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Hello everyone and welcome to today's info people webinar new books for Story Time 2020 update presented by Pennypack penny has been a children's librarian for more than 30 years. Her experience includes performing thousands of children story times leading hundreds of book club discussions for students in grades 4 through 12 conducting hundreds of School tours and assemblies and reviewing children's books and media. She has written three books on.
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Services and is presently the editor of Bay News the newsletter for the association of children's Librarians of Northern California, and I am now happy to turn the webinar over to Pennypack. Thank you. Welcome everyone. Hello. This is Penny Peck. I'm delighted to be here for the fourth annual webinar on new books for story time. The previous one was a year ago.
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So will be briefly highlighting titles from the last half of 19 to now, we all need to enliven our story times whether we are newer presenters or long time story time presenters first be sure that you have the book list in front of you. It's available at the info people site here.
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I think you should conceive the three handouts on our toolbar which is on the right-hand side that vertical there are three read PDFs the first one listed there the book list handout we going Go through 60 books in 60 minutes. So you need that hand out to follow along. There's also a handout with the websites that we recommend and a handout of just the slides. So that helps too. So look on the control panel there on your right and you should find those.
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All right. Now here is our agenda for today. We're going to begin with books for baby story time including fun new board books and very easy picture books. Then we'll cover a few new picture books. Perfect for the toddler audience. Then I'm going to discuss some new books that invite audience participation such as call and response and cumulative Tails. I'll Define the different types of these as we go through the list. These are some of the most popular books. It's story time.
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They were mentioning that you can also download the handouts and the archive will have a link to the handouts as well. We're going to after we do the audience participation books. We're going to have Multicultural books. Although Multicultural books are spread throughout the whole webinar, but I wanted to have a little pullout section because it's very important that we have culturally diverse books because that's important to the families that we serve.
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Then after that we're going to talk about special story times that will and books we can use for those that metal will include dance party yoga and sensory story times. If you are new to these don't worry, we're going to find all these after that we're going to have a short segment on special topics relating to story time including kindergarten Readiness skills informational books for storytime websites and blogs useful for storytime planning.
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And webinars and reviewed journals that are helpful in finding other storytimes selections. I know this may seem strange to prepare for our in-person story times when we are all Sheltering in place, but at some time in the future, we'll go back to having an in-person Story Time plus you may be able to use the books. I'm going to talk about in your virtual storytimes. Some of you have been live streaming or video recording your story times.
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Offer on the library's website at the end of this webinar. I have a segment on helpful websites on how to do that and that will include a few that will talk about virtual storytime. So hang on for that and this one from mr. Kelvin I saw on YouTube and to me it's a great example of how to do a virtual story time and that link is on your handout about websites as well. All right.
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So now let's on to the webinar.
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Let's see first up board books. Yes board books are suitable. For story time. We have Sandra boynton's newest called your nose a wild little love song from Workman, press March 20, 20 boynton's latest features parent and child foxes who love their noses have a caregiver and child tap each other's noses as you read.
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Then we have Library babies by puck illustrated by Violet Lemay from do a press March 20 20 of virtual tour of the library emphasizing the things young children will enjoy such as Story Time and picture books and then we have Barbara Castro Oreos. Goodnight rainbow cats from Chronicle books published in 2019 Small die cut Windows reveal a dozen cats in different colors in this.
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Sport Book perfect for story times Now I have a couple of picture books that are perfect for a baby story time these include up up down up up down by Kimberly G Putnam 2019 opposites are demonstrated by Baby and father in this funny book where the very brief text and featuring an African-American family. Then we have Jane newberry's big green crocodile illustrated by Carolyn Rabbi published by otter Barry April 2020 this month.
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in this book is 16 original Play Rhymes are featured in this collection of tickle Rhymes and finger plays along with the diverse children featured in the artwork the movements of each Reimer also described So more picture books perfect for a baby story time include mama baby by Chris rashke published by Candlewick, March 20, 20 mama and baby play patty cake and hide and seek in the simple story that listeners can help act out and then we have a baby like you by Catherine samish.
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Hmh, 2019 color photos to baby animals are of a highlight of this simple informational book, which describes things animals do Repetition will engage your audience who will call out the phrase each new day in different ways a baby like you which is repeated over and over. So look for that informational books. I'm going to talk about later but they're very important to include along with stories some new picture books for toddlers include two little trains by Margaret wise Brown illustrated by Greg pizzoli from harpercollins, March 20, 20, or originally pump arrangement.
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We published in 1949 this Timeless train story features new artwork by Greg pizzoli and lots of train sounds that your audience can repeat then we have can I play too by Samantha Carter rule from dial March 20 20, it's a simple but clear story about sharing and recognizing other people's feelings two young boys play with their trains and learn to cooperate. Then we have Ducks by Deborah Underwood illustrated by TL.
