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2009 New York Statewide Summer Reading Program: School Library Partner Manual

Be Creative@ your library Express yourself @ your library School Library Partner Manual This document also available in .PDF [1238k] NOTE: many web site links will open in a new window

Contents The Summer Reading Program at the Local Library: What Happens All Summer Long New York Statewide Summer Reading Program Web Sites Partner with the New York Statewide Summer Reading Program Promotional Materials Resources Music Be Creative @ your library Express Yourself @ your library Dramatic Arts and Theater Be Creative @ your library Express Yourself @ your library Visual Arts Be Creative @ your library Express Yourself @ your library Dance Be Creative @ your library Politics and Teen Expression Express Yourself @ your library Technological Age of Self Expression Express Yourself @ your library Creativity Be Creative @ your library NYS Public Library Systems Public Library System Youth Services Consultants, Coordinators, and Directors The Statewide Summer Reading Program is supported by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The Summer Reading Program at Your Local Library: What Happens All Summer Long?

The 2009 theme is THE ARTS

The slogan for the children’s summer reading program is Be Creative @ Your Library. Children of all ages can participate in library activities related to the arts.

Read-To-Me: Many public libraries offer a Read-to-Me program for preschoolers, which introduces the summer reading concept to young children.  A parent or caregiver reads aloud to the child and keeps a record of their shared reading.

Independent Readers: Children read on their own, report what they’ve read to the librarian or record the information for the librarian, and receive a reward or certificate at the end of the program.

Families: Children join the summer reading program alone or participate with their families.  Family participation encourages reluctant readers who may be more willing to join with a family reading partner. It also encourages visits to the library as a family activity.

The slogan for the teen summer reading program is Express Yourself @ Your Library. Teens are encouraged to explore all areas of the creative arts.

Young Adults   Many children stop using libraries when they reach the teen years.  A summer program designed with teen interests in mind keeps them involved in the library.  Teens are given the opportunity to take charge of their own library program.   This ownership translates into pride in the program and has a direct influence on teen library usage.  

Events and Activities for all at the local public library

Events and Activities Concerts, poetry slams, craft programs, computer workshops, and author visits are some of the programs offered by public libraries during the summer.   Encourage your students to check with their local libraries all summer long for reading materials as well as special programs and activities geared towards a variety of interests and age levels.

New York Statewide Summer Reading Program Websites

The official site of the New York Statewide Summer Reading Program

 The New York State Library web site includes flyers, fact sheets, resources and research about literacy and summer reading

 Be sure to visit the New York State Performers and Programs Database to locate educational programmers in your area of New York State

The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) web site includes outlines of the 2009 library manuals for children and teens

Partner with the New York Statewide Summer Reading Program

Collaborate with your local public library:

• Collaborate with your public library on the 2009 summer reading program. They can share the CSLP programming manual, and official art work and materials for the 2009 New York Statewide Summer Reading Program: Be Creative @ Your Library” (children’s slogan) and “Express Yourself @ Your Library” (teen slogan) .
• Invite your public librarian for a school visit.  
• Have your class visit the local public library. 
• Publicize to increase awareness of the 2009 Summer Reading Program.
• in your library newsletter
• in school newspaper
• on bulleting boards
• on library and school web pages
• place announcements on computer screen savers
• put bookmarks in books as students check out
• Plan fall follow-up recognition for those who participated in the public library summer reading program.
• Visit the New York State Library’s Summer Reading Program web site for reproducible flyers and fact sheets promoting summer reading.
• Visit www.summerreadingnys.org for information, and art and reading related activities for educators, families, and children
• There are 23 public library systems serving all regions of New York State. Please visit www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/youthsvs/links.htm for information on youth services and summer reading programs in your area of the state.  Public library youth services experts at each system will be happy to help connect you with your local library and its summer reading program.

Begin activities in your school library related to the Arts and the slogans “Be Creative” and “Express Yourself”:

• Promote the summer reading program and theme with faculty throughout the school.
• Use this as an opportunity to work with the art, music, drama, and dance departments and faculty in your school to link library and their subject area resources and activities.
• Display student art work in your school library media center.
• Display the works of area artists in your school library media center.
• Ask for volunteers to creatively interpret the letters from the slogans (BE CREATIVE @ YOUR LIBRARY and EXPRESS YOURSELF @ YOUR LIBRARY) and decorate it with whatever medium they prefer:  markers, paint, photos, collage, etc.  When finished, arrange them on a wall or tape to a string like a banner to spell out the summer’s theme
• Display art books on easels
• Set up a director’s chair as a reading corner and take pictures of summer readers
• Ask local video stores to donate movie posters
• Cover a wall or bulletin board with white butcher paper. Affix a square of colored paper in the middle with the title “I Spy With My Little Eye.” How many items can your students find that have that color?
• Cover a Styrofoam rectangle with a book jacket.   Glue a lightweight paintbrush on the front.
  Above the brush write “Be Creative.” On the brush, write the words “@ Your Library.”
• Make a Buddha Board.  This is based on the concept of living in the moment. You simply paint on the surface with water and your design comes to life in a bold design. As the water evaporates, you will be left with a clean slate and you will be ready for the next masterpiece. 
• Encourage children and teens to start a play, poetry, or journal writing group of peers.
• Form book discussion groups.  
• Offer a “book pass,” where students gather to discuss the books
  they have read.  
• Or start a more “formal” group where students have all read the same book and someone leads a discussion of that book.
• Try “booktalking” whenever you talk to a group of teens.  For guidance and tips visit these web sites: 
• www.nancykeane.com/booktalks/tips.htm,
• www.thebooktalker.com.
• Create book displays, with books facing out to create interest. Put sticky notes in books, indicating read-alikes or other books in the series. For series information, visit www.bettendorflibrary.com/teens.

Have children and teens write book reviews and keep them in a binder for others to peruse.

Promotional Materials to Download and Print

Materials may be found at the New York State Library web site. Two examples of downloadable materials:

• A flyer to share with parents: Six Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Read This Summer (also in .PDF)
• A flyer to share with educators: Six Ideas to Get Students Reading This Summer (.PDF)

Resources

Music

Be Creative @ your library

Music enriches our lives. Even if you can’t sing or play an instrument, you can play recorded music, show videos with music or invite a local singer or musician to the library.  Music also helps develop early literacy skills, builds phonological awareness and promotes language development.  Let your library come alive with the sound of music and encourage your students to participate in the summer reading program at their local library.

• I’ve Got Rhythm: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Books

There are many fine books about music and musical instruments. The following books were all in print when this manual went to press, unless otherwise noted with an “OP.”

• Base, Graeme. Jungle Drums. H. N. Abrams, 2004. 40 p. (978-0810950443) Pre, Pri.  Tired of being teased, Ngiri, the smallest warthog in Africa, uses a set of magic drums to make wishes, but he is not careful enough and makes the rift between the Warthogs and the beautifulOther Beasts even worse.
• Bertholf, Bret. The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music. Little, Brown
• Young Readers, 2007. 64 p. (978-0316523936) Int. A tongue-in-cheek journey through the history of country music.
• Brett, Jan. Berlioz the Bear. Putnam Juvenile, 1996. 32 p. (978-0698113992) Pre, Pri. Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz’s double bass turns into a surprise that saves the day.
• Bryan, Ashley. Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals. Simon & Schuster, 2007. 32 p. (978-0689847325) Pre, Pri.Ashley Bryan celebrates three favorite spirituals: “This Little Light of Mine,” “When the Saints Go Marching In,” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” The power of these beloved songs emanates through his joyous interpretations. Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.
• Clements, Andrew. The Last Holiday Concert. Aladdin, 2006. 166 p. (978-0689845253, pap.) Int. Life is usually easy for popular fifth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students.
• Connors, Abigail Flesch. 101 Rhythm Instrument Activities for Young Children. Gryphon House, 2004. 128 p. (978-0876592908, pap.) Adult.  Offers many ways for children two-to-six years old to experience music.
• Cox, Judy. My Family Plays Music. Holiday House, 2003. 32 p. (978-0823415915, lib. bdg.) Pre, Pri. A musical family with talents for playing a variety of instruments enjoys getting together to celebrate.
• Dillon, Leo and Diane. Jazz on a Saturday Night. Scholastic, 2007. 40 p. Includes CD. (978-0689847325) Pri, Int. From Miles Davis and Charlie Parker to Ella Fitzgerald, here is a dream team sure to knock your socks off. Learn about this popular music form and read a biography of each player pictured. Then listen to each instrument on the CD. Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor and Caldecott Honor book.
• Dunleavy, Deborah. The Kids Can Press Jumbo Book of Music: Making Musical Instruments from Household Items. Kids Can Press, 2001. 208 p. (978-1550747232,pap.) Pri, Int. Organized by different kinds of bands, such as a “Skiffle Band” or a “Trash Band,” it has instructions on how to make and play instruments from all over the world. Great resource!
• Falconer, Ian. Olivia Forms a Band. Atheneum, 2006. 46 p. (978-1416924548) Pre, Pri. Olivia explores her musical aspirations by forming a marching band.
• Frazee, Marla. Hush Little Baby: A Folksong in Pictures. Voyager Books, 2003. 40 p. (978-0152047610) Pre. Frazee sets this lullaby in 19th-century rural America. An older sister rocks her baby sister’s cradle a bit too hard, setting off a chain of events that follows the lyrics.
• Garriel, Barbara. I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello. Boyds Mills Press, 2004. 32 p. (978-1590780435) Pre, Pri. An adaptation of the folk rhyme “There Was an Old Woman who Swallowed a Fly,” featuring musical instruments.
• Harper, Wilhelmina. The Gunniwolf. Dutton Juvenile, 2003. 32 p. (978-0525467854) Pre, Pri. A little girl cautioned never to go into the jungle, wanders in deeper and deeper while searching for flowers, and is suddenly confronted by the gunniwolf.
• High, Linda Oatman. Cool Bopper’s Choppers. Boyds Mills Press, 2007. 32 p. (987-1590783795) Pre. Bopper’s choppers (dentures) get lost in the beboppin’ crowd. Without his choppers, Cool Bopper can’t bop, scat, or blow his horn.
• Howe, James. I Wish I Were a Butterfly. Voyager Books, 1994. 40 p. (978-0152380137) Pre, Pri. A wise spider convinces a cricket to sing again.
• Hurd, Thacher. Mama Don’t Allow. HarperTrophy, 2008. 40 p. (978-0064430784, pap.) Pre, Pri. Miles and the Swamp Band have the time of their lives playing at the Alligator Ball, until they discover the menu includes Swamp Band soup.
• Johnson, Angela. Violet’s Music. Dial, 2004. 32 p. (978-0803727403) Pre, Pri. From the days she banged her rattle in the crib, Violet has been looking for friends to share her love of music.
• Johnston, Tony. Grandpa’s Song. Puffin, 1996. 32 p. OP. Pre, Pri. When a young girl’s beloved, exuberant grandfather becomes forgetful, she helps him by singing their favorite song.
• Karim, Roberta. Faraway Grandpa. Henry Holt & Company, 2004. 40 p. (978-0805067859) Pri, Int. Kathleen and her elderly grandfather can still share a beloved song in spite of his dementia.
• Krosoczka, Jarrett J. Punk Farm. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2005. 40 p. (978-0375824296) Pre, Pri. At the end of the day, while Farmer Joe gets ready for bed, his animals tune their instruments to perform in a big concert as a rock band called Punk Farm.
• Kuskin, Karla. The Philharmonic Gets Dressed. HarperTrophy, 1986. 48 p. (978-0064431248, pap.) Pri. The 105 members of the Philharmonic Orchestra get ready for a performance.
• Lach, Dr. William and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Can You Hear It? Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006. 32 p. (978-0810957213) Pri, Int. Classical music is filled with unforgettable images. In this book, great examples of pictorial music are matched to masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, for an introduction toboth music and art appreciation for young listeners. Included is a CD featuring 12 short works and an introduction to the orchestra and the instruments.
• Lithgow, John. The Remarkable Farkle McBride. Aladdin, 2003. 40 p. (978-0689835414, pap.) Pri. The musical prodigy Farkle McBride tries a number of instruments before discovering that conducting the orchestra makes him happy.
• London, Jonathan. Froggy Plays in the Band. Viking Juvenile, 2002. 32 p. (978-0670035328) Pre. Froggy’s marching band practices for their debut at the Apple Blossom Parade, hoping to win the big prize.
• Madden, Kerry. Gentle’s Holler. Puffin, 2007. (978-0142407516, pap.) 272 p. In the early 1960s, 12-year-old songwriter Livy Two Weems dreams of seeing the world beyond the Maggie Valley, North Carolina, holler where she lives in poverty with her parents and eight brothers and sisters.
• Mandy and Ness. Hattie’s House. Milet Publishing, 2000. 16 p. (978-1840591576) Pre. Bilingual English/Vietnamese board book about Hattie’s house, which is full of singing, ringing, banging, and clanging.
• McPhail, David. Mole Music. Henry Holt & Company, 1999. 32 p. (978-0805028195, lib. bdg.) Pre, Pri. Feeling that something is missing in his simple life, Mole acquires a violin and learns to make beautiful, joyful music.
• Mills, Claudia. Gus and Grandpa and the Piano Lesson. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 48 p. (978-0374328146) Pri. After Gus, who would rather play outside than practice music, does not do too well at his piano recital, his grandfather shows him how music can be fun.
• Omerod, Jan and Lindsey Gardiner. If You’re Happy and You Know It. StarBright Books, 2003. 32 p. (978-1932065077) Pre. Here’s a new take on the popular song. In this version, a collection of animals puts their own twist on the words.
• Orozco, Jose-Luis. Rin, Rin, Rin—Do, Re, Mi. Cartwheel Books, bilingual ed., 2005. (978-0439755313 ) Pre. At bedtime, a little boy wants his parents to read to him. In English and Spanish with lyrics and music by Orozco.
• Pinkney, Brian. Max Found Two Sticks (Stories to Go) . Aladdin, 2005. 40 p. (978-1416903109, pap.) Pri. Although he doesn’t feel like talking, a young boy responds to questions by drumming on various objects, including a bucket, hatboxes, and garbage cans, echoing the city sounds around him.
• Raffi. Baby Beluga (Raffi Songs to Read) . Crown Books for Young Readers, 1992. 32 p. (978-0517583623, pap.) Pre. Presents the illustrated text to the song about the little white whale that swims wild and free.
• Raschka, Chris. Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. Orchard Paperbacks, 1997. 32 p. (978-0531070956, pap.) Pre, Pri. Raschka tries to capture the music of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker with a syncopated text and bright, funky illustrations.
• Raschka, Chris. John Coltrane’s Giant Steps. Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2002. 32 p. (978-0689845987) Pri. John Coltrane’s musical composition is performed by a box, a snowflake, some raindrops, and a kitten.
• Reid, Rob. Children’s Jukebox, a Subject Guide to Musical Recordings and Programming for Songsters Ages One to Twelve. 2nd ed. ALA Editions, 2007. (978-0-8389-0940-9, pap.) Adult. A great resource for librarians who want to incorporate music into their programming.
• Sabbeth, Alex. Rubber-Band Banjos and Java Jive Bass: Projects and Activities on the Science of Music and Sound. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. 102 p. (978-0471156758,pap.) Int. Great projects on sound and music that can be adapted to summer programming. Includes easy instruments to make and activities that demonstrate the science behind the sounds that different musical instruments make.
• Seeger, Pete. Abiyoyo Book and CD. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2001. 48 p. (978-0689846939) Pre, Pri. Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.
• Sis, Peter. Play, Mozart, Play! Greenwillow Books, 2006. 32 p. (978-0061121814) Pre. Introduces very young children to the child genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this picture book tribute to the beauty of listening, looking, imagining, and—most of all—playing!
• Wilson, Budge. A Fiddle for Angus. Tundra Books, 2006. 32 p. (978-0887767852) Pri. Angus is anxious to join his family’s orchestra. When he gets his new fiddle, he discovers how much work is involved in making music.
• Winter, Johan. Dizzy. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 2006. 48 p. (978-0439507370, lib. bdg.) Pri, Int. This is the story of Dizzy Gillespie, a trumpet player, who created a whole new kind of music: be bop.
• Zelinsky, Paul O. Knick-knack Paddywhack! Puffin, 2004. 16 p. (978-0141380131) Pre. Zelinsky and paper engineer Andrew Baron take readers on a joyous romp in this moveable book based on the familiar “This Old Man.”
• Ziefert, Harriet. Animal Music. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. 48 p. (978-0395952948) An assortment of animals playing various instruments makes different kinds of music.

