is

essential to an entire country's

creation.

March is Youth Art Month.

The theme for the 2017/2018

school year is Building

Community Through Art.

March is also Women’s

History Month. These books

are a perfect combination of

the two celebrations.

Frida Kahlo and Her

Animalitos by Monica

Brown (09/05/17)

Based on the life of one of the

world's most influential painters

and the animals that inspired

her art and life. The Mexican

artist brought attention to

Mexican and indigenous culture.

She is also renowned for her

works celebrating the female

form.

The Girl Who Drew

Butterflies: How Maria

Merian’s Art Changed

Science by Joyce Sidman

(02/20/18)

She was an artist at a time

when women weren’t allowed to

be, a scientist before there were

scientists, and an adventurer

Read This, Not That

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BONUS ROUND

The Pink Hat by Andrew Joyner

Inspired by the 5

million people in 82

countries who

participated in

the 2017 Women’s

March, this is

a book that celebrates girls and women

and equal rights for all!

More Than Common Core

Math Lab for Kids: Fun, Hands-On Activities for

Learning with Shapes, Puzzles, and Games

by Rebecca Rapoport & J.A. Yoder

More than 50 hands-on activities that make learning about

math fun, including geometry/topology, fractals, tangrams,

graphs, and toothpick puzzles.

How Long Is a Whale? by Alison Limentani

This fun introduction to the concept of length and

relative size features underwater creatures.

Limentani also penned How Much Does a Ladybug Weigh?

(2016).

Drop whatever you’re reading to try one of these recent award winners! Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Lesa Cline-

Ransome

Big Cat, Little Cat by Elisha Cooper

Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix by Jacqueline Briggs Martin &

June Jo Lee

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes

A Different Pond by Bao Phi

Grand Canyon by Jason Chin

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

La Princesa and the Pea by Susan Middleton Elya

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar

Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song

by Kathryn Erskine

Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability

by Shane Burcaw

Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander

Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem by Patricia

Newman

Silent Days, Silent Dreams by Allen Say

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore

Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 by Larry Dane Brimner Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell

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