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Beth from Holt February 20 2011 duck wanders away from other three ducks and when she turns back or he turns back she can't find them again kids will call out the repeated word Ducks every time you cue them in this simple and cute story. So those are my favorite books for the youngest crowds.
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Next up. I'm going to go over audience participation stories and this is our largest section. So if you look here at the PowerPoint, this is an outline of what's coming up next. Like I said, this next section is going to take the bulk of our time because we're going to Define each of these as we go as well. So first we have call and response.
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They're also sometimes called pattern stories participation stories or repetitive stories, then we'll talk about Cumulative stories circular then concept books interactive books and books that are based on songs. So first up the call and response type of picture book these have repetition. So the audience can shout out portions of the story and one of the most popular I'm sure you all heard of is Bill Martin's brown bear brown bear. What do you do or what? Do you see or the little red hands and they repeat not I said the whatever it is.
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So sometimes these are called pattern stories or repetitive stories. I try to include at least one call and response picture book in every story that I do every story time that I do.
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So the new ones that I like that have just recently been published include gnome by Fred blunt by published by Anderson, April 20, 20 Noam repeats know when which politely asks him to stop fishing in her Pond and you know, the kids will love calling out know Then we have snakes on the job by Kathryn Dennis from Phi. Well, January 2020 your audience will hiss along with these snakes as they work using construction vehicles in this follow-up to Snakes on a train and then we have the yawns are coming by Christopher eliopoulos from dial April twenty twenty two boys. Try to stay awake during their sleep over but the yawns invade even parents won't be able to keep from yawning.
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Yeah, but not out of boredom.
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Some other call-and-response books. I thought were really fun included swim swim sync by Jen Harney published by Disney Hyperion January 2020.
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It's a very simple rhyming story with onomatopoeia helps to pick the sinking Ducks using words such as splish-splash a fun way to participate then we have what's that noise by Naomi how Earth from Candlewick March 20 20 And arctic animals star in this story about a loud rumbling kids will ask what's that noise which is humorously answered at the end of the book and then we have hat tricks by Satori kitamura from Peachtree, March 20, 21 a bunny magician asks, what's in the Hat the audience can call out their guesses in this charming story.
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Some other fun participation books include taking time by Joe luring Fisher published by Lantana April, 20, 20 th spread begins with taking time to so that short phrase will repeat over and over and the artwork shows children of many cultures going throughout their day. Then we have Nicky McClure's.
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What will these hands make published by Abrams February 2020 with the 8 of title a girl shows you what she can make for grandma's birthday and then Dorothea Rohner offers. This is a ingenious book. I am Goose illustrated by Vanya Nest eleva published by hmh, February 20 2008 again. That's by Dorothy roner goose is frustrated when playing duck duck goose with the other animals because the others are chosen to be the goose. And so to me, this is a perfect book.
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Follow up if you have the right size crowd not too big. You could follow up by playing a game of duck duck goose. And of course for if you're reading it to a classroom, this is perfect to follow up a Pre-K kindergarten first grade class by playing duck duck goose after reading this story.
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Our next segment are cumulative books such as the house that Jack built which of course is a standard where lines are added on and accumulate. So the audience can call out those repeated phrases another really great cumulative story that all of us have been have used storytime include The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood. So some of my favorite new cumulative stories include around the table that Granddad built by Melanie Hugh, sir.
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Kill illustrated by Jamie Kim from Candlewick 2019 different items for a celebratory meal are contributed by members of this Multicultural family. Although this isn't specifically for Thanksgiving. It's a fun book to offer to show that the new way that many are celebrating Thanksgiving with foods from a variety of cultures. Then we have the mess. We made by Michelle Lord illustrated by Julia Blackman.
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Flashlight Press January 2020 perfect for Earth Day, which is happens to be today this describes ocean pollution and what we can do to clean it up and then we have the nest that ran built by Randy should sewn and shine illustrated by an Hunter. This is from Candlewick, press March twenty twenty priests coolers can learn how a nest is built in this charming story with realistic artwork.
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So cumulative books are you know for sure storytime winner next up we have circular picture books and a standard one. You know of I'm sure is Laura numerous If You Give a Mouse a Cookie or any in that series it was originally published by harpercollins in 1985. It's a story that ends up where it began.
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These are great for encouraging children to predict what will happen next because Cuz that's something that they'll need to do in kindergarten. So some of my favorite new circular stories include sorry, really? Sorry by Joanna kotler illustrated by Harry Bliss from Phil male April 20 20 Cal kicks off a series of actions that hurt other animals and this helps children understand that everyone can be in a bad mood. But what you do about it is Meaningful. Another of my favorite circular stories are red house tree house.