 Audio

• Lummi Sticks for Kids. Kimbo Educational. (KIM2014CD) (978-1-5634-6049-4) Tap out easy rhythm stick routines and develop coordination and motor skills. Twelve activities are set to familiar songs. Also available from Kimbo, 12 sets of either 6" or 12" sticks.

 Web Sites (links will open in a new window)

• All the Lyrics. Searchable database of song lyrics by artist and search engine for song lyrics by title.
• Alphabet Soup. This participation story “The Bear Hunt” has simple directions on how to tell it. For the “Saved by a Song” program, substitute “Gunniwolf” for “Bear.”
• American Music Conference. This site has a nice explanation of how to create an instrument petting zoo.
• DLTK. You’ll find cat and the fiddle coloring pages to print out and color and a mobile to print, cut out, and color for the “Fiddling Around” program.
• Enchanted Learning. Search for “Old King Cole” and you’ll find a rebus rhyme that you can print out to use in the “At the Orchestra” program.
• How to Play the Spoons. www.davidholt.com/music/playspoons.htm. Easy directions with pictures introduce you to playing the spoons.
• Kididdles. Another database of lyrics for hundreds of children’s songs.
• Jan Brett’s Home Page. Use some of Brett’s “Berlioz the Bear” activity pages to print and hand out.
• Kimbo Educational. Kimbo offers a variety of music and movement products—CDs, videos, DVDs, rhythmic motor accessories.
• A List of Children’s Song Storybooks. Looking for other song storybooks? This extensive list should help!
• Mama Lisa’s World. Lyrics and music in English and their native language for children’s songs from around the world. Organized by continent and country.
• Mathpower.com. Type in any name and it incorporates that name into “The Name Game” song (also known as“The Banana Song.”)
• Music in Motion. This commercial site has over 5,000 music, movement, and dance education resources for all ages including books, CDs, DVDs, videos, instruments, etc.
• NIEH Kids’ Pages. You’ll find the lyrics and often a musical accompaniment to dozens of songs at this site. “Make New Friends” from “The Magic of Music” program is at this URL.
• Nursery Rhymes for You. Words and musical accompaniment to “Rock-a-Bye Baby” and many other songs.
• Odd Music. Odd music is home to unique, odd, unusual, and experimental musical instruments and resources. Print out and post pictures of some really odd instruments.
• Recipe Bazaar. Recipes for half-moon cookies in the “Fiddling Around” program.
• Saint Patrick’s Day. Lyrics to “McNamara’s Band” in the “Making Music Together” program.
• Skyline Music. This is a commercial site that explains the Instrument Petting Zoo that they offer. With pictures and descriptions it may help you plan a program of your own.
• Songs for Teaching. Songs that build phonological awareness.

Express Yourself @ your library

Music is important to teens in a way that is profound. It is integrated into their daily lives. It is a way for them to express their unique personalities through listening, writing, and performing.

• The Musical Arts: Bibliography created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Novels

• Cheshire, Simon. Plastic Fantastic. Delacorte Press, 2006. 152 p. (978-0385732130) . Gr. 7–10. When 15-year-old Dominic, pop music fan, and Lisa Voyd, sing­er and icon with the band Plastic, are stuck together in an elevator, the encounter results in drastic chang­es of attitude for both of them.
• Cohn, Rachel. Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Knopf, 2007. 183 p. (978-0375835315) . Gr. 10–12. High school student Nick O’Leary, member of a rock band, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.
• Cohn, Rachel. Pop Princess. Simon & Schuster, 2005. 311 p. (978-1416902638) . Gr. 8–12. Yearning to escape the small Massachusetts town where her family retreated after her sister's death, Wonder Blake gets her chance when her sister's manager offers Wonder a record contract on her 16th birthday.
• Cook, Trish. So Lyrical. New American Library, 2005. 248 p. (978-0451215086) . Gr. 7–10. The life of Winnetka, Illinois, high schooler Trace revolves around her young, music-loving mother, an unknown father, a voluptuous best friend who may be going off the deep end, and the rich, gorgeous lead singer in a band.
• Denman, K. L. Battle of the Bands. Orca Book Publishers, 2006. 97 p. (978-1551435404) . Gr. 9–12. Jay and his group, the Lunar Ticks, prepare for a bat­tle of the bands competition to win time in a record­ing studio.
• Dessen, Sarah. This Lullaby. Viking, 2004. 345 p. (978-0670035304) . Gr. 8–12. Raised by a mother who has had five husbands, 18-year-old Remy believes in short-term, no-commitment relationships until she meets Dexter, a rock band musician.
• Frank, Lucy. Lucky Stars. Atheneum, 2006. 295 p. (978-0689859335) . Gr. 6–8. Music entwines Kira, a 13-year-old singer who hates that her father makes her per­form for money on New York City subway platforms; Eugene, the class clown; and Jake, who longs to sing and to approach Kira, but feels held back by his stut­tering.
• Going, K. L. Fat Kid Rules the World. Puffin, 2004. 92 p. (978-0142402085) . Gr. 9–12. Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teen­ager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.
• Henry, Chad. Dogbreath Victorious. Holiday House, 1999. 188 p. (978-0823414581) . Gr. 7–12. Dogbreath, Tim’s alternative Seattle grunge rock band, enters a major battle of the bands contest, but is beaten by The Angry Housewives, a new group fronted by Tim's mother.
• Hughes, Mark Peter. Lemonade Mouth. Delacorte Press, 2007. 338 p. (978-0385733922) . Gr. 6–8. A disparate group of high school students thrown together in detention form a band to play at a school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band.
• Korman, Gordon. Born to Rock. Disney Press, 2008. 261 p. (978-0786809219, pap.) . Gr. 7–12. When Leo Caraway, president of the Young Republicans Club, gets his scholarship to Harvard taken away, he turns to his real father, a lead singer in a punk rock band whom Leo has just recently learned is his father, in hopes that dad will pay for his tuition, but Leo’s sum­mer job as the band’s roadie teaches him a lot about his dad, his friends, and himself.
• Krovatin, Chris. Heavy Metal and You. Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006. 186 p. (978-0439743990, pap.) . Gr. 10–12. High schooler Sam begins losing himself when he falls for a preppy girl who wants him to give up get­ting wasted with his best friends and even his passion for heavy metal music in order to become a better person.
• Llewellyn, Sam. The Return of Death Eric. Walker & Co., 2006. 239 p. (978-0802789518) . Gr. 6–8. When the band manager disappears and the family is left with no money, the children of Death Eric’ s lead singer must overcome their embarrassment of his music and convince him to get back on the road in order to save them from financial ruin.
• Manning, Sarra. Guitar Girl. Puffin, 2005. 40 p. (978-0142403181, pap.) . Gr. 9–12. As her band, The Hormones, becomes an international sensation, 17-year-old Molly begins to question the high cost of fame.
• Nelson, Blake. Rock Star Superstar. Puffin, 2006. 56 p. (978-0142405741, pap.) . Gr. 9–12. When Pete, a talented bass player, moves from playing in the high school jazz band to playing in a popular rock group, he finds the experience exhilarating even as his new fame jeopardizes his relationship with his girlfriend Margaret.
• Nields, Nerissa. Plastic Angel. Orchard Books, 2005. 256 p. (978-0439709132) . Gr. 6–9. Thirteen-year-old Randi, an aspiring singer-songwriter, spends the sum­mer forming a band called Plastic Angel with her friend Gellie, and together they also make some deci­sions about the kind of people they want to be.
• Portman, Frank. King Dork. Delacorte Press, 2008. 344 p. (978-0385732918) . Gr. 10–12. After stumbling upon one of his father’ s old books, hints and clues are revealed to a secret past that may lead to answers regarding his father's life and mysterious death.
• Tanner, Mike. Resurrection Blues. Firefly Books, 2005. 246 p. (978-1550378979) . Gr. 10–12. Excited about the opportunity to go on tour with his band, much like his great-uncle Ray did, 18-year-old Flynn Robinson uproots his entire world, drops out of school, and ends his relationship with Julianne to pur­sue his dreams of rock-n-roll.
• Watts, Leander. Beautiful City of the Dead. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. 254 p. (978-0618594436) . Gr. 7–12. After joining a heavy metal band, high school student Zee learns that she is a god of water and is called upon to fight sinister forces that want her powers for their own.
• Westerfeld, Scott. The Last Days. Penguin, 2007. 289 p. (978-1595141286, pap.) . Gr. 9–12. When New York City is plagued by a bizarre epidemic and strange events, Pearl, Moz, and Zahler combine their talents with a vampire lead singer and a drummer who can foresee the coming darkness in hopes of staving off the apocalypse.
• Yolen, Jane. Troll Bridge: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fairy Tale. Tor Books, 2007. 240 p. (978-0765314260) . Gr. 6–8. Sixteen-year-old harpist prodigy Moira is transported to a strange and mystical wilderness, where she finds herself in the middle of a deadly struggle between a magical fox and a monstrous troll.

 Web sites

• Billboard Music News & Reviews. Billboard.com is the Web site of Billboard magazine, the world’ s premier music publication.
• Pandora. Pandora offers both free (advertising supported) and paid subscriptions where you can listen to streaming music. You choose the type of music you want to listen to.
• Seeqpod. Seeqpod is a playable search engine for music—also video and audio clips, images, podcasts, and more. Search for songs and add them to a playlist.

Dramatic Arts and Theater

Be Creative @ your library

Partner with area performers or performing arts groups, drama groups, puppeteers or storytellers.  Make your school library a performing art space and encourage students to continue learning about and participating in performance through their local library’s summer reading program. Participation in creative drama activities helps children develop social cooperation, concentration, creative expression and more.

