1. The Spring Workshop continues.  Our next watch & read is about programming in general. Click here for the content. Remember, you can watch or read any of the links, or none! These resources aren't going away so feel free to bookmark them. 

2. If you can, join us for a debrief/sharing on April 30, 11 AM-1PM. The Zoom Link is pasted and highlighted at the top of the shared Google Doc.
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3. The last in our workshop series, EDI in services, is coming soon! The debrief for that will take place May 7, 11AM-1PM.

Looking for a quick way to see if the Alaska Libraries iREAD Showcase on YouTube has anything that can help you?  Check out this “Cliffs Notes” version of the webinar.  Included are types of events discussed and the time stamp (minutes:seconds) on the YouTube video (see bottom of blog post for the video).  I also created Bibliocommons lists of book titles discussed.  I did not include every title mentioned.

Spend a few minutes looking at this quick view of the YouTube video and see if there is anything of interest in the one hour and 20-minute webinar.  Hope this saves you some time and helps your summer reading planning.

Storytime Books for Movement: 9:13 (minutes: seconds timestamp on video)
Bibliocommons list of storytime titles for movement.

Upcycle Tutu: make a tutu out of leftover newspaper bags: 14:49

Craft, Melted Crayons on Canvas: 16:05
​Page 209 of 2021 iREAD Resource Guide.  See picture below.

Her programming focused on ages 3-9.
Things to consider when creating your SRP plans: 23:23
Don’t set plans in stone.  Set in Jello for lots of wiggle room.

StoryWalks: 26:08
Possible books:

• Press Here by Herve Tullet
• Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
• Add in movement, singing, drawing in some way to the StoryWalk

Scavenger Hunt: colors 28:26

Outdoor Day: 29:54

• Sidewalk chalk drawing
• Bubbles

Music Concerts outside: 30:35

Mad Scientists (virtual): 31:04

• Walking colors. Page 152 of 2021 iREAD Resource Guide.  See pictures below.​

Aurora Borealis Art project: 34:17

• See how to make this art project: https://onelittleproject.com/northern-lights-chalk-art/
• Black construction paper
• White Scrap paper in shape of mountains
• Chalk
• Cotton balls
• Place white paper on black paper
• Rub chalk upwards from white paper to black.  Use different colors
• Brush chalk marks upwards with cotton balls.

Pandemic Quilt: 35:12

• Include square in take and makes.
• Have each child write their name on square and decorate.
• Return to library.  Library will make quilt.

Colorful Family Flag: 35:35

• Reading Colors Your World Resource Guide page ?? (if you find the page number, will you let us know?)

Color Your Plate with Fruits and Vegetables: 35:57

• Reading Colors Your World Resource Guide pages 94-97.  See pictures below or click here for PDF version.

Mystery Sticker Posters: 36:35

• Company: Stick Together

Minerals, Rocks and Gems: 37:06

• Borrow a kit from a museum??

Rubber Chicken Karaoke: 37:30

Essay Contest: Forgot to get timestamp.

​Has directions and materials lists and is willing to email you a copy.  Update 3/25/21: I requested her materials and received them.  They are excellent.  I highly recommend getting them.  Most of her programming will be in-person.

Color Fun with Process Painting: 41:33

• Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
• Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
• String Art
• Dot to Dot Art
• Marble Painting
• Family oriented stations
• Bibliocommons list of books

Color Fun with Crayons and Marker: 42:51

• My Crayons Talk by Patricia Hubbard
• Melted Crayon Art
• Crayon Etching
• Marker Dot Art
• Bibliocommons list of books

Hands-on Color: 43:48

• Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal
• Bibliocommons list for the book
• Playdough Mandalas
• Tissue Paper Suncatchers
• Paint-chip paper beads

Questions about Color: 45:29 
Survey patrons about color and explore their questions
What makes color?

• You Are Light by Aaron Becker
• Optical Physics for Babies by Chris Ferrie
• Let’s Make a Rainbow by Chris Ferrie
• Model of Light Waves
• The Light Spectrum with Prisms and Refractions
• Absorption and Reflection
• Take Home a Beaded Prism Suncatcher

 What if you see color differently: 47:42

• Erik the Red Sees Green by Julie Anderson
• The Girl Who Heard Colors by Marie Harris
• Acromatopsia and Color Deficiencies
• Synesthesia- Painting what you hear

I Color (Artists and Color): 49:10

• Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock
• Kandinsky Square Art
• Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter
• Matisse Cutouts Art
• Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez
• O’Keefe Flower Tissue Paper Art
• Roy’s House by Susan Rubin
• Portraits inspired by Roy L Lichtenstein

Colors of our World, Earth Art and Community Photo Book: 50:50

• Color Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen

• Use found objects outside to create art
• Invite families to take pictures focused on color and share on library social media.

