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"The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus" by Jen Bryant

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Bibliography Bryant, Jen. (2014). “ The Right Word: Roget and HisThesaurus. ” Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm B.                 Eerdmans Publishing Co. ISBN: 978-0-8028-5385-1 Summary This book chronicles the life of Peter Roget and his love for language that brought us one of the most valuable literary tools in existence. Analysis I have to start by saying that I would happily frame any page from this book and hang it in my house, classroom or car. The illustrations are beautifully crafted from various combinations of paper, watercolors, pens and pencil. They are a very creative visual representation of the subject of the book, Peter Mark Roget. These images also have snippets of handwritten thesaurus entries regarding the vocabulary used in the book. The images give the book an intellectually youthful feel that is very enjoyable even without the story line. Despite the many additional words in the bo...
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When is the right season to plant podcasts?

Podasts are really popular now and it’s easy to see why! In a world where people have earbuds in most of their multi-tasking lives, it makes sense to listen to something that is informative or funny. Enter: Podcasts! As a librarian, you can use a weekly podcast to do book teasers, give a local school news cast, inform teachers about new edu-tech (I don’t know if that’s a word, but I like it) or literally anything else that strikes your fancy! There are quite a few podcast-creating apps out there, so you want to check out your options thoroughly. A couple friends and I (Shout-out to Christy Ta and Heather Cowham) did some research into what a library should look and feel like recently and here is our visually aided podcast sharing our findings.   Enjoy! This one was made with a combo of WeVideo and Podbean .  P odbean was used to create the original vocal track. It is SUPER easy to use and has a handy phone app that makes podcasting-on-the-go easy peasy lizard...
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"Rumpelstiltskin" by Paul O. Zelinsky

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Bibliography Zelinsky, Paul. (1986). Rumpelstiltskin. New York, NY: E.P.Dutton. ISBN: 0-525-44265-0 Summary A young girl is locked away and told to spin straw into gold or she will die. Lucky for her, a tiny little man comes to her rescue multiple times and only asks for her first born child in return! She doesn’t want to give up her baby boy so she must guess his name to save her child. Analysis I have to start this by sharing something I found when I opened this book. This is the exact same copy of Rumpelstiltskin I read when I was just a kid, (probably 20 years ago), and it was no less wonderful two decades later. The storyline follows the typical Rumpelstiltskin tale we all know and love with only one or two little details that may be changed from culture to culture. This Rumpelstiltskin rides around on a magic spoon and does not rip himself in half when robbed of his infant prize. There is really nothing special about the actual text in the story. It does a good ...
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