• Ham it Up: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Books

Check your shelves for other favorite titles. These titles were in print when the manual went to press unless otherwise noted with an “OP.”

• Adler, David. Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery. Puffin, 2005. 64 p. (978-0142403556) Pri, Int. When a thief takes the box office money at the school play, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.
• Aliki. A Play’s the Thing. HarperCollins, 2005. 32 p. (978-0060743550) Pre, Pri. Miss Brilliant’s class puts on a performance of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
• Archambault, John. Boom Chicka Rock. Philomel, 2004. 40 p. (978-0399235870) Pre. Twelve mice living in a cuckoo clock wander out to find birthday cake and have a party while Max the cat sleeps.
• Bany-Winters, Lisa. Funny Bones: Comedy, Games and Activities for Kids. Chicago Review Press, 2002. 155 p. (978-1556524448, pap.) Int. Includes ideas about comedic styles and routines, how to use props, developing a distinctive character, using music, improvisational techniques, as well as the history of comedy and some well-known people in the field.
• Bany-Winters, Lisa. On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids. Chicago Review Press, 1997. 160 p. (978-1556523243, pap.) Pri, Int, YA. Covers basic theater vocabulary, puppetry and pantomime, sound effects, costumes, props, and makeup along with several play scripts.
• Bauer, Caroline Feller. Leading Kids to Books Through Puppets. ALA Editions, 1997. 156 p. (978-0838907061, pap.) Adult.  This is a great resource for librarians wishing to find easy ways to add puppets of all kinds to their repertoire.
• Best, Cari. Shrinking Violet. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. 40 p. (978-0374368821) Pre, Pri. Violet, who is very shy and hates for anyone to look at her in school, finally comes out of her shell when she is cast as Lady Space in a play about the solar system and saves the production from disaster.
• Bonk, John J. Dustin Grubbs: One-Man Show. Little Brown Young Readers, 2005. 256p. (978-0316156363) Int. A sixth-grader, who longs to see his name in lights, recounts life at Buttermilk Falls Elementary in preparation for the school drama production.
• Cecil, Randy. One Dark and Dreadful Night. Henry Holt & Company, 2004. 32 p. (978-0805067798) Pri. Maestro Von Haughty wants to present three thrilling tales of terror and misfortune, but members of the Wayward Orphans Theatre make some very silly changes to the costumes and script.
• Cheaney, J. B. The Playmaker. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2000. 320 p. (978-0375805776) Int, YA. While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, 14-year-old Richard uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth.
• Conford, Ellen. Annabel the Actress Starring in Camping It Up (Annabel the Actress) . Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2004. 64 p. (978-0689847356) Pri, Int. Annabel auditions for the camp play and cinches the lead role. But Annabel soon learns that the show must go on even when things don’t go exactly as rehearsed. Fourth in the series.
• Cooper, Susan. The Magician’s Boy. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2005. 112 p. (978-0689876226) Pri. A boy who works for a magician meets familiar fairy tale characters when he is transported to the Land of Story in search of a missing puppet.
• Creech, Sharon. Replay. Joanna Cotler Books, 2005. 240 p. (978-0060540197) Int, YA. While preparing for a role in the school play, 12-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, “Rumpopo’s Porch.”
• de Paola, Tomie. Stagestruck. Putnam Juvenile, 2005. 32 p. (978-0399243387) Pre, Pri. Although Tommy fails to get the part of Peter Rabbit in the kindergarten play, he still finds a way to be the center of attention on stage.
• Edwards, Julie. The Great American Mousical. Julie Andrews Collection, 2006. 160 p. (978-0060579180) Int. The adventures of theatrical mice that live and work in a miniature world beneath Broadway.
• Faulkner, Keith, and Jonathan Lambert. The Wide-Mouthed Frog: A Pop-up Book. Dial, 1996. 16 p. (978-0803718753, lib. bdg.) Pre, Pri. Retells the story of the mother wide-mouthed frog who nearly gets eaten by a crocodile.
• Fleischman, Paul. Lost! A Story in String. Henry Holt & Company, 2000. 32 p. (978-0805055832) Pri.  A grandmother tells a story about a young girl who uses her wits and what is available to her to help her survive when she is lost in the snow. Includes instructions for creating a number of string figures mentioned in the story.
• Gibbs, Adrea. Let’s Put on a Show! A Beginner’s Theatre Handbook for Young Actors. Meriwether Publishing, 1999. 159 p. (978-1566080521, pap.) Int, YA.A guidebook for young would-be thespians, covering theatre vocabulary, scripting, casting, staging, sets and scenery, props, costumes, and makeup, as well as the basics of backstage and technical particulars.
• Haley, Gail E. A Story, A Story. Atheneum, 1970. 36 p. (978-0689205118, lib. bdg.) Pre, Pri.  Recounts how most African folktales came to be called “Spider Stories.”
• Hoeye, Michael. No Time Like Show Time, a Hermux Tantamoq Adventure. Puffin, 2006. 288 p. (978-0399238802) Int. Watchmaker-mouse Hermux Tantamoq enters the exciting and somewhat shady world of show business to investigate a mysterious blackmailer at the Varmint Theater.
• Holabird, Katharine. Angelina on Stage. Viking Juvenile, 2006. 32 p. (978-0670060580) Pre, Pri.  When Cousin Henry gets all the attention in the grown-up musical in which they have roles, Angelina becomes jealous, but she demonstrates her fondness for him when a crisis occurs on opening night.
• Jeffers, Oliver. How to Catch a Star. Philomel Books, 2004. 32 p. (978-0399242861) Pre, Pri.  Eager to catch a star, a little boy thinks of imaginative ways to catch one.
• Karr, Kathleen. Gilbert and Sullivan Set Me Free. Hyperion, 2003. 240 p. (978-0786819164) Int, YA.  During the early 1900s, a teenaged inmate’s dreary life at Massachusetts’s Sherborn Prison for Women changes for the better after she becomes a member of the prison choir and participates in the production of the operetta “The Pirates of Penzance.”
• Krulik, Nancy E. No Biz Like Show Biz (Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo) . Grosset & Dunlap,2007. 76 p. (978-0448444406, pap.) Pri.  Thanks to the magic wind, when the unassuming Miriam (instead of the smug Suzanne) gets the leading role in the school play, Katie soon finds herself on stage, trying to sing and remember her lines.  Includes directions for making fingerprint doodles.
• Laguna, Sofie. Too Loud Lily. Scholastic, 2004. 32 p. (978-0439579131) Pri. Lily’s family and friends often complain that she is too loud, but that loudness makes her a hit in the school play.
• Langley, Jonathan, and Karen Langley. Shine. Marshall Cavendish, 2002. 32 p. (978-0761451273) Pre, Pri. Jimmy practices “shining” for his role in the school Nativity play.
• Love, Anne D. The Puppeteer’s Apprentice. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2003. 192 p. (978-0689844249) Int. A medieval orphan girl called Mouse gains the courage she needs to follow her dreams of becoming a puppeteer’s apprentice.
• MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Fat Cat, a Danish Folktale. August House, 2001. 32 p. (978-0874836165) Pre, Pri. A greedy cat grows enormous as he eats everything in sight, including his friends and neighbors who call him fat. An older edition of this retelling by Jack Kent is OP.
• MacLean, Christine Kole. Mary Margaret, Center Stage. Dutton Juvenile, 2006. 160 p. (978-0525475972) Pri, Int. Mary Margaret is hoping to be Cinderella in the community play but must face the fact that the lead will be played by Ellie, the new girl in class who seems to do everything right.
• McDonald, Megan. When the Library Lights Go Out. Atheneum, 2005. 40 p. (978-0689861703) Pre, Pri.  When the lights go out in the library, the storytime puppets set out on an adventure to find their missing friend, Hermit Crab.
• O’Connell, Rebecca. The Baby Goes Beep. Roaring Brook Press, 2003. 32 p. (978-0761317890) Pre. Colorful pictures show baby making all kinds of noises before quietly going to sleep.
• Osborne, Mary Pope. Stage Fright on a Summer Night (Magic Tree House # 25) . Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002. 96 p. (978-0375806117, pap.) Pri, Int. Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and try to rescue a tame bear.
• Park, Barbara. Junie B., First Grader—Shipwrecked. Random House Books for Young Readers, 2003. 88 p. (978-0375828041) Pri.  Junie B.’s journal entries start with Room One’s stomach virus excitement, the first grade Columbus Day play, and getting the part of the Pinta, the fastest ship.
• Paterson, Katherine. The Master Puppeteer. Harper Teen, 1989. 192 p. (978-0064402811, pap.) Int.  A 13-year-old boy describes the poverty and discontent of 18th-century Osaka and the world of puppeteers in which he lives.
• Pellowski, Anne. The Story Vine, a Sourcebook of Unusual and Easy-to-Tell Stories from around the World. Aladdin, 1984. OP.  Includes the string story, “The Farmer and His Yams.”
• Pennypacker, Sara. The Talented Clementine. Hyperion, 2007. 144 p. (978-0786838707) Pri.  In this second easy chapter book about Clementine, the eight-year-old, convinced that she has no talents, tries to find a way to avoid participating in the class talent show.
• Pinkney, Andrea Davis, and Brian Pinkney. Shake Shake Shake. Red Wagon Books, 1997. 8 p. (978-0152006327, board bk.) Pre.  A mother and her young children play with an African percussion instrument called a shekere.
• Poydar, Nancy. Bunny Business. Holiday House, 2003. 32 p. (978-0823417711) Pre, Pri. When his class performs a spring play about rabbits, Harry proves that he is a good listener after all.
• Raffi. This Little Light of Mine (Raffi Songs to Read) . Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2004. 32 p. (978-0375828713) Pre, Pri. Illustrations portray children putting on a school play and encouraging the shy star to let her light shine in this version of the traditional song.
• Say, Allen. Kamishibai Man.Houghton Mifflin, 2005. 32 p. (978-0618479542) Pri, Int. After many years of retirement, an old Kamishibai man—a Japanese street performer who tells stories and sells candies—decides to make his rounds once more even though such entertainment declined after the advent of television.
• Schimmel, Nancy. Just Enough to Make a Story. Sisters Choice, 1993. 3rd ed. 56 p. (978-0932164032, pap.) Adult. This introduction to the art of storytelling includes the paper story, “The Rainhat.”
• Shannon, George. True Lies: 18 Tales for You to Judge. HarperTrophy, 1998. 64 p. (978-0688163716, pap.) Pri, Int.  A collection of 18 brief folktales in which the reader is asked to explain how the folk character lied and told the truth at the same time.
• Seuss, Dr. Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? Random House Books for Young Readers, 1970. 36 p. (978-0394806228) Pre.  Mr. Brown can make lots of noises.
• Spolin, Viola. Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher’s Handbook. Northwestern University Press, 1986. (978-0810140042) Adult.  Describes the rules and purpose of rhythmic movement games, space walks, transformation, sensory, and mirror games, and suggests storytelling activities.
• Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites. HarperCollins, 2002. 224 p. (978-0066236025) Int, YA.  Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family’s Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
• Warner, Gertrude Chandler. The Mystery on Stage (Boxcar Children Mysteries) . Albert Whitman, 1994. 128 p. (978-0807554180, pap.) Pri, Int.  The Aldens become involved in a community theater production of “The Wizard of Oz,” which is systematically and mysteriously being sabotaged.
• Winkler, Henry. The Curtain Went Up, My Pants Fell Down (Hank Zipzer #11) . Grosset and Dunlap, 2007. 158 p. (978-0448442679) Pri, Int.  Failing fifth grade math, Hank must depend on Heather, the class brain, to help him get a “B” on the next test in order for him to be eligible to play the lead in the school play, “The King and I.”
• Wright, Denise Anton. One-Person Puppet Plays. Teacher Ideas Press, 1990. 250 p. (978-0872877429, pap.) Adult. Here’s another good resource for one-person libraries. It includes lots of tips, scripts, puppet patterns, and more.

 Audio

• Greg and Steve. Kids in Motion. CD. Youngheart Records, 1987. (B00000AG63) . Includes the song “The Freeze.”
• Greg and Steve. Shake, Rattle & Rock. CD. Greg & Steve Productions, 2006. (B000EHSME0) . Includes the song “Stop & Go.”
• Raffi. Rise and Shine. CD. Rounder, 1996. (B0000003HG) . Includes the song “This Little Light of Mine.”
• Raffi. Singable Songs for the Very Young. CD. Rounder, 1996. 1886767319. Includes “The More We Get Together.”
• Six Little Ducks. CD. Kimbo Educational, 2000. (B000009NFY) . Includes the song, “Swinging on a Star” and many other popular children’s tunes.

