School Library Journal has curated a list of free web comics that you lovers of graphic novels might really like. No log in or registration needed and all web-based, so no app or download needed either. Check out the list here with links to each comic. 🙂
Month: April 2020
Author Jason Reynolds
The Library of Congress is sponsoring a cool series with author Jason Reynolds where he will discuss his writing process and at the end of each video episode, he'll give young people a prompt to help spur their own creative process. The first episode was this past week. You can find more information and the …
Librarian PD
Hello fellow librarians! School Library Journal has a bunch of nice online PD opportunities, both upcoming and past (recordings are posted). Topics include library service, books, middle grades literature, graphic novels, diversifying your library collection, and more. Find the main page of PD resources here.
FREE Coronavirus book for kids
CLICK HERE for a free download of a book for kids that does a great job of explaining the virus and this situation we're in, for kids. From School Library Journal: "Coronavirus: A Book for Children by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson, and Nia Roberts and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It’s free to download on the Candlewick …
Teaching Tolerance PD
This one is for teachers and librarians who are interested in social justice issues for their students. The Teaching Tolerance website has a large number of resources for teachers to assist them in teaching in a multicultural and social justice sensitive way. You can order DVDs and teacher resources for no cost, as well as …
Author of Smile :)
Hi All---I remembered today that the Library of Congress hosts the National Book Festival in Washington D.C. every year and they have a large roster of famous authors that come to speak at the festival. They also videotape all the events and talks and host them online. So I spent some time today looking over …
Research Help!
Are you working on a research paper or project? Is your teacher asking you to find information on a topic? Do you need help coming up with a topic? Evaluating information to see if it's quality? Citing your work? Proquest (a large database company) is making their Research Companion resources freely available for students until …
Radio with Ani DiFranco!
All you musicians out there may or may not be familiar with Buffalo's own (and alum of Performing Arts High School) Ani DiFranco. If you're not familiar, I highly recommend checking out her music. She is an all independent label and resisted the temptation from large music labels to join them, so she could retain …
Science Labs Online
As you've probably noticed, many educational companies are releasing a lot of their resources for free right now because of the stay-at-home orders around the country. Another resource that teachers might be aware of, but students may not be, is Flinn Scientific. They have a nice selection of science lab videos that would be good …
Local Food Assistance
I saw this posted on FaceBook and the date would be for this Thursday, April 16th, 2020.
Olmsted Library 