{"id":11308,"date":"2015-07-31T00:01:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T04:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=11308"},"modified":"2015-07-30T21:43:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T01:43:53","slug":"crayons-paper-pencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/crayons-paper-pencils\/","title":{"rendered":"Crayons, paper, pencils…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Super Turtle (photo by Paige Bentley-Flannery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Capes are flying in the air at the Deschutes Public Library!<\/p>\n

Crayons, paper, pencils are scattered around the room, children are sitting on the floor sharing stories and ideas.\u00a0 The theme, Super Animals!\u00a0 What is your Super Animal?\u00a0 What is your Super Animals\u2019s super power? How will it save the day?<\/p>\n

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Super Speeding Turtle (photo by Paige Bentley-Flannery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As part of\u00a0 the summer reading program, \u201cEvery Hero has a Story,\u201d\u00a0 children of all ages have been creating Super Animals and bringing them to the library to share.\u00a0 I love hearing about their super animal power! The Super Turtle is speedy.\u00a0\u00a0 The Super Elephant has super water powers and the Super Rainbow Puppy makes mean people nice.\u00a0 Every day, I receive a new piece of art.\u00a0 This makes me smile all day long.\u00a0 The children\u2019s enthusiasm when they share each super animal power and how they will save the day is amazing.\u00a0 I also love hearing how they created each piece.\u00a0 Did they use glue? Magazine cut-outs? Paint?\u00a0 Found objects? Nature? One child created a Super Rainbow Puppy and included flowers, leaves and grass on her canvas.<\/p>\n

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Super Bunny (photo by Paige Bentley-Flannery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One child added beads for eyes and a pipe cleaner for the mouth-Super Bunny!<\/p>\n

I hosted weekly summer school visits and after hearing a silly story, learning about a new section of the library and checking out books, children created their own Super Animal at the library.\u00a0 After, the art committee added foam core to each art piece, making them easier to hang in the meeting room.<\/p>\n

The call out in the library event guide was open to everyone in any art form and in any size.\u00a0 What other animals will appear? Maybe a HUGE Super Giraffe?<\/p>\n

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Super Rainbow Puppy (photo by Paige Bentley-Flannery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The art work goes up Saturday, August 1st and will be on view in the library meeting room the month of August.\u00a0 We will also be part of the 4th Annual Friday Art Stroll, handing out popsicles while families, children and everyone enjoy looking at the children\u2019s super animals pieces.\u00a0 You can also create your own Super Animal with chalk outside the meeting room.\u00a0 Super Bird to the rescue!<\/p>\n

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Super Bird! (photo by Paige Bentley-Flannery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I look forward to doing more art programs in the library and having art work displayed throughout the library.<\/p>\n

Where do you display your art work in the library?\u00a0 Do you have an art or craft room? Please share in the comments below.<\/p>\n

Explore a few art inspired picture books for your next art program at the library. \u00a0Draw! Paint! Create!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Paige Bentley-Flannery is a Community Librarian at Deschutes Public Library. For over fifteen years\u2013from Seattle Art Museum to the New York Public Library to the Deschutes Public Library-Paige\u2019s passion and creative style for art, poetry and literature have been combined with instructing, planning, and providing information. Paige is currently serving on the ALSC Notable Children\u2019s Book Committee, 2015 \u2013 2017. She is a former Chair of the ALSC Digital Content Task Force and member of the ALSC Great Websites Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Capes are flying in the air at the Deschutes Public Library! Crayons, paper, pencils are scattered around the room, children are sitting on the floor sharing stories and ideas.\u00a0 The theme, Super Animals!\u00a0 What is your Super Animal?\u00a0 What is your Super Animals\u2019s super power? How will it save the day? As part of\u00a0 the summer reading program, \u201cEvery Hero has a Story,\u201d\u00a0 children of all ages have been creating Super Animals and bringing them to the library to share.\u00a0 I love hearing about their super animal power! The Super Turtle is speedy.\u00a0\u00a0 The Super Elephant has super water powers and the Super Rainbow Puppy makes mean people nice.\u00a0 Every day, I receive a new piece of art.\u00a0 This makes me smile all day long.\u00a0 The children\u2019s enthusiasm when they share each super animal power and how they will save the day is amazing.\u00a0 I also love hearing how they…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[703],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-paige-bentley-flannery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}