Interactive Displays: 52:40

• Wooden Rainbow Blocks: Have around for interactive playing.  Find here: https://amzn.to/2ZxwuXP

• Linking Disks. Find here: https://amzn.to/3b7ex7C
• Magnetic Tiles. Find here: https://amzn.to/3bd39aa

​DIY Kits for Teens and Tweens: 55:14

• Be creative, be simple, be educated.
• They offer 5 kits over 10 weeks.
• Scratch board with enclosed toothpick
• 3-D paper with 3-D glasses (black sharpie marker, special paper)
• Make your own comic book diary
• Pop-up cards
• Design your own FORTNITE or graphic novel character
• Make your own modern art mobile based on the work of Alexander Calder
• Make your own kaleidoscope
• Snowflakes and rainbows CD art
• Blackout poetry
• De-stress kits/ self-care kits
• Escape room in an envelope

Teen and Tween Virtual Programming: 1:05:31

• Interactive vs pre-filmed?
• Trivia night
• How to make stop-motion movie
• Cardboard cosplay
• Abstract art with cardboard squares
• Oil painting Portrait demonstration (ask an artist in community)
• Charcoal Portrait demonstrations (ask an artist in community)
• How to make a comic book diary
• Reject toy drawing activity
• Acids and bases science experiment
• Homemade fudge
• Bad art night
• Virtual art gallery
• Online scavenger hunts

Incentives and Giveaways: 1:15:20

STEAM Kits: 1:17:18

From the website: "​This YouTube video is a panel discussion sponsored by the Alaska State Library on activities for the 2021 Alaska Summer Reading Program using the iREAD program."

There was lots of information in my emails and online regarding Dr. Seuss and Read Across America. So, to make it easily accessible, I compiled the information in one place.  

Here is the press release by Dr. Seuss enterprises on March 2, 2021 from their website:

A peer-reviewed article called The Cat is Out of the Bag that discusses the racism in Dr. Seuss’ work:  Ishizuka, Katie and Stephens*, Ramón (2019) "The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss's Children's Books," Research on Diversity in Youth Literature: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 , Article 4.  Available at: https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol1/iss2/4
 
Book “Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books” by Philip Nel.  Information from the publisher: “Gives those who teach, create, edit, or agent children's books potential tools to uproot systemic racism.  Explores how children's literature obscures its racialized origins.  Examines the common marketing practice of "whitewashing" and the growing resistance to it”  Google talk with the author Philip Nel.  Slate interview with Philip Nel about the press release from Dr. Seuss Enterprises on 3/3/2021.

Opinion piece in SLJ, Choosing Not to Highlight Dr. Seuss Books is Not Censorship by Oregon school librarian Miranda Doyle.

Article in School Library Journal about racism and monkey imagery:  The Problem With Picture Book Monkeys: Racist imagery associating simians with Black people has a long history by Edith Campbell. School Library Journal, December 4, 2019. 

​A great infographic by Katie Salo (Twitter: @storytimekatie):

Read across America’s recommendations of diverse books.

Blog post by Jillian Heise that includes a list of diverse and inclusive read alouds.

Do you have an important resource to add to this collection?  Let us know.  Email [email protected].
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A big thank you to Angie Manfredi, Youth Services Consultant at the State Library of Iowa for her contributions to the discussion, Katie Salo for her amazing infographic, Greta Bergquist for keeping us in the loop and Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Wisconsin's Youth and Inclusive Services Public Library Consultant.

Author Kelly Yang opens up about her own experiences with racism in the wake of COVID19​ and explains how we can teach kids to rise above hate during this critical time -- and always.  YouTube Video.

An incredibly in-depth look at resources on racism, children and Dr. Seuss by Philip Nel, Professor of English at Kansas State University.

No time to watch or read? That's okay! You can come anyway!
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Can't attend the debrief session? You can still watch or read about the topic when it's best for you.

​Save the Date, 11AM-1PM
March 19: Summer Reading

Click here to get started on March's Watch and Read on Summer Reading.
 
For more information about the entire series go to our Spring Workshop page.

Questions or need the Zoom link? Contact CSD Co-Chair Bryce Kozla.