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Little bitty brown mouse by Jane Godwin illustrated by Blanca Gomez from dial 2019. It's a rhyming story about colors. And in this story a little mouse goes around the world your audience will look for that little mouse in each spread and of course can call out the colors that are mentioned and then we have squeak by Laura McGee Cavs nasci illustrated by Kate Harvey from McGee Kate Harvey McGee.
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Published by film L 2019 and squeak. I thought was just really cute. It starts with a mouse's squeak waking up the Chipmunks who then wake up the trout and so on until it comes back to Mouse who wonders. Why is everyone awake?
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It's filled with animal sounds that invite audience participation Now concept books are great way to involve the audience and these of course include alphabet counting colors shapes opposites other Steps that make great books for story time. The audience can call out the letter number color or other concept to make the book participatory. Of course, these are all Concepts that kids will need to know for kindergarten to so here are some of the ones that you might want to add we have first watch this a book about making shapes by Jane Godwin who I mentioned earlier who wrote red house treehouse little bitty brown mouse. So watch this a book about making shapes is by Jane.
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Godwin and Becky orpen published by Scribble March 2020 and I like that it was Illustrated with photos color photos depict diverse children making shapes with their bodies. And if your story time is not too large see if your audience can do the same and of course for a virtual story time, they can do this at home from the comfort of their home.
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They can act out the different shapes with their own bodies then we have Is awake and alphabet Story by Hannah a Harrison published by dial in 2019. I thought this was a great ABC book because it has a story a bear wakes up in the middle of winter and visit the little girl and eat all the food in their house and you could see here how cute it is. They're making snow angels and then we have five fuzzy chicks by Diana Murray illustrated by Sidney Hanson from imprint published, February 20 20. It's a simple Counting.
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Story about chicks on the farm who want to play instead of go to bed. Lots of great animal sounds to imitate and of course animal sounds and onomatopoeia some of you know about the six important literacy skills. If you've read books by siraj goading her websites on our list of famous websites those six pre-literacy School skills.
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One of the key ones is phone illogical awareness, which is how different sounds And syllables come across and so these onomatopoeia books or animal sound books are really great to learn phonological awareness. So we want to pick up some of those for sure then following up concept books interactive books of course are always a favorite sometimes your tactile.
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But these are all great books that involve the audience the same way a book can be used an iPad one second.
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Okay. So like I said before these are books that one could use like an iPad.
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I bet a lot of you know the book press here by Herve to lay, you know where you shake the book or blow on it like you blow out a birthday candle or clap or Whatever, these are fantastic, they're not a lot of them but these are perfect for storytime. And one of my newest that I really liked was one of these is not like the others Bye Barney Salzburg. And in this one it's not tactile. But the audience will call out answers. So this celebrates differences in a very Charming way.
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The audience can call out the one that is different and repeat the title phrase which introduces each Spread so this is a for sure winner for story time. And then the other books that are really interactive are books based on song lyrics sometimes it's the actual song and sometimes they take a song and kind of do a little reinterpretation of it.
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For example this first one here we go digging for dinosaur bones is bai suzhen lend Roth illustrated by Bob Kohler from Charles bridge, March 20 20 and And it's actually a factual book and informational book about fossils, but it's told using a rhyme based on Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush with information simple enough for a preschooler to grasp.
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This next one that's here in the Middle With a Little Help from My Friends is yes by John Lennon and Paul McCartney illustrated by Henry Cole from Little Simon in 2019. It's the classic Beatles song and the illustrations to pick a little girl deals with the fact that her best friend is moving away. This should definitely get the parents and grandparents to sing along and then old MacDonald had a baby by Emily Snape.
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Aided by K Phi steel published by Phi well in 2019 this depicts farm animals who helped Old MacDonald who's a young father care for his new baby and I really appreciated that this was a depiction of a family with two dads. So this is a really fun reinterpretation of Old MacDonald.
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Now this next segment we're going to focus on diverse picture books, even though some of our previous books that we mentioned already talked about diverse picture books, but these are specifically on that subject because as many of you know, the world of children's book is not as diverse as the children we serve and children need both mirrors in their books books that depict their cultures and ethnicities and windows books that show the great diverse world.
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So here we are with some fun new picture books that celebrate the diversity of families some new books that feature African-American Latino or Latin X and Asian American families include brown, baby. Lullaby by Tameka fryer Brown illustrated by AG Ford from FSG January 2020. There's a few Spanish words rovin into this bedtime. Lullaby featuring an African an afro Latino family. This is perfect for a baby store.
