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Gotta Read This and Novel-Ties  Attend one of our summer educator workshops to discover the latest children's and young adult books to use with your students.     Here Comes Summer Reading Keep your students reading over the summer! The library's free Summer Reading program begins June 13.       Sharon Draper: You're Invited! Come listen to author Sharon Draper at the Teen Author Lecture on May 14 at Portland Community College Cascade Campus.       Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote Pancho Rabbit's trip north to find his papa is fraught with danger in this story about immigration.     Summer Educator Workshops Are you tired of using the same old books with your classes every year? Attend one of our summer educator workshops in August to learn about the latest and greatest books to use in the classroom!Registration required.   Gotta Read This: New Books to Connect with Your Curriculum For K to 5th-grade educators: Tuesday, August 5, 2014, 2-4:30 pm, Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave. in the U.S. Bank Room  For 6th- to 12th-grade educators: Gotta Read This! online Educators can selectively pick the subjects of greatest interest to them. We’ll notify you when online workshops are available. Novel-Ties (for 4th- to 8th-grade educators): Hot, new fiction to use in book discussion groups and literature circles Thursday, August 7, 2014, 2-4:30 pm North Portland Library, 512 N Killingsworth St. Professional development certificates will be available. Contact us with questions!   Summer Reading Starts June 13! Celebrate science at the public library this summer! As you know, reading over summer break goes a long way toward maintaining reading skills so that students return in September ready to pick up where they left off in June. Summer Reading is free, and kids who finish the game will be entered into the grand prize drawing for a trip for four to Great Wolf Lodge waterpark! Visit the Summer Reading website to find out more.   Starting June 13, kids and teens may sign up for Summer Reading by visiting any Multnomah County library. If you have questions or comments, please email Summer Reading Coordinator Sarah Nelsen or call 503.988.3236. Summer Reading is made possible by The Library Foundation.   Booklist Clearance Once again, School Corps offers educators copies of printed booklists that may be of interest to your students and their families. Complete the online form to request the booklists you’d like sent to you!   You're Invited to the Teen Author Lecture This year’s Teen Author Lecture will feature author Sharon M. Draper, whose exciting work includes Copper Sun, the Jericho Trilogy, Romiette and Julio, the Hazelwood Trilogy, and Out of My Mind. “I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me,” Draper says. The lecture will be May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Portland Community College Cascade Campus, Moriarty Arts and Humanities Buildling, 705 N Killingsworth Street.   The Teen Author Lecture is made possible by The Library Foundation. With their support, this year’s event is FREE. Space is limited, and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so plan to arrive early.    New Resource: Open Ed This resource provides you with over a million Common Core videos, games, assessments, quizzes and courses. It allows you to search by keyword or Common Core standard for materials, create playlists of items you find, and create or clone courses for your students too. And if you’re creating a course, Open Ed will recommend resources, so you can include the most relevant resources available.    Booktalk Tonatiuh, Duncan. Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013. [jE TONATIUH 2013] Pancho Rabbit and his family plan a party to welcome Papa Rabbit back from his trip to El Norte, the north country where he’d travelled two years ago to earn money for his family. But Papa Rabbit never shows up.   So Pancho Rabbit decides to go find him. He packs his father’s favorite foods: mole, beans and rice, tortillas and aguamiel (a drink made from the maguey plant) for his trip. Pancho follows the stars north, but soon he meets a coyote. Coyote agrees to help him, but each time he helps Pancho, Pancho must give him some food in return.  Their journey is long; they cross rivers, they crawl through tunnels, they avoid scary rattlesnakes, and they trek across a big hot desert.   Pancho is tired, hungry and thirsty by the time they reach the hut where they’ll spend the night. But there’s no food or drink left. And now Pancho suspects Coyote wants to eat HIM! Will Pancho’s papa be there in time to rescue him?   This book shares the story of many immigrants who leave their homes and take a dangerous journey north, in search of a better life.