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Hello Friends, With rain and sunshine, spring is just around the corner! March also brings many holidays to read about and celebrate including Arbor Day, Holi, Nowruz, St. Patrick's Day, and Passover. Be sure to check out our holiday and themed booklists. As always, we're available for any requests you may have. Reach out to us anytime! We love hearing from you: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org Warmly, Alicia, Catherine, and Martha
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Are you looking for your next book to read? Watch one of Martha's Book Talk videos. She reviews new picture books and chapter books. Episodes may also feature older favorites. Watch to discover something new to read.
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Take the library home with you! We've put together crafts, activities, and other goodies just for you. We'll have new kits and activities each month. Recommended for kids ages 4+. Request your Kid Kit at Curbside service today.
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Did you know you can get a personalized list of books? Sign up for an Individualized Reading List (IRL). We'll schedule a video chat with a librarian who will create a book list just for you. Send us an email at jdesk@beltiblibrary.org
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,Join us for virtual storytimes with Alicia & Catherine! We'll post them weekly on our library YouTube channel. If you would like a shout out, you can reach us at: jdesk@beltiblibrary.org
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Every other Monday Ages 2-3 (All ages welcome)
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Every other Wednesday Ages 3-5 (All ages welcome)
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1st Friday Ages 2-5 (All ages welcome)
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The UC Berkeley Library is hosting their 2nd annual Map the Bay: Student Mapmaking Contest for Bay Area students. Online submissions are welcome from March 1 - April 9. Maps can be real or imaginary, hand drawn or created on a computer, as long as they have some Bay Area connection. Finalists will be featured in the virtual exhibit, Mapping the Bay. Winning entries will be selected through public voting and are eligible for a $50 gift card.Follow these two steps to enter the contest: 1) Fill out the entry form, and 2) email your map as a jpeg or pdf format to: map-contest@berkeley.edu
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6pm - 7pm Love to play chess? Join live games every Wednesday evening or be matched with someone for a game at a convenient time. For more information, email Chase: ccronkright@beltiblibrary.org
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Curbside service is available. The library building remains closed to the public but you can drop off old books and place new ones on hold for curbside pickup.
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Award-winning, #OwnVoices picture book illustrator-writers Grace Lin, Oge Mora and Yuyi Morales talk to each other about their experiences as children who didn’t see people who looked like them depicted favorably or much at all in books and media. They also draw each other, reveal their portraits and reflect on the experience. Tips for drawing with kids are included.
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Sesame Street in CommunitiesSesame Street in Communities provides multi-media tools in both English and Spanish to help families meet the developmental, physical, and emotional needs of children. We like that the activities and videos include parent/caregiver guides on how to talk about these tools with children. Resources cover a range of topics such as school readiness, building healthy habits, big feelings, and tough issues such as divorce and grief.
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13 Stories about Harris by Amy SchwartzThirteen vignettes reveal the everyday life of Harris, who makes butter with his mother, attends the birthday party of his best friend, Ayana, and begins preschool in their city neighborhood.
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A Forest in the City by Andrea CurtisA narrative exploration of how people can live in harmony with city trees depicts a bird’s-eye view of a leafy canopy before swooping down to street level, where the impact of industrialization and growing urban populations can be seen.
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Harry and the Guinea Pig by Gene ZionHarry feels ignored when his family pays attention to the neighbor's visiting guinea pig, but everything changes when the children bring both Harry and the guinea pig to school.
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Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam WalkerAn evocative celebration of cultural diversity finds young Zura participating in Grandparents Day at her elementary school by introducing her classmates to her West African grandmother, who explains to the students why her traditional facial tattoos are special.
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One Little Bag: An Amazing Journey by Henry ColeEvocative, richly detailed spreads trace the wordless journey of a little bag that is transformed from part of a tall tree before it travels from a grocery store into the hands of a little boy and his three-generation family, who use and reuse the bag as a transporter of objects and keeper of memories.
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Our Favorite Day of the Year by A. E. AliFour kindergartners who think they have nothing in common become friends after sharing their holiday traditions, including Eid-ul-Fitr, Rosh Hashanah, Christmas, and Pi Day.
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Wonderful collage illustrations follow a young girl on a prepositional journey through New York City as she journeys on foot and by subway, goes to school, and returns. Not only a great teaching tool for prepositions, this book is also a celebration of family, community, and the joys of city life.
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Roy Digs Dirt by David ShannonAn adorable but messy little white dog who loves nothing better than playing in the dirt digs, burrows and rolls through the buried treasures he unearths before an encounter with a skunk sends him to the dreaded bathtub. By the author of the Caldecott Honor-winning No, David!
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There Must Be More Than That! by Shinsuke YoshitakeThe award-winning creator of The Boring Book presents a gift-appropriate, uplifting story about perspective that shares timely, empowering messages about choosing one’s own future, overcoming anxiety and wading past the bad to embrace the possibility of good.
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You Matter by Christian RobinsonThe Caldecott Honor- and Coretta Scott King Honor-winning illustrator of Last Stop on Market Street shares empathetic depictions of people from different world regions to highlight the importance of understanding other viewpoints.
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Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. AlstonThirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
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Bo-Bo's Cave of Gold by Pamela BerkmanForging a bond with a young gold prospector after being abandoned by her pack, a mutt with gold fur frees a caged bear before its enraged owner forces the dog and her human companion to search for a fabled treasure.
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Last Mirror on the Left by L. R. GilesOtto and Sheed, The Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County, are ordered by Missus Nedraw to bring a fugitive to justice in a world that mirrors their own but has its own rules.
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The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. HolmEleven year old Bell has spent his whole life on Mars, but he's still just a regular kid. He loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Why they don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can uncover the truth and possibly unite an entire planet.
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Little Bird by Cynthia VoigtWhen a wild fisher cat attacks her flock and steals the shiny pendant that brings them luck, a tiny crow with a big imagination and even bigger heart embarks on a far-reaching journey of wits, wisdom and new friendship.
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The Most Marvelous International Spelling Bee by Deborah AbelaA follow-up to The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee finds a talented young speller unexpectedly invited to an elite international spelling bee only to discover that the competition is being sabotaged by a sneaky culprit.
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One Time by Sharon CreechPossessing an artistic spirit that makes her feel different from other children, young Gina bonds with a mysterious neighbor who becomes her classmate in a new school year where she seeks advice from an inspiring teacher on how to channel her imagination to discover her true self.
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My Name is Konisola by Alisa SiegelNine year old Konisola and her mother escape from violence in their home in Nigeria and flee to Canada. But soon after they arrive her mother becomes ill and Konisola must fend for herself and rely on strangers for help in a new strange land.
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Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotteThe true history of a thriving 19th-century Deaf community on Martha’s Vineyard is the setting for this story of a girl whose proud lineage is threatened by land disputes with the Wampanoag and a ruthlessly ambitious scientist.
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The Wingsnatchers by Sarah Jean HorwitzAspiring inventor and magician's apprentice Felix Carmer III is aided by Grit, a fiery, flightless faerie princess, in winning a magic competition, in exchange for him helping Grit investigate a string of faerie disappearances.
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