Week of April 12, 2021 | All Grades
Celebrating National School Library Month with Who's On First
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Who's on First? With split second comedic timing Bud Abbott and Lou Costello bring their hilarious baseball routine to a new generation of delighted fans.
Script Who's on First?
Video Who's on First? (1953)
Book Video Who's on First picture book presented by NKY DIY
Bonus Video 7 into 28 Lou Costello invents CGI math (chuckle-chuckle).
Local news report Extended Costello family in the Library The Beach Reporter (5/2/13)
Local news report Lou Costello's daughter in the Library Easy Reader (4/14/10)
Script Who's on First?
Video Who's on First? (1953)
Book Video Who's on First picture book presented by NKY DIY
Bonus Video 7 into 28 Lou Costello invents CGI math (chuckle-chuckle).
Local news report Extended Costello family in the Library The Beach Reporter (5/2/13)
Local news report Lou Costello's daughter in the Library Easy Reader (4/14/10)
Week of April 12, 2021 | First Grade | Baseball Back in the Stands!
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Playing Right Field, by Willy Welch
Although he is always chosen last and sent to play in right field where there is little action, and nothing much to do but watch the dandelions grow, a young boy has his moment of fame.
Video Right Field by Willy Welch sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
Although he is always chosen last and sent to play in right field where there is little action, and nothing much to do but watch the dandelions grow, a young boy has his moment of fame.
Video Right Field by Willy Welch sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
Week of April 12, 2021 | Second Grade | Baseball in the Stands!
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Batter Up Wombat, by Helen Lester
An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
Video Find out about the wombat
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
An Australian wombat joins the Champs baseball team, and even though he is disastrously ignorant about the game, his innate talents save everyone when a tornado suddenly strikes.
Video Find out about the wombat
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
Week of April 12, 2021 | Third Grade | DEAR Author Beverly Cleary
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Celebrating Author Beverly Cleary
April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon - March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
From Henry Huggins (1950) to Ramona's World (1999) Beverly Cleary wrote books for children, about children much like themselves. Children of today may find themselves amazed at the freedom to roam that was enjoyed by the children in Beverly's books, not unusual at the time.
Audio Excerpt Listen to actor Neil Patrick Harris read Chapter 1 of Henry Huggins.
"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, in childhood."
Learning to read did not come easily for young Beverly, and once she did learn, she found the stories contained in early readers to be boring, simple, and unsurprising. Then, in the third grade, on a rainy afternoon at home, she found herself enjoying reading The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins about the adventures of ordinary children. The book awoke in her the joys of reading for pleasure and she began spending extra time in the public library.
"Children should learn that reading is a pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school."
By the time Beverly was in sixth grade, a teacher suggested she should become a children's author, based on essays she had written for class assignments. Beverly first worked as a children's librarian and in a bookstore before becoming a full-time writer for children. In her work as a librarian, she struggled to find books to recommend to children, books that they would have fun reading, so she decided to write children's books herself, books about characters that young readers could relate to.
"I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all."
During an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2011 at the age of 95 she stated, "I've had an exceptionally happy career." Beverly Cleary died in a retirement home a few weeks shy of her 105th birthday. No cause of death was given.
April 12, 1916, McMinnville, Oregon - March 25, 2021, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
From Henry Huggins (1950) to Ramona's World (1999) Beverly Cleary wrote books for children, about children much like themselves. Children of today may find themselves amazed at the freedom to roam that was enjoyed by the children in Beverly's books, not unusual at the time.
Audio Excerpt Listen to actor Neil Patrick Harris read Chapter 1 of Henry Huggins.
"Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take place? and the only answer I can give is, in childhood."
Learning to read did not come easily for young Beverly, and once she did learn, she found the stories contained in early readers to be boring, simple, and unsurprising. Then, in the third grade, on a rainy afternoon at home, she found herself enjoying reading The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins about the adventures of ordinary children. The book awoke in her the joys of reading for pleasure and she began spending extra time in the public library.
"Children should learn that reading is a pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school."
By the time Beverly was in sixth grade, a teacher suggested she should become a children's author, based on essays she had written for class assignments. Beverly first worked as a children's librarian and in a bookstore before becoming a full-time writer for children. In her work as a librarian, she struggled to find books to recommend to children, books that they would have fun reading, so she decided to write children's books herself, books about characters that young readers could relate to.
"I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all."
During an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2011 at the age of 95 she stated, "I've had an exceptionally happy career." Beverly Cleary died in a retirement home a few weeks shy of her 105th birthday. No cause of death was given.
National DEAR Day April 12 Drop Everything And Read
In 2006, to mark Beverly's 90th birthday, the American Library Association, and others set aside her birthday, April 12, as a day to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. When Beverly’s own children were young, they participated in sustained silent reading time at school, known as DEAR. Their enthusiasm for this activity inspired Beverly to give the same experience to Ramona, who gets to enjoy DEAR time with her class in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981), introduced in Chapter 2.
Audio Excerpt Listen to Chapter 2 of Ramona Quimby, Age 8, presented by MrsMorrisReads
In 2006, to mark Beverly's 90th birthday, the American Library Association, and others set aside her birthday, April 12, as a day to remind and encourage families to make reading together on a daily basis a family priority. When Beverly’s own children were young, they participated in sustained silent reading time at school, known as DEAR. Their enthusiasm for this activity inspired Beverly to give the same experience to Ramona, who gets to enjoy DEAR time with her class in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (1981), introduced in Chapter 2.
Audio Excerpt Listen to Chapter 2 of Ramona Quimby, Age 8, presented by MrsMorrisReads
Week of April 12, 2021 | Fourth Grade | Baseball Back in the Stands!
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Dad, Jackie, and Me, by Myron Uhlberg
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson. Based on the author's experience growing up as a hearing child with deaf parents.
Video Dad, Jackie, and Me presented by Ms. Rhone
The William Hoy Story, by Nancy Churnin
Learn about deaf baseball player William Hoy (1862-1961) and his influence on the way baseball umpires use hand signals to call the game.
Video The William Hoy Story, presented by Mrs. St. Germain Reads
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
In Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, a boy learns about discrimination and tolerance as he and his deaf father share their enthusiasm over baseball and the Dodgers' first baseman, Jackie Robinson. Based on the author's experience growing up as a hearing child with deaf parents.
Video Dad, Jackie, and Me presented by Ms. Rhone
The William Hoy Story, by Nancy Churnin
Learn about deaf baseball player William Hoy (1862-1961) and his influence on the way baseball umpires use hand signals to call the game.
Video The William Hoy Story, presented by Mrs. St. Germain Reads
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
Week of April 12, 2021 | Fifth Grade | Baseball Back in the Stands!
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Brothers at Bat, by Audrey Vernick
The Acerra family of Long Branch, New Jersey, formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
Video The Brothers at Bat presented by Abby Reads
Video Watch the brothers in action
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
The Acerra family of Long Branch, New Jersey, formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history.
Video The Brothers at Bat presented by Abby Reads
Video Watch the brothers in action
Dodger Stadium After a year without fans, thousands will be allowed to attend the Dodgers' season opener against the Colorado Rockies on April 9.
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