"For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice."
-T.S. Eliot
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While the holiday break provided a wonderful opportunity to relax, celebrate, READ, and spend quality time with family and friends, it has been wonderful to return to the routine of library life. For our first lesson of 2018, I decided to share some "new" titles that my wife and I gave our children for Christmas (when dad is a librarian you tend to receive books quite regularly).
Matt Tavares's extraordinary and artistically beautiful story about two cardinals, Red and Lulu, provided the perfect starting point for us all - connecting leftover holiday sentimentality with a powerful story of courage, determination, and unconditional love. Most readers really connected with this story, sharing my belief that it is an instant holiday classic!
After a brief nonfiction title about New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, we then shifted to another "Flanagan Family Favorite" with Windows. Written by Julia Denos and illustrated by debut artist E.B. Goodale, Windows is a beautifully illustrated story about curiosity, wonderment, and discovery. After finishing this story, learners were given a blank window template to sketch their own "New Year's resolution" for 2018.
Like our library classes, I hope that your 2018 is off to a fantastic start!
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