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Thrive Month: Wellness welcome after practicum
By wendy traas on November 1, 2024
November is Thrive month at UBC, a time to explore ways to support our mental health. The Education Library and Teacher Education Office are offering a series of Library Lunchtime Wellbeing events. Join us in the library between 12-12:50 to explore activities and resources to promote wellbeing. Participate in a Lego challenge or meme competition for a chance to win prizes!
Schedule of activities:
November 4 + 8: “Let’s play” with French, English, and bilingual games, and get to know our Yoga Cards.
November 13 + 15: “Art therapy” through paper arts. Create your own bookmarks, blackout poetry, or paper folded flowers.
November 18 + 22: “Sustainable growth” by planting your own salad, button making, and needle felting.
November 25 + 27: “Walking wellbeing” through a story walk or nature scavenger hunt, and get to know our Pacific Northwest Plant Knowledge Cards.
New Books at Education Library: November 2024
By epederso on November 1, 2024
Below are the new arrivals for November 2024. Clicking on the book cover will take you to the Google Books page while clicking on the title will take you to the item’s UBC Library catalogue page.
BF353.5.C55 D38 2021 All the feelings under the sun : how to deal with climate change / by Leslie Davenport ; illustrated by Jessica Smith.
E185.96 .Y43 2023 A year of Black joy : 52 Black voices share their life passions / curated by Jamia Wilson ; illustrated by Jade Orlando.
FC2346.26.D48 K45 2023 The trailblazing life of Viola Desmond : a civil rights icon / Rachel Kehoe with Wanda Robson ; illustrations by Chelsea Charles.
GE56.T548 W56 2019 Our house is on fire : Greta Thunberg’s call to save the planet / Jeanette Winter.
GE195.5 .K54 2021 How to change everything : the young human’s guide to protecting the planet and each other / Naomi Klein ; with Rebecca Stefoff.
GE195.5 .F738 2022 It’s a wonderful world / Jess French ; [illustrator, Aleesha Nandhra].
GE195.5 .K48 2020 Old enough to save the planet / written by Loll Kirby ; illustrated by Adelina Lirius ; foreword by Kallan Benson.
GV1073.15.L68 A3 2023 Boundless / Chaunté Lowe.
GV1799.2 .M47 2023 She kept dancing : the true story of a professional dancer with a limb difference / written by Sydney Mesher and Catherine Laudone ; illustrated by Natelle Quek.
HD9000.5 .S49 2023 Good food, bad waste : let’s eat for the planet / Erin Silver ; illustrated by Suharu Ogawa.
HQ789 .S4913 2021 I have the right to save my planet / words by Alain Serres ; pictures by Aurélia Fronty ; translated by Shelley Tanaka.
HT1521 .A234 2024 Stand up and speak out against racism / Yassmin Abdel-Magied ; illustrated by Aleesha Nandhra.
HT1563 .D55 2023 Stay up : racism, resistance, and reclaiming Black freedom / Khodi Dill ; art by stylo starr.
HV640.5.S97 A55 2023 Muzoon : a Syrian refugee speaks out / Muzoon Almellehan, with Wendy Pearlman.
LB1025.3 .R4447 2024 Humans who teach : a guide for centering love, justice, and liberation in schools / Shamari Reid.
LB1033.5 .F336 2024 Facilitating transformational dialogues : creating socially just communities / edited by Stephanie D. Hicks and Donna Rich Kaplowitz ; foreword by Beverly Daniel Tatum.
LB1140.5.R4 B63 2024 Early literacy for under-fives / Karen Boardman.
LB1584 .S49 2024 Teaching data literacy in social studies : principles and practices to support historical thinking and civic engagement / Tamara L. Shreiner.
LB2368 .I65 2023 Cripping labor-based grading for more equity in literacy courses / by Asao B. Inoue.
LB2806.15 .C87 2024 Curriculum studies in Canada : present preoccupations / edited by Anne M. Phelan and William F. Pinar.
LC196.5.C3 R63 2024 Re-storying education : decolonizing your practice using a critical lens / Carolyn Roberts.
