#robert munsch

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"I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be."-

Robert Munsch

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Tips for Children's Librarians 8/?

Regardless of the demographics of your patrons, make a conscious effort to read books with diverse characters.

That doesn’t mean the books need to have a diverse cast every time, but rather that you don’t always pick books with characters (especially main characters) from the same race.

Let every race have their turn at being represented. Not necessarily every time, but enough that the kids see themselves as well as others on a regular basis. Seeing oneself being represented and seeing people different from yourself represented are both wildly important.

This also means that you should make an effort to read stories with characters with different disabilities when possible too. You might have to look around for lists of books with disabled characters, but if you manage to slip in even a single disabled character book it’s a start. One book is better than none. You can work on expanding over time.

Make a conscious effort to also read books that question stereotypes.

Here's a starter list of books to add to your storytelling repertoire:

Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall - Though it was probably intended to be an explanation about what being transgender is like, it also serves well for talking about invisible disabilities like dyslexia and autism, which means you can adapt the same story to talk about two different minorities. The gist of the story is that a crayon, called Red, can only draw blue things, no matter how hard they try and none of the other crayons can understand why Red can only draw blue, until another crayon recognizes that there's nothing wrong with Red but rather that they were mislabelled all along.

Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang - A book about how families come in all shapes and sizes. It features a pretty extensive display of different family combinations, such as: gay and lesbian parents, parents that are divorced vs married, families with many kids vs single children, families with single parents (both male and female), families with stepsiblings, kids that live with their grandparents or aunts/uncles, and adopted kids to name a few. They even have the example of kids who have many pets vs kids with no pets!

Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack - A cute story about a prince trying to find a spouse to help him rule; it turns out he's gay and marries a knight instead of a princess.

Think Big! and Boo! by Robert Munsch - Both have Black main characters. While it's important to have stories that focus on the unique experiences and struggles of minorities, it's also important to feature books that have stories where the fact that a character is a minority is incidental and not what the focus of the story is about. These two picture books are great examples of this kind of book.

Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush's Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes - The story of a lost cat's journey to be reunited with his Iraqi refugee family.

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales - The memoir of a Mexican refugee who moved to the United States with her infant son in 1994 and about how even though she left nearly everything she owned behind, she, like all refugees and immigrants, didn’t come empty-handed as they carry their culture, skills, and strengths with them.

Room on Our Rock by Jol Temple and Kate Temple – Three seals are perched on a rock. When others need shelter, do they share it? When read from front to back, the group of seals firmly believe there is no room on their rock for the parent and child seal who are seeking a place to rest. Readers are then encouraged to read the story again, from back to front, revealing a welcoming message where the seals make room for others and share their rock.

My Name Is Yoon by Helen Recorvits – Yoon's name means "shining wisdom," and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to write it in English. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn't sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tries out different names.

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi – Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the following week. Her new classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and decide to help out by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from.

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How many Robert Munsch stories can you identify from this picture?

(art by Michael Martchenko from Show and Tell)

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Love You Forever

The book Love You Forever by Robert Munsch is so Steven and Pearl coded, especially this page. I can totally see Pearl doing this kind of thing

[pjshermann]

“I’ll love you forever” by Robert Munsch is actually so Harold & Julia & Jude coded it’s insane

Even after Jude behaves badly, even after he’s rude and abrasive, he’s still their baby :( he’s still loved :( and Jude always thought otherwise, that if he did something bad they would stop loving him :(

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alligator baby pisses me off so fucking bad how do you not know what a human baby looks like or feels like you already have one at home why the fuck do you just keep all of the animals there man fuck

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Dragons: Fire and Wind

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Almost reblogged this thinking it was Robert Munsch, the author of great works such as "The Paper Bag Princess," "Smelly Socks," and "Mud Puddle." The only thing that clued me in was he probably was not alive in 1911.

thinking about edvard munch's "The Sun" (1911)

like yeah thats how it feels. thats what it feels like to exist sometimes. he gets it

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Adventures in Librarian-ing

Today, while reading "Up, Up, Down" by Robert Munsch to a class of Grade 3s, I taught the kids how to say "Ouch!" in Portuguese (Ai!; pronounced AH-ee).

So for the rest of the story, every time a character said "Ow! Ouch! Ow! Ouch!" they'd replace it with "Ai! Ai! Ai!" in choreographed unison.

They started doing it entirely unplanned yet somehow unanimously.

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2024 Tumblr Top 10

The most popular picture books I posted this year!

1. 80 notes - Nov 5 2024

2. 59 notes - May 31 2024

3. 47 notes - May 28 2024

4. 38 notes - Oct 20 2024

5. 37 notes - Jun 6 2024

6. 37 notes - Mar 25 2024

7. 37 notes - Jan 20 2024

8. 35 notes - Nov 20 2024

9. 32 notes - May 10 2024

10. 32 notes - Jan 21 2024

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I’m honestly delighted that Mickey Mouse x Pride and Prejudice (and Couch Potato x MASH) is taking top honours because honestly that is such a bizarre and wonderful combination and I’m thrilled that others agreed with me on that

I was really confused by the fact that some random little picture like Counting Crows got as much attention as it did, and that’s how I learnt that this is also a band ahahaha

and of course a list like this would be incomplete without perennial childhood nostalgia characters like Elmo or Peppa Pig or the Paw Patrol puppies

This blog is never going to get a lot of notes because there’s only so many people with an interest in picture books, but I’m always delighted at the end of the year to see which ones managed to make it out past this little blog’s sphere of influence

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Heart and arrow with 2 hearts, vector illustration

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