1. WELCOME TO SLS 2012
Children’s Literature Update!
Presented By:
Amanda Hoover
NEO-RLS -- Youth Services Specialist
Hayley McEwing
Public Library of Youngstown
and Mahoning County -- Children’s Librarian

2. P Dear Cinderella by Marian Moore
I & Mary Jane Kensington Ideas:
C Library
Use for princess party
T Teach about letter
U writing/parts of a letter
Write own letters to
R Snow White and
E Cinderella
Make pen pals with
B another library or
O classroom
App for iPad only:
O PrincessPhd
K
S

3. P The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Little Red Riding Hood
I
by Paul Galdone
C
T
U
R
E
B
O
O An reissue of the Galdone
classics!
K
Host a Storybook Lane Event
S

4. P Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real
I
Story by Cori Doerrfeld
C
Library Ideas:
T Sing Together & Do
Movements/Dramatize
U
Make up own story
R about why Little Bunny
Foo Foo bops mice on
E head
B Create their own
goon
O
YouTube Videos
O http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=8Iz0qX78n
K RE&feature=related
S

5. P When Blue Met Egg
I by Lindsay Ward
C Library Ideas:
Program on how seasons
T change-what might happen
to the bloomed flower in
U the next season?
R Research places around
NYC-draw a map of Blue
E and Egg’s Travels
B Activity: Whose egg is
this? Match photos to the
O animal parent
O Experiment how long it
takes to melt ice using
K various method (hairdryer,
towel, mouth, etc)
S

6. I Spy Under the Sea
S by Edward Gibbs
T Library Ideas:
I spy program:
www.librarieslearnlead.blog
spot.org See “Family
E Programs (All Ages)”  “I
Spy Near and Far”
Dewey Decimal Mystery
M Pictures
Create cardboard
telescope
Use magnifying glasses
to observe nature and
objects.

7. Green
S by Laura Vaccaro
T Library Ideas:
Green Scavenger Hunt
around the library (inside or
outside or both!) What
E shades of green can you find?
Make green art with various
green colored materials.
M Experiment with mixing
together different amounts of
blue/yellow/black/white paint
to make various shades of
green
Use with an Earth Day
program about “Going Green”

8. Frisky Brisky Hippity Hop
S by Alexina B. White
T Library Ideas:
Go on a squirrel hunt
E Have a Celebration of
Squirrels Day!
Play predator/prey tag
M Eat like a squirrel
without using thumbs
Contact local parks for
educational outreach

9. Kate & Pippin An Unlikely Love
S Story by Martin Springett
T Library Ideas:
Friendship theme/programs
E Talk about similarities and
differences between domestic
and wild animals.
M Make Kate & Pippin Puppets
and dramatize what they would
say to each other if they could
talk.
Website:
http://kateandpippin.com/index.ht
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10. The Beetle Book
S by Steve Jenkins Library Ideas:
T See “Real Bugs
Discovery Kit”
http://www.toystogrowon.
com/sku646
E Make (color) copies, cut
out beetles, and sort (e.g.
small to large, similarities,
differences)
M Supplement w/ DVD’s:
Microcosmos
Life in the Undergrowth
Titan Beetle clip:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=SGPwOwUB1Z
c
http://stevejenkinsbooks
.com/makingbooks.html

11. Who’s Like Me? What Will I
S Be?
By Nicola Davies Ideas:
T Library
Sequence different animal life
cycles using pictures
http://www.enchantedlearning.co
E m/coloring/lifecycles.shtml
Butterfly Pasta paper plate life
cycle craft
M Classify animals-give out
pictures of animals and using their
observation skills, see if they can
tell under which classification the
animal belongs
Play Online Classification
Game:
http://www.teachersdomain.org/as
set/lsps07_int_animalclass/

12. Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved
S Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the
World
by Sy Montgomery
T Grandin’s website
http://www.grandin.com/
Kindle Edition has Audio/Video included
E Free C Span interview:
http://www.c-
spanvideo.org/program/289706-1
Temple Grandin with Claire Danes TVPG
M (2010) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/
Visual Thinking with Mind-Mapping:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRFn1U
3jvCw&feature=related
Mindomo website and apps
(3 maps free)
http://www.mindomo.com/

13. Supporting a Student’s
Interest

14. Robot Zombie Frankenstein!
S By Annette Simon Library Ideas:
T Build robots out of various
materials
Make colored copies of
E pieces from end pages and
create story robots
Invite local robotics club to
M do a presentation
Build a robot online:
http://www.nickjr.com/kids-
games/widgets-build-a-
robot.html

15. Seeing Symmetry
S by Loreen Leedy
T
Library Ideas:
Incorporate math skills
to reinforce concepts for
standardized tests.
E Drop in program like
Math Mondays and have
different activities set up
M
on a math topic.
Website for online
symmetry activities:
http://www.free-training-
tutorial.com/symmetry-
games.html

16. H Here Come the Girl Scouts
by Shana Corey
I Library Ideas:
Celebrate the100
S year Anniversary!
Host Girl Scout
T Tours/Events
Research Girl Scout
Activities/Badge
O Requirements
Official Girl Scout
R Website:
http://www.girlscouts.or
g/
Y

