Children's Literature Update Breaout Session from the 2012 Summer Library Symposium at Kent State University. Presenters were Hayley McEwing from Youngstown Public Library and Amanda Hoover from the Noreast Ohio Regional Library System.

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=tAvxbSmIBi
K o
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