The group set a wooden lectern in bustling Union Square one afternoon and set a megaphone on top. The setup included a small plaque with three words: “Say something nice.” Organizers then moved away to surreptitiously record the results…
The overall effect is awe-inspiring. Across the square, people stop to listen and grin at what they hear. The project clearly brightened a few moods in New York that day, and the video is doing the same for thousands more online.
The Muppets are back with a new movie, and nostalgic musicians are excited. OK Go, Andrew Bird, My Morning Jacket and other groups have all added their spin on Muppet music classics. You can listen to the Muppet tribute The Green Album in it’s entirety on NPR.
Eager to present a friendly face to the public, the Chelsea District Library has announced that it is immediately replacing the youth librarians with dogs!
“Children love dogs,” says former Head of Youth and Teen Services, Miss Karen, ” and we want them to have a great experience at the library!”
“They may not be able to answer all the questions,” says Miss Lisa, “but they can sniff out any book you are looking for!”
”Teens often have a bone to pick with the lack of free candy at the library,” says Miss Edith, “and now they can go right to the librarian who owns that bone!”
“Dogs are great workers,” says library director Mr. Bill, “and they don’t mind being paid in kibble.”
To learn more about dogs, ask your librarian. You can donate food for our new dog librarians and dogs in need at the library!
So visit your library today, because you never know what amazing thing can happen here!
(Happy April Fool’s Day from your Youth Department!!!)
Kids who braved the snowy weather to attend the Ellie McDoodle/Wimpy Kid Book Workshop on Saturday met with Ruth Barshaw, author of the Ellie McDoodle series.
The audience was huge,with over 50 kids attending.
Artist in Residence Jerzy Drozd was there to help out.
Everyone had a great time, and some lucky kids won prizes!
Ruth actually stayed an extra half hour to sign books and give kids doodles. Thank you, Ruth! And many thanks go to Chelsea’s Just Imagine bookstore for bring Ruth’s books here to sell.
If you are a fan of Mo Willems’ Knuffle Bunny books (Knuffle Bunny, Knuffle Bunny Too), you’ll be thrilled to know that there’s a new book in the series, called Knuffle Bunny Free.
In this book, Trixie and her family are off on a fantastic trip to visit her grandparents–all the way in Holland! But does Knuffle Bunny have different travel plans? An emotional tour de force, Knuffle Bunny Free concludes a beloved picture book series.
It’s on the New Book Shelf in the Youth Department, so check it out today!
The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. During a bad winter only about half of the 102 people from the Mayflower survived. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast — including 91 Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It lasted three days.
The Pilgrims may have had some kind of bird, but they mostly ate venison (deer meat). The term “turkey” was used by the Pilgrims to mean any sort of wild bird.
Most people eat pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving, but not the Pilgrims. The supply of flour was long gone, so there was no bread or pastries of any kind. However, they did eat boiled pumpkin. There was also no milk, cider, potatoes, or butter. But the feast did include fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried fruit, clams, venison, and plums.
COME TO OUR THANKSGIVING LIBRARY PROGRAM!
Thanksgiving Evening Storytime: Tuesday, Nov. 23, 6:15-7:ooPM, Drop-in. Kidspot. Meet a real, live turkey at 6:15 PM, and then stay for a special evening Thanksgiving storytime at 6:30 PM, complete with stories, songs, and a craft!
Want to talk to a new friend, but don’t have anything to say? Try a joke or interesting story!
Look at some great jokes from these great websites: activity village, schooljokes, and ducksters, or check out some great books in the joke section in the library (just ask the librarian).
Some samples:
Today my teacher yelled at me for something I didn’t do. What was that? My homework!
Teacher: If this class doesn’t stop making so much noise I’ll go crazy ?
Class: Too late, we haven’t made a sound for an hour!
A great story to tell:
Back to School in China
Going back to school in China is no joke. A bridge is to be built in a Chinese village where children are forced to cross a raging torrent on a steel cable to get to school.
Nearly 500 children, from Maji village in Fugong town, Yunnan province, cross the most dangerous stretch of the Nujiang River each day. They fasten themselves to the cable with a metal carabineer and a rope and slide across the 200 metre wide canyon, reports the Beijing News.
The youngest student, A Qia, 4, has to go over by herself each day. ‘I have to hand walk for about 60 metres, since my light weight makes me stop about two thirds of the way across,’ she said. The villagers say that usually four-year-old children are taken by their parents, and begin to go by themselves from the age of five.
A Pu, 5, who was stuck in the middle of the cable for nearly 20 minutes once, told reporters, ‘I used to dream of having a bridge, but then I learned that my dream was too expensive.’ However, officials have finally agreed to spend £35,000 on a bridge after a TV programme was made about the children’s dangerous daily journey.
Try these 8 fun things to do in the rain! 
Wow! Look at all the snow we got!
Do you know about the first real Thanksgiving?
THANKSGIVING FUN: 
Want to talk to a new friend, but don’t have anything to say? Try a joke or interesting story!
Back to School in China
