December Library Newsletter

December 3-7 in the Library

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Cool New Tools

Letterfolk Virtual Board

Letterfolk came out with a virtual letter board and I am in love.  This has to be one of the coolest things I have found.  I'm going to be making lots of really cool pictures with quotes, book titles, etc.

I can see this being a great tool for kids to use to create quote posters as well.  It does not require a sign-in and you can immediately download what you created.

Check it out here 

Text Giraffe

Looking for cool text options? Text Giraffe has some great options. There is a limit to the number of letters you can use and it takes a few steps to download your creation but ultimately, I was pleased. Check it out here.

Lots of great books

I spent a lot of time reading some amazing books this summer!  Check out my video below to see what I read!  As always, check with me if you need a good book recommendation. 

You Go First

I loved absolutely everything about this book.  Charlotte and Ben may be separated by thousands of miles but this story shows just how close they truly are.  Both are struggling with family issues as well as middle school drama including friend problems, bullying and worrying about fitting in.  The novel covers a week in their lives and tells both of their stories separately.  Their connection begins as online scrabble competitors and then grows as they both struggle with deal with their separate lives.

The characters are believable and many young readers will relate to them.  They both navigate through some pretty catastrophic middle school episodes and they begin to understand more about who are they are and what it means to find a true friend.  I laughed and I cried and I truly felt like I was living this week alongside Charlotte and Ben.   Loved, loved, loved this book!!