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Time can't go wrong. Then. We have magnificent home spread Brown a celebration from Samara cold doyon illustrated by kailani Juanita from Tilbury house January 2020 how I love this how the exuberant little girl on the cover. There are several girls are featured in the celebration of brown skin and a variety of hairstyles to also one girls featured in a wheelchair. So I just thought this was a great girl and Power.
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Kermit Book 2 and then we have ginger Fogelson guys DS India's days and days. She's written lots of great books that have Spanish and English combined together. It's this one's illustrated by Rene King Moreno from Green Willow 2019. It's a simple bilingual book at the celebrating the Four Seasons.
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Whoops, here we go. Some other diverse books. You can appreciate for storytime are a big bed for little snow from Grace Lynn little brown 2019 a little boy jumps on the bed his mother made for him. Even after she warns him not to the illustrations indicate that the boys Asian America.
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Then we have vamos. Let's go eat from real the third published by diversifying March 2020 in this follow-up to vamos. Let's go to market.
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The wolf is back to make deliveries in the celebration of Mexican culture with a few Spanish words mixed in And then we have thank you Garden by Liz garton Scanlon illustrated by Simone Shin published by Beach Lane, March, 20 20, there's a multiracial group of neighbors who create a community garden and I would follow this up with a simple seed planning activity some other great books to celebrate diversity including a few celebrating lgbtq families.
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We have frog boots by Jill S bomb illustrated by Joshua Heinz published by Sterling March 20 20 Dillon wants a pair of galoshes that are purple and have a frog's face on them. But he's teased when he wears them since some think of them as quote unquote girl boots a great story to encourage the freedom to dress how you like. Then we have plenty of hugs.
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Bye friend manouschka an illustrated by Kate Elisa day Elisa day published by dial a For 2020 a to Mom interracial family celebrates their new baby in this sweet rhyming story Pride Colors by Robinson Stevenson was published by or compress in 2019 and colored photos illustrate this board book that celebrates the pride flag.
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Next up. I want to talk a little bit about some special Story Time event that you might be holding. And if you haven't done any of these yet, you might be inspired to so we'll see how this sounds we've got. We're going to go briefly over some of the fun themes that you might want to use for your upcoming story times as well as dance parties yoga and sensory story times. So let's look at those.
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First up for your dance party events. Dance party programs are one of the latest Innovations in storytime encouraging movement and exercise as well as self-expression and enjoyment of music dance party programs are normally in my experience though. Yours might differ but normally are a standalone like special event Story Time not a weekly event, but you might be different. I don't know. These are great to be a special dance party story time.
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Can attract new members and will start coming to your regular story times? They're great to kick off a summer reading program. They're great to kick off a new series of story times. For example in September when the older kids have gone back to school. So here's some fun Dance theme picture books first. We have glad glad Bear by Kimberly Chi published by Beach Lane, February 20 20.
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This is a follow-up to Mad Mad bear which came out last year in Story bear cannot wait for his first dance class one extra is that he wears a pink tutu, which should allow everyone to feel included and then we had how do you dance by thyra header Abrams 2019 one boy refuses to dance until the end of this celebration of Dance featuring all types of dances and people of all ethnicities genders and genders.
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So the audience could act out the various ways dances dreamt demonstrated such as fast and slow and more. So this is a great way to get people up and moving some of you might do yoga story times in recent years. This has been added by several libraries who started a special yoga theme story time to get the kids moving focus on their breathing and to allow time to de-stress with the focus for social emotional learning in schools.
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Yoga story times are perfect for your Mary graders depending on your community, of course, but these have been really embraced in here in the Bay area of California, depending on where you live. These could be very popular and of course teachers find them really useful for helping kids adjust to how things are going if they're having a stressed-out day. These are really fun.
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So one of the first books I thought was really useful was called what's in your mind today not on your mind, but what's In your mind today by Louis Bladen or bladon illustrated by Angela perini from beaming books, February 20 20. Goddamnit meditation is the focus of this delightful rhyming picture book. Then we have be heartful spread loving kindness by Frank J Sileo illustrated by Claire key from Madge ination Press January 2020. It's also a meditation story and from see Leo who's written several other?
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Yoga related books and in this there's a be offering a simple Mantra to help everyone be mindful and then coming out in May 20 20. Next month is Susan Verdes the three little Yogi's and the Wolf who lost his breath a fairy tale to help you feel better in this Twist on the Famous folk tale the pigs display yoga poses and demonstrate breathing in a way even preschoolers can grasp.
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Then we have sensory story times as many of you know, autism is on the rise. So many libraries are adding storytimes to meet that need with adaptive toys less singing or noisy activities for the sensitive children and stories that reflect their experiences.
