Read-Aloud Roundup

Math Everywhere

Crash, Splash or Moo?

An Educator’s Guide to

Empathy

The Glory of the Short Story

Holiday Sing-Along Storytime

An Incredible Second Chance

to See the Sequel

Into the Spider-verse

Magoon and Maldonado

Mary Poppins Returns

Seasons Readings

Sgt. Stubby: An American

Hero

Untangle the Web www.bls.gov/k12/

The Bureau of Labor Statistics

(part of the United States

Department of Labor)

provides resources for

students and educators on

employment and career

outlooks. Includes lots

of printable posters for the

classroom.

APProved

Mad Libs

Provides

students and

teachers with access to 21

free stories, complete with

definitions, tips, and

suggestions for filling in

parts of speech.

Take a look at the

educator guide!

FREE / Grades 2-6 /

Android, iPhone & iPad

Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech Louie doesn't have the best luck when it comes

to nurturing small creatures. So when his

father brings home a sickly newborn mini

donkey, he's determined to save him.

Trevor by Jim Averbeck This is an elegantly told, truly unique tale of

a canary who befriends a lemon and finds that

you don’t have to be two of a kind to form

a meaningful and lasting friendship.

Review the New

Drawn Together by Minh Lê

When a young boy visits his

grandfather, their lack of

a common language leads to

confusion, frustration, and

silence. But as they sit down

to draw together, something

magical happens—with

a shared love of art and

storytelling, the two form

a bond that goes beyond

words.

Read an interview with both

the author and the illustrator.

The Blog Log www.hooverlibrary.org/blog

It’s in Rob Colson’s

awesome new nonfiction

Math Everywhere series!

+ Fraction Frenzy: Fractions and

Decimals

+ Get in Shape: Two-Dimensional

and Three-Dimensional Shapes

+ Get the Measure: Units and

Measurement

+ Super Sums: Addition,

Subtraction, Multiplication and

Division

+ What Are the Chances?:

Probability, Statistics, Ratios

and Proportions

+ Your Number’s Up: Digits,

Number Lines, Negative and

Positive Numbers

Math is everywhere!

It’s in picture books!

Crash! Boom!: A Math Tale

by Robie H Harris

Seven Bad Cats

by Moe Bonneau

It’s in biographies!

Counting on Katherine: How

Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo

13 by Helaine Becker

The Girl with a Mind for Math:

The Story of Raye Montague

by Julia Finley Mosca

Nothing Stopped Sophie:

The Story of Unshakable

Mathematician Sophie Germain

by Cheryl Bardoe

Volume 6, Issue 5

December 2018

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Read This, Not That

BONUS ROUND

Oh my gods! It’s read-alikes for Magnus Chase!

Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog by Ralph Hardy

Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

The Entirely True Story of the Unbelievable FIB by Adam Shaughnessy

(series)

Frostborn by Lou Anders (series)

Gods and Thunder: A Graphic Novel of Old Norse Myths by Carl Bowen

Beasts of Olympus: Beast Keeper by Lucy Coats (series)

Loki’s Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr (series)

Momotaro: Xander and the Lost Island of Monsters by Margaret Dilloway

(series)

Myth-o-mania: Have a Hot Time, Hades! by Kate McMullan (series)

Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor, and Loki by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

Pandora Gets Jealous by Carolyn Hennesy (series)

Secrets of Valhalla by Jasmine Richards

The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta

Thunder Girls: Freya and the Magic Jewel by Joan Holub & Suzanne

Williams (series)

Treasury of Norse Mythology: Stories of Intrigue, Trickery, Love, and Revenge

by Donna Jo Napoli (series)

Valkyrie by Kate O’Hearn (series)

Weird But True! Not It All: Greek Mythology by Sarah Wassner Flynn

More Than Common Core A Storytelling of Ravens by Kyle Lukoff

Your students will be inspired by the evocative possibilities of

collective nouns. Each spread features a nugget of a story

using a particular term, which is accompanied by a collage

illustration that serves as the visual punch line. This is a great

book to kick off a creative writing assignment.

The Creativity Project edited by Colby Sharp

Book advocate Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors

and illustrators to provide story starters for each other. They

responded by transforming these seeds into any form of

creative work they wanted to share. The result is a stunning

collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our

most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra

story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration

for readers to create works of their own.

Sat., Dec. 8 at 10 a.m.

All ages

A Most Unusual Day by Sydra Mallery

A warm and loving

story about school,

family, siblings, and

adoption, for anyone

eagerly awaiting

the arrival of a new sibling.

Elf Engineering

Tues., Dec. 4 at 4 p.m.

Ages 7-12

Kid Zone: 444-7830

Outreach/Tours: 444-7839

Fri., Dec. 7 at 4 p.m.

Ages 9-17

Thurs., Dec. 13 & Fri, Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m.

Sat., Dec. 15 at 10:30 a.m. All ages

Wed., Dec. 19 at 2 p.m.

All ages

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kyle-lukoff/a-storytelling-of-ravens/https://www.mrcolbysharp.com/creativity-project/https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=unusual-day-sydra-mallery-slj-review