Tammy Cummings, MLS
Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation
CiTi's Library Website
The new and improved library website is up and running. This new version of the website is linked to the CiTi website. You will find it listed in the links column for each program at CiTi Library. This will take you to the landing page and on this page there is a link (Visit the CiTi Library's Google Site!) to the full library website. You are welcome to bookmark the Google Sites Library page to take you directly to the page in the future.
The Library website is a place for Teachers and Students to find resources that support their learning. There is a section for teachers that provides links to the teacher sign in pages for resources that we use here at CiTi. The student section provides the links to the student sign in pages for the resources that students are most likely to use. There are also resources to help students (and teachers) with their research needs and access to our ebooks/audio books. You do not have to be logged in to your CiTi Google account unless you need to view the restricted pages. To view these pages just log in with your @citiboces.net account.
The Library calendar is on the Home page of the Library website. This calendar will enable you to see my availability for library lessons. There is also the Library Schedule page that allows you to sign up for a time with the Librarian. You will then receive a confirmation of that time from me. This is the same form that teachers and students use to sign up for an ICE (Information, Curation & Exploration) session. Once the Library space opens there is also a page for Library Sign In where teachers will be able to see that their students did arrive at the library (They must have a pass).
The Library website is the best way to provide access to the digital library materials. This website is updated on a regular basis and new items are added as they are added to the library. Come visit the library website often.
Critical Thinking Collaboration Creativity Communication The CiTi Curriculum Library has BreakoutEDU kits to loan out to teachers. Contact Mrs. Cummings for more information on the kits.
BreakoutEDU has added Digital BreakoutEDU for those that do not have access to the BreakoutEDU kits. There are many digital games already created on the websites but you can also create your own. With a little help you can take an existing game and modify it to meet your needs. Survey: Once you have completed a Breakout game please take the time to complete this survey (link below). This is to share your experiences with other teachers and to encourage the use of Breakouts in the classroom. The results of the survey will be displayed on the Library website.
UPDATE: The BreakoutEDU website has been updated. They have added a paid access point but the free games are still available. They are located under each subject area in a section called "User Generated Games" You just need to create an account to access them, no subscription needed for these items. Also, BreakoutEDU has created an app for a digital lock on the iPad.
CiTi Library Media Center Tammy Cummings Library Media Specialist
Hello,
I wanted to take a moment to say hello at the start of another school year. You can take a look at my post about the library resources at https://techwizardsguidetolibrarymagic.blogspot.com/2017/02/library-resources-at-citi.htmland a few of my other posts on this blog can be helpful too. The campus library is not yet ready but watch for an announcement on that hopefully soon. For planning purposed the curriculum library is located at 4th Street. You can reserve materials through the library catalog at http://vbe.osw.opalsinfo.net/bin/home. It may take at least a week to get materials to you through the courier. You are welcome to stop and an browse the materials in the curriculum library, but nothing can leave without being checked out. All teachers can check materials out using the catalog. If you would like to pick items up instead of by courier please email me so I can have the items ready for you. I will also be updating our subscriptions lists and making that available too. Please do not post our user names and passwords online for these accounts. Any questions or requests contact me and I will try to help. I would like to share one new resource for reading that is free for teachers to sign up and set up their classes. I would recommend signing up with your Google Accounts (and students) to make this easier (@citiboces.net) Whooo's Reading is completely free.
Whooo's Reading - The Accountability of AR Without Multiple Choice. Whooo's Reading is a higher-level thinking alternative to Accelerated Reader. Get your students writing about what they read. For more information please go to their website at https://www.whooosreading.org/
You can reach the Library Media Center at extension 460 or email Ms. Cummings tcummings@citiboces.org
I wanted to update everyone on Google Expeditions. The app is adding new tours all the time. The tours no longer are restricted to 360 Photos but now include 360 diagrams and drawings. All are still created by experts in their fields.
For those that are having trouble with getting the app to run with the screen sharing. You know you are having this issue when it never connects to a guide. This means your network has a restriction on peer to peer screen sharing. To overcome this hurdle don't go yell at your technology department! You will need to purchase a Wifi device that will run about $80. I use the Linksys AC750 Boost Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender. I do NOT plug it into the network. I just plug it into a power outlet.
You will need to take your device that you will use as the guide and start up the Google Expedition App. Guides must log into their Google Accounts when using the app, Followers do not need to login. I like to use an iPad for my guide device. Download the tours you would like to run. Then you will connect your guide device to the router. Then go back into the Expedition App.
