At left, Jeremy is shown, cycling to Montreal's Ahuntsic library. Afterwards, he went next door to McDonald's for cookies.
"The Internet Public Library (IPL), is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information...."
They "[p]rovide library services to Internet users. Activities include: finding, evaluating, selecting, organizing, describing, and creating information resources; and direct assistance to individuals."
"Hey, kids! Check out the Yak's Web site, www.yakscorner.com, for all kinds of great stuff. You'll find articles, recipes for yummy Yak Snacks, directions for making more Yak Crfts and tons of other interesting features.
And teachers, the Yak's Web site has stuff for you too! Plan some great classroom activities with our educational guide to Yak's Corner. Each week, we post a classroom guide and activity sheet for you and your students."
Visit the Web sites of some of Jeremy's favourite books! Many of them are also cartoons on T.V..
Home of CBC Playground on the Web.
The Web site of the "World's Most Famous Aardvark
Jeremy was introduced to this delightful series in school. He read "Buffalo before Breakfast" for a book report and he read "Revolutionary War on Wednesday" in one sitting at the library. I read "Civil War on Sunday" too and found it was fair and balanced.
The books vaugely remind me of "Magic School Bus" and "Dragon Tales."
Jeremy's favourite Berenstain Bears' book was "Mamma's New Job."
At right, Jeremy is shown, looking at a book in the children's department of the Saint John Regional Library.
"A legend of colonial America in which a greedy baker learns the importance of generosity in business, thus initiating the custom of the "baker's dozen.""
"BookPALS is a unique all-volunteer literacy program. Professional actors visit public elementary schools in local neighborhoods to read aloud to children every week. The world of literacy and literature is then opened to these children by the very people who can make books come alive through their talent and training."
"...For $9.95 a year, you can listen to children's classics, complete with sound effects and dramatic music. Some are just a few minutes long; others offer enough entertainment for a short car ride. They're in MP3 format, so you can burn them onto a CD for portable listening."
Every year, I make St. Nicholas Day cookies for Jeremy based upon this book.
At left, Jeremy is shown, in the foyer of the Boston Public Library.
Every year, Jeremy and I make St. Nicholas Day cookies based upon the cookies in this book.
At right, Jeremy is shown, drawing in the children's department of the Boston Public Library.
Jeremy dressed every Halloween in a scarecrow costume that we found the instructions for on this Website.
At left, Jeremy is shown, trick-or-treating in a Montreal mall on October 31, 2002.
"Established in 1975, the Children's Literature Service now offers more than 141,724 items of fiction and non-fiction published in French, English and in other languages. The collection is meant for children and youth 16 years of age and under. It is a complete collection of Canadian works tracing the history of Canadian children's books. A world-class reference collection and a significant collection of literary manuscripts and original illustrations add to its value as a research collection.
Specialized reference and research services as well as bibliographic services are offered through this unique Canadian collection. As part of its reference services and its promotion of reading, each year the Children's Literature Service prepares a bilingual annotated bibliography for the Library and Archives Canada's Read Up On It kit. It also offers an exceptional showcase for Canadian children's book publishing, mounting numerous exhibitions of items selected from its book and manuscript collections."
In his library, Jeremy had several winners of the Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award. They are presented by the Ontario Arts Council and Canadian Booksellers Association for best book selected by Ontario school children.
1993 Phoebe Gilman. Something From Nothing: Adapted from a Jewish Folktale. Richmond Hill, Ont.: North Winds Press, 1992.
Phoebe Gilman is the author and illustrator of one of our family's favourite books, "Something from Nothing." Phoebe Gilman died on Thursday August 29, 2002 after a long battle with breast cancer.
"Joseph's Grandpa can fix anything. He can turn a worn out blanket into a wonderful jacket, a vest into a Sabbath tie, a ragged handkerchief into a brand-new button, but when the button is lost, what's to be done? Even Grandpa can't make something from nothing.
This story is adapted from an old Jewish folksong about a tailor who makes his old coat into a jacket, vest, tie, and finally a button. When the button is lost, he makes up a song about it all...."
"Jeremiah is an old man. He has children and grandchildren, a loving wife and a prosperous farm. He can build a split-rail fence and make buttermilk pancakes, grow corn and understand animal tracks. But something is missing from his life. Jeremiah wishes he could read."
Both Jeremy and I love this beautifully illustrated book.
In his library, Jeremy had several winners of the Sydney Taylor Awards.
1994 Sheldon Oberman – The Always Prayer Shawl. Illus. by Ted Lewin (Boyds Mill Press)
1992 Phoebe Gilman – Something from Nothing. Illus. by the author (North Winds Press/Scholastic Canada)
1988 Patricia Polacco – The Keeping Quilt. Illus. by the author. (Simon & Schuster)
Jeremy enjoyed God in Between which is available at our local library.
"Dream Catcher - Students follow directions to make a dream catcher like the Chippewa and other Native Americans once made. The dream catcher is similar in appearance to a spider web; here bad dreams get caught and disappear when the sun comes up while good dreams float through the web, down the feather, and onto the person sleeping beneath it."
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