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My local library for example does a sensory story time for I think it's the first and third Saturday of the month, so Don't even have to do a weekly sensory story time to meet that need and be really popular. And of course your schools would be glad to help promote it to the kids that they know who would appreciate it to have children with autism in their families. So first up I have this beaches loud. Bye Samantha caught a rule published by dial and 2019. It's part of a series called little census and in this story a young boy is overwhelmed by noises at the beach.
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Each but he uses some coping mechanisms mechanisms to calm himself. So as clear in the story that he has a sensory processing disorder, but they don't make a big deal out of it and the father doesn't even I don't think really even mention it.
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So it's very subtle and will make everyone feel included and then we have Rita and Ralph's Rotten Day by Carmen Agra DD illustrated by Pete Aswad from Scholastic, March 20 20 and for me This is a story.
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That's great for any story time is about best friends who have a falling out but they make up and of course any child can learn to appreciate that especially those who will be going to kindergarten soon because it gives you skills on how to deal with having a best friend and I really appreciated appreciated that both of these books featured characters that were brown-skinned some other good sensory story times the choices that were also good for Any other Story Time include no Hugs by deed rapprochement published by Amicus 2019. User explicitly says No hugs, which were friend. Alice doesn't seem to understand until they compromised by doing high fives and I think no hugs is something that not just children with autism would like to tell people but many of us, it's not may be culturally appropriate to be hugged. It depends on your family.
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Then we have B and my sister by Rose Robbins published by our Germans in April 2020 this month and this is about a boy whose describing how his sister is different from him. But also how the two of them have things in common and even though it's animals in the story. They're wearing clothing. It's clearly. This is a depiction of sister with autism and it's subtle.
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So it'll Empower siblings who often have to care for their sibling that might have autism. So this was a really nice story me and my sister.
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This next segment. I want to talk a little bit about kindergarten Readiness because our story times are just a natural even if you don't make a conscious effort the nature of story time and what we offer will help you or preschoolers prepare for kindergarten during Story Time children sit and listen, they join in group singing and simple games.
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They take turns and two other things that are going to be expected of them in kindergarten if your story times are not well attended as well attended is it like you can promote the fact that story time promotes kindergarten Readiness skills and that would motivate that busy parent to attend some common kindergarten Readiness skills that are offered at Story Time include behavior skills such as following a schedule following directions sitting and listening motor skills, including clapping jumping hopping on one foot and these are often demonstrated When We Do songs like the Hokey Pokey or shake your Oh sillies out. And if you add simple crafts or coloring pages the kids will also practice some fine motor skills such as holding a pencil or crayon or if you have crafts practicing the use of safety scissors factual knowledge has also promoted when we have stories that feature the alphabet numbers colors shapes names of body parts song and Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes names of animals and so forth.
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And then our story times promote pre-reading skills, including knowing how to hold a book in what direction the pages turn how to quote unquote read the illustrations and skill similar skills along with just enjoyment of books in general. So those are some of the kindergarten Readiness skills that are promoted when we do story time to kindergarten related books.
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I thought were really fun and you would definitely want to have in and maybe a week or two before kindergarten starts and your community. We have the king of kindergarten by Derek Barnes illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newson Newton published by Paulson penguin and 2019. This book was on I think just about every best list of notable children's book list. So you might have heard of it already, but I thought it was just really a genius because instead of being apprehensive about kindergarten as depicted in many books.
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This African American boy is looking forward to his first day of kindergarten with confidence. It's a great orientation for what kids can expect as they begin school. Another good one was when my brother gets home by Tom lichtenfeld looked inhaled. Excuse me from H MH March 2020 with the repeated title that will get audience participation.
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This features a young girl who waits for her brother to return from school so they can play It's a great way to show something that kindergarten is something to look forward to.
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Informational books I talked briefly before how important they are to add to our story time more Story Time presenters. In fact are weaving in a nonfiction or informational book each story time because kids at school kids enjoy them and the schools are promoting though important. It is to have informational books, even for your very young primary graders or preschoolers.
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There are more being published that have an informational Text but are perfect for very young children that have either artwork or photos. So some of the ones I would try out that our new include.
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I am Allosaurus by Tim Bradley from our birdell March 20 20, you can see it's even labeled an early reader and this book I am Allosaurus contains three words simple sentences and realistic illustrations with young children can learn about the dinosaur and even practice their reading Bill's Henry Cole's nesting from Harper College, March 20 2010 shows to Robin's building a nest and raising a family from eggs in this realistic story with lovely artwork. And then what do you do if you work at the zoo is by Steve Jenkins and Robin page from hmh, April 2020. They have colored paper curl Lodge illustrations that are featured in this look at the job of a zoo.