ML3916 .W279 2023 Rise up and sing! : power, protest, and activism in music / Andrea Warner ; illustrated by Louise Reimer.
PE2808.8 .B37 2023 English with an accent : language, ideology, and discrimination in the United States / Rusty Barrett, Jennifer Cramer, and Kevin B. McGowan.
PN6733.M395 B48 2024 Between the pipes / story by Albert McLeod ; with Elaine Mordoch and Sonya Ballantyne ; art by Alice RL.
PZ5 .C165 2023 Calling the Moon : 16 period stories from BIPOC authors / edited by Aida Salazar and Yamile Saied Méndez.
PZ7.W43558 Tc 2024 Tana cooks for a special Veterans Day / by Stacy Wells ; illustrated by Maria Gabriela Gama.
PZ7.H39356 Gh 2023 Girl forgotten / April Henry.
PZ7.J8573 St 2020 Stand up! Speak up! : a story inspired by the Climate Change Revolution / by Andrew Joyner.
PZ7.M47885 Yo 2023 Your plantation prom is not okay / Kelly McWilliams.
PZ7.D3388 Gr 2021 Green is for Christmas / Drew Daywalt ; Oliver Jeffers.
PZ7.U528 O98 2020 Outside in / by Deborah Underwood ; illustrated by Cindy Derby.
PZ7.S821645 Tr 2024 The treasure of Tel Maresha / by Tammar Stein ; illustrated by Barbara Bongini.
PZ7.R719447 De 2021 Dear teacher : a celebration of people who inspire us / by Paris Rosenthal ; illustrated by Holly Hatam.
PZ7.Y18 Tr 2021 Trying / written by Kobi Yamada ; illustrated by Elise Hurst.
PZ7.D3388 Wr 2024 The wrong book / written by Drew Daywalt ; illustrated by Alex Willmore.
PZ7.J3643 Hf 2021 Here we are. Book of numbers / Oliver Jeffers.
PZ7.W43558 Tg 2024 Tana cooks with care / by Stacy Wells ; illustrated by Maria Gabriela Gama.
PZ7.J3643 Me 2022 Meanwhile back on Earth…: finding our place through time and space / Oliver Jeffers ; all calculations made by astrophysicist Stephen Smartt.
PZ7.H778125 Let 2017 A letter to my teacher / words by Deborah Hopkinson ; pictures by Nancy Carpenter.
PZ7.J3643 Hanc 2022 Here we are. Book of colors / Oliver Jeffers.
PZ7.D3388 Lo 2019 Love from the crayons / Drew Daywalt ; illustrations by Oliver Jeffers.
PZ7.N835 Rt 2024 Rootbound / Grace Nosek.
PZ7.W43558 Tan 2025 Tana cooks a valentine surprise / by Stacy Wells ; illustrated by Maria Gabriela Gama.
PZ7.1.S336547 Th 2022 This is a school / words by John Schu ; illustrated by Veronica Miller Jamison.
PZ7.1.Y365 Fi 2023 Finally seen / Kelly Yang.
PZ7.1.D4878 Br 2023 The brilliant Ms. Bangle / written by Cara Devins ; illustrated by K-Fai Steele.
PZ7.1.M8724 Te 2021 A teacher like you / by Frank Murphy and Barbara Dan ; illustrated by Kayla Harren.
PZ7.1.T838 Gr 2019 Greta and the giants : inspired by Greta Thunberg’s stand to save the world / Zoë Tucker, Zoe Persico.
PZ7.1.W353 F44 2023 Feelings / by Libby Walden ; illustrated by Richard Jones.
PZ7.1.G65767 So 2023 Something, someday / words by Amanda Gorman ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
PZ7.1.S32 Wo 2023 The world’s best class plant / Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick ; illustrated by Lynnor Bontigao.
PZ7.1.V38 Sp 2023 The beautiful something else / Ash Van Otterloo.
PZ7.1.K8946 Go 2023 Good different / Meg Eden Kuyatt.
PZ7.1.O4853 Our 2020 Our class is a family / written by Shannon Olsen ; illustrated by Sandie Sonke.
