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Recipe for a school library as a place of literacy and learning (LC Submission 2 - Module 2)

I did it!!! I created my very first PowToon!! It took far too long, but I did it. Small miracles. PowToon LLC Now that I am looking at it again, I realize I will have to pay for the upgrade to be able to see all the features I want...but now I know what is there. 

Yes, Virginia, there is a Sesame Street... (LC submission one)

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Thinking about different places in my neighbourhood/community brings me back to watching Sesame Street. I am taken back to my childhood; going to the public library with my mum, brothers and sisters. I loved it there!! Click here to see Grover in the library During elementary school, library time was my favourite. I loved sitting on the steps built into the corner of the library, listening to Mrs. Marwood reading a favourite story. The polyester swishing of her pants suit was the only sound that could be heard other than the turning of pages. Fast forward thirty years - my favourite place to take my kids was the St. Albert Public Library. The best EVER summer reading program filled the back storage areas of the library and involved the whole community; high school students to seniors. I would sing the Sesame Street "people in my neighbourhood"  (Click here if you need to hear it)  song to my kids on our long walk to the library. Now, those three little kids in the st...