 Web sites

• Deep Fun. A resourceful site by Bernard DeKoven, who is the founder of The Game Preserve, a retreat center for the study of play and also the author of Junkyard Sports. Includes directions for the Human Cards game.
• Heather Forest Story Arts. Storyteller Heather Forest’s site has lesson plans, activities, and lots of ideas for incorporating storytelling into your programs.
• Kamishibai for Kids. This commercial site sells Kamishibai story cards. It also explains what this Japanese storytelling form is and ideas for using it. Each set includes a teacher’s guide.
• Kamishibai: Japanese Storytelling. This article from the Child Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh gives background on Kamishibai and also lesson plans for a project in which kids make their own Kamishibai storycards.
• The e-Stories Project, Enoch Pratt Free Library. A collection of live-action, multicultural storyteller performances viewable online. The stories represent many cultures including African, African American, Appalachian, Celtic, Chinese, Indian, Iranian, Irish, Jewish, and Native American. This project was funded by a grant from the Institute for Museums and Libraries. Check it out. The stories are wonderful to watch and listen to.

Express Yourself @ your library

Many teens are drawn to drama. Dramatic arts can build self-confidence and personal expression in young people. Additionally, expressing themselves through drama is a way for teens to put themselves in other roles, gain empathy, and learn more about the human condition.

• Dramatic Arts: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Books:  Shakespeare in Fiction

• Blackwood, Gary L. The Shakespeare Stealer. Dutton, 2000. 216 p. (978-0525458630) . Gr. 6–9. A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare’s acting troupe in order to steal the script of “Hamlet,” but he discovers instead the mean­ing of friendship and loyalty. Sequels are Shakespeare’s Scribe and Shakespeare’s Spy.
• Cheaney, J. B. The Playmaker. Knopf, 2002. 307 p. (978-0375805776) . Gr. 6–9. While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, 14-year-old Richard uncovers a mystery involving the disappear­ance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthow Queen Elizabeth. Sequel is The True Prince.
• Cooney, Caroline B. Enter Three Witches. Scholastic, 2007. 288 p. (978-0439711562) . Gr. 7–12. When her father betrays the Scottish king and is hung as a trai­tor, Lady Mary’s future is bleak after she loses her only true protector and ends up locked away in the tower by the powerful and deadly Lord and Lady Macbeth.
• Cooper, Susan. King of Shadows. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2005. 192 p. (978-0689828171) . Gr. 5–9. While in London as part of an all-boy acting com­pany preparing to perform in a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself trans­ported back to 1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage of Shakespeare himself.
• Fiedler, Lisa. Dating Hamlet: Ophelia’s Story. Henry Holt & Company, 2002. 192 p. (978-0805070545) . Gr. 9–12. In a story based on the Shakespeare play, Ophelia describes her relationship with Hamlet, learns the truth about her father, and recounts the complicated events following the murder of Hamlet’s father. Also in this series, Romeo’s Ex: Rosalind’s Story.
• Klein, Lisa M. Ophelia. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. 336 p. (978-1582348018) . Gr. 8–12. In a story based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia tells of her life in the court at Elsinore, her love for Prince Hamlet, and her escape from the violence in Denmark.
• Lawlor, Laurie. The Two Loves of Will Shakespeare. Holiday House, 2006. 278 p. (978-0823419012) . Gr. 9–12. After falling in love, 18-year-old Will Shakespeare, a bored apprentice in his father’s glove business and often in trouble for various misdeeds, vows to live an upstanding life and pursue his passion for writing.
• Meyer, Carolyn. Loving Will Shakespeare. Harcourt, 2006. 272 p. (978-0152054519) . Gr. 8–12. In Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century, Anne Hathaway suf­fers her stepmother’s cruelty and yearns for love and escape, finally finding it in the arms of a boy she has grown up with, William Shakespeare.
• Ortiz, Michael J. Swan Town. HarperCollins, 2006. 208 p. (978-0060581268) . Gr. 7–10. Restricted by the authorities from practicing Catholicism, and forbidden by her parents from seeing a Puritan boy, Susanna, the daughter of William Shakespeare, vents her anger by writing in a journal and composing a play.
• Tiffany, Grace. Ariel. HarperCollins, 2005. 232 p. (978-0060753276) . Gr. 8–12. A retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest from the point of view of Ariel, the mischievous air spirit.
• Various. Manga Shakespeare. H. N. Abrams, 2007. OP Gr. 9–12. Shakespeare’s classic stories retold with a manga sensibility.

 One Fun Fiction

• Lockhart, E. Dramarama. Hyperion, 2007. 320 p. (978-0786838158) . Gr. 8+. Spending their summer at Wildewood Academy, an elite boarding school for the performing arts, tests the bond between teens Sadye and her best friend Demi. Musical theater fans will enjoy this. Visit Lockhart’s Web site at www.theboy­friendlist.com for all the songs that are mentioned in the book.

Nonfiction

• Glazner, Gary Mex, ed. Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry. Manic D Press, 2000. 237 p. (978-0916397661, pap.) . Adult. Poetry slams—the Olympics of poetry—have become a cultural phenomenon. This anthology documents ten years of poetry slams, with 100 poems from national slam champions and a dozen essays on how to run a slam, winning strategies, tips for memorizing poems, and more.
• Hill, Wayne F., and Cynthia A. Ottchen. Shakespeare’s Insults: Educating Your Wit. Three Rivers Press, 1995. 336 p. (978-0517885390, pap.) . Adult. Five thou­sand examples of Shakespeare’s glorious invective, arranged by play, in order of appearance.
• Swados, Elizabeth. Hey You! C’mere: A Poetry Slam. Arthur A. Levine, 2002. 48 p. (978-0439092579) . All ages. Elizabeth Swado’s wonderfully aural work is given visual dimension by Joe Cepeda’s colorful, char­acter-full paintings.

Web sites

• Child Drama. Resources for drama teachers.
• HBO Series: Def Poetry. About the HBO series.
• Slam: Performance Poetry Lives On. Article on how to introduce students to the art form of slam and to help them trace its development.
• Holding a Poetry Slam. Explains how a high school in Cleveland County, NC, held its first poetry slam.
• Icebreakers, Warmups, Energizers, & Deinhibitizers. A collection of icebreakers and warm-ups.
• Improv Encyclopedia. A collection of improv resources.
• Youth Speaks. Youth Speaks is a nonprofit presenter of Spoken Word performance, education, and youth development programs.
• Creative Drama and Resource Site. A collection of theater games and creative dramatics activities.
• Urban Word NYC. Urban Word NYC is a community committed to youth leadership. Each year, a group of ten committed Urban Word NYC poets act in service of their peers as part of their youth board, Word Wide.

Visual Arts

Be Creative @ your library

The visual arts, from finger painting and macaroni art to watercolors and collages, offer young people a colorful way to let their imaginations and creativity run wild.  

• Now You See It: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Books

Many children’s picture books celebrate the visual arts. This list provides a selective list of titles. Check your shelves for other favorites. Unless noted with an “OP,” these titles were in print when this manual went to press. If you wish to explore styles of picture book art this summer in your programs, look at the Monroe County (Indiana) Public Library's list of picture books organized by artistic medium.

