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Questions, needs, ideas? Contact 
District Teacher Librarian
​Jamie Allison
jallison@sbunified.org
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Celebrating Black History Month

2/1/2021

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Enjoy a variety of picture book read alouds for all grade levels!
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Hair Love - read by Mathew A. Cherry
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The Hula-Hoopin' Queen  read by Oprah Winfrey
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Game Changers ready by author Lisa Kline-Ransome
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I Promise, ​Lebron James and read by illustrator Nina Mata
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Catching the Moon, the Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream read by Kevin Costner
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The Undefeated read by Kwame
Alexander
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Last Stop on Market Street read by author Matt De La Pena
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Rosa excerptread by Nikki Giovanni
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippen, ready by author Jen Bryant
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Blackbird, read by Ashley Bryan
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The Snowy Day read by Jane Harvey
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Magnificent Homespun Brown, a Celebration read by author, Samara Cole Doyon
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As Fast As Words Could Fly read by Dule Hill
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United States v. Jackie Robinson read by Robin Benham
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Black Is a Rainbow Color read by author, Angela Joy
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Each Kindness audio excerpt - read by Nikki M. James; Author sharing
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington  by Frances E. Ruffin
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Before She Was Harriet read by author, Lesa Cline-Ransone
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Battle of the Books has Launched - Everyone Welcome!

12/3/2020

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Calling all students in grades 4-6! Interested in participating in a unique reading challenge while meeting new friends and having fun? Join our Library's Battle of the Books Club! Click HERE to review what was discussed during our Battle of the Books Informational Meeting OR visit the Battle of the Books home page HERE to learn more & sign up!

District BOB Meetings are on Thursdays at 3:00PM.
  • Zoom link: https://sbunified.zoom.us/j/6922121213:
December 3 & 17                       March 4 & 18 
January 14 & 28                        April TBD - SBCOE practice 
February 11 & 25                      April 29 - BOB event
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Imagine, read by US Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera

11/16/2020

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Listen to author, Juan Felipe Herrera read his inspiring, award winning book, Imagine. 
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Next Library Book Club Read!

11/13/2020

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Calling All Graphic Novel Lovers!!
Mark Your Calendars!
Wednesday, Dec. 9th at 3:30 - Elementary Library Book Club Zooms (692 212 1213) to discuss The Okay Witch, by Emma Steinkellner. You can get a FREE print copy through the Santa Barbara Public Library or an ebook through SBPL's Overdrive.
Sign up for Library Book Club HERE!

Then, along with the junior high book clubbers, we will Zoom with Author, Emma Steinkellner on:
Monday, Dec. 14th at. 3:30 (Zoom TBD). Think about becoming a student panelist who gets to ask the author questions! I'm looking for two interested students to represent elementary!
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Calling All Students in Grades 4, 5 & 6! Join Your School's Battle of the Books!

11/9/2020

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Battle of the Books (BOB) is a super fun annual event held by Santa Barbara County Office of Education where students compete in a quiz-show-style challenge with students from other schools in the county. Students will test their knowledge on a range of middle grade books in groups. Then, scores are tallied before the final round, where the top two teams battle for the win!

How do I get involved?
  • Students must be in grades 4, 5, or 6 to participate.
  • ​Students, please join us for an informational Zoom meeting Tuesday, December 1, 3:00pm.
  • Commit to reading at least 15 of the 28 books listed by April 1, 2021. The SBCEO BOB event date is April 29, 2021.
  • ​Sign up! Some schools have existing BOB programs. These schools/students are welcome to sign up here too, use the tracking spreadsheet and join in our Zoom meetings. We will send your sign up form to your school's teacher. Every school is welcome to join our district 's Battle of the Books meetings twice a month. As we get closer to the event, I will meet with schools separately.
  • ​The final competition is limited to FIVE (5) participants per school.
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Library Book Clubbers Meet Author, Celia C. Perez Monday, November 2! We're so excited!

10/31/2020

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Celia C. Pérez is the daughter of a Mexican mother and a Cuban father.  Her debut book for young readers, The First Rule of Punk, was a 2018 Pura Belpré Award Honor Book, a 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards honor book, a winner of the 2018 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, a Junior Library Guild selection, and was included in several best of the year lists including the Amelia Bloomer List, NPR's Best Books of 2017, the Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books, the New York Public Library's Best Books for Kids, School Library Journal's Best of 2017, The Horn Book Magazine's Fanfare, and ALSC's Notable Children's Books. Her second book for young readers, Strange Birds, was published by Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers in September 2019.
She lives in Chicago with her family where, in addition to writing books about lovable weirdos and outsiders, she works as a librarian. She is originally from Miami, Florida, where roosters and peacocks really do wander the streets. - from Celia C. Perez's website.
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Library Book Club is Full!

10/20/2020

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Dear Students,

We are officially out of our English The First Rule of Punk copies. We do have 10 Spanish copies available and through SBPL Hoopla, an ebook is also available if you'd still like to join. Our first meeting is Wednesday at 3:30pm! 
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Fall Book Club is filling fast! Sign up today!

10/2/2020

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The SBPL has donated 50 copies (40 English/10 Spanish). You may also check for copies through your school library and Hoopla. Sign Up Here! 
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Fall Book Club

10/1/2020

 
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Calling all 4th-6th grade students! Join District Librarian, Mrs. Allison and the SBPL Librarians for a seasonal book club experience! This fall we'll read The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez.

Join the book chat and zine making meeting October 28, 3:30pm. Join a Zoom with the author,  Celia C. Perez on Monday, Nov. 2, 3:30pm. Sign up HERE! 

If you would like to join our Fall Book Club and receive a FREE copy donated by the SBPL, please sign up HERE! We have 40 copies in English and 10 in Spanish which will be sent home (along with zine making materials) upon book cub sign up. 

Watch La Colina Teacher Librarian, Mrs. Woods review of The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez. We will join our junior highs when we Zoom with the author on Nov. 2. Thank you Mrs. Woods!

Welcome!

10/1/2020

 
We miss you! We are excited to share that we've placed our library programs and services on our digital library so you can access everything from home!

NEW: Placing holds on books through the Destiny Catalog is the new way to check out books. TK-6 can place up to 4 virtual "holds" on library books which means, students can check out up to 4 books. Students may keep books for 4 weeks or return them earlier. 

Click the "How-To Videos" button at the top of this page to learn how to place books on hold and more! Then, explore the tabs to familiarize yourself with our library programs, activities and services. ​

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