Now you are ready to have follower devices connect to the wifi router, make sure it is the same one that the guide device is connected to. Once they are connected they can start the Google Expedition App. Select follow and join your tour.
IDEA!
Google Expeditions are created by experts in their fields. Why not use these for research and not just field trips. Allow students to be the guide and explore the tour on their own. In the Guide point of view valuable & valid information is provided that students can use for their assignments. The best part is that when they tap on the information it points them directly at what it is referring to. The other great part is that they can't copy and paste the information. They must take notes! This leaves us with the task of teaching students how to take notes properly.
Maker Spaces are great for learning and a big reason they are included in libraries today. The Maker Spaces are spots in the Library set aside for students to be creative. The library provides simple materials for students to create from scratch and/or technology kits that students can use. My favorite is to provide some yarn and a crochet hook. Students can crochet their own pattern or work on an afghan together. Scrap booking materials are another great source. The important aspect is to provide students with guidelines and let them create. The basic guidelines of what materials they can create and take home and what materials are reusable by other students. Then there are the guidelines for the project is it free creation or does it revolve around a topic from class.
The great thing about having a Maker Space in the library is that you can have technology available to all classes and not just one class. A 3D printer is an excellent example. Unless your class is all about 3D printing a teacher won't consistently use one all year long, but put it in the library and multiple classes can use it throughout the school year. Another example is the Makey Makey Kits. They are more affordable but will sit in a cabinet when a lesson doesn't require them. Change this to having it in the library and the same class can use it for the lesson but then the kit is available to inspire other teachers for more lessons and to inspire other students to create.
Makey Makey:
What is a Makey Makey Kit? Basically a circuit board that allows a person to create a keyboard with select keys on it and made out of anything conductive. You are building a circuit. The Makey Makey kits are not an all in one device. You will need other items to make it work.
Makey Makey Kit
A Computer with a USB port
Clips and wires are included in the kit but having extras will be useful
Craft materials - some non-conductive and most that are conductive
Food - no not for you to eat but for you to create with.
Knowledge of how to remap the board for expanded options
Once you connect the Makey Makey to the USB port the red light on the back should be lit up. Now let's test that the kit is working. You will need 1 of the alligator clip wires. Clip one to the earth and hold the other end touching the metal. Now with your other hand tough the spot that says space on the Makey board. The green light should be on. It may flicker but that's ok. You just used your body to complete the circuit. You won't get electrocuted as long as the computer and it's power cords are away from any liquids!
Makey Makey website http://makeymakey.com/apps/ offers simple programs that you can use for almost instant creation and to expand what can be created. Think of it in the terms that you are creating a keyboard with the Makey board and it can be any of the keys that you need. You are not limited to the 6 on the front of the Makey Makey Board. The six on the front are 4 Arrow keys, space bar and the left mouse click. Scratch has many pre-made programs that can be run with this kit and create circuits for. You can play the piano, the bongos and lots of other items. Makey Makey works with Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/ and adds animations and sounds to your creations.
Currently I am building a game similar to Operation. You should remember the old Operation game. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/3137739/ . You had a board with holes in it that you had to pull pieces out of without touching the sides. It had an image of a guy on an operating table. When you hit the side his nose lit up and made an awful sound. You can create something similar with a Makey Makey, a few craft type items and the scratch pre-programmed game -
Here is an image of the Makey Makey Operation game my class created. Shown are the game board, Makey Makey set up for the game, and the computer that is running the Scratch program. All set and ready to go!
Below is a Buncee presentation that I created for a professional development on Makey Makey. The CiTi student library will have a Makey Makey Kit for classes to borrow and our Model Schools has kits available that have multiple Makey Makey kits in them. I would love to come to your classes to teach students how to use a Makey Makey or I can do a small group presentation to teachers.
CiTi Library Media Center Free Comic Book Day is May 6, 2017
Every year the first Saturday in May is designated Free Comic Book Day! This means that local comic book shops will be handing out free comics to anyone that stops into their stores. I've included a map of the locations in our area.
As you can see by the map that their is only one location in Oswego County listed, but there are several listed for nearby Onondaga County. Realizing that many of our students may not be able to get to these places on Saturday. I attended an event at OCM Boces to learn more about the program and to pick up supplies for our students. A BIG shout out to Diamond Comics for donating many of the comics for the event I attended. Students are encouraged to write thank you letters and cards! http://www.diamondcomics.com I picked up comics for our students.
