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Featured new resources for the month of January.  Click on the book cover or title to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item.

Teacher narratives from the Eikaiwa classroom: moving beyond “McEnglish”
edited by Daniel Hooper and Natasha Hashimoto.

PE1130.J3 T43 2020

This book includes 16 chapters written by current and former eikaiwa (English conversation school) teachers to illustrate a complexity within the eikaiwa profession that has been thus far largely ignored.

Through teacher narratives, the authors explore the unique and often problematic world of eikaiwa to present a counter-narrative to what the editors regard as blanket stereotyping of a multifaceted and evolving teaching context.

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Move, play, learn: interactive storytimes with music, movement, and more
Alyssa Jewell.

Z718.3 .J49 2020

Jewell provides ideas, suggestions, and strategies to help you energize your storytime, reading circles, and other early literacy programs.

She explains the benefits of music and movement storytime, as well as how to design, lead, and implement it.

The second half of the book offers practical resource materials, including ready-to-use plans for different age groups. —

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Canadian structures and sustainability
by James Bow; editor: Meg Gaertner.

NA2542.35 .B69 2019

“Examines the importance of building structures to withstand extreme weather as well as day to day stresses, the impact of structures on the environment, and technological innovations that help cities to use limited resources sustainably.”–

Featured new children’s and young adult books for the month of January.  Click on the book cover or title to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item.

Kiss number 8
written by Colleen AF Venable ; artwork by Ellen T. Crenshaw.
PZ7.7.V46 Ks 2019 Education GREAT READS

“Mads is pretty happy with her life. She goes to church with her family, and minor league baseball games with her dad. She goofs off with her best friend Cat, and has thus far managed to avoid getting kissed by Adam, the boy next door. It’s everything she hoped high school would be… until all of a sudden, it’s not.

Her dad is hiding something big–so big it could tear her family apart. And that’s just the beginning of her problems: Mads is starting to figure out that she doesn’t want to kiss Adam… because the only person she wants to kiss is Cat.

Just like that, Mad’s tidy little life has gotten epically messy–and epically heartbreaking. And when your heart is broken, it takes more than an awkward, uncomfortable, tooth-clashing, friendship-ending kiss to put things right again. It takes a whole bunch of them”–

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Cicada
by Shaun Tan.
PZ7.T16123 Cc 2019

From the visionary Shaun Tan, an inspirational story for older picture book readers and beyond

Cicada tells the story of a hardworking little cicada who is completely unappreciated for what he does. But in the end, just when you think he’s given up, he makes a transformation into something ineffably beautiful. A metaphor for growing up? A bit of inspiration for the unappreciated striver in all of us? Yes, yes, and more.

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Trésor
Mireille Messier et Irene Luxbacher.
PZ23.M4774 Tr 2019

“Dans ce livre superbement illustré, un frère et une sœur explorent leur environnement à la recherche d’un trésor.”–
When two siblings go on a treasure hunt, they aren’t sure exactly what kind of treasure they are looking for. What they do know is that treasures are shiny, mysterious, and precious. And that all the really good treasures are hidden!

Notes: Published simultaneously in English under the title: Treasure.
In French.

Featured new children’s books for the month of December.  Click on the book cover or title to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item.

This promise of change: one girl’s story in the fight for school equality
Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
F444.C68 B69 2019

In 1956, one year before federal troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into Central High School, fourteen-year-old Jo Ann Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the colour barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee. At first, things went smoothly for the Clinton 12, but then outside agitators interfered, pitting the townspeople against one another. Uneasiness turned into anger, and even the Clinton Twelve themselves wondered if the easier thing to do would be to go back to their old school. Jo Ann–clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students–found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. But what about just being a regular teen? This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process.
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Hidden figures: the true story of four Black women and the space race
Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling; illustrated by Laura Freeman
QA27.5 .S548 2018

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA’s African American women mathematicians to America’s space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Includes biographies on Dorothy Jackson Vaughan (1910-2008), Mary Winston Jackson (1921-2005), Katherine Colman Goble Johnson (1918- ), Dr. Christine Mann Darden (1942- ).
Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were all good at math. Really good. And it was their understanding of numbers that helped them do what seemed impossible. They were women, and they were African-American, and they lived during a time when being black and a woman limited what they could do. But Katherine, Dorothy, Mary, and Christine were hardworking and persistent and, most important, smart. And that’s why NASA hired them to do the math that would one day send the United States into space for the very first time. New York Times bestselling author Margot Lee Shetterly and illustrator Laura Freeman bring to life the inspiring story of the struggles of these four “hidden figures” and what they overcame to succeed. The math work they did would change not only their own lives, but the face of air and space travel forever.

On the playground: our first talk about prejudice
Dr. Jillian Roberts; illustrations by Jane Heinrichs
HM1091 .R63 2019

On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice focuses on introducing children to the complex topic of prejudice. Crafted around a narrative between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book will help children shape their understanding of diversity so they are better prepared to understand, and question, prejudice witnessed around them in their day-to-day lives and in the media. Dr. Jillian Roberts discusses types of discrimination children notice, what prejudice means, why it’s not okay, how to stand up against it and how kids can spread a message of inclusion and acceptance in the world around them.

Featured new resources for the month of December.  Click on the book cover or title to take you to the UBC Library catalogue record for the item.

200+ original and adapted story program activities
Rob Reid
Z718.3 .R435 2018

From master storyteller and storytimes creator Reid comes this delightful assortment of activities ready for use by children’s librarians, elementary-level media specialists, and early childhood instructors. Reid’s bountiful compendium of his “greatest hits” includes original and adapted fingerplays, poems, activities involving movement and music, participation stories, felt stories, imagination exercises, spoonerism stories, and library raps. With ideas that are perfect for mixing and matching according to audience, setting, and program length, this book:

• offers activities suitable for a variety of ages, from children as young as preschool age through middle school students;
• begins with “Hello Activities” and ends with “Goodbye Activities”;
• includes categories such as “The Animal World,” “My World,” “More Fun,” and “The Literary World”; and
• recommends picture books published between 2012 and 2017 to share with children immediately before or after presenting the activity.

Drawn from thousands of hours of programming, these time-tested activities will engage young ones as well as their parents and caregivers.

Teaching for mastery
Mark McCourt
LB1025.3 .M347 2019

Literacy for the 21st century: a balanced approach
Tompkins, Smith, Campbell, Green
LB1576 .T657 2019

The purpose of this product is to support PST develop knowledge, understanding and skill in teaching literacy to children from the Foundation Year to Year 6. To assist in achieving these goals, the product outlines from the beginning that successful teaching involves knowing the students, the content and associated curriculum requirements, and understanding how to apply this knowledge in explicit and skilled ways to meet individual students’ literacy learning needs. The product emphasizes that effective teachers continually engage in reflective practice to gauge if and how each student’s learning goals are achieved. It challenges the PST to consider ways of knowing, learning and teaching, providing opportunities to consider ways of using digital platforms to develop children’s reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing skills. Developed for preservice teachers, practising teachers and those interested in English literacy teaching and learning, this product includes a range of vignettes drawn from classroom and university practice across Australia, examples that stand to authenticate the learning. Additionally, this product Has respected and updated/current content, mapped to industry standards delivered in a range of customizable formats and affordable price points. Can be delivered via Revel, offering an interactive learning experience available on all devices Is part of a connected collection in the Education portfolio offering a suite of resources across an Education degree in a consistent format and style. Respected authors in the field Used across all levels of Bachelor and Masters Education courses.