• Ahiagble, Gilbert, and others. Master Weaver from Ghana. Open Hand, 1998. 32 p. (978-0940880610) Pri, Int.  A contemporary weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.
• Andrews-Goebel, Nancy. The Pot That Juan Built. Lee & Low Books, 2002. 32 p. (978-1584300380) Pri, Int. A cumulative rhyme summarizes the life’s work of renowned Mexican potter, Juan Quezada.  Additional information describes the process he uses to create his pots after the style of the Casas Grandes people. Also available in Spanish as La Vasija Que Juan Fabrico.
• Andrich, Tom. Decorate Yourself: Cool Designs for Temporary Tattoos, Face Painting, Henna and More. Sterling/Tamos, 2004. 96 p. (978-1895569711, pap.) Int, YA. A step-by-step body decorating book.
• Anholt, Laurence. Picasso and the Girl with the Ponytail (Anholt’s Artists Books for Children) . Barron’s Educational Series, 2007. 32 p. (978-0764138539, pap.) Pri. Sylvette gradually begins to gain self-confidence during the summer she models for the renowned artist Pablo Picasso in the French village of Vallauris. This is a title in Barron’s Anholt’s Artists Books for Children series, in which author and illustrator Anholt recounts memorable and sometimes amusing moments when children touched the lives of artists.
• Aylesworth, Jim. Old Black Fly. Henry Holt & Company, 1992. 32 p. (978-0805014013, lib. bdg.) Pre, Pri.  Rhyming text and illustrations follow a mischievous old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be.
• Beaumont, Karen. I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! Harper Children’s Books, 2005. 32 p. (978-0152024888) Pre, Pri.  In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
• Birdseye, Tom. Airmail to the Moon. Holiday House, 1989. 26 p. (978-0823407545, pap.) Pri.  When the tooth that she was saving for the tooth fairy disappears, Ora Mae sets out to find the thief and send him “airmail to the moon!”
• Braman, Arlette. Kids Around the World Create: The Best Crafts and Activities from Many Lands. Jossey-Bass, 1999. 126 p. (978-0471290056, pap.) Pri, Int. A collection of crafts and activities that will teach you about the customs of cultures around the world.
• Caraballo, Samuel. Mis Abuelos y Yo/ My Grandparents and I. Piñata Books, Bilingual Edition, 2004. 32 p. (978-1558854079, pap.) Pre, Pri. Illustrations and rhyming text describe all the special things a Puerto Rican boy enjoys doing with his grandparents throughout the year.
• Carle, Eric. Draw Me a Star. Putnam Juvenile, 1998. 40 p. (978-0698116320, pap.) Pre, Pri.  An artist’s drawing of a star begins the creation of an entire universe around him as each successive pictured object requests that he draw more.
• Catalanotto, Peter. Emily’s Art. Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2001. 32 p. (978-0689838316) Pri. Emily paints four pictures and enters one in the first grade art contest, but the judge interprets Emily’s entry as a rabbit instead of a dog.
• Chen, Jiang Hong. The Magic Horse of Han Gan. Enchanted Lion Books, 2006. 38 p. (978-1592700639) Pri, Int.Master artist Han Gan’s painted horse comes alive to help save ancient China from attack.
• Child, Lauren. I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato. Candlewick Press, 2003. 32 p. (9780763621803, pap.) Pre, Pri.  A fussy eater decides to sample the carrots after her brother convinces her that they are really orange twiglets from Jupiter.
• Chocolate, Debbi. Kente Colors. Walker & Co., 1997. 32 p. (9780802775283, pap.) Pre, Pri. A rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns.
• Danziger, Paula. United Tates of America, a Novel with Scrapbook Art. Scholastic, 2002. 144 p. (978-0590692212) Pri, Int.  Eleven-year-old aspiring artist Skate experiences many changes when she enters middle school, finds her best friend drifting away from her, and loses her beloved great-uncle.
• de Paola, Tomie. Mr. Satie and the Great Art Contest. Puffin, 2007. 32 p. (978-0142407714, pap.) Pre, Pri.  Through the diplomatic efforts of Uncle Satie, two talented Parisian artists—Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse—end their feud. Originally published as Bonjour, Mr. Satie.
• Dickins, Rosie. The Usborne Art Treasury. Usborne Books, 2007. 96 p. (978-0794514525) Adult.  Each project in this compendium of art projects begins with a particular work of art—paintings, a Calder mobile, a Hokusai print, a bark painting. Following information about the work and its creator, readers are shown how to create a piece of art inspired by an idea or technique. A good resource for program ideas.
• Ehlert, Lois. Leaf Man. Harcourt, 2005. 40 p. (978-0152053048) Pre, Pri. A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him.
• Emberley, Ed. Ed Emberley’s Picture Pie, a Circle Drawing Book. LB Kids, 2005. 48 p. (978-0316789820, pap.) Pre, Pri. Shows how to cut a basic circle into arcs and curves and use the pieces to draw birds, animals, snowmen, fish, and many other objects.
• Frith, Margaret. Frida Kahlo, the Artist Who Painted Herself. Grosset & Dunlap, 2003. 32 p. (978-0448426778, pap.) Int.  Biography of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, written as a child’s school report with illustrations by Tomie de Paola.
• Guback, Georgia. Luka’s Quilt. Greenwillow Books, 1994. 32 p. (978-0688121549) Pri. When Luka’s grandmother makes a traditional Hawaiian quilt for her, she and Luka disagree over the colors it should include.
• Hartfield, Claire. Me and Uncle Romie: A Story Inspired by the Life and Art of Romare Bearden. Dial, 2002. 40 p. (978-0803725201) Pri, Int. A boy from North Carolina spends the summer in New York City visiting the neighborhood of Harlem, where his uncle, collage artist Romare Bearden, grew up. Includes a biographical sketch of Bearden and instructions on making a story collage.
• Henry, Sandi. Kids’ Art Works! Creating with Color, Design, Texture & More. Williamson Publishing Company, 1999. 138 p. (978-1885593351, pap.) Pri, Int. Using basic supplies, you can choose from over 60 projects that can be finished in one session. Lots of open-ended projects.
• Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Winter Lights: A Season of Poems and Quilts. Greenwillow Books, 2005. 32 p. (978-0060008178) Pri, Int.  Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year.
• Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003. 40 p. (978-0679823117) Pri.  A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern, which guides her to freedom in the North.
• Hutchins, Pat. The Wind Blew. Aladdin, 1993. 32 p. (978-0689717444, pap.) Pre, Pri. The wind blew and took everything with it.
• Jeffers, Susan. My Pony. Hyperion, 2003. 32 p. (978-0786819959) Pre, Pri. Sally asks her mother to reread the story about a girl who, after creating many paintings of the pony she hoped for, grew up to become an artist.
• Johnson, D. B. Eddie’s Kingdom. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 32 p. (978-0618562992) Pre, Pri. After Eddie draws a picture of his apartment building neighbors, they all begin to get along with each other.
• Kohl, Mary Ann. Storybook Art: Hands-on Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book Illustrators. Bright Ring Publishing, 2003. 144 p. (978-0935607031)
• Adult.  Children can enjoy their favorite storybook illustrators in a new way by imitating their art with the 100 engaging and simple art projects included in this celebration of children’s book illustrators. A good resource for programming. Collaborate with an art teacher on this!
• Krensky, Steven. Arthur Loses His Marbles. Little, Brown and Company, 2004. 64 p. (978-0316125574, pap.) Pri.  Arthur’s Grandma Thora, a marbles champion, trains him for the first-ever Elwood City Marbles Tournament, but does not tell him that she will compete against him.
• Kroll, Virginia. Hands. Boyds Mills Press, 1997. 32 p. (978-1563970511) Pre, Pri. A concept book about the many ways we use our hands.
• Kurlansky, Mark. The Story of Salt. Putnam, 2006. 48 p. (978-0399239984) Int. The story of the only rock we eat, including its origin, other discoveries made because of it, and tales of salt and the people who have been involved with it through the ages.
• Laden, Nina. When Pigasso Met Mootisse. Chronicle Books, 1998. 32 p. (978-0811811217) Pri.  Pigasso, a talented pig, and Mootisse, an artistic bull, live across the road from one another, but when conflicts arise they build fences that ultimately become modern art masterpieces. Includes biographies of the real-life artists, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
• Lionni, Leo. A Color of His Own. Knopf, 2006. 40 p. (978-0375836978) Pri. A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn’t have his own color like other animals. Also available in Spanish as Su Proprio Color.
• Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow. HarperTrophy, 1995. 48 p. (978-0688132859, pap.) Pre, Pri.  Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can’t find one another.  When they finally meet, they are overjoyed. They hug until they become green.
• MacLachlan, Patricia. Painting the Wind. Joanna Cotler Books, 2003. 40 p. (978-0060297985) Pri.  Several artists, who paint different things, with different kinds of paint, and at different times of the day, all paint the same island that they visit each summer.
• Maltbie, P.I. Picasso and Minou. Charlesbridge, 2008. 48 p. (978-1570916489, pap.) Pre, Pri.  The artist Pablo Picasso’s cat Minou influences him to discontinue his Blue Period style of painting to begin creating works that will sell more quickly. Includes brief notes on Picasso’s life and work.
• Mayer, Mercer. Grandma, Grandpa and Me. HarperFestival, 2007. 24 p. (978-0060539511, pap.) Pre.  Little Critter spends the night with Grandma and Grandpa and the next day they go to the Country Fair.
• McDonnell, Patrick. Art. Little, Brown and Company, 2006. 48 p. (978-0316114912) Pre, Pri.  A rhyming tribute to budding young artists. McKay, Hilary. Saffy’s Angel. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2002. 166 p. (978-0689849336) Int. After learning that she was adopted, 13-year-old Saffron’s relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes. Then they help her go back to Italy, where she was born, to find a special memento of her past.
• McPhail, David. Drawing Lessons from a Bear. Little, Brown and Company, 2002. 32 p. (978-0316563451) Pre, Pri.  In this good read aloud, a bear explains how he became an artist, first experimenting with simple drawings, then continuing to draw both things around him and things in his imagination.  Includes tips for drawing.
• Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy Shapes in Art. Greenwillow Books, 2004. 40 p. (978-0060731939) Pre, Pri.  Introduces young children to works of art while they search for objects with the shape of a heart, a triangle, a square, and other shapes through paintings by such artists as Magritte, Escher, and Matisse.
• Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. Chronicle Books, 2003. 36 p. (978-0811837583) Pre, Pri.  Señor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle’s door, ready to take her to the next life. After helping her count (in English and Spanish) as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.
• Nikola-Lisa, W. The Year with Grandma Moses. Henry Holt & Company, 2000. 32 p. (978-0805062434) Pre, Pri, Int.  A collection of paintings and memoirs by the American folk artist describing the seasons and their related activities in rural upstate New York.
• O’Connor, Jane. Henri Matisse: Drawing with Scissors (Smart about Art) . Grosset & Dunlap, 2002. 32 p. (978-0448425191) Pri. Presents the life and work of Henri Matisse in the form of a child’s school report.
• Pinkwater, Daniel. The Artsy Smartsy Club. HarperCollins, 2005. 176 p. (978-0060535575) Int.  After three Hoboken children and their giant chicken Henrietta begin to appreciate beautiful sidewalk art, they venture into art class and visits to Manhattan.
• Piven, Hanoch. My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits. Schwartz and Wade, 2007. 40 p. (978-0375840524) Pri, Int.
• A young girl draws a family portrait, then makes it more accurate by adding common objects to show aspects of each member’s personality—such as her father’s playfulness, her mother’s sweetness, and her brother’s strength.
• Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt. Aladdin, 2001. 32 p. (978-0689844478, pap.) Pre, Pri. A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.
• Raczka, Bob. Art Is … Millbrook Press, 2003. 32 p. (978-0761318323, pap.) Pri, Int. Rhyming text and photographs show that art is much more than just what can be hung on a wall or set on a pedestal.
• Raimondo, Joyce. Express Yourself! Activities and Adventures in Expressionism (Art Explorers) . Watson-Guptil, 2005. 48 p. (978-0823025060) Pri, Int. This one in a series of books on different art styles. Great resource for librarians. Hands-on activities.
• Reynolds, Peter. The Dot. Candlewick Press, 2003. 32 p. (978-0763619619) Pre, Pri. Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher’s encouragement leads her to change her mind. Also available in Spanish as El Punto.
• Roessel, Monty. Songs from the Loom: A Navajo Girl Learns to Weave. Lerner Publishing Group, 1995. 48 p. (978-0822597124, pap.) Pri, Int. Her grandmother teaches a young girl how to shear sheep, dye wool, and work a loom while teaching her the songs and stories that are part of her culture.
• Salzburg, Barney. Star of the Week. Candlewick Press, 2006. 32 p. (978-0763629144, lib. bdg.) Pri. Excited about being “star of the week” at school, Stanley spends a lot of time choosing and preparing his favorite things to share, but becomes discouraged when his classmates make fun of what he likes. This story will inspire creative squiggle drawings.
• Scieszka, Jon. Seen Art? Viking, 2005. 48 p. (978-0670059867) Int. While looking for his friend Art, a boy wanders through the Museum of Modern Art and is amazed by what he discovers there. Also available in Spanish as En Busca de Arte.
• Shaw, Charles. It Looked Like Spilt Milk. HarperCollins, 1947. 32 p. (978-0060255664) Pre, Pri. The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending—and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own. Also available as a Big Book.
• Sierra, Judy. The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School. Simon & Schuster, 2006. 32 p. (978-1416911753) Pri. A boy sends off for “Professor Swami’s Super Slime” to use as his science fair project and then has to cope with the funny disaster that follows.
• Silver, Patricia. Face Painting. Kids Can Press, 2000. 40 p. (978-1550748451) Pri, Int. Step-by-step instructions for transforming faces with paint and a few simple accessories.
• Sohi, Mortiza E. Look What I Did with a Leaf! (Naturecraft) . Walker & Co., 1995. 32 p. (978-0802774408, pap.) Pri.  Provides examples of different kinds of animals that can be made out of leaves and suggests various uses for the finished product.
• Sousa, Jean. Faces, Places and Inner Spaces: A Guide to Looking at Art. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006. 48 p. (978-0810959668, lib. bdg.) Int. An introduction to art appreciation by the director of interpretation and family exhibits at the Art Institute of Chicago.
• Stevens, Janet. Coyote Steals the Blanket: A Ute Tale. Holiday House, 1994. 32 p. (978-0823411290) Pri.  Coyote receives his comeuppance when he tries to take something that does not belong to him.
• Stock, Catherine. Gugu’s House. Clarion Books, 2001. 32 p. (978-0618003891) Pri. Kukamba loves helping her grandmother decorate her mud home in a dusty Zimbabwe village, but when the annual rains partially destroy all her artwork, Kukamba learns to see the goodness of the rains.
• Von Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception. Knopf, 2003. 288 p. (978-0375811760) Int, YA.  Seventh grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
• Walker, Rob D. Once Upon a Cloud. Blue Sky Press, 2005. 40 p. (978-0439688796) Pri. Rhyming text invites the reader to muse on the origin and nature of clouds.
• Walsh, Lynn Stoll. Mouse Paint. Harcourt, 1989. 40 p. (978-0152560256) Pre, Pri. Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color. Also available in Spanish as Pinta Ratones.
• Weninger, Brigitte. Happy Birthday, Davy. North-South/Night Sky Books, 2004. 24 p. (978-0735819061, pap.) Pre, Pri.  While waiting for his birthday, Davy Rabbit makes some wishes that are fulfilled when his grandparents come to his party as a special birthday present.
• Winter, Jeanette. Josefina. Harcourt, 1996. 36 p. (978-0152010911) Pre, Pri. A counting book inspired by Mexican folk artist Josefina Aguilar who makes painted clay figures.
• Winter, Jonah. Frida. Arthur A. Levine, 2002. 32 p. (978-0590203203) Pre, Pri. Illustrated biography of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Also available in Spanish.
• Yolen, Jane. How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? Blue Sky Press, 2006. (Boardbook ed.) 12 p. (978-0439856539) Pre.  Illustrations and rhyming text show dinosaurs learning the names of all the colors of the rainbow.  Also available in Spanish as Como Aprenden Los Dinosaurios Los Colores?

 Web sites

• ArtsEdge. Sponsored by the Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge includes lesson plans, units, and other ideas for classroom teaching in the arts.
• Blick Art Materials. A source of clay for the Juan Quezada program.
• Crayola.com. Search on “kente cloth” and you’ll find an activity using crayons and strips of paper to create a kente pattern.
• Drawing Lessons for Kids. Includes dozens of drawing activities.
• Ed Emberley. Emberley’s Web site includes drawing and other art activities.
• Folk Art Life. You’ll find three printable Grandma Moses Style coloring sheets.
• JH Pottery. Tutorial with photographs showing how to make a coil pot.
• Masks Theme Page. Links to lesson plans and other sites about masks.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art. Includes many interactive activities for kids and a daily featured work of art.
• Mister Anderson’s Company. An “old lady” puppet is available from this company.
• National Gallery of Art Kids Page. Some cool interactive online activities and other ideas and projects.
• Picture This! Artistic Media in Children’s Books. This helpful booklist highlights styles of art found in children’s picture books with examples of each artistic media such as charcoal, acrylic, gouache, photo, computer generated, etc.
• Wrapped in Pride: Ghanian Kente and African American Identity. You can create an online kente design at this site.

Express Yourself @ your library

The visual arts help develop the intelligence and cultural sense of young people and provide meaningful opportunities for self-expression. 

• Visual Arts: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Books: Nonfiction

• Ancona, George. Murals: Walls That Sing. Marshall Cavendish, 2003. 48 p. (978-0761451310) . Gr. 4–8. Photo essay of urban artwork expressed in community murals in cities around the country.
• Braun-Reinitz, Janet. The Mural Book: A Practical Guide for Educators. Crystal Productions, 2001. 88 p. (978-1562902414, pap.) . Adult. How-to guide to creating a mural from conception to finish with 80 photographs showcasing murals.