The Library Media Center will be holding a free comic book day at 4th Street and for STRIVE on campus within the next two weeks. Please watch your emails for the dates. Also, for others in the Exceptional Education program that are interested please email me with grade levels and student counts, I will send out to you comics for your students by courier. my email The comic book give away will be paired with lessons on how to create your own comic book and story boards. Plus a sign a Thank You card to Diamond Comics for their generosity.
There is a lot that Comic books and Graphic Novels have to offer all students. Here is a link to the presentation from Friday. Graphic novels are a great visual format for students to enjoy reading and for learning new things. Our library collection has many great graphic novels some of which on listed on the ENGAGENY pagesl Comic books have tackled many of the classic novel titles and some science, but what I love about comic books is that they encourage students to read. Comic books can lead to students reading novels based on their favorite Super Heroes which can lead to interest in reading other books.
Take away:
Free Comic Book Day is May 6th at your local comic book shop
The CiTi Library Media Center has free comics for students. Contact Mrs. Cummings for more
information.
Comics and Graphic Novels are great for learning and encouraging students to read.
SYNC Audiobooks offers free audio books every summer. I have created the following video tutorial to help you see how to download the books. Over Drive will need to be installed on the computer that you will do the downloading on. Over Drive is available on the Chromebooks and the download can be saved to your Google Drive.
Every week SYNC Audio offers 2 free audio books. One is a classic title and one is a current young adult title. Here is a list of the pairs and the dates they will be available:
Copyright and Videos for Education No, don't stop reading!....We all do it. We show videos during our classes. In today's multimedia world it is necessary to incorporate multimedia into our lessons. That being said, we can not ignore copyright rules when we do this and you can be personally held accountable for the violations that result in fines. The article - Teachers Should Know Copyright from Wrong provides insight into this area. For expert advise on specific situations you need to talk with a lawyer that specializes in copyright use in education.
Just because you are in a school setting does not mean that the use of a video is covered under the Fair Use Act. For more information on Fair Use please look to the Copyright office link here. The Fair Use Act does not cover showing a movie in school to entertain students for whatever reason, i.e. it is raining outside and students can't go outside today. To be able to do this properly the school would need to purchase a public performance license. For more information on this please look to this article - Why Schools Aren't Safe Harbors for Copyright Infringement Think educators can show a movie at school for any reason? Think again. The cost of this type of license can be found with a little research and should not be too expensive. There are plenty of Fair Use options for viewing multimedia and creation of multimedia in schools, we just need to be aware of and have the goal of meeting the Fair Use Standard. Here are the 4 things to consider and ask yourself:
The four factors judges consider are:
the purpose and character of your use
the nature of the copyrighted work
the amount and substantiality of the portion taken, and
the effect of the use upon the potential market.
Netflix.com
Netfilx in school setting.... No don't stop reading!......There are things you should know when it comes to streaming Netflix in schools. No matter what the customer service person tells you on the phone you do not have permission to stream Netflix movies and shows in school! This article - May one stream a Netflix Video for in-class use? This article explains that what you would be streaming would not be considered a legal copy. Due to the user agreement you signed when you subscribed to the service and for Fair Use to apply it must be a legal copy. Basically when you signed that user agreement you signed away the copyright exceptions. I recommend reading all user agreements before signing up. You would be surprised what is actually included in some of them.
I do have one last piece of information to share with you about Netflix. Please keep in mind that when you access Netflix at work using the Internet at work you need to remember to follow your School's and District's user agreements and guidelines. When you access Netflix you are accessing your personal account and anything that shows up on your screen will be reflected in your computer usage history. I would recommend keeping this in mind. Do you really want to open your personal viewing history to everyone? This also includes anything that your family and friends have viewed on your account. Personally I do not want anyone to know what I watched last night when I couldn't fall asleep, or what I put on when I binge clean my apartment, nor do they need to know what I spent the weekend binge watching because I was bored.
Things to remember:
1. You are personally responsible for any copyright violations you make
2. Public performance you need a license for this
3. What you show must be considered a legal copy for Fair Use to apply
4. Using personal accounts at work opens them to scrutiny.
Today I spent the day at Richardson Bates House Museum with the School Librarians from our School Library Services Communication Coordinators group. Our meeting was held at the Richardson Bates House Museum to learn about this great place and all the resources it offers in regards to Oswego County.