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Zookeeper that includes duties such as brushing the teeth of a hippo to raising baby animals who have been separated from their parent and then some other good informational stories include my ocean is blue by Darren LaBeouf illustrated by Ashley Baron from kids can March 20 20 alittle girl who uses crutches and her mother visit the beach and talk about the ocean lovely cut paper collage art work highlights.
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Simple but factual story then we have this raindrop has a billion stories to tell by Linda Ragsdale illustrated by trim Ali bassani publish my flowerpot April 20 20. It's an introduction to the water cycle and it's narrated by a drop a raindrop who's been around since the time of the dinosaurs. I would pair this raindrop has a billion stories to tell with one of my favorite books from last year.
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Called Hey Water by Antoinette Portis, which was a very short book that was also about the water cycle and the different ways the different types of matter water can appear in solid liquid and gaseous. And then we have a search for Northern Lights by Elizabeth and Izzy Roush illustrated by seed early from West. Margin, April 20 2008 girl and her mother visit.
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Aurora Borealis in Alaska and talk about the aspects that make it so special and then my last two informational suggestions both feature color photographs instead of artwork.
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We have being Frog by April police say ER published by Beach Lane in February, 20 20, there's a clip rhyming text and distinctive color photos describing the life of a green frog And then we have on a snow melting day seeking signs of Spring by Buffy Silverman Millbrook, February 20 20 and another book about a rhyming text and color photos. This describes the arrival of spring. All right. So those are my favorite new story time books out this year next up. I want to cover a little bit about some of the websites you can use to help you find more new book.
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Students or some of the topics that we've covered. In fact, I'm going to switch from our from our PowerPoint in just a moment and actually show you three websites, but first up just to remind you what's on our handout. There's lot of storytime websites and blogs that are suggested on our hand out the talk about Story Time planning.
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We also have sites that talk about virtual storytimes which of course Course is the Hot Topic of the week. And I'm going to cover some of those including the Aus blog on the reason. I've typed it on the slide right here is because I just discovered this a couple of days ago and we didn't have time to put it on your handout, but I'm going to show you this as a website. So you'll have time to actually write down the house blog.
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I'm going to also talk really briefly about webinars and reviewed journals that have more webinars like this that Talk about great websites. And then at the end, I'll answer any questions or you can make a suggestion of a favorite website for Story Time planning or doing a virtual story time. So what we're going to do right now is switch so I can show you some of those just one moment first up.
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I'm going to talk about.
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The ACL Blog the ACL blog bayview's dot org, which is the blog that I do and has my story time ideas. If you go to it's just real simple bayview's dot-org and you go to the resources. And the first one is to Story Time ideas. There's literally hundreds of the mattock story times. You can see them here animals every day things Multicultural one science summer reading suggestion special.
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Days, like the dance story time we talked about but I wanted to point out this one that said book lists because if we go here you can see that I just updated yesterday our list of circular storytime books concept books cumulative call-and-response books that feature since songs. And so these are very helpful. I think I hope and you can go to them.
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M and you'll see here that in bold are the newer stories not just from this webinar but last year's as well and the ones that are not in bold are still great, they're just not brand-new. So this is for example a long list of cumulative books and the course the pattern storybook site is very long and as I'm speaking if you feel like this is a good time because we're nearing the end. This would be good.
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If you want to go ahead and type in your questions, this would be a good time now and then the organizers and I'll go over the ones especially that are relevant. And so anyway, so if you try this website bayview's dot or gas and you'll find the story time list and these book lists. I hope will be really helpful to you. Then another one.
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I wanted to talk about was school library journal in the past couple of weeks have been really on top of their game on listening on listing ways to do a virtual Story Time and this one was posted just on April 6 this you see and and our Marius indicate more wonderful facilitator Mary from info people as commenting that you can type here on the right hand side in the toolbar. You can type in your questions here.
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But anyway School library Journal as I was saying I've got It's great blog post that describes how to do how to film a virtual story time to making a Story Time video. So look for that.
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They're also School library Journal book list, and of course info people regularly offer websites on new books to use not just for story time, but books to use like for middle schoolers or tweens books to use for a children's Book club, whatever you think is relevant. There have been really good about doing that. So go ahead and feel free to type in any questions about where to find other good websites or suggestions of websites you have but this is just one of the websites that talk about how to do a virtual story time. And then this last one I want to talk about briefly is to ask Blog the house blog is www.nicaraguanbooks.blogspot.com.
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Do I go ahead and just type it here, too?
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Www.a. Ask.
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L a-- dot org slash blog Let me see if that'll go through there you go, and then we'll copy that so that all of you can see that but you can see here. They just did a recent.
