A Message from Mary G: Please join Mary and other local authors at the Local Author Fair to be held at the Wauconda Area Library on Saturday, March 10th. From their website:
For more information, please visit the library website at http://www.wauclib.org/author-fair-18 or contact Kelly Kuningas in Adult Services (kkuningas@wauclib.org).Calling all readers! The Wauconda Area Library is hosting a Local Author Fair on Saturday, March 10th from 12 noon until 3:00 p.m. We have 22 authors coming to our library to share information about their work, sign and sell books and take time to talk to everyone who attends. There will be a range of adult, teen and children’s fiction and non-fiction titles represented. Authors will be located in the library’s Lincoln Room in an open house forum. We invite everyone to come get to know and be inspired by your local talent.
In other news …
Sylvia’s Story: The 1915 Chicago River Tragedy of the S.S. Eastland
By Susan R. Barwick & Mary G. Furlong
In 1915, the Western Electric Company Picnic is the talk of the summer. The employees, their friends, and families, will sail from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana for a day filled with fun, food, and festivities. 12 year-old Sylvia has been looking forward to this day for months. She and her two older sisters carefully dress in their finest hats, gloves, and summer dresses and race to meet their friends on board the S.S. Eastland, but something goes terribly wrong! What was supposed to be the social event of the summer, quickly turns into an unthinkable tragedy. Will Sylvia, her sisters, and friends survive?
*** Common Core Aligned ***
- Please visit the Eastland Disaster Historical Society for more information about this historic event: http://www.eastlanddisaster.org/
- Click the link to read a newspaper article about Sylvia's Story: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/news/ct-dfr-eastland-book-tl-0409-20150407-story.html
If you are in the area, please visit The Book Bin in Northbrook, Illinois. This wonderful indie bookstore is located at 1151 Church Street in the heart of Northbrook. The phone number is 847.498.4999. They are now carrying “Sylvia’s Story.”
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Lights, Camera, Kids! - Successful Ideas to Inspire Your Creative Productions
By Cheryl A. Smith
A must-have for any music or classroom teacher who directs a children’s musical. Included are ideas for costumes, props, and movement.
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Little Fido
By Mary G. Furlong
Little Fido is a musical history of the Civil War through the eyes of Abraham Lincoln’s beloved dog. The book is geared toward grades 3,4, and 5 and offers art projects, writing prompts, geography, vocabulary words, and of course, music. As for many people, Abraham Lincoln is one of my favorite presidents. We are kindred spirits on many topics and especially the love and humane treatment of animals. I love his sense of humor, too. I hope you will learn as much about our 16th president and the Civil War as I have while researching this story.
***Common Core Aligned
2015 was the sesquicentennial of President Lincoln’s assassination and the end of the Civil War. “Little Fido” is a great resource for teaching this important event in American history.
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5 Monkeys & Little Crocodile
By Mary G. Furlong
This storybook/mp3 has a very important message about anti-bullying and if a child should find him or herself in this situation, what they can do! There are also facts about the specific type of monkey and crocodile featured in the story. After visiting several schools and performing the “5 Monkeys & Little Crocodile” story & song, I asked the students to vote on which species of monkey they would like to see in the book. Their choices were the Central/South American Spider Monkey or the African Vervet or “Green” Monkey. The “croc is out of the bag”! The winner is … The African Vervet Monkey!
*** Anti-Bullying Theme ***
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ATTENTION!! ***Bernie’s Book Bank is in desperate need of gently used children’s books!***
Please see the link to their website below and THANK YOU!
Here are some of my favorite sites and places:
http://www.berniesbookbank.org
http://www.cmnonline.org
http://www.guitarsintheclassroom.org
Here’s a picture of my “Wild Self!”
You can build your “Wild Self”, too!
Here is the link. Have fun!
http://www.buildyourwildself.com