We took a tour of the house and all the great architectural features and discussed the history of the house and the family that had lived there. Also included in the house is a great section on the history of Oswego County with many artifacts of the area on display.
We had the opportunity to talk with Kelly Jordal, Public Information Officer for Oswego County Tourism. Each school library was given a copy of The History of Oswego County New York 1816 - 2016. I will add this book to our CiTi Library Collection.
We also spent time reviewing the available educational resources with Stacey Pope, Educational Consultant for the Oswego County Historical Society. The historical society has many great resources to share with educators and students. You can reach out to them and they are working on making the educational resources available in a digital format. They will keep us updated on this progress.
Stop by the library to take a peek at our copy of the book. It will be on display for two weeks and then it will be available for check out.
Green Screens are a great way to enhance photos for almost any purpose. I recently wrote about creating READ Bookmarks (ala.org) and I have completed this with one class. The students kept popping in the library asking when their bookmarks would be ready. I was excited by this response. I also surprised them with an 8x10 of their images to take home to share with their families.
Still Images:
To expand on this concept I had an elementary class record their speeches on "Why it is important to vote". They did this in front of a green screen. Then in the library the students video allowed us to grab a screen shot of their best pose. To this we added a background of the White House Press Room and added a quote from their speech. Here is a link the PSD file with all the layers to work with White House Podium Speech You will just need to add your own student to replace the mannequin in the file. This file can be downloaded and copied to your own Google Drive. This was created using Photoshop CS6 but can be used in Pixlr Editor.
These are hanging in their classroom and one copy went home to share with their families.
Here is a video of how to work with Photoshop CS6 & Green Screen Photos
Videos:
The next step I took was to Green Screen the videos themselves. This was more challenging since I did not take the videos and had to deal with what the teacher gave me. To edit the video I used Camtasia. I also tried Adobe After Effects CC 2017 but ran into many issues and found it not student friendly. Camtasia is the best and most student friendly video editor that I have found. I had 7 videos completed in less than 10 Minutes! Here is one of the videos.
After this experience with the videos I have these suggestions:
1. Mount the camera or cell phone somewhere!
2. Make sure the Green Screen covers the entire background!
3. Use Camtasia's screen grab to get my still image next time.
4. Set up a room that is quiet to do the recording.
Now that I have found a video editor that is student friendly I will have the students do the video editing. Photoshop is still difficult to work with at times but it is possible for students to do this as well.
The Library Media Center has heard it all and the latest is patrons saying that the internet is the public domain. I had to do a double take on that one. Yes, items that are in the public domain are online but so are copyrighted materials.
How do you find artwork/images that you can use in your projects.
The CiTi Library Media Center (LMC) recommends using Google Image Search. The Google Image Search offers a filter based on usage rights. This filter will allow you to filter out copyrighted material from your search results. This does not mean you can use everything that is in your results. Use common sense because human error occurs online. That means that someone can re-post an image without marking it as copyrighted. You must still evaluate the image yourself before using it. When it is obvious the item is copyrighted don't use it, look for another image to use. See this video for a demonstration on how to use the filter.
How to find if someone is using your copyrighted artwork:
Yes as soon as your artwork is created and in a fixed format you have a copyright. You have posted your artwork online and want to know if someone else is using your work. You can search through Google Images to find this out. See the next video on how to do this.
An artists point of view on how to protect your artwork
Copyright is complicated and it confuses a lot of people. Don't hesitate to ask for other's opinions, but you are responsible for your own choices. The Google Image Search is there to be used and will make things easier for you when it comes to copyright and images. Remember it is not just about other people's copyrights but is also about your own copyrights.
New Books Have Arrived in the Library Media Center
Take a look at the video showing the book covers and the topics the books cover. Below is a bibliography for the books that includes a short summary for each book.
Below is a bibliography for the books that includes a short summary for each book. Bibliography
Date: 20170214
Christensen, Bonnie. The daring Nellie Bly : America's star
reporter, New York, Dragonfly Books, 2009, c2003.
Summary: Introduces the life of
Nellie Bly who, as a "stunt reporter" for the New
York World newspaper in the late
1800s, championed women's rights and traveled
Summary: Provides examples of the
many kinds of courage found in everyday life
and in unusual circumstances, from
tasting the vegetable before making a face to
being a firefighter or police
officer.
