Double the Holiday Fun on

December 21

Kubo and the Two Strings

My Favorite Pets by Gus W.

for Ms. Smolinski’s Class

The New Present: A Christmas

Musical

She’ll Be Coming Up the

Mountain

Shy Surprise

Sing!

What Should You Do After

Christmas? Just Keep

Swimming!

Word of Mouse

The Blog Log www.hooverlibrary.org/blog

Volume 4, Issue 5

December 2016

According to the Chinese

zodiac, 2016 was the Year

of the Monkey. According

to the publishing

industry, 2016 was the

Year of the Bear.

The Bear and the Piano

by David Litchfield

A Beginner’s Guide to

Bear Spotting by Michelle

Robinson

Explorers of the Wild

by Cale Atkinson

Hector and Hummingbird

by Nicholas Frith

Horrible Bear! by Ame

Dyckman

Little One by Jo Weaver

Mother Bruce by Ryan T.

Higgins

Shh! Bears Sleeping

by David Martin

Splashdance by Liz

Sparin

The Bear Book Necessities

APProved

Chomp

This app

combines

playful, humorous and

lovingly hand-drawn

animations with realtime

video, enabling children

and adults alike to slip into

a variety of comical roles.

2.99 / iPad & iPhone

Untangle the Web

www.avl.lib.al.us

The Alabama Virtual Library has

added PebbleGO for emergent

reader researchers in Grades K-3.

Six modules are available —

Animals, Animales, Biographies,

Dinosaurs, Science and Social

Studies. Both feature easy-to-use

searching tools, expertly-leveled

text and read-aloud capabilities.

Review the New

Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth

A girl and a boy each take

a single shape and combine

the two, challenging

themselves and each other to

invent a scene incorporating

them. The final double-page

spread presents readers with

12 two-shape scenarios to

spark their imaginations.

Pair this title with

Shapes, Reshape! by Silvia

Borando.

Read-Aloud Roundup Waiting for Augusta by Jessica Lawson

In 1972 Alabama, 11-year-old Ben,

carrying an urn with his father's ashes,

sets out on an eventful journey to the

Augusta National to make peace with

his father. The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito

Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds

of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him

that her favorite sound is ma (silence),

Yoshio sets out to hear this sound

for himself among the hustle and bustle

of the city.

Read This, Not That

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BONUS ROUND

More Than Common Core Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story

by Arun Gandhi & Bethany Hegedus At Grandfather Gandhi’s service village, each day is filled, from

sunrise to sunset, with work that is done for the good of all.

The villagers vow to live simply and non-violently. Arun Gandhi

tries very hard to follow these vows, but he struggles with one

of the most important rules: not to waste. With the help of his

grandfather, Arun learns how every wasteful act affects others.

And in time he comes to understand the truth of his grandfather’s

words: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who

Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky This book highlights the contributions of 50 females to the fields

of science, technology, engineering and mathematics from the ancient

to the modern world. This collection also contains infographics about

relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently

working in STEM fields and an illustrated scientific glossary.

Do you love to ask “Where’s Waldo?” Are you good at finding the answer?

Then you’ll love these other books that challenge your eyes!

1001 Pirate Things to Spot by Gillian Doherty (series)

An A-maze-ing School Adventure by Jill Kalz (series) Are You an Art Sleuth?: Look, Discover, Learn! by Brooke DiGiovanni Evans

Can You Guess What I Am?: At Home by J. P. Percy (series)

Football Frenzy: A Spot-It Challenge by Sarah L. Shuette

Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light (series)

Hide and Seek Things That Go by Dawn Sirett

Hide-and-Seek Science: Animal Camouflage by Emma Stevenson

I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles by Walter Wick (series)

I Spy in the Sky by Edward Gibbs (series)

LEGO Star Wars: These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For: A Search-and-

Find Book

Look! A Book! by Bob Staake

Look-alikes, Jr. by Joan Steiner (series)

Masterpieces Up Close: Western Painting from the 14th to 20th Centuries

by Claire d’Harcourt

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t by Silvia Borando

Spot the Seal Around the World by Sarah Khan (series)

What Presidents Are Made Of by Hanoch Piven (series)

Where’s Will?: Find Shakespeare Hidden in His Plays

by Anna Claybourne & Tilly

A World of Food: Discover Magical Lands Made of Things You Can Eat!

by Carl Warner

Wed., Dec. 21

10:30 a.m.

All ages

They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel

The cat looks

different when

viewed by each

animal. Wenzel

doesn’t just tweak

perspectives,

he creates a new

vision of the cat

for every creature.

Wed., Dec. 21

2:00 p.m.

All ages

Wed., Dec. 28

10:30 a.m.

All ages

Thurs., Dec. 15

6:30 p.m.

All ages