PZ7.1.H3973 Ss 2023 Something happened to our planet : kids tackle the climate crisis / by Marianne Celano & Marietta Collins ; illustrated by Bhagya Madanasinghe.
PZ7.1.M36466 Jay 2021 Jayden’s impossible garden / Mélina Mangal ; illustrated by Ken Daley.
PZ7.1.C64458 Im 2023 The imposter / written and illustrated by Kelly Collier.
PZ7.1.L66775 My 2023 My teacher has tattoos / text by Darren López ; illustrations by Bhagya Madanasinghe.
PZ7.1.H596 Say 2023 Say my name / by Joanna Ho ; illustrated by Khoa Le.
PZ7.7.C3625 Bi 2023 Bigfoot and Nessie : the art of getting noticed / by Chelsea M. Campbell and Laura Knetzger.
PZ8.3.S64914 Wo 2021 The wonky donkey / words by Craig Smith ; illustrations by Katz Cowley.
PZ8.3.B38447 Li 2023 Lila Greer, teacher of the year / by Andrea Beaty ; illustrated by David Roberts.
PZ8.3.L49918 Gir 2021 The girl with big, big questions / by Britney Winn Lee ; illustrated by Jacob Souva.
PZ8.3.P376 An 2024 Let’s make music / Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman.
PZ8.3.P376 Wh 2024 Wherever you go / Alexandra Penfold ; [illustrated by] Suzanne Kaufman.
PZ8.3.P376 Big 2021 Big feelings / Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman.
QA113 .D394 2016 The crayons’ book of numbers / Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers.
QB51.3.L53 A48 2023 Saving the night : how light pollution is harming life on Earth / Stephen Aitken.
QC903.15 .D65 2022 Kids fight climate change : act now to be a #2minutesuperhero / Martin Dorey ; illustrated by Tim Wesson.
QC903.15 .A78 2024 A kids book about climate change / by Zanagee Artis & Olivia Greenspan ; editor, Emma Roberts.
QC903.15 .M55 2021 Our world out of balance : understanding climate change and what we can do / Andrea Minoglio ; [illustrated by] Laura Fanelli ; translated by Emma Mandley.
QC903.15 .R45 2022 Saving earth : climate change and the fight for our future / Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich ; pictures by Tim Foley ; introduction by Nathaniel Rich.
QC903.15 .H6713 2021 Palm trees at the North Pole : the hot truth about climate change / written by Marc ter Horst ; illustrated by Wendy Panders ; translated by Laura Watkinson.
QC903.15 .S74 2021 Climate action : the future is in our hands / by Georgina Stevens ; illustrated by Katie Rewse.
QK49 .H86 2024 Can you hear the plants speak? / Nicholas Hummingbird with Julia Wasson ; illustrations by Madelyn Goodnight
QK603.5 .G53 2023 Fungi grow / by Maria Gianferrari ; illustrated by Diana Sudyka.
QL405.2 .A88 2023 A shell is cozy / Dianna Hutts Aston, Sylvia Long.
TD171.75 .G44 2023 Climate warriors : Fourteen scientists and Fourteen ways we can save our planet / Laura Gehl.
TD388 .L563 2023 Autumn Peltier, water warrior / written by Carole Lindstrom ; illustrated by Bridget George ; foreword by Autumn Peltier.
TD793.9 .P39 2023 Less is more : join the low-waste movement / Leah Payne.
Special Book Display: Remembrance Day — Lest We Forget
By epederso on October 29, 2024
From October 29 – November 11, 2024, the UBC Education Library Collection Spotlight will feature Remembrance Day books and books about war.
Here are just a few titles that will be displayed:
1. Remembrance Day: “Lest we forget” / Jill Foran
“Canadian Celebrations provides an exciting look at the events that people take part in during Canada’s major holidays. Each title provides information about the history, symbols, and traditions of these special days.”
2. In Flanders Fields: the story of the poem by John McCrae / Linda Granfield; [illustrated by] Janet Wilson; with an introduction by Dr. Tim Cook.