17. H Civil War Drummer Boy
by Verla Kay Hip Hop in the Classroom:
Rhythm, Rhyme, Results:
I http://www.educationalrap.com/
“Civil War” rap
http://www.amazon.com/Social-
S Studies-U-S-History-
Disc/dp/B001AS9N22/ref=reg_
hu-rd_add_1_dp
T Flocabulary:
FB page and website
http://flocabulary.com/topics/us-
O history/
Library of Congress:
R http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/i
ndex.html
War, Military  Civil War Era –
Y Band Music Multiformat 
Photo Gallery  Drum Corps

18. H Laundry Day Library Ideas:
Discuss family heritage, and
by Maurie J. Manning toand “Goodbye” inas
learn say words such
“Hello”
I different languages:
What does this mean?:
Jak się masz?
S Language Translators
Online
T http://translate.reference.com/
App: itranslate
for iphone and android
O Research Immigration and
Ellis Island:
R http://www.ellisisland.org/
Bring in a red cloth and have
Y students come up with a list of
other ways it could be used

19. H Magritte’s Marvelous Hat
Library Ideas:
by D.B. Johnson San Francisco
I Museum of Modern Art
video for middle school
students:
S http://www.sfmoma.org/
explore/multimedia/vide
os/246
Surrealism Project for
T Students: Take an
ordinary object (e.g. hat
or comb) and place in
O an unordinary place or
situation
Pair with another
R book about imagination
or that uses surrealistic
pictures. See Anthony
Browne’s books: (e.g.
Y Voices in the Park)

20. Barnum’s Bones: How Barnum Brown
H Discovered the Most Famous Dinosaur in the
World Library Ideas:
I by Tracey Fern Visit the American
Museum of Natural History
where Barnum’s dinosaurs
S still exist:
http://www.amnh.org/
Invite a paleontologist or
T archeologist from a local
university to do a
presentation
O Use for next year’s
summer reading theme,
R Underground!
Celebrate National Fossil
Day (Oct. 17th) w/ these fun
Y activities:
http://nature.nps.gov/geolo
gy/nationalfossilday/activiti

21. Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing
H Up on Mount Rushmore Library Ideas:
by Tina Nichols Coury Debbie Reese’s Blog:
I http://americanindiansi
nchildrensliterature.blo
gspot.com/2012/06/han
S ging-off-jeffersons-
nose.html
PBS website
T http://www.pbs.org/wgb
h/amex/rushmore/
Webcam!
http://sdpb.org/webcam
O s/mtrushmore.aspx
Texas Public Radio
audio clip, pic, article
R http://tpr.org/news/2011
/04/news1104221.html
Y

22. H Brothers at Bat
by Audrey Vernick
I Library Ideas:
S Host a library
Baseball Bash and
invite local high school,
college, minor league
T players or mascots
Visit Baseball Hall of
O Fame online:
http://baseballhall.org/
R Baseball Trivia App:
android and iphone
Y

23. P I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus
by Jack Prelutsky
O Library Ideas:
For April, National
E Poetry Month!
Incorporate all kinds of
poetry activities while
T using this book
Hold a poetry Café at
R the School or Library
Check out Jack
Prelutsky’s Poetry
Y Workshop:
http://teacher.scholastic
.com/writewit/poetry/jac
k_home.htm

24. C Bink and Gollie: Two For One
H by Kate Dicamillo & Alison
A McGhee
P Library Links:
http://www.binkandgollie.co
T m/
E
R
B
O
O
K
S

25. C Bad Kitty for President
H by Nick Bruel
A
P Library Ideas:
Design campaign
T signs or make an ad for
Bad Kitty as President
E
Have a mock election
R about who should be
president of the
B Neighborhood Cat Club
O Institute a Bad Kitty
Book Club at your
O school or library
K
S

26. C The Puzzler's Mansion
H Eric Berlin
A Library Ideas:
Host a Puzzle Day
P filled with
brainteasers, riddles,
T and puzzles.
E Create your own
Puzzler’s mansion
R Mystery Party
B Download printable
puzzles from the
O book:
http://www.winstonbre
O en.com/download_pu
zzle.html
K
Fun Puzzles Online:
S http://kids.niehs.nih.g

27. C Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies
H Again
A by Frank Cotrell Activities:
Printable
http://www.scribd.com/doc/91265712/Chitty-
P Chitty-Bang-Bang-Flies-Again-Activity-Kit
Motivation for Lego Creations:
T http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7J6Ej2K
ECY
E Car from Dick Van Dyke Movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PXwxY9
R AW7c
Information on Zborowski, original driver:
B http://www.brooklands.org.uk/index.php?o
ption=com_content&view=article&id=96:zbor
O owski-and-the-chitty-bang-
bangs&catid=52:cars&Itemid=50
O http://www.elmbridgemuseum.org.uk/elmbr
idgehundred/biographies/biography.asp?id=
K 286
UK English vs American English “Motoring”
S Vocabulary

28. C The One and Only Ivan
H by Katherine Applegate
A
P Library Ideas:
Write a story from the
T perspective of Ivan and
say how would you
E escape from the mall
zoo
R Learn about gorilla
B conservation:
http://www.igcp.org/
O Invite local zoo staff
O to present information
on gorillas and other
K primates
S

29. Contact Us!
Amanda Hoover
amanda.hoover@neo-rls.org
www.neotoday.org/youth-services
Hayley McEwing
hmcewing@libraryvisit.org
www.librarieslearnlead.blogspot.com