Books: Artists in Fiction

• Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Little, Brown and Company, 2007. 240 p. (978-0316013680) . Gr. 9+. Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
• Bauer, Cat. Harley, Like a Person. Knopf, 2007. 248 p. (978-0375837357) . Gr. 7–10. Fourteen-year-old Harley, an artistic teenager living with her alcoholic father and angry mother, suspects that she is adopted and begins a search for her biological parents. Sequel is Harley's Ninth.
• Cullen, Lynn. I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. 320 p. (978-1599900469) . Gr. 7–10. In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia’s life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father’s love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a wealthy suitor.
• Ehrenhaft, Daniel. Drawing a Blank, or, How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams. HarperCollins, 2006. 325 p. (978-0060752521) . Gr. 8–11. Carlton Dunne IV, an outcast boarding school student with a secret identity as a graphic novelist, teams up with a beautiful Scottish girl who yearns to be an American police officer, to resolve an ancient feud and rescue Carlton's kidnapped father.
• Frizzell, Colin. Chill. Orca Book Publishers, 2006. 112 p. (978-1551436708) . Gr. 7+. With the help of a mural, Chill and Sean try to expose a teacher’s deception.
• Harness, Cheryl. Just for You to Know. HarperCollins, 2006. 320 p. (978-0060783136) . Gr. 5–8. Living in a family of five noisy brothers, a dreamy mother, and a reckless dad, Carmen knows that she must have been kidnapped by this crazy family and so can't wait for the day when she can become the famous artist she knows she is destined to be.
• Lowenstein, Sallie. Waiting for Eugene. Lion Stone Books, 2005. 200 p. (978-0965848657) . Gr. 6–9. Twelve-year-old Sara Goldman wins an opportunity to study art in New York; however, she first must help her father sort out his wartime past.
• MacCullough, Carolyn. Drawing the Ocean. Roaring Brook Press, 2006. 176 p. (978-1596430921) . Gr. 7+. A gifted artist, Sadie is determined to fit in at her new school, but her deceased twin brother Ollie keeps appearing to her.
• Myers, Walter Dean. Autobiography of My Dead Brother. HarperCollins, 2006. 224 p. (978-0060582913) . Gr. 8–11. Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend.
• Parra, Kelly. Graffiti Girl. MTV, 2007. 247 p. (978-1416534617) . Gr. 7–9. A Mexican-American high school student in a small California town is drawn into the underground world of graffiti art, feeling that it is the only way to express herself artistically and still remain true to her cultural identity.
• Russo, Marisabina. A Portrait of Pia. Harcourt, 2007. 240 p. (978-0152055776) . Gr. 6-–8. As childhood friendships change, her brother’s schizophrenia worsens, and her mother's latest boyfriend seems likely to become her stepfather, 12-year-old artist Pia Crossley tries to gain control of her life by contacting her father, who returned home to Italy before she was born.
• Tullson, Diane. Zero. Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd., 2006. 185 p. (978-1550419504) . Gr. 5–9. Kas is doing well at her new arts school--her art is progressing nicely, she is adjusting well to living away from home, and she has made friends—but she has a destructive secret that she cannot confide to anyone around her.

Web sites

• 100% Coffee Art. Web site of coffee artist Karen Eland with illustrations of her work.
• Bear Necessities Sculpture. Web site of Washington chainsaw artist Bob King.
• Chainsaw Art, Sculpture and Carvings. Web site of New York chainsaw artists Rick and Judy Pratt.
• Coffee Art by Angel and Andy. Web site of two coffee artists with illustrations of their work.
• Flickr. A digital photo and media file sharing Web site.
• Graffiti Creato. This site allows you to generate your own graffiti-styled texts.
• Graffiti Playdo. Spray to your heart’s content on the online graffiti walls.
• Ice Dragon Ice Sculptures. Web site of ice sculptor Dawson List.
• Vatican Tours. Virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel.
• Wayne Demoranville Artworks. Web site of New England chainsaw artist Demoranville.
• Web Gallery of Art. Virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel.

Dance

Be Creative @ your library

“If you can talk you can sing, if you can walk you can dance.”  African proverb

Ballet, boogie woogie, clogging, waltzing, hip-hop, folk dancing, step dancing … there’s a lot of moving around when you dance. Cheerleaders move, marching bands move, martial arts players move, so get your young patrons ready to move around in the public library this summer!

• Dance and More: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Books

There are many terrific books about dance and movement. Check your shelves for other favorite titles. The following books were all in print when this manual went to press unless marked by “OP.”

• Ackerman, Karen. Song and Dance Man.Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003. 32 p. (978-0394893303) Pre, Pri. Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer. Caldecott Medal, 1989.
• Ancona, George. Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art! Lee & Low Books, 2007. 48 p. (978-1584302681) Pri, Int. Introduces Capoeira, a combination of play, martial arts and dance, as practiced in the United States and Brazil, as well as its colorful roots in the African slave culture of Brazil.
• Ancona, George. Powwow. Harcourt, 1993. 48 p. ( 978-0152632694) Pri. A photo essay on the pan-Indian celebration called a powwow, this particular one being held on the Crow Reservation in Montana.
• Arnold, Marsha Diane. Prancing Dancing Lily. Dial, 2004. 32 p. (978-0803728233) Pre, Pri. Lily will someday be the “bell cow,” leading her herd, but because her prancing and dancing only disrupts their order, she travels the world looking for the right place and dance for her.
• Auch, Mary Jane. Peeping Beauty. Holiday House, 1993. 32 p. (978-0823410019) Pre, Pri.  Poulette the dancing hen falls into the clutches of a hungry fox, who exploits her desire to become a great ballerina.
• Beaumont, Karen. Baby Danced the Polka. Dial, 2004. 32 p. (978-0803725874) Pre. It’s naptime at the farm, but one un-sleepy baby has a different plan—baby wants to dance.
• Butler, Dori Hillestad. Trading Places with Tank Talbott. Albert Whitman, 2005. 136 p. (978-0807580608, pap.) Pri, Int. Jason, who would rather work on his horror movie screenplay than learn to swim, finds an unlikely ally in Tank, the class bully, who is being forced to take ballroom dance lessons.
• Campbell, Bebe Moore. Stompin’ at the Savoy. Philomel Books, 2006. 40 p. (978-0399241970) Pri.  On the night of her jazz dance recital Mindy feels too nervous to go, until a magical drum whisks her away to the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem where she finds her “happy feet.”
• Cauley, Lorinda Bryan. Clap Your Hands. Putnam Juvenile, 1997. 32 p. (978-0698114289) Pre.  Rhyming text instructs the listener to find something yellow, roar like a lion, give a kiss, tell a secret, spin in a circle, and perform other playful activities along with the human and animal characters pictured.
• Cohen, Alene. Stories on the Move: Integrating Literature and Movement with Children, from Infants to Age 14. Libraries Unlimited, 2007. 248 p. (978-1591584186) Adult.  Infuse your storytimes with the power of movement. Involve babies in bathtub ballet, take children on story trips to Mexico and Africa, and have older learners participate in moving stories and fables. Simple enough to be used by any educator, even if you have little or no dance experience.
• Cooper, Elisha. Dance! Greenwillow Books, 2001. 32 p. (978-0060294182) Pre, Pri. Come join the dance company. Stretch. Think. Learn. Together. Rehearse. Rehearse. Rehearse. Music. Lights. Costumes. Now it’s “opening night” … Dance!
• Cronin, Doreen. Wiggle. Atheneum, 2005. 40 p. (978-0689863752) Pre.  For energetic toddlers, here’s a book that invites them to wiggle along with the story. Told in rollicky, wiggly rhyme that begs to be read again and again. Also available in Spanish as A Tu Ritmo.
• Dillon, Leo, and Diane Dillon. Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles Think of That! Blue Sky Press, 2002. 32 p. (978-0590478830) Pre, Pri. In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.
• Ehrhardt, Karen. This Jazz Man. Harcourt Children’s Books, 2006. 32 p. (978-0152053079) Pri, Int. An introduction to Jazz music and nine well-known jazz musicians, set to the rhythm of the traditional song, “This Old Man.” Includes brief facts about each musician.
• Gray, Libba Moore. My Mama Had a Dancing Heart. Scholastic, 1999. 32 p. (978-0531071427, pap.) Pre, Pri. A ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother would welcome each season with a dance outdoors.
• Hager, Sarah. Dancing Matilda. HarperCollins, 2005. 32 p. (978-0060514525) Pre. Matilda dances through every part of her day.
• Harter, Debbie. Cha Cha Cha en la selva/Animal Boogie. Barefoot Books, 2003. 32 p. (978-1841482651, pap.) Pre. In the jungle, the animals’ toes are twitching, their bodies are wiggling, and their wings are flapping—as they teach children how to do the Animal Boogie. Includes CD.
• Havill, Juanita. Brianna, Jamaica and the Dance of Spring. Houghton Mifflin, 2002. 32 p. (978-0618077007) Pre, Pri. When her sister Nikki gets sick, Brianna hopes to play her part as the butterfly queen in the Dance of Spring, but then another disaster strikes.
• Heidbreder, Robert. Drumheller Dinosaur Dance. Kids Can Press, 2004. 32 p. (978-1553373933) Pre, Pri. Imagine what the dinosaur skeletons of world-famous Drumheller, Alberta, get up to when everyone’s asleep. Kids will want to thumpity-thump along with these dynamic dinos as they dance across the dark, dusty Badlands.
• Helldorfer, Mary-Claire. Got to Dance. Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2004. 32p. (978-0385908658, lib. Bdg.) Pre. A young city girl dances away the summertime blues with her grandfather.
• Holabird, Katharine. Angelina Ballerina. Penguin Young Readers Group, 2006. 32 p. (9780670060269) Pre. Angelina loves to dance and wants to become a ballerina more than anything else in the world.
• King, Stephen Michael. Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat. Philomel Books, 2004. 32 p. (978-0399242403) Pre, Pri. Two wandering minstrels, Jack and the Dancing Cat, help Milli the shoemaker gain the self confidence she needs to express her many creative talents. Also available in Spanish as Milli, Jack y el Gato Bailarin.
• MacDonald, Margaret Read. Conejito: A Folktale from Panama. August House Little Folk, 2006. 32 p. (978-0874837797) Pri. A little rabbit and his Tia Monica outwit a fox, a tiger, and a lion, all of whom want to eat him for lunch. Spanish words sprinkled in the story.
• Martin, Bill, and John Archambault. Barn Dance! Henry Holt & Company, 1986. 32 p. (978-0805000894) Pre, Pri.  Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.
• Mitton, Tony. Dinosaurumpus. Orchard Books, 2003. 32 p. (978-0439395144) Pre, Pri. A rhyming tale of Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and even Tyrannosaurus gathering at the swamp to dance.
• Parkinson, Siobhan. Kathleen, the Celtic Knot. American Girl, 2003. 166 p. (978-1584857488) Pri, Int.  Twelve-year-old Dubliner Kathleen Delaney is given the chance to take Irish dancing lessons in 1937 and discovers she has a talent for it.
• Peters, Craig. Chants, Cheers and Jumps (Let’s Go Team) . Mason Crest Publishers, 2003. 64 p. (978-1590845356, lib. Bdg.) Int.  Good beginning overview of cheerleading basics.
• Pinkwater, Daniel. Dancing Larry. Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, 2006. 24 p. (978-0761452201) Pri.  Larry the polar bear follows in the footsteps of little Mildred Frobisher’s ballet class to overcome strict Madame Swoboda’s admonition that “bears have no place in ballet.”
• Roberts, Brenda C. Jazzy Miz Mozetta. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. 32 p. (978-0374336745) Pre, Pri.  On a beautiful evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her red dress and blue shoes and dances the jitterbug just like she did many years before.
• Ryder, Joanne. Dance by the Light of the Moon. Hyperion, 2007. 36 p. (978-0786818204) Pri.  Based on the chorus of the 1844 song “Buffalo Gals,” this features bouncy rhymes, energetic art, and a barn full of delightful animal characters—buffalo and more.  Invitations are out for the big farm dance, and around the countryside, the gals are gussying up.
• Schaefer, Carole Lexa. Full Moon Barnyard Dance. Candlewick Press, 2002. 32 p. (978-0763618780) Pre.  A beautiful night and a full moon inspire the barnyard animals to hold a dance by the pond, where the arrival of some clouds provides them with an unexpected experience.
• Schneider, Christine M. Saxophone Sam and His Snazzy Jazz Band. Walker & Co., 2002. 32 p. (978-0802788092) Pre, Pri.  The sound of toe-tapping dance band music from the radio leads Drew and his sister throughout their house. Pair this with one of Chris Raschka’s picture books about jazz greats for a swingin’ storytime.
• Seuling, Barbara. Robert and the Practical Jokes. Cricket Books, 2006. 150 p. (978-0812627411) Pri.  As a boys-versus-girls war of practical jokes escalates in his third-grade classroom, Robert finds it difficult to ask a girl’s help in learning to dance in time for a family wedding reception.
• Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Shiva’s Fire. HarperTrophy, 2001. 266 p. (978-0064409797, pap.) YA. In India, a talented dancer sacrifices friends and family for her art.
• Stevenson, James. Flying Feet, a Mud Flat Story. Greenwillow Books, 2004. 48 p. (978-0060519759) Pri.  Stanley and the other animals of Mud Flat take dance lessons from some touring tap dancers and prepare for a big show.
• Walton, Rick. How Can You Dance? Putnam, 2001. 32 p. (978-0399232299) Pre. Rhyming text explores the many ways one can dance, like the leader of a marching band, like a crab on a sunny day, like a tree as it waves in the breeze.
• Waters, Rosa. Hip-hop: A Short History. Mason Crest Publishers, 2007. 64 p. (978-1422202616) Int.  Examines how slavery and the civil rights movement helped lead to the birth of hip-hop and how the genre extends far beyond the music.
• Wheeler, Lisa. Hokey Pokey, Another Prickly Love Story. Little, Brown and Company, 2006. 32 p. (978-0316000901) Pre.  After a series of discouraging dance teachers, Cushion the porcupine finds his rhythm with his true love Barb.
• Wilson, Karma. Hilda Must Be Dancing. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004. 32 p. (978-0689847882) Pre.  Hilda Hippo tries other, quieter, activities when her dancing disturbs her jungle friends, but nothing else makes her happy until Water Buffalo suggests swimming and she finds a new way to express herself.
• Winthrop, Elizabeth. Dancing Granny. Marshall Cavendish, 2003. 32 p. (978-0761451419) Pre, Pri.  Granny and her grandchild take a nighttime trip to the zoo, where the animals have prepared a fabulous party and Granny dances the night away.
• Winthrop, Elizabeth. Dumpy La Rue. Henry Holt & Company, 2001. 40 p. (978-0805063851) Pre, Pri.  A rhyming story about a pig whose passion for dancing becomes contagious.
• Young, Amy. Belinda and the Glass Slipper. Viking, 2006. 32 p. (978-0670060825) Pre, Pri.  Belinda competes with a very ambitious new dancer for the title role in the ballet “Cinderella.”