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Really nice log on Virtual programming and that would of course include story time and they talk about a little bit of tips on how to make it work.
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And they talked about both pre-recording or doing them live. So check this blog. Regularly. I have a feeling that the house blog and the school library Journal site are going to be keeping up with this type of information on doing a virtual story time. So look for some of that. So right now is a perfect time to ask any question or to mention any websites that you are going to want to recommend.
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And type those in now and we'll be glad to address any of those.
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I'm going to go back to r PowerPoint Depending I can go ahead and be read out a couple questions. So that's fantastic. Yeah, so we had a question come in. I know you were talking about doing storytimes online and how to turn them virtual but I had a question that came in when you were talking about the sensory story times, right if you had any tips for doing a sensory Story Time online, you know, I don't that's something what would be new to me as well. I'm sure many of you know, the book on doing sensory programs. It's called.
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Including families and children with special needs that's on doing programming in general and Library service in general, but they talk about sensory story times. But I've actually never done a virtual one. I've only done the in person once but in some ways.
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I would give it a try of doing it just like you did like you would do as a virtual Story Time and for some children and their parent doing it at home can cut down on some of the things that trigger them such as noise and they probably families who would already need a sensory story time probably have some of those adapt adaptive toys at their home as well. But that's a great question and I don't have really any special.
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He's on that. So I'm sure you can find more information as we go along.
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And do you have any specific books you would recommend for kids and their families right now that are staying home and dealing with our current shelter at home situation. There's a few that have come out, but I thought that they were too didactic about the coronavirus personally a lot of our self published. I think just general books on stress are probably better. Somebody said they really like sunflower story time.com.
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Four different ideas. That's a great sunflower story time.com is a great side. I totally agree. So as far as books I think kids need comfort. They need just general books that are distressful and help kids cope with how to use their imaginations to how to keep busy that kind of thing.
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As far as factual books on the coronavirus itself, I think sometimes just appear in explaining it might be better. Somebody said from the audience. They listed a website. Thank you so much for more information on doing a digital story time or a virtual Story Time. Jay. Barry is on my website lists. They're perfect for doing songs. I totally agree with that one, of course as well.
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And so that is listed J Prairie this definitely listed but the one somebody mentioned right before that was just on the digital story time that one I had not seen yet. So, yes, we'll try to copy all of that. Thank you so much for listening that one.
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Any other questions? Yeah, do you have any idea recommendation of blogs for toddler crafts? Oh I use DLT k for that.
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For toddlers, you know, they it depends how young of a toddler they are coloring of course is important. It may be more difficult to use scissors, but I used e LT k a lot for the toddler and preschool crafts. And of course if you've ever taken a class from this lady named Bev boss, she always emphasizes its the process not the product.
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So for example, she says if they want to Make 20 different little paintings with their little watercolor kit and they just look like almost like the painting version of scribbling.
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That's the process and it's really important and to let them do that and make as many as they want to and so to me it isn't so much a craft for a toddler as it is the process of doing art in general and getting the practice of maybe Seeing Scotch tape or using glue, which I don't give them as a glue bottle. I always make the little dessert paper plate with a little puddle of glue in it and a Q-tip because otherwise they used Too Much glue. And I also don't have them use glue sticks. I also don't have kids toddler toddlers use markers.
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There's a whole thing about how important it is for toddlers And preschoolers not to use Lee markers but to use crayons because crayons indicate that you have to press on them. It's really important for your fine motor skills to use crayons not markers because you have to put force on a crayon to make the colors and of course then you also want to encourage them to show how crayons can make a light color or a dark color or be peeled and use to make crayon.
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Things like with leaves and none of markers. Never do that markers are good for the older kids like kindergarten on up.
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And so that's my suggestions for craft. It's the process not the product. So be sure to let them just make as many as they want to and let them scribble. We had a few other links that were listed. We have the DL TK link. We've had nosy Crow had a new coronavirus book for the older kids that a parent maybe can adapt for younger and slj.
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has a new leak to oh that was on my website to my website list has the list that slj compiled for Publishers, which are now allowing people to use their Story Time books for a virtual story time just during this time because normally it would be a violation of copyright to broadcast which is what a YouTube site does for example Broadcast using a story time book but they're they're loosening the rules just for this pandemic. So some of the other ones that were mentioned were stay home by Candlewick and I love Candlewick books. They're usually really good for story time. Somebody said they really liked reading six Simon because it emphasized washing your hands.
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Stay home with Candlewick press was mentioned and somebody said they've done a virtual inclusive story time and they have the children volunteer and help me be Play children and it's on San Jose's public libraries YouTube channel. Thank you so much for mentioning that San Jose of course because it has a library School their Public Library is extremely Innovative and has wonderful material. And and of course San Jose is a very diverse Community to and they reflect that in their programming and ideas.
