Book Lists – Game of Thrones

Are you a fan of the HBO television series Game of Thrones? Are you a fan of George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire book series? If so, here are some great book lists for you!

• 5 Completed Series to Read While You Wait for Winds of Winter – http://bit.ly/2y67fzQ
• 5 Fantasy Books to Read While You’re Waiting for the Next ‘Game of Thrones’ – http://theatln.tc/2wU1Kzu
• 6 Fantasy Series That Could Become the Next Game of Thrones – http://ti.me/2wgbMgV
• 7 Book Series to Read if You’re a Fan of Game of Thrones – http://bit.ly/2jZRXGH
• 7 Books to Read if You Miss ‘Game of Thrones’ – http://bit.ly/2wUfjP3
• 9 Dark Fantasy Series to Read While Waiting for George R.R. Martin’s “Winds of Winter” – http://bit.ly/2yqXdFV
• 10 Books to Read While You Wait for ‘Game of Thrones’ to Come Back – http://bit.ly/2hwzPQt
• 10 Epic Fantasy Books Like Game of Thrones – http://bit.ly/2k0kFHF
• 16 Epic Books That Will Cure Your “Game of Thrones” Withdrawal Symptoms – http://bzfd.it/2y5oHop
• 50 Books to Read While You Wait for More Game of Thrones – http://bit.ly/2eUfpTu
• If You Like Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin – http://bit.ly/2y4Zx9h
• Need Another Fantasy Book Series to Read While You Wait for the Next George R. R. Martin Release? – http://bit.ly/2fogj85
• Top 50 Books Like Game of Thrones – http://bit.ly/2xxW1B4

Book Lists – Children

Looking for a good children’s book to read? Looking for a good children’s book to recommend to your patrons? Looking for a good children’s book to add to your collection? If so, here are some great lists for you!

• 5 Books That Show Young Readers You’re Never Too Young to Make a Difference – http://bit.ly/2vVN7PV
• 6 Books About Losing Treasured Stuffed Animals – http://bit.ly/2tvXARz
• 7 Books for New Siblings-to-Be – http://bit.ly/2rlWxS1
• 9 Books for Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries – http://bit.ly/2sGMipp
• 9 Books for Young Readers Who Are Almost Ready for YA – http://bit.ly/2tp5lXq
• 10 Great Children’s Books for Adventurous Kids – http://bit.ly/2uvtMoA
• 10 Gripping Dystopian Novels for Young Readers – http://bit.ly/2qscy8Z
• 50 Classic Picture Books – http://bit.ly/2r9yhyp
• Entice Early Readers with Exciting New Chapter Book Series! – http://bit.ly/2q3zj2j
• What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite Books of Childhood – http://bit.ly/2uayiZq

Starting a Coding Club at Your Library (5)

Greetings and welcome to another installment of CodeDak, the State Library’s monthly column on running coding clubs in libraries! This episode is unflaggingly focused on one topic: lesson plans. If you’re offering a weekly, bi-weekly, or even a daily program, things will run smoother with some field-tested plans to work from. Even if you have no advance knowledge of this whole “computer science” thing, you can turn to these to guide you through. Below are links several sets of curricula and some brief explanations of what you can expect at each site. Enjoy!

Code Club: Code Club has full curricula for six different coding languages (Scratch, which may be best for beginners; HTML & CSS; Python; and three hardware-specific sets of curricula for working with Raspberry Pi, Sense HAT, and Sonic Pi). Each curriculum has six projects, which introduce concepts and complexity as they progress. For Scratch, HTML & CSS, and Python, there are multiple sets of 6 project arcs—six for scratch and two each for the others. As an added boon, these are all available in 28 different languages, which can be a great help when working with new Americans: https://codeclubprojects.org/en-GB/

Code.org: You may already be familiar with Code.org through the Hour of Code, but they also have comprehensive lesson plans presented alongside supplementary materials for teaching coding concepts to any grade level, from K-12. Have pre-readers? No problem. Advanced kids? Code.org has you covered. Simply start out by selecting Elementary, Middle, or High School under “Full course catalog” and you’ll be guided along to everything you need. If that’s a bit overwhelming and you’d like to take a more stripped down approach, simply go the “Express” route,” which comes in two flavors: Pre-reader and CS Fundamentals: https://studio.code.org/courses?view=teacher

Robots!

At the 2017 Summer Summits, Library Development staff presented on coding and coding clubs; and robots, too! Several robots were featured in our coding themed presentation (the slides can be viewed here); but we were only able to demonstrate one of the robots (the Sphero). But never fear, YouTube is here!

Through the power of YouTube, you can see all of these robots in action and learn more about them in the process. Enjoy!

Sphero

 

Kano

 

Codeybot

 

Dash and Dot

 

The Finch

 

Ozobots

 

Lego WeDo 2.0

 

Cubelets