“In this award-winning book, the lines of the celebrated poem are interwoven with fascinating information about the First World War (1914-1918) and details of daily life in the trenches in Europe. Also included are accounts of McCrae’s experience in his field hospital and the circumstances that led to the writing of “In Flanders Fields.”
3. On Remembrance Day By Eleanor Creasey
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An exploration of Canadian Remembrance Day history, customs, and traditions. Who are the people who offered their lives in war? Why do we remember them? How do we honour their memory?
For children learning about remembrance and the human toll of war, there can be hard questions to answer. This book is meant to answer the questions kids ask about Remembrance Day and to explain how and why we honour the men and women who have served our country. Canada has developed unique ways of honouring and demonstrating respect for its war dead and veterans.
Through every generation there are Canadian families who have lost loved ones to international conflict and war. On Remembrance Day presents the origins, traditions, and customs of Canada’s Remembrance Day in a fashion that is engaging and easy to read.
4. Remembrance Day / Molly Aloian
“Each year on November 11th, millions of people in Canada and other countries in the Commonwealth take time to remember the men and women who served their countries during times of war. This book describes how people around the world hold similar services featuring poppies, poems, and special prayers.”
5. Un coquelicot pour se souvenir / Heather Patterson ; [illustrations] Ron Lightburn ; text français de Claudine Azoulay
Un po’me sur l’espoir qu’inspire le coquelicot, qui s’?panouit l? o? la guerre a d’cim? tant d’humains. Ce po’me est le point de d’part d’une vaste campagne qui vise ? aider les victimes de la guerre, tout en rappelant aux autres combien il a fallu de courage pour survivre ? cette p’riode troubl’e.
Moving text coupled with stunning illustrations by Governor General’s Award-winning artist Ron Lightburn explain the symbolism behind the poppy.
A bonus for teachers is the five-page spread all about the poem, “In Flanders Fields,” Canada’s wartime and peacekeeping endeavours, and the adoption of the poppy as our Remembrance Day emblem.
6. A poppy is to remember / Heather Patterson ; [illustrations] Ron Lightburn.
“With soothing words and illustrations aimed specifically at younger readers, children will learn how the bright red poppy became the symbol for honouring those who fought for freedom.
The text is simple and is combined with stunning paintings by award-winning illustrator Ron Lightburn. The familiar poem, “In Flanders Fields,” is included, along with information about the symbolism and history of the poppy and Remembrance Day – all geared towards helping parents and teachers explain the significance of past and present wars and Canada’s peacekeeping missions.”
7. Remembrance Day / Liz Gogerly
Looking back at the First and Second World Wars, this book investigates the origins of Remembrance Day, and how its significance has grown to incorporate conflicts up to the present day. Explaining why we wear poppies, the book goes on to explore what Remembrance Day means for people today and describes the work of the British Legion.
8. Proud as a peacock, brave as a lion / Jane Barclay; illustrated by Renné Benoit
“Much has been written about war and remembrance, but very little of it has been for young children. As questions come from a young grandchild, his grandpa talks about how, as a very young man, he was as proud as a peacock in uniform, busy as a beaver on his Atlantic crossing, and brave as a lion charging into battle”.
9. Jules et Jim. English
The eleventh hour / Jacques Goldstyn.
“Jules and Jim are best friends. They play together. They go to school together. They grow up together. Through it all, Jim is always a little ahead of Jules-a little faster, a little stronger. So, when Canada goes to war against Germany in 1914, Jim is the first to volunteer, but Jules is right behind him. They fight together. They battle the cold and the mud of the trenches together. But in the end, only one of them will see the Armistice begin at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. A poignant tale of friendship, The Eleventh Hour is also a story about life, death, and the horrors and futility of war.”– Provided by publisher.
Collection Spotlight: Fall into Reading
By epederso on October 1, 2024
The latest Collection Spotlight is up! It’s an “All Things Fall” Spotlight with our “Fall Into Reading” Display!
Discover some fabulous books on Autumn, Harvest, Leaves, Pumpkins, and more!