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This exposure to violence is not limited to one community or one group of children. It occurs among all ethnic and racial groups; in urban, suburban, and rural areas; in gated communities and on tribal lands.

Advances in neuroscience and child development have taught us that the trauma children experience when they are exposed to physical, sexual, and emotional violence harms their ability to mature cognitively and emotionally, and it scars them physically and emotionally well into their adult lives.

Some of our children may grow up in safety and stability, but when millions do not, our entire society suffers. We pay astronomical costs to the health care, child welfare, justice, and other systems because we have not yet done what we know works to prevent and treat childhood exposure to violence.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder charged this task force with recommending ways our nation can prevent, reduce, and treat children’s exposure to violence.

Please read Defending childhood : protect, heal, thrive to learn what we can do about it.

Read and play to learn all about the Ocean and reefs with these books.

Adventure beneath the Sea: Living in an Underwater Science Station. By Kenneth Mallory. Gr. 5–8.
Author and photographer chronicle their week in the Aquarius underwater laboratory on a coral reef off the Florida Keys exploring the stunning sights of a strange undersea habitat.

Ocean Hide and Seek by Jennifer Evans Kramer  (eBook) The sea is a place of mystery, where animals big and small play hide and seek! Can you imagine a shark hiding in the light? What about a clownfish in plain sight? Don’t believe it? Then, sink into the deep blue sea with Jennifer Evans Kramer and Ocean Hide and Seek! Surround yourself with the vibrant ocean illustrations of Gary R. Phillips. The ocean is an old, old place, and the exotic animals in the depths have learned to adapt to their surroundings to survive. Can you find the creatures hidden on every page? Or will you, too, be fooled by an ancient, underwater disguise? The “For Creative Minds” learning section includes an “Animal Classification” and “Food for Thought” activity. Juvenile Nonfiction.

Ocean Seasons by Ron Hirschi (eBook)
Seasons change in the ocean much as they do on land. Spring brings new plants and baby animals, summer oceans glow with sparkly plankton lights, and autumn winds blow across the open water. In winter the humpback whales migrate to warmer waters, just as some land animals move to warmer climates. The cycle begins again as they return to the northern waters in the spring. In fun, fanciful form, Ocean Seasons introduces plants and animals that are joined through the mix of seasons, food webs, and habitats beneath the waves. While set in the Pacific, similar changes occur in the Atlantic also. The “For Creative Minds” learning sections features and “Ocean Food Web Card Game.” Juvenile Nonfiction

Over in the Oceani n a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes (eBook)
Teachers and parents, take note: this book is already a classic. Two geniuses—author and illustrator—came into perfect alignment to create this book. The author has kids thinking it is entertainment while adults think it is a great lesson about the ocean. The genius of the illustrator is obvious. With painstaking detail each illustration is created entirely of polymer clay, then photographed, creating a 3-D impression of tremendous vitality. Kids will sing, clap, and count their way among pufferfish that puff, gruntfishthat grunt, and seahorses that flutter, and begin to appreciate life in the ocean. And the art will inspire many a project. Plus there are several pages of extension ideas for curriculum and art projects as well as resources on the web and elsewhere. Juvenile Nonfiction

Investigating Earth’s Oceans by Michael Anderson (eBook)
Contained in the immensity and depths of the Earth’s oceans, many of the planet’s species and resources thrive far away from the reaches of human civilization. With expanses that have yet to be discovered and enormous reservoirs of untapped potential, oceans provide fodder for all manners of research. This informative volume describes the features and properties of the bodies of water that make up 70 percent of the world’s surface as well as the various branches of oceanography dedicated to studying all aspects of the ocean and its life forms. YA Nonfiction

Ocean (Always Available eBook) Eye Wonder
Explores the lives and habitats of sea creatures on the ocean floor from dolphins and sharks to jellyfish. Juvenile Nonfiction

Coral Reefs. By Jason Chin. K–Gr. 3.
During an ordinary visit to the library, a girl pulls a not-so-ordinary book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about coral reefs, the city around her slips away and she finds herself surrounded by the coral cities of the sea and the mysterious plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide there.

Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle. By Claire A. Nivola. K–Gr. 3.
A picture book biography tells the story of Sylvia Earle’s growing passion for the wonders of the sea and how her ocean exploration and advocacy have made her known around the world.

Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas. By Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm. K–Gr. 3.
Explains how all life on the Earth depends, directly or indirectly, on light from the sun, and describes how all ocean life, from the tiniest plankton to great whales, including the creatures in the darkest depths, form a web that uses sunshine.

Also see Hot Topic – Sciences General for additional resources.

From: Quick Tips:Play! Make! Read! Connecting Books and Digital Media Learning. by Engberg, Gillian (author). First published May 22, 2013 (Booklist Online).

NEED TO KNOW
The Need to Know section offers a detailed account of the events leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg, the officers who commanded troops on each side of the conflict, accounts of skirmishes within the battle, and the strategies of the armies involved. In addition, a number of biographies, images, maps, primary documents, and other reference entries offer additional information on the actors in this bloodiest contest of the Civil War. READ MORE

EXAMINE
The Examine section of this History and the Headlines encourages students to explore newspaper accounts during the time of the Battle of Gettysburg from both the Union and Confederate perspectives. The Examine also includes a link to a longer version of this lesson plan, which is located on ABC-CLIO’s Support Center. READ MORE

Be sure to check out these other library resources:

• U.S. History in Context-Gettysburg
• U.S. History – Civil War Archives
• U.S. History – Slavery in America Archives

Nevada 2010 : population and housing unit counts

Since 1950 Nevada has seen a lot of growth. In April of 1950, population total was 56,515 people. Sixty years later population had grown to 2,700,551 with 94% living in urban areas. In 1950, urban population was 55.9% to rural population of 44.2%. This report provides 2010 Census and historical comparisons of the population and housing unit counts over 60 years. It also provides area measurements and density. The user notes section documents geographic changes over the past decade.

The book’s publisher, Sourcebooks and OverDrive, will be hosting a live Facebook chat with author Michael Malone, on Thursday, May 23 at 8pm ET enabling readers to have their questions answered in real time.

If you would like to participate in this chat, please send questions during the week to us on Twitter (@OverDriveLibs) and stay tuned for more information. This program is the first of its kind, so head to our eMedia Catalog  to check out the title and join the #BigLibraryRead conversation!

Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush

Pop, Goes the Weasel!

and there are lots more songs in Early World of Learning!

Excitement is building….since last week, over 2,000 libraries have
opted-in to participate in this event from 8 different countries – on 4
continents! Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, North Las Vegas
Library and Boulder City Library are three of those libraries!

The eBook for this pilot is Four Corners of the Sky (click to get your copy of the eBook) by Michael Malone.  Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Malone, every member of the community (with a valid library card) can read the eBook at the same time at no cost to the library!

If you don’t want to read the eBook version you can still participate with the print version! There are limited copies of The Four Corners of the Sky (click to reserve the print copy) available which you are welcome to begin reading now.

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