Hello, friends, teachers, readers & humans! Enjoy the February newsletter and as always, I appreciate your comments and replies!
Story Time: A Picture Book about Bill Cunningham
Remember opening the pages of the Sunday Times to see what Bill Cunningham saw? The picture book Polka Dot Parade is an inspiring, singular story to share with children who are captivated by photography, fashion, art-making, and city life.
A Pop-Up Comics Lab
FerryCon (Dobbs Ferry’s own Comic Con) is back this year with a great virtual line-up on Saturday, April 26th. Know a local school-age kid who loves comics? I’m teaching a free Pop-Up Comics Lab for kids grades 3-5, sponsored by the library. This course is a fun introduction to comics and a spark to make your very own! More information on registration is coming soon. Watch this space!
Notes from the Newsroom
A huge thank you to all local Little Enterprise reporters, editors, and wordsmiths who filed their stories. We are always so impressed with the creativity, diligence, and effort of our team of junior reporters and we truly can’t wait to share the next issue of with our local readers! A special thanks to HudCo for sponsoring our April/May issue.
…for Young Readers
Jane’s reading habits, or getting the scoop via local news: “The issues you read about in the underground press and the neighborhood weeklies turn up six months later in the The New York Times.”
Significant Miscellany
The 30 best podcasts for kids ages 6-10.
“If you think about it, you will realize that except for prisoners and a few other institutionalized groups, young people are more controlled than any other group in society,” writes John Bell in Understanding Adultism.
City of Ghosts, set in the Los Angeles that isn’t the bright lights of Hollywood, explores the collective memory of the ordinary and exceptional of what (and who) came before. (It’s for kids but I couldn’t help watching it with them.)
It’s Women’s History Month!
What are you reading?
She Persisted: Harriet Tubman by Andrea Davis Pinkney