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Any other questions? Yeah have a few more questions here. Are there are there any issues with copyright?
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If you use finger Rhymes during your virtual story times in my experience most of the finger plays and figure out if we know are in public domain like Mother Goose and like we said before if you look at its on the handout, there's a list at school library disk School library Journal compiled of the different Publishers that have loosened the Is about using their materials. So if if you're going to talk about a newer song or finger play if it's from a publisher on that list, then you're covered. If it's not then you would you would email and ask them and from what I'm hearing is most singers performers are letting folks use their materials.
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Their songs and their finger plays so long as you give them credit they're using them for their for your virtual storytimes just during the pandemic though. So be sure to look at that list, but that that should help you figure out whether you can use them or not. Okay, you know of a good site for downloading flannel board patterns. Oh, yeah.
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I know some of them are on your handout of Sites, there's some flannel suit flannel board suggestions on that. Also. If you go to my bayview's DOT org, and go to the story time section with the book lists, there's two other website suggestions just on flatter boards that has long lists of flannel board suggestions. So look look there as well.
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To that book lists my book lists on bayview's dot-org.
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And do you have any specific resources that you know of for using ASL so you can sign as you go I don't have any special resources, but a lot of people do like to use ASL especially in a baby story time, but I don't have any special resources except for the videos that lot of us started.
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We use videos to teach us your basic story time now, they're probably on YouTube, but they could vary also well be in the The very the book I mentioned before including families of children with special needs. So I would go to that book and it's got some really good resources. I also want to mention somebody said national network of libraries of medicine had some graphic.
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Try and graphic medicine with younger children.
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So rather than finding books to teach about covid parents could get children to draw how they feel about it. Yeah, that's a good point. I think sometimes those books can maybe not there could be too complicated or too stressful. So sometimes just drawing how you feel in the parent explaining what's going on can be better and then somebody mentioned operation ASL story.
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Story Time on YouTube was really useful and somebody said they use stickers.
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For very young toddlers because glue gets too messy and they want to eat it. Somebody said life print.com for ASL was very helpful. So some of those are good, too. All right. Thank you. Any other questions. Let's see. I'm looking through people are doing a lot of good suggestions here, too. So I'm trying to get those in while someone was just asking in general if people had any good tips or common themes that are popping up from libraries conducting virtual story times.
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Advice would be greatly appreciated. Oh, that's a good point. Yeah. If you have any advice on Virtual story times, that would be really helpful. And I think those two blogs I mentioned School library journal's and the one from a ask the you know, the division from La the association of Library service to Children. Their Blog has been really helpful.
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I thought and if you have any others be sure to mention them.
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Somebody says making learning fun.com had some pages that were really helpful about felt boards.
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Someone added they use Facebook live and they just watch the comments for interaction. Oh good. Okay. Well, we only have a minute or two left. So if there's anything that pressing, please let us talk about that or any other questions that are coming up. This is all new to all of us and I would not be surprised.
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If even when we go back to regular story times that we find that Was there still a need for a virtual story time for those who cannot get to a library because of the distance or for lots of other reasons reasons? Somebody said they're toddlers use glue sticks just fine and paint dobber. That's fine. If that works for you. I was just mentioning there is a developmental need that. It's important that kids use crayons. So but it doesn't mean you can't use what what you want.
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And also I get a lot of feedback from kindergarten teachers of what they want kids to know how to do and so that's another reason why I do a lot of what I do, but of course you should do whatever you want. I'm a big promoter of that if I haven't made that clear before, I'm sorry. I think it's really important that you do what's right for your library, and I would never tell you not to do something.
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Because every library is different and your why you do something is different. So that's very important. Somebody said they keep their online story time to under 10 minutes. Yes. I think that's very important to the sample that I gave with. Mr. Kelvin was the regular 30-minute version, but I've seen a lot of them have 10 or 20 minute versions.
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So that is very helpful as well the 10-minute versions and having more of them to choose from can be very age-appropriate. So again, you know the whole standard you don't have to do the same thing all the time. Everybody's got a different choice of what's going to work for them. Thanks again for those suggestions. Those are so helpful. We really appreciate it. So I'm going to I think turn it back over to Mary because I think we're running out of time.
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We want to respect your time. So thank you to everybody who attended. Yep. We're just at the top of the hour. So thank you so much. Penny. People are also typing a lot of thank yous and thank you appreciate that crayon information specifically. Yeah. So if people want to email me too if they missed out on a website, they wanted to grab and didn't catch. It. Just email me and I'll be glad to help send you any information you need because we're all here to help each other.
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