Programming Database for NH Public Librarians
In a 2014 study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, nearly 25 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 admitted trying illicit drugs, and 32 percent reported alcohol use. Our hope is that families can visit our website and leave with the knowledge to prevent teen drug/alcohol abuse.
DrugRehab.com, is a web resource that provides information and support to people fighting addiction and substance abuse.
https://www.drugrehab.com/teens/
https://www.drugrehab.com/guides/parents/
Recent list from the Youth Consultants List Serve:
1, 2, 3 Magic series by Thomas Phalen (DVD is helpful)
13 Things Mentally Strong Parent Don’t Do by Amy Morin
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood/ Jennifer Senior
Baby 411
The Baby-Led Weaning Cookbook
Baby Toddler Play by Gymboree
Be the parent, please : stop banning seesaws and start banning Snapchat : strategies for solving the real parenting problems by Naomi Schaefer Riley
The big disconnect : protecting childhood and family relationships in the digital age by Catherine Adair-Stern
Brain Rules for Baby by Dr. Medina,
Brainstorm by Daniel Siegel
The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander by Barbara Coloroso
The Confident Parent: A Pediatrician’s Guide to Caring for Your Little One–Without Losing Your Joy, Your Mind, or Yourself/ Jane Scott
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, From Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster
Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Busy Moms (2019) by Kate Northrup
Doing Life with your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and Your Welcome Mat Out (2019) by Jim Burns, PhD
Earn It by Michael Wetter
Elevating Child Care by Janet Lansbury
Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong—and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster
French Kids Eat Everything: How our family moved to France, cured picky eating, banned snacking, and discovered 10 simple rules for raising happy, healthy eaters (2012) by Karen Le Billon
Grab the Kids and Go: A Practical Guide to Your Family’s Gap Year (2017) by Taryn Ash
Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday: Say Good-bye to Stressed, Tired, and Anxious and Hello to Renewed Joy in Motherhood (2019) by Valerie Woerner
Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp (DVD a must)
Have a New Kid by Friday by Kevin Leman
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron
Hold On To Your Kids by Gordon Neufeld
Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
How to Be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute/ K.J. Dell’Antonia
How To Raise and Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin
How to talk so little kids will listen : a survival guide to life with children ages 2-7 by Joanna Faber & Julie King. How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber.
Ignore It!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction/ Catherine Pearlman
Just Because it’s not Wrong Doesn’t Make it Right by Barbara Coloroso
Kids are Worth It by Barbara Coloroso
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder (2008) by Richard Louv
A Little Bit of Dirt: 55 Science and Art Activities to Reconnect Children to Nature (2015) by Asia Citro
The Montessori Toddler: A Parent’s Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being (2019) by Simone Davies
Motivation Breakthrough by Richard Lavoie
No Bad Kids by Janet Lansbury
No More Mean Girls by Katie Hurley
No : why kids — of all ages — need to hear it and ways parents can say it. David Walsh
Oh, Crap! Potty Training
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money (2015) by Ron Lieber
The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive by W. Thomas Boyce
Play, Make, Create: A Process Art Handbook (2019) by Meri Cherry
Play the Forest School Way (2016) by Jane Worroll
Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen
The Read-Aloud Handbook (2013) by Jim Trelease
Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Pre-schoolers by Deborah MacNamara.
The Science of Mom: A Research-Based Guide to Your Baby’s First Year by Alice Callahan
The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud
Siblings Without Rivalry
Simplicity Parenting by Kim Payne
Sleep Book for Tired Parents by Rebecca Huntley
Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear by Kim Brooks
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems
There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom’s Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge) (2017) by Linda Akeson McGurk
Under Pressure by Lisa Damour
The Way of Boys by Anthony Rao
Weird Parenting Wins: Bathtub Dining, Family Screams, and Other Hacks from the Parenting Trenches/ Hillary Frank
The Whole Brain by Daniel Siegel
Wide Open World: How Volunteering Around the World Changed One Family’s Life Forever (2015) by John Marshall
Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James
A Year of Forest School by Jane Worroll
Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child by Daniel Siegel
You Are Your Child’s First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin.
Recommended Authors:
Dan Siegel, Janet Lansbury, Dr. David Walsh, Barbara Coloroso
General Recommendations:
Potty training books and videos will fly off the shelf.