Audio

• The Bangles: Greatest Hits. Sony, 1990. CD. (B00000273M) . Includes “Walk Like an Egyptian.”
• Big Fun by Greg and Steve. Youngheart, 2000. CD (B00000AG60) . Includes “The Mack Chicken Dance.”
• Follow the Dream by Jack Hartmann. CD. Available through Songs for Teaching at www.songsforteaching.com/jackhartmann/dinosaurstomp.htm.  Includes the song “Dinosaur Stomp.”
• Hampsterdance Hits by Hampton the Hampster. Koch Records, 2004. CD.  (B0001L3LHW) . Includes “Hampsterdance” and other tunes.
• Kids in Motion by Greg and Steve. Youngheart, 1997. CD (B00000AG63) Includes “Beanbag Boogie,” two versions, and other movement songs.
• Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic. Sony, 2004. CD.  (B0002J58QA)

Video

• Cats Don’t Dance. Warner Brothers, 1997. (75 min.) Rated G.  Set in the 1930s, this is the animated tale of a song-and-dance cat from Indiana who comes to Hollywood to be a star only to discover that animals are only allowed to be animals in the movies.
• Happy Feet. Warner Brothers, 2006. (86 min.) Rated PG. In Antarctica, the Emperor Penguin must attract his mate with his own distinctive heart song. Mumble is a penguin who is born without the ability to sing … however he is the best tap dancer at the South Pole! Toe tapping may ensue in this sweet animated comedy.
• Hip-hop for Kids. Giddyup Films, 2002. (30 min) Video and DVD. For kids ages 6–12. This DVD/CD entertainment set introduces kids to hip-hop dance. More information
• Mad Hot Ballroom. Paramount Films, 2005. (105 min.) Rated PG. There is a program in many New York City schools that requires students to take ten weeks of ballroom dancing. This inspiring documentary follows eleven-year-olds from three schools in the toughest and most culturally diverse neighborhoods in NYC. These kids must overcome awkwardness with the opposite sex, a lack of self-confidence, and their tempting surroundings to create a new path for themselves. Recommended for older tweens.

 Web sites

• Ambassadors DJ Service. Instructions for doing the Macarena.
• Cheer Wiz. Look for a variety of cheers and chants.
• Ehow. Directions on making pom-poms using colored plastic bags and duct tape.
• Enchanted Learning.  Dinosaur templates for Jurassic Jiggle program.
• Family Fun. Find instructions for making cute ballerina finger puppets.
• Hampton and the Hampsters. Home page of the Internet phenomenon. Listen to the music and watch the Hampsters dance.
• Kiddyhouse. Click on “Chicken Dance Song” under Songs, Poems for original lyrics and the music.
• Music for Little People. Has a variety of musical audio recordings, music and dance videos, toys, and more for young children.
• Songs for Teaching. Instructions for doing the “dinosaur stomp.”

Politics and Teen Expression

Express Yourself @ your library

Political expression is a hallmark of teen idealism.   The youth of the world are often first to protest wars, decry injustice, protect the environment and raise their voices in support of their ideals.   The following resources on community service may help you and your young patrons express themselves … politically.

• Express Yourself: Politically: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Protest Novels

• Carvell, Marlene. Who Will Tell My Brother?Disney Press, 2004. 150 p. (978-0786816576) . Gr. 7–12. During his lonely crusade to remove offensive mascots from his high school, a Native-American teenager learns more about his heritage, his ancestors, and his place in the world.
• Cirrone, Dorian. Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You. HarperCollins, 2005. 213 p. (978-0060557010) . Gr. 9–12. Sixteen-year-old Kayla, a ballet dancer with very large breasts, and her sister Paterson, an artist, are both helped and hindered by classmates as they con­front sexism, conformity, and censorship at their high school for the arts while still managing to maintain their sense of humor.
• Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot.Random House, 2006. 292 p. (978-0440419396, pap.) . Gr. 6–9. Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy’s attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
• Hobbs, Valerie. Sonny’s War. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 215 p. (978-0374371364) . Gr. 6–10. In the late 1960s, 14-year-old Cori's life is greatly changed by the sudden death of her father and her brother’s tour of duty in Vietnam.
• Lynch, Janet Nichols. Peace Is a Four-Letter Word. Heyday Books, 2005. 58 p. (978-1597140140, pap.) . Gr. 7–10. When high school student Emily Rankin meets a radical English teacher, the popular cheer­leader begins to question her own basic values, the war in Iraq, and the direction her future will take.
• McDonald, Joyce. Devil On My Heels. Delacorte Press, 2005. 262 p. (78-0385731072) . Gr. 7–10. In 1957, 15-year-old Dove, the daughter of a prosperous orange grower in Benevolence, Florida, feels increasingly uneasy after learning of acts of racism against the African-American orange pickers by those close to her.
• Nolan, Han. Summer of Kings. Harcourt, 2006. 334 p. (978-0152051082) . Gr. 6–9. Over the course of the summer of 1963, 14-year-old Esther discovers the pas­sion within her when 18-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to live with her family.
• Nye, Naomi Shihab. Going Going. HarperCollins, 2005. 232 p. (978-0688161859) . Gr. 7–10. In San Antonio, Texas, 16-year-old Florrie leads her friends and a new boyfriend in a campaign that supports small business­es and protests the effects of chain stores.
• Qualey, Marsha. Too Big a Storm. Dial, 2004. 246 p. (978-0803728394) . Gr. 9–12. When serious worrier Brady meets vivacious Sally, daughter of a wealthy Minnesota family, they develop a close friendship that helps them both grow and survive during the turbu­lent Vietnam War era.
• Sharenow, Robert. My Mother the Cheerleader. HarperCollins, 2007. 288 p. ( 978-0061148965) . Gr. 7–10. Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the vio­lent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.
• Standiford, Natalie. Ex-Rating. Little, Brown and Company, 2006. 204 p. (978-0316158763) . Gr. 8–12. Three sophomore girls at the Rosewood School for Alternative Gifted Education decide to protest when their blog, The Dating Game, is banned from the campus Web site because of inappropriate content.
• Tate, Nikki. Trouble on Tarragon Island. Orca Book Publishers, 2006. 216 p. (978-1550391541) . Gr. 6–8. Heather is horrified when her grandmother, as a part of an elderly women's group that protest against log­ging in the area, poses for a semi-nude calendar.
• Timberlake, Amy. That Girl Lucy Moon. Disney Press, 2008. 294 p. (978-0786852987) . Gr. 5–8. A young activ­ist takes up a new cause for sledding rights on Wiggins Hill.
• Walters, Eric. Stuffed. Orca Book Publishers, 2006. 108 p. (978-1551435190) . Gr. 8–12. After seeing a docu­mentary about the health risks of eating at fast-food restaurants, Ian begins an e-mail campaign to get people to boycott one chain—Frankie’s—but finds himself in deep when the chain threatens to sue him.

Nonfiction

• Allison, Jay, ed. This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. Macmillan Audiobook, 2006. (978-1593979782) . A collection of some of the best essays from the This I Believe radio show.

Web sites

• American Forests. Web site of the nonprofit organization, a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator of the benefits of trees and forests.
• This I Believe. Web site of the national media project engaging people in writing, sharing, and discussing the core values and beliefs that guide their daily lives. NPR airs these three-minute essays on All Things Considered and Weekend Edition Sunday.

Protest Songs

• A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke) Civil Rights
• Born in the USA (Bruce Springsteen) Anti-Ronald Reagan
• Bread and Roses (James Oppenheim) Textile Strike (1912)
• Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Kenae West) Blood Diamonds
• Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (Rolling Stones) Police Brutality
• Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie) Great Depression
• Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Anti-Vietnam
• Imagine (John Lennon) Anti-war/Peace
• Jimmy Newman (Tom Paxton) Death of Soldiers
• Landlord (Christy Moore) Anti-landlord/Capitalist
• Lost Woman Song (Ani DiFranko) Abortion
• Minority (Green Day) Moral Majority
• No More Auction Block for Me (slave ballad) Abolition
• Poor Miner’s Farewell (Aunt Molly Johnson) Coal Mining
• The Rising (Bruce Springsteen) 9/11
• Road To Peace (Tom Waits) Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud (James Brown) Civil Rights
• Stars and Stripes of Corruption (Dead Kennedys) Anti-government
• Stop the Violence (Boogie Down Productions) Anti-violence
• Strange Fruit (Lewis Allan and/or Billie Holiday) Anti-lynching
• Swimsuit Issue (Sonic Youth) Objectification of Women
• Tom Joan (Woody Guthrie) Anti-McCarthyism
• We Shall Be Free (Garth Brooks) Anti-homophobia, racism, and religious intoler­ance
• What’s Goin’ On (Marvin Gaye)
• When Johnnie Comes Marching Home Again (Social Injustice)
• Without Chains (Patti Smith) (American Civil War)
• Wide Suicide (Pearl Jam) (Anti-Guantanamo Bay)

Technological Age of Self-Expression

Express Yourself @ your library

Teenagers are wired, or more accurately, teenagers are wireless.   Teens are online, messaging, creating art, playing games, getting news and writing blogs.  It is no stretch to suggest that our teens use technology to express themselves.

• Express Yourself: Technologically: Bbibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Web Sites

• Yahoo Avatar. Create your own avatar.
• The Simpsons Movie. Create your Simpson’s avatar at this site.
• I Am Bored. Search “avatar” for links to sites where you can create an avatar.
• Free Downloads Center. Links to animal avatar down­load software.
• Teen Tech Week Resources.These Tech Guides will help you keep abreast of current technologies and how you can use them in a public or school library program. They include guides on making music with teens, Podcasting, gaming, and more.

Literary Arts

Express Yourself @ your library

Literary arts are often the vehicle through which teens express themselves. Whether they lose themselves in a good book or keep a journal, write poetry or prose, the literary arts can help young adults explore their thoughts, feelings and concerns.

• Literary Arts: Bibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Nonfiction

• Woods, Lina, and Karen Dinino. Journal Revolution: Rise Up and Create! Art Journals, Personal Manifestos and Other Artistic Insurrections. North Light Books, 2007. 128 p. (978-1581809954, pap.). Offers a variety of artistic approaches to scrapbook journaling.

