Children's Literature
For the past couple months, Parkland Library has been the site of displays created by students in Nancy Gaumer's CHD 217 (Languague and Literacy for the Young Child) class.
Nancy describes the assignment: "The purpose of the assignment was to familiarize themselves and each other with a variety of (mostly) fictional literature for young children. Students chose an author's name out of a hat. At first they were not thrilled with the author they chose because they had not heard of him/her. They were to read a variety of works by the author, find out 'something about the author,' and then make a display and write a paper on what they found out - things like why they thought their author was popular."
Nancy continues: "In class on 'Author Day,' the students put up their displays, shared their results, and read their favorite book by their author. This has been really interesting for them and for me! We learned that Shel Silverstein used to write for Playboy; two of our authors were married to each other; one author went to school at the U of I; Robert Munsch was a preschool teacher who was told that his books were too raw and would never sell; and several other interesting little bits of information. Students and I all agree that this is an interesting way to learn about a wide variety of children's literature."
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Thank you to Nancy Gaumer and the students in CHD 217 for sharing these colorful, informative displays with Parkland Library.
Central Asia
Who better to create a display featuring Central Asia than a native of that region? The Library's Gulya Fehr, originally from Tajikistan, takes you on a visual tour of her country and the surrounding area.
Gulya shares with us mementos of the region as well as her own books. If you're not fluent in Russian, you can still enjoy the colorful pictures that depict life in Central Asia. The display also includes Library books which you may borrow and read to learn more about the area.
The display, located on the Library's main floor, will remain for you to study and enjoy until the end of February.
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