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon. Turning 15 on the road to freedom :
my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, New York, Dial Books, an imprint
of Penguin Group
(USA) LLC, [2015].
Summary: "By the time I was
fifteen years old, I had been in jail nine times." The
youngest participant in the 1965
civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama, tells her story.
Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar
Chavez, San Diego, Harcourt, inc, c2003.
Summary: A biography of Cesar
Chavez, from age ten when he and his family
lived happily on their Arizona
ranch, to age thirty eight
when he led a peaceful
protest against California migrant
workers' miserable working conditions.
Winter, Jonah. Sonia Sotomayor : a judge grows in the Bronx
= la juez que crecio en
el Bronx, New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Summary: A biography of U.S.
Supreme Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor.
Ancona, George. Can we help? : kids volunteering to help
their communities, Somerville, Mass, Candlewick Press, 2015.
Summary: Describes how children can
help their communities in different ways, from tending a community garden and
training service dogs to volunteering to help people with disabilities and
mentoring younger students.
Demi. The empty pot, New York, H. Holt, c1990.
Summary: When Ping admits that he
is the only child in China unable to grow a
flower from the seeds distributed
by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.
Stockdale, Susan. Stripes of all types, Atlanta, Ga,
Peachtree, c2013.
Summary: A patterned parade of
animals reveals why stripes occur so often in nature in a story that combines
alliterative rhymes with illustrations and a glossary of animal facts.
Dickmann, Nancy. What you need to know about allergies,
North Mankato, Minnesota, Capstone Press, [2016].
Summary: "This book looks at
causes, symptoms, and treatments of allergies with
Reallife examples from kids who
have experienced them" Provided
By publisher.
Kamkwamba, William. The boy who harnessed the wind, New
York, Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Summary: "When 14yearold William
Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops
began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school,
so William spent his days in the library. He came
across a book on windmills and
figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village.
Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning
windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several
years later he figured out how to
use the windmill for irrigation purposes" Provided by publisher.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Pilgrims : a nonfiction companion to
Thanksgiving on Thursday, New York, Random House, c2005.
Summary: Describes the life of the
Pilgrims who settled in New Plymouth Colony and the historical events and
people involved in the early years of the colony.
Boelts, Maribeth. A Bike Like Sergio's, Somerville,
Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 2016.
Summary: Ruben feels like he's the
only kid without a bike. He wishes he could get a bike like his friend
Sergio's, but wishes won't make money appear. One day, when Ruben sees a dollar bill fall
out of someone's purse, he picks it up and puts it in his pocket it's only a dollar.
But when he gets home, Ruben discovers that it's actually a hundred dollar bill,
more than enough for the bike he's been hoping for.
Summary: In 1981 with the arrival
of soldiers in his Guatemalan village, Carlos must flee and join a band of guerillas who head to the mountains where his grandmother lives to warn her about
the soldiers.
Ludwig, Trudy. The invisible boy, New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
c2013.
Summary: Brian has always felt
invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything
changes.
Bell, Cece. El Deafo, New York, NY, Amulet Books, 2014.
Cameron, Ann. The stories Julian tells, New York, Random
House, 2006.
Summary: Relates episodes in seven year
old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother
Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and
finding a new friend.
Fleming, Virginia M. Be good to Eddie Lee, New York, Paper Star,
1997, c1993.
Summary: Although Christy considers
him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down Syndrome, follows her into the
woods one day, and shares his understanding of nature with her,
she learns a new appreciation for him.
Hale, Bruce. Clark the Shark, New York, Harper, c2013.
Summary: Clark finds everything
about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he
begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school.
Henkes, Kevin. Lilly's purple plastic purse, New York, Greenwillow Books, c1996.
Summary: Lilly loves everything
about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before
showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
Levy, Dana Alison. The misadventures of the family Fletcher,
New York, A Yearling Book, 2015, c2014.
Summary: "Relates the
adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they
make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade,
and deal with a grumpy new neighbor" Provided
by publisher.
Lovell, Patty. Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon, New York,
Putnam's, c2001.
Summary: Even when the class bully
at her new school makes fun of her, Molly remembers what her grandmother told
her and she feels good about herself.
Lin, Grace. Dim sum for everyone!, New York, Dell Dragonfly
Books, 2003, c2001.
