Red & Lulu – History behind the Rockefeller Center Tree 2019

What a beautiful book written and illustrated by Matt Tavares!  We enjoyed it and then learned all of the AMAZING facts about this year’s traditional piece of nature in NYC! The Rockefeller Center Tree! This year’s tree was from Florida, New York – that is 60 miles from NYC! Did you know that there are… Read More Red & Lulu – History behind the Rockefeller Center Tree 2019

Throwback from Ms. Eyer’s Library Critical Thinking Challenges: Gingerbread books and coding, Oh my!

  Gingerbread Baby written and illustrated by Jan Brett A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a wild chase similar to the one in the familiar tale of the not-so-clever gingerbread man. With a partner, cut out the map pieces found HERE.… Read More Throwback from Ms. Eyer’s Library Critical Thinking Challenges: Gingerbread books and coding, Oh my!

Throwback from Ms. Eyer’s Library Critical Thinking Challenges: Then and Now

Realtor, John Patrick Schutz writes ” Harvesting of ice for storage purposes and meal enhancement at restaurants began commercially in the USA in 1805 and demand skyrocketed as modern convenience and the middle class both expanded to become part of the everyday life of the young USA. The ice was stored in three ice houses,… Read More Throwback from Ms. Eyer’s Library Critical Thinking Challenges: Then and Now