en http://www.vpr.org/programs/dorothys-list https://static.feedpress.com/logo/vpr-dorothys-list.jpg Kids & Family nonadult VPR's Book Club For Kids Vermont Public Radio Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio Vermont Public Radio Vermont Public Radio Kids, Books, Vermont Dorothy's List is VPR's book club for kids! Each month we highlight a book nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. We visit schools and libraries where the book is being read, check out how young readers are interacting with the book and relay students' questions to the author. VPR's Book Club For Kids 1069120425 http://www.vpr.org/programs/dorothys-list VPR's Book Club For Kids en Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:55:01 +0000 NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Vermont Public Radio Vermont Public Radio webmaster@vpr.net Dorothy's List is VPR's book club for kids! Each month we highlight a book nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. We visit schools and libraries where the book is being read, check out how young readers are interacting with the book and relay students' questions to the author. no no webmaster@vpr.net Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-alan-gratz-wins-dorothy-canfield-fisher-book-award-second-straight-year Each spring, upper elementary students schools in the Mt. Abraham Unified School District travel to the middle and high school library for a Jeopardy! -style trivia competition about the books nominated for Vermont's Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award. But anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 49802 as https://www.vpr.org Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:03:44 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 296 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/state-librarian-promises-thoughtful-process-rename-dorothy-canfield-fisher-award For more than half a century, Vermont’s middle-grade students have been reading books on Dorothy’s List, a reading program and book award named for Arlington author Dorothy Canfield Fisher. But the author's connection to the eugenics movement, and msmith@vpr.net (msmith) 49875 as https://www.vpr.org Wed, 29 May 2019 19:59:50 +0000 631 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-first-rule-punk-celebrates-being-yourself-and-rocking-out A group of fifth- and sixth-graders are in the library of Orleans Elementary School working on making “'zines.” 'Zines are like personal mini magazines, and they're a favorite hobby of Malú, the main character in The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez . anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 49522 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:14:48 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 586 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-girl-searches-answers-about-her-mysterious-past-beyond-bright-sea Beyond the Bright Sea takes place in 1925 on a string of small islands called the Elizabeths, off the coast of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The novel is a work of historical fiction, but it was mystery and suspense that grabbed — and held — the attention of anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 49227 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 25 Mar 2019 15:41:00 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 643 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-sci-fi-novel-last-day-mars-tackles-moving-new-planet Mars is a very different place from Earth. But for Liam and his friend Phoebe, the main characters in the science fiction novel Last Day on Mars, the Earth colony on Mars is the only home they have ever known. anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 49014 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:40:19 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 669 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-secret-locker-library-contains-challenged-titles-ban-book In Ban This Book some of 9-year-old Amy Anne Ollinger’s favorite books have started to disappear off her school library's shelves, and she discovers that adults are challenging the books and the school board is banning them from the library. Dorothy’s anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 48711 as https://www.vpr.org Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:10:45 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 641 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-3-kids-different-eras-flee-their-home-countries-refugee The historical novel Refugee weaves the stories of three refugee families fleeing their homes in different parts of the world and during different time periods: Germany in the 1930s, Cuba in the 1990s and Syria just a few years ago. anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 48609 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 28 Jan 2019 20:38:33 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 708 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-teen-navigates-life-without-arms-insignificant-events-life-cactus Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you had no arms? How would you eat? Or write? Or turn the pages of a book? Those are some of the everyday challenges facing 13-year-old Aven Green, the main character in Dusti Bowling’ s novel anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 48364 as https://www.vpr.org Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:47:56 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 605 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-whydah-tells-true-tale-pirate-ship-sunk-cape-cod The real lives of pirates are documented in Martin W. Sandler’s The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked and Found. And after reading the book — nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award — a group of Dorothy’s List readers at Springfield Town anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 48046 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:17:45 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 638 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-secret-home-tests-relationships-family-game-night Author Mary E. Lambert was a master’s degree student in a Vermont College of Fine Arts low-residency program while she was writing Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes — now the novel is nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award. anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 47805 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:36:59 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 649 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-im-just-no-good-rhyming-offers-humorous-poetry-all-ages At Guilford Central School, the entire school – kindergarten through sixth grade – gets together for Community Music Time. Sometimes musicians from the greater community come in to perform. But on the day Dorothy's List was there, it was small ensembles anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 47429 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:21:33 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 620 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-us-iran-relations-set-stage-historical-novel-it-aint-so-awful-falafel At the Orchard Elementary School in South Burlington, students come from a variety of cultural backgrounds. In fact, about a third of the students speak a language other than English at home. Last fall, a group of Orchard fifth-graders gathered to discuss anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 45850 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 30 Apr 2018 17:37:21 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 485 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-lost-pacific-1942-recounts-tense-and-true-survival-story Westford Elementary School students have broken up into small groups, clustered around library tables — but in this case, the tables are figurative life rafts. The students are discovering a nearly-forgotten piece of history, as they dive into the anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 45403 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:35:58 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 659 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-inquisitors-tale-takes-readers-magical-adventure-middle-ages Readers at the Neshobe School in Brandon are really getting into Adam Gidwitz ’s book The Inquisitor’s Tale, which takes place in the Middle Ages — meaning that with the help of imagination and technology, they are literally putting themselves into the anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 45102 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 26 Feb 2018 19:59:08 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 698 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-magical-tale-takes-flight-girl-who-drank-moon Students at Dover Elementary are trying their hands at making origami birds. Paper birds like these play an interesting role in Kelly Barnhill ’s fantastical novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon . The birds in the book are magical, and they can be both anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 44750 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:23:10 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 587 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-littlest-bigfoot-tackles-feelings-not-fitting If you were listening closely a few weeks ago in northern Vermont, you may have heard what sounded like a secret colony of "Bigfoots." But no, it was just a group of Hyde Park Elementary School students acting like the characters in The Littlest Bigfoot. anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 44338 as https://www.vpr.org Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:01:58 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 584 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-friends-come-many-forms-when-friendship-followed-me-home A four-legged friend stopped by to spend time with first and fifth grade reading buddies at Chamberlin School in South Burlington — a timely visit, as the older students had recently read about a supportive dog in Paul Griffin 's novel When Friendship anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 44048 as https://www.vpr.org Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:35:28 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 556 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-spooky-secrets-lurk-throughout-inn-between About a hundred students from elementary schools in Swanton, Highgate and Sheldon packed into the children's room of the Swanton Public Library on a recent Friday the 13th — a fitting date to welcome author Marina Cohen to talk about her spooky novel The anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 43723 as https://www.vpr.org Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:50:17 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 474 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-stranded-island-wild-robot-discovers-strange-new-world In the book The Wild Robot , a robot named Roz washes up on a remote island and must learn survival skills. Northfield Elementary School students recently gathered in their school library to show off what they learned about the book by way of a friendly anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 43393 as https://www.vpr.org Wed, 04 Oct 2017 19:59:51 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 539 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio https://www.vpr.org/post/dorothys-list-wwii-novel-war-saved-my-life-addresses-child-abuse The War That Saved My Life, by author Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, is a World War II-era story about a girl and her brother who have a chance to escape their cruel childhood when London is evacuated during the war. anoyes@vpr.net (Amy Kolb Noyes) 41753 as https://www.vpr.org Tue, 09 May 2017 20:02:21 +0000 Amy Kolb Noyes 560 no Kids, Books, Vermont Vermont Public Radio