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 Episode 7: Imagination
Your imagination is an endless supply of mental pictures of things you create. How do you use your imagination every day? Featured Books Read Book: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, 2006 Little Bunny is NOT playing with a box. Check out all the things Bunny can imagine the box to be! New Book: They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel, 2016 Take a walk through the world with an ordinary cat and see what a cat looks like to different creatures. Extension Activities
Guest Host Spotlight J. Andersen likes to write books, but doing so means slaying the dragons of procrastination while trudging through piles of laundry to make it to the computer. This small town, stay at home mom and former English teacher may be a world builder by day and a superhero by night, but that doesn't mean she can ignore making dinner or driving the kids to music lessons. She also works as the Director of Author Services for Brimstone Fiction and is the Author Care Manager for Burnett Young Books. You can find her work at http://www.jandersenbooks.com/ Book Recommendations Board Books:
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Episode 6: Love Love is a feeling of strongly liking someone or something. Can you think of people and things you love? Featured Books Read Book: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, 1994 Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare both love each other so much each believes their love is bigger than the other’s. Join them on a fun journey to see all the ways you could show your love for someone. New Book: Love by Matt de la Peña, 2018 Explore what love looks like through typical daily activities and scary situations. Extension Activities
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Guest Host Spotlight Katie Rosen lives near Buffalo, NY where she works for a bank. She loves the movie Titanic, her family, and corn on the cob. Mark Meleen is a Westfield, NY native where he works as a Wine Cellarman. He loves art, bowling, and his family!
 Episode 5: Magical Creatures
A magical creature is any person, animal, or other living being -real or imaginary-that is related to or produced by magic. Examples include unicorns, mermaids, acromantulas, and centaurs. Featured Books Read Book: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat, 2014 Join the journey of how an imaginary friend finds the child who can see and love him in this magical tale of perseverance and friendship. New Book: Dragons Love Tacos 2 by Adam Rubin, 2017. What will the hungry dragons do when they discover there are no more tacos left in the world? Extension Activities
Guest Host Spotlight Gina Detwiler was planning to be a teacher but switched to writing so she wouldn’t have to get up so early in the morning. She is the co-author of the bestselling middle grade fantasy series The Prince Warriors with Priscilla Shirer and is currently working on the third installment of her YA Supernatural series Forlorn, which will be released later this summer. Learn more at https://ginadetwiler.com Book Recommendations Board Books:
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 Episode 4: Books A book is defined as “a number of sheets of paper with words printed on them, fastened together on one edge, usually between protective covers.” You can find books at your local public or school library and in stores, or you can write your own books at home! (Host Michele Meleen and Guest Host Bob Lingle surrounded by books at Patterson Library in Westfield, NY!) Featured Books Read Book: The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Oliver Jeffers, 2006 Henry loves to eat books because they give him knowledge. But, when the books start to make him feel sick can Henry find another way to consume the information shared in books? New Book: Dreamers, Yuyi Morales, 2018 As an immigrant to the U.S. the main character and her infant son discover a local library and all the ways books can teach them to live in their new home. Extension Activities
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Guest Host Spotlight Bob Lingle loves books so much, he decided to own as many as he could by buying a bookstore! You can find Bob and hundreds of books at Off the Beaten Path Bookstore in Lakewood, NY.  Episode 3: Names A name is a word or group of words that labels and identifies a person, place, or thing. Everything has a name and that name came from a person. Your name is unique because it describes only you. Do you know what your name means or where it came from? Featured Books Read Book: Hello Biscuit, Alyssa Capucilli, 1996 When a little girl gets a new puppy, she tries very hard to figure out the perfect name for him. But, the puppy has other plans and ends up finding his own name. New Book: Hello My Name is Adorabilis: How Adorabilis Got His Name, Marisa Polansky, 2018 In 2015 real life scientists discovered a tiny new species of octopus. In this story, the author imagines how that new little octopus was named. Book Recommendations Board Books:
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Guest Host Spotlight Meet Mr. Jack Rosen, Young Adult Specialist from Patterson Library in Westfield, NY and the lone editor for this podcast! Jack’s name came from the main characters in the movie Titanic, Rose and Jack.  |
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