“Safe hearts” book series is through an independent publisher but tackles many tough topics.
NH Summer Library Program & the Boston Bruins
I am happy to announce that the Boston Bruins will be promoting reading again this year in New Hampshire. We are accepting applications for your library to have a storytime visit with Blades, the Boston Bruins mascot. Top readers program information is coming soon, but be sure to fill out the attached application for a Blades library visit asap—deadline is May 10th. I will accept electronic submissions.
Sign up for this FREE event (see attached flyer) being held at the Baker Free Public Library on May 16 from 10 am – 12 pm:
Attached is a parking map for the Baker Free Public Library for the event. There is a limited number of seats so sign up now.
Two books recently crossed my desk that I thought were fun.
A vocabulary rich rhyming book about manners. Zoo animals add to the fun with illustrations of them doing their best to follow the etiquette advice.
vocabulary, phonological awareness
social awareness, self management, relationship skills
28 different lizard species run, sun, swoop, scoop and more in this non-fiction book that could easily be adapted to a movement part of a storytime. Can you “do a pushup like a lizard?”
FREE WORKSHOP: Setting the Tone: Creating a Culturally Responsive Environment
When: Friday, May 31 9:30-11:30
Where: Municipal Association Building Concord
What: Workshop Setting the Tone: Creating a Culturally Responsive Environment
Who: NH Teen Institute
Cost: FREE NH State Library – Intentional Family Engagement Initiative
Funding Provided by Endowment for Health
•Staff will leave with an understanding of how to create a culturally competent environment, even if there is not a lot of visible diversity in their center, school, community, etc.
• Staff will leave with language to engage children in discussions without telling them how to think or feel.
• Staff will leave with tools to help children discover and explore each other’s similarities and differences in safe and fun ways.
Register to attend here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWMgwPQbfp-984kBxwfC63NHSA4JOuJctvvV7Wf1LKmTyrSw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Click HERE for the April 2019 Newsletter
NNLM All Of Us Community Engagement Network-
National Network of Libraries of Medicine – New England Region has some new Toolkits for Public Libraries to use for the month of April.
Subjects are: Minority Health, Citizen Science Day of April 13th, National Prescription Drug “Take Back” Day, and Air Quality Awareness Week of April 29 to May 3rd.
https://nnlm.gov/all-of-us/national-health-observances#toc-2
Hello Amazing Librarians—
This summer is Smokey Bear’s 75th Anniversary and one of the things he’d like to do is visit public libraries in New Hampshire to share information about our forests and the importance of wildfire protection. Patrons of all ages will be able to have their pictures taken with Smokey and we anticipate that he and his crew will be distributing information about wildfire protection along with fun Smokey-related materials.
Attached is an application to have Smokey visit your library. Smokey’s Team is working with the N.H. State Library’s Youth and Adult Services Coordinator, Debbi Dutcher, on this project but please know that it is NOT replacing the Blades visits that Debbi runs with the Boston Bruins.
The Team should be able to let you know by mid-May if your library is one of five that has been selected for a visit.
The application is self-explanatory; if you have questions, please contact Captain Doug Miner (douglas.miner@dncr.nh.gov) from the N.H. Forest Protection Bureau. Note, also, that the forms should be returned to Capt. Miner, not to Debbi or to me. It’s especially important that you provide your three choices for dates/times that Smokey might visit. He’s a busy bear!
Thank you for all you do…
Shelly Angers
Public Information Officer
N.H. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Supercharged Storytime Learning Groups are ending. Of the 30+ that initially registered, we had 15 or so that were active participants. A fun couple of hours are being planned for the in-person get together in two locations. This reaffirming workshop is going to be offered to people that have taken the Web Junction self-paced course on their own as well.
As a bonus: Using the early literacy planning tool (http://nhlibraries.org/youthservices/forms-resources/) please submit atleast one storytime to me BEFORE the meeting. Someone will win a small Dunkin Donuts gift card from me. I also plan to bring some give-away new books and maybe more.
We will be meeting Monday, May 20th 10-12 at the Hooksett Public Library and Thursday, May 23rd 10-12 at the Lincoln Public Library