Presenting our book of the month for May: “A Family is a family is a Family” By Sara O’Leary and illustrated by QinLeng
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We are delighted to announce our volunteer of the month for May 2023: Gaelle Paquet! Here’s a message from her:
“On my first day volunteering, I was surprised to find that a group of young children could make me so nervous. Though, it only took me a few minutes to realize how wonderful and curious they were. Throughout my volunteering, I have come to think that reading is an integral part of life, full of learning, and fun. So, I believe it is extremely important for kids to develop an interest in reading early on. By exposing them to books in a fun, informal way, the kids I work with have really developed a strong and long-lasting relationship with reading. This is why I think projects like minibiblioPLUS are so necessary.
Besides bringing me lots of fun time reading and playing with kids, my volunteering here has given me a new outlook on the link between education and entertainment. I truly value my work here and I think that seeing the kids’ faces light up each time they see me and the books is one of the most priceless feelings ever.”
It is Canadian Children’s Book Week, so here is a list of book suggestions prepared by our Librarian Marco.
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👏🤩 Congratulations to our newest volunteer of the month for April, Anastasia, who records storytime videos for our partners. Here’s what she had to say about her experience volunteering :
“I greatly enjoy volunteering at minibiblioPLUS for many reasons. First, it makes me feel accomplished, as I help children from my community. Additionally, it has been a hobby of mine for over a year and is something I love doing every week. Ultimately this experience has helped me improve my communication skills and my shy behavior. Thank you very much minibiblioPLUS!”
Today is World Penguin Day, for this occasion, we made a list of books suggestions.
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Presenting our book of the month for April: “One Earth” by Eileen Spinelli.
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We are delighted to announce our volunteer of the month for March 2023: Isabel Meadowcroft! Here’s a message from her:
“I fondly remember my favourite children’s books – mostly because my dad was an energetic reader who delighted in animating them and because of the enduring lessons I learned from these stories. As a child I learned to read later than my peers, but I believe it was this early connection to literacy that meant I picked it up quickly once I had help, becoming an avid reader. I now take pride in supporting minibiblioPLUS’ mission to develop early literacy skills through instilling in children a lifelong love of reading and learning. I enjoy using puppets, props, and imagination-based games to actively engage the children with the content of the book. I’m delighted when, after story-time, the children initiate play based on the characters and themes from the books. Now, without prompting, the four-year-olds make predictions about what might happen in the story and ask questions about the material during the read-aloud! Most of all, I love it when the children rush to the bookshelves after story-time to pick out their favourite books to read individually. Through volunteering with minibiblioPLUS I’ve witnessed how reading stories aloud to children encourages their problem-solving and creative skills as well as their empathy.”
Presenting our book of the month for March: “Cinderstella: A Tale of Planets Not Princes” by Brenda Miles, Susan Sweet, Nadia Gagnier.
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We are delighted to announce our volunteer of the month for February 2023: Anna Savulescu! Here’s a message from her:
“Following the suggestions of my brother, who is also a volunteer with minibiblioPLUS, I joined this team, as a Video storyteller, four months ago. Even if I was somewhat reluctant at the beginning, for fear of disappointing young listeners who might browse my videos, it took only three videos to gradually acquire self-confidence and find the satisfaction of feeling useful while creating, animating and having fun. I feel even more valued knowing that the diversity of themes covered in my readings makes it possible to reach children with different curiosities and preferences. Triggering smiles and arousing the interest of toddlers in reading, brings me a lot of pleasure. Thanks to my contribution, I hope that I succeeded in helping minibiblioPLUS to carry out its activities of awareness and early literacy and that more and more children will take their first steps in reading.”
Presenting our book of the month for February: “In My Heart”, by Jo Witek.
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