Celebrate Dizzy Gillespie's birthday with a wonderful new children's book at Cubberley Library about his collaboration with Charlie "Bird" Parker and the birth of bebop: Golio, Gary, and Ed Young. 2015. Bird & Diz. "BEBOP! Like riding a musical roller coaster, it'll make your head spin."
Just in time for National Bullying Prevention Month, Kelly Roll has put together a display of great children's books for nuturing compassion. Cubberley Library also has the following resources:
In 2011 the United Nations declared October 11th the International Day of the Girl Child. The U.S. branch is "an 100% youth-led movement fighting for gender justice and youth rights.
Today is National Coming Out Day, the 28th anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Cubberley Education Library has resources listed in the following guides:
According to NPR there is momentum in a movement to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day. If you wish to celebrate today in that way, we have books for you.
A party in Ramandan is only one of the Children's books with an Islamic theme in Cubberley Education Library. It deals with the dilemma of a young Muslim girl torn between the temptations of goodies at a party and wanting to keep her Ramadan fast.
June is LGBT Pride Month, honoring the 1969 Stonewall riots. Check out the Library of Congress site for more information about it. Also check out Cubberley Education Library's list of children's books with a LGBTQ theme and resources for research on LGBTQ and education.
Hats off to Stanford’s own Andrew Luck for promoting the love of reading. Mr. Luck has started a book club via social media. He plans to introduce a book he enjoyed as a child for younger readers, as well as a book for more seasoned readers. According to his web site he’ll introduce a new book in stages that correspond with the NFL schedule: off-season, mini-camp, summer training and pre-season. He plans to bring in guest athletes to take over until after the Super Bowl. Participants may follow along on Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter using #ALBookClub.