Here is the list:
Top 50 Children's Books
Needless to say, I am ecstatic that The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe came up first place!!! Although my favorite installment of The Chronicles of Narnia would be Book III: The Horse and His Boy.
Plus Matilda came up in 13th place. Roald Dahl is my favorite author- and several of his books got on the list, which is fantastic.
Other favorites that made the list include: Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales.
Did I tell you that I have read The Little Prince in three languages- Spanish, then English, and then French. If I find it in German, I will read it as well.
You are never too old to enjoy these classic books.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Two birds with one stone
I was purposely delaying the RSS Feeds and Online Personalization lessons. Why? Because I had absolutely no experience with them.
However, earlier this week I stumbled upon iGoogle while at ERI. And I saw just how simple it was to pick and choose the content you wanted. Not to mention how many fun and informative tools there were. Among the features I chose were- Phase of the Moon, Weather, and How of the Day. I even have a couple search tools- Dictionary and Wikipedia.
Plus I also have two different news providers in my iGoogle page- Top Stories and CNN.com. But those are not the only feeds I have on my page.
Before reading the Library 2.0 blog, I did not even know about RSS feeds. But Google Reader provided an easy way to subscribe to your favorite blogs. First was our system's own Teen Blog- which I write for often. Various people had mentioned Annoyed Librarian- and since I am always curious about what's going on in the library world, I decided to add it. Finally I also added a blog from one of my fandoms- The Fifth Turtle.
I did not think it would be so simple and quick to personalize my own Google and subscribe through an RSS feed- let alone so much fun.
However, earlier this week I stumbled upon iGoogle while at ERI. And I saw just how simple it was to pick and choose the content you wanted. Not to mention how many fun and informative tools there were. Among the features I chose were- Phase of the Moon, Weather, and How of the Day. I even have a couple search tools- Dictionary and Wikipedia.
Plus I also have two different news providers in my iGoogle page- Top Stories and CNN.com. But those are not the only feeds I have on my page.
Before reading the Library 2.0 blog, I did not even know about RSS feeds. But Google Reader provided an easy way to subscribe to your favorite blogs. First was our system's own Teen Blog- which I write for often. Various people had mentioned Annoyed Librarian- and since I am always curious about what's going on in the library world, I decided to add it. Finally I also added a blog from one of my fandoms- The Fifth Turtle.
I did not think it would be so simple and quick to personalize my own Google and subscribe through an RSS feed- let alone so much fun.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Saturday program
This upcoming Saturday the 23rd of February, I will be conducting a Bilingual Storytime program right here at John F. Germany. This month's edition of Stories y Cuentos is titled "The World/El Mundo" and will feature stories about places and locations all over our beautiful planet. Learn the words for river, mountain, world, sea, and more! Plus you'll get to create a 3D island map that you can see and touch.
So this Saturday the 23rd at 2 PM join me for Stories y Cuentos! Bring your children, nieces and nephews, neighbors, young cousins, and their friends too!
So this Saturday the 23rd at 2 PM join me for Stories y Cuentos! Bring your children, nieces and nephews, neighbors, young cousins, and their friends too!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Favorite books for kids and teens
Favorite Toddler Time book: Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle.
Favorite Story Time book (also works well for FLYP): Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczka.
Favorite story to tell aloud: The Bremen Town Musicians by the Brothers Grimm.
Favorite picture book fairy tale: The Twelve Dancing Princesses retold by Marianna Mayer and illustrated by K.Y. Craft.
Favorite juvenile book: Matilda by Roald Dahl.
Favorite older juvenile/young adult books: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
Favorite manga: Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP.
Favorite Story Time book (also works well for FLYP): Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczka.
Favorite story to tell aloud: The Bremen Town Musicians by the Brothers Grimm.
Favorite picture book fairy tale: The Twelve Dancing Princesses retold by Marianna Mayer and illustrated by K.Y. Craft.
Favorite juvenile book: Matilda by Roald Dahl.
Favorite older juvenile/young adult books: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
Favorite manga: Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Reviews and tags
I know I have posted reviews of items or movies before. I often review anime and manga for anime message boards such as AnimeNation. Didn't remember whether I had reviewed anything for Amazon before, so I did just now. And of course, it was for one of my two favorite manga in the whole wide world- Magic Knight Rayearth. It even gave me the option of tagging- which I had done in the Teen Blog and for my pics in Facebook, but never in a review.
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