Fiction: Novels in Verse

• Bingham, Kelly. Shark Girl. Candlewick Press, 2007. 288 p. (978-0763632076). Gr. 6–10. After a shark attack causes her right arm to be amputated, a 15-year-old aspiring artist must come to terms with her loss, and the changes it imposes on her day-to-day life and her plans for the future.
• Brown, Susan Taylor. Hugging the Rock. Tricycle Press, 2008. 170 p. (978-1582461809). Gr. 5–8. Through a series of poems, Rachel expresses her feelings about her parents' divorce, living without her mother, and her changing attitude towards her father.
• Darrow, Sharon. Trash. Candlewick Press, 2006.160 p. (978-0763626242). Gr. 8+. Graffiti artists Sissy Lexie and younger brother Boy try to maintain a sense of family while living in a series of foster homes and staying with their older sister, until a tragic accident forces Sissy to make decisions about her future.
• Ford, Christine. Scout.Delacorte Press, 2006. 224 p. (978-0385732345). Gr. 5–8. After her mother dies, 11-year-old Cecelia befriends a new boy at school, but soon realizes that the scruffy youth's home life is the reason for his introspective personality, which is so much like her own.
• Frost, Helen. The Braid.Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 112 p. (978-0374309626). Gr. 7–10. Two Scottish sisters, living on the western island of Barra in the 1850s, relate, in alternate voices and linked narrative poems, their experiences after their fam­ily is forcibly evicted and separated with one sister accompanying their parents and younger siblings to Cape Breton, Canada, and the other staying behind with other family on the small island of Mingulay.
• Fullerton, Alma. Walking on Glass.HarperCollins, 2007. 144 p. (978-0060778514). Gr. 9+. A teenage boy recounts, in a free-verse journal, his attempts to come to terms with the realities of his mother’s near-death coma.
• Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia. Knopf, 2007. 272 p. (978-0375837999). Gr. 7+. The author inter­prets the people, events, influences, and art that made up the brief life of Sylvia Plath.
• Herrick, Steven. Wolf. Front Street, 2007. 216 p. (978-1932425758). Gr. 8+. Sixteen-year-old Lucy, living in the shadow of her violent father, experiences a night of tenderness, danger, and revelation as she and Jake, her 15-year-old neighbor, search for a legendary wolf in the Australian outback.
• Hopkins, Ellen. Glass. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007. 666 p. (978-1416940906). Gr. 9+. Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.
• Hopkins, Ellen. Impulse. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007. 672 p. (978-1416903567). Gr. 9+. Three teens who meet at Reno, Nevada’s, Aspen Springs mental hospital after each has attempted suicide con­nect with each other in a way they never have with their parents or anyone else in their lives.
• Myers, Walter Dean. Street Love. HarperCollins, 2007. 144 p. (978-0064407328). Gr. 8+. This story told in free verse is set against a background of street gangs and poverty in Harlem in which 17-year-old African-American Damien takes a bold step to ensure that he and his new love will not be separated.
• Sandell, Lisa Ann. The Weight of The Sky. Viking, 2006. 304 p. (978-0670060283). Gr. 8+. A 16-year-old girl travels to Israel to spend the summer on a kibbutz and discovers who she is and what she wants out of life.
• Smith, Kirsten. The Geography of Girlhood. Little, Brown and Company, 2007. 184 p. (978-0316017350). Gr. 9+. A novel written in verse follows Penny in her transi­tion from middle school to high school as her father remarries; she acquires a new stepbrother; and she experiences her first dance, first kiss, and other haz­ards of growing up.
• Sones, Sonya. What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know. Simon & Schuster, 2007. 304 p. (978-0689876028). Gr. 8+. Fourteen-year-old Robin Murphy is so unpopular at high school that his name is slang for “loser,”  and so when he begins dating the beautiful and popular Sophie, her reputation plummets, but he finds accep­tance as a student in a drawing class at Harvard.
• Stone,Tanya Lee. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl. Random House, 2007. 228 p. (978-0385747028). Gr. 10–12. When a handsome senior boy enters their mix, friends Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva soon find them­selves in questionable situations where each girl must make the right decision before their personal sacri­fices become too great.
• Turner, Ann Warren. Hard Hit. Scholastic, 2006. 167 p. (978-0439296809). Gr. 7–10. A rising high school baseball star faces his most difficult challenge when his father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
• Yeomans, Ellen. Rubber Houses. Little, Brown and Company, 2007. 160 p. (978-0316106474). Gr. 8+. A novel in verse that relates 17-year-old Kit’ s experi­ences as her younger brother is diagnosed with and dies of cancer and as she withdraws into and gradually emerges from her grief.
• Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn. Reaching for Sun. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. 144 p. (978-1599900377). Gr. 5–8. Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farm­house.

Creativity

Be Creative @ your library

Encourage the highest level of creativity with these resources to spark your students’ imaginations.

• Free Play Resources: Bibliography, created by the Collaborative Summer Library Program.

Books

Unless noted with an “OP,” the following books were in print when this manual went to press. Check your shelves for other books to support the programs in this chapter.

• Ajmera, Maya, and Ivanko, John D. To Be an Artist. Charlesbridge, 2004. 32 p. (978-1570915031) Pri.
• This photo essay with pictures of children from around the world is a delightful springboard to using various art forms to express creativity.
• Asch, Frank. Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius. Kids Can Press, 2006. 128 p. (978-1553378860) Pri, Int. Alex has had enough of his little brother, Jonathan. In order to escape Jonathan’s weird questions and being a bother, Alex builds a cardboard spaceship to blast-off to a brother-free planet.
• Ayres, Katherine. A Long Way. Candlewick Press, 2003. 32 p. (978-0763610470) Pre, Pri.  After a gift for her grandma arrives in the mail, a girl delivers the present, transforming the box it came in into a variety of forms of transport along the way.
• Bedford, David. Ella’s Games. Barron’s, 2002. Pre. OP.  Ella the mouse has a big imagination. When her brothers refuse to let her join in their play, Ella imagines her own exciting games, and soon her brothers want to let her join them.
• Berg, Jim. The Original Duct Tape Halloween Book. Workman Publishing, 2003. 128 p. (978-0761131878, pap.) Int.  A guide to using duct tape for disguise, decoration, tricks, and treats.
• Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Houghton Mifflin, 1939. 48 p. (978-0395169612) Pre, Pri.  Mike Mulligan proves that his steam shovel, although dated, is still useful. Read the book and present children with a variety of items. Ask them to think of other ways they could be used. Also available in Spanish as Mike Mulligan y su máquina maravillosa.
• Champlin, Connie. Storytelling with Puppets. ALA Editions, 1998. 249 p. (978-0838907092, pap.) Adult. See page 42 for some simple puppet patterns for the “Make a Puppet” program.
• Cressy, Judith. What Can You Do with a Paper Bag? Hats, Wigs, Masks, Crowns, Helmets, and Headdresses Inspired by Artworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chronicle Books, in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001. 64 p. (978-0811832205, pap.) Pri, Int.  Armed with scissors, tape, and glue, it’s easy to turn an ordinary paper bag into an extraordinary hat, wig, mask, or crown!
• Czernecki, Stefan. The Most Incredible Cardboard Toys in the Whole Wide World. Lark Books, 2002. 128 p. (978-1579901370) Int.  A collection of 17 toys to make, each inspired by a particular country and accompanied by an educational tale. Simple materials, color-coded illustrations, and detailed instructions make construction easy.
• DeKoven, Bernie. Junkyard Sports. Kinetic Sports, 2004. 64 p. (978-0736052078, pap.) Adult.  A collection of ideas for new, fun, and challenging ways to play.
• Dewan, Ted. Crispin, the Pig Who Had It All. Dragonfly Books, 2002. 32 p. (978-0440417453, pap.) Pre, Pri.  What do you get someone who has everything? Crispin Tamworth is about to find out. Crispin is the pig who has it all. And each Christmas he gets even more. But his toys always break or become boring. This year, Santa has left Crispin a mysterious box that promises to be “the very best thing in the whole wide world.” What could it possibly be?
• Dunbar, Polly. Flyaway Katie. Candlewick Press, 2004. 40 p. (978-0763623661) Pre, Pri. On a gray, gray day, a young girl named Katie finds that adding colors to her life brightens up her day.
• Foley, Greg. Thank You Bear. Viking Juvenile, 2007. 32 p. (978-0670061655) Pre, Pri. Despite the criticism of others, a bear finds the perfect gift for his mouse friend.
• Gelman, Rita Golden. Doodler Doodling. Greenwillow Books, 2004. 24 p. (978-0688166458) Pri, Int.  A young girl doodles at her desk while behind her a large sheet of paper shows the multicolored line drawings of her doodles.
• Henkes, Kevin. Jessica. Greenwillow Books, 1989. 32 p. (978-0688078294) Pre, Pri. Ruthie does everything with her imaginary friend Jessica; then on her first day at kindergarten, she meets a real new friend with the same name.
• Hillenbrand, Will. My Book Box. Harcourt Children’s Books, 2006. 32 p. (978-0152020293) Pre, Pri.  A determined elephant creates his own book box and discovers all the magic and fun of books and reading. Includes instructions for making a book box.
• Irvin, Christine M. Cardboard Tube Mania (Craft Mania). Children’s Press, 2002. 32 p. (978-0516277561, pap.) Pri. Includes 12 projects including a kazoo, a rain stick, and a haunted house.
• Johnson, Crockett. Harold and the Purple Crayon. HarperCollins, 1954. 64 p. (978-0060229351) Pre, Pri.  Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.
• Keats, Ezra Jack. The Trip. Viking Juvenile, 2007. 40 p. (978-0670061952) Pre. Lonely in a new neighborhood, Louie creates a magic box from a shoebox and sees his old friends trick-or-treating.
• Kennedy, John E. Puppet Mania: The World’s Most Incredible Puppet Making Book Ever! North Light Books, 2004. 64 p. (978-1581803723, pap.) Pri, Int.  Learn to make 13 cool puppets by renowned puppeteer John E. Kennedy.
• Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow. HarperTrophy, 1995. 32 p. (978-0688132859, pap.) Pre, Pri.  A little blue spot and a little yellow spot are best friends, and when they hug each other they become green.
• Martin, Laura C. Recycled Crafts Box: Sock Puppets, Cardboard Castles, Bottle Bugs and 37 More Earth-friendly Projects and Activities You Can Create. Storey Kids, 2003.88 p. (978-1580175227, pap.) Pri, Int. Discusses recycling and provides information and instructions for making art projects from recycled materials.
• McAllister, Angela. Harry’s Box. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003. 32 p. (978-1582347721) Pre.  A young boy and his dog spend an afternoon playing with a cardboard box and imagining that it has become all sorts of exciting things.
• Mitchell, Mari Rutz. Creating Clever Castles and Cars. Williamson Publishing, 2006. 128 p. (978-0824967833) Pre, Pri.  Kids can make various kinds of “structures,” including a spider web, igloo, nest, spaceship, circus tent, and general store using cardboard boxes and other items.
• Patricelli, Leslie. The Birthday Box. Candlewick Press, 2007. 32 p. (978-0763628253) Pre.  An imaginative young child has a wonderful time playing with a box he receives for his birthday.
• Portis, Antoinette. Not a Box. HarperColllins, 2006. 32 p. (978-0061123221) Pre. To an imaginative bunny, a box is not always just a box.
• Richmond, Margie Hayes, ed. Look What You Can Make with Tubes. Boyds Mills Press, 1997. 32 p. (978-1563976773, pap.) Pri, Int.  Cardboard tubes are transformed into a vast array of toys, games, decorations, and gifts.
• Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Mud Is Cake. Hyperion Books for Children, 2002. 40 p. (978- 0786805013) Pri. A brother and sister find that when they use their imagination mud can become cake, and they themselves can become almost anything.
• Rylant, Cynthia. Alligator Boy. Harcourt Children’s Books, 2007. 32 p. (978-0152060923, lib. bdg.) Pri. A boy puts on an alligator head and tail and is transformed into an alligator boy.
• Schaefer, Carol Lexa. The Squiggle. Dragonfly Books, 1999. 32 p. (978-0517885796) Pre, Pri.  As she walks to the park with her school class, a young girl finds a piece of string, which her imagination turns into a dragon’s tail, an acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud, and more.
• Sís, Peter. Madlenka’s Dog. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. 40 p. (978-0374346997) Pre, Pri.  Madlenka wants a dog but when her mother and father say no, she uses her imagination and the people she meets on the block all play along. With cutouts and lift-the-flaps.
• Smith, Dana Kessimakis. A Brave Spaceboy. Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. 32 p. (978-0786809332) Pre, Pri.  As a little boy and his family move to a new home, he builds a rocket ship out of a box and pretends he is on a journey to Mars.
• Steig, William. Pete’s a Pizza. HarperCollins, 1998. 32 p. (978-0062051578) Pre, Pri. When Pete feels miserable because rain makes it impossible to play ball outdoors, his father finds a fun indoor game to play with his son.
• Swados, Elizabeth. Hey You! C’mere: A Poetry Slam. Arthur A. Levine, 2002. 48 p. (978-0439092579) Pri, Int.  One summer morning in the sizzling city, seven kids gather on a street corner to share the power of poetry. As they move through the neighborhood, the kids transform their experiences— standing up to a tough kid, slurping spaghetti and ice cream, a good “hiccup cough sniff” cry— into a poetry slam.
• Van Leeuwen, Jean. Oliver Pig and the Best Fort Ever (Dial Easy-to-Read). Dial, 2006. 40 p. (978-0803728882) Pri.  Oliver Pig decides to build a fort in the backyard, and his friends become involved with the project as well.
• Walsh, Danny. The Cardboard Box Book: 25 Things to Make and Do with an Empty Box. Watson-Guptill, 2006. 112 p. (978-0823006106, pap.) Int.  Provides instructions for a variety of craft projects to make with a cardboard box.
• Williams, Karen Lynn. Galimoto. HarperCollins, 1990. 32 p. (978-0688087890) Pri. Walking through his village, a young African boy finds the materials to make a special toy.
• Wilson, Joe. Ductigami. Boston Mills Press, 2006. 96 p. (978-1550464290, pap.) Int. Step-by-step instructions for a variety of duct tape creations.

Web sites

• The Duck Tape Club. Includes directions for making things from duct tape.
• The Duct Tape Guys. More directions for making things with duct tape.
• The Imagination Factory. Lots of creative ways to make art with recycled materials.
• Junkyard Sports. The brainchild of Bernie DeKoven, Junkyard Sports encourages participants to create their own games.
• Poetry Poker. Directions for playing Poetry Poker and a long list of words.
• S&S Worldwide. Inexpensive source for a variety of art, craft materials, and toys including Legos.
• Super Simple Songs. Includes audio and video of “Rock Paper Scissor” game from Imagination storytime.
• United Container Company. Inexpensive boxes for sale.
• Young Adult Professionals Page.

[link to] Public Library Systems

[link to] Public Library System Youth Services Consultants, Coordinators, and Directors

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