Summary: A child describes the
various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a
restaurant in Chinatown.
Summary: Swimmy, a small black
fish, finds a way to protect a school of small red fish from their natural enemies.
Mayer, Mercer. I was so mad, New York Racine, Wis, Golden
Books Western Publishing, c1983.
Summary: Little Critter feels so
frustrated that he thinks of running away. He also tries a variety of ways to dissolve
his anger.
Flying lessons & other stories, New York, Crown, 2017.
Summary: From basketball dreams and
family fiascos to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology,
written by award winning children's authors, celebrates the
uniqueness and universality in all of us.
Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins, New York,
Harper Trophy, 2004, c1978.
Summary: An eleven year old foster
child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone
who tries to be friendly.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Bayou magic, New York, Little, Brown
and Co, 2016.
Summary: Visiting her grandmother
in the Louisiana bayou, ten year old Maddy begins to realize that she
may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.
Rosenberg, Liz. What James said, New York, Roaring Brook
Press, 2015.
Summary: A little girl ignores her
best friend James after she hears rumors that he has been talking about her, but
soon realizes that she misses his friendship.
Schlein, Miriam. The year of the panda, New York, Crowell,
c1990.
Summary: A Chinese boy rescues a
starving baby panda and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered
and what the government is doing to save them.
Torres, Jennifer. Stef Soto, taco queen, New York Boston,
Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Summary: "Mexican American Stef
Soto is hoping to break free from her over protective parents and
embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that
family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of
her life" Provided by publisher.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Each kindness, New York, Nancy Paulsen
Books, c2012.
Summary: When Ms. Albert teaches a
lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong
in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with
her.
Gagne, Tammy. Women in computer science. Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Core Library, [2017].
Summary: Explores the lives and
work of a number of women active today in the field of computer science and how
they are changing industry practices and making great technological advances,
such as in coding, working for Google, and designing new smartphones.
Slater, Lee. Navy SEALs. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Checkerboard Library,
[2016].
Summary: Briefly overviews the
history of the U.S. Navy SEALs, the kind of trainingSEALs go through, and the
types of missions they are usually sent on.
Naber, Therese. The science of survival. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Core
Library, [2017].
Summary: Investigates the ways
animals and humans have adapted to survive in extreme heat, cold, and harsh
environments on Earth.
Lee, Calee M. Discover helicopters. Irvine, CA, Xist Publishing, [2012].
Summary: Introduces what
helicopters do with color photographs and simple text.
Felix, Rebecca. Steven Spielberg : director and producer of the Jurassic
Park series. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Checkerboard Library, [2017].
Summary: Presents an introduction
to the life and career of movie director and producer, Steven Spielberg.
Includes a timeline, a glossary, a website for further information, and color
photographs.
Summary: Presents a broad range
of trivia and facts about the Olympic Games, such as stats on who has won the
most gold medals, who has the only perfect scores in different game events, and
which cities have hosted the modern Olympics the most times.
Dunn, Joeming W. Iwo Jima. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Magic Wagon, [2016].
Summary: In graphic novel format,
describes the planning, execution, and aftermath of the battle of Iwo Jima
during World War II. Includes a map, timeline, glossary, and biographical
sketches.
Sherman, Jill. The American identity. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Core Library,
[2017].
Summary: Introduces the different
symbols and emblems that Americans use to show their identity and patriotism.
Hamilton, John. Florida : the Sunshine State. Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Abdo & Daughters,
[2017].
Summary: Presents a brief
exploration of the history, culture, government, climate, and landscape of the
state of Florida.
Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock. The little lame prince. Tustin, CA, Xist
Publishing, [2015].
Summary: Little Prince Dolor is
locked away and pronounced dead so that his jealous uncle may rule the kingdom.
A fairy godmother gives him a magical traveling cloak, which enables him to go
where his lame legs won't carry him, and ultimately he recovers his kingdom.
Wallace, Rich. Lost in the dark. Minneapolis, MN, Spellbound, [2017].
Summary: When a boy named Stu
gets lost near a quarry one night, he finds himself protected by the spirit of
a dog that drown in the dark water along with a teenage boy years before.
StrattonPorter, Gene. A girl of the Limberlost. Tustin, CA, Xist Publishing,
[2015].
Summary: Deeply wounded by her
embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort
in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her
with the means to better her life.
