ISCI 756 Fall 2025 Book Talks, Book Trailers, and more! by SC Librarian

2025-10-04 13:42:10 UTC

Written by Margarita Engle and illustrated by Rafael López, Drum Dream Girl will transport you to an island long ago, where music and colors flow freely through the air. Watch the video above to find out more!

2025-10-05 02:59:39 UTC

Written by Alexander, Kwame and Kadir Nelson, Undefeated allows you to peek into the life of greatness by never giving up. History in the making...watch to spark interest for multiple reads!

2025-10-08 01:40:57 UTC

Ami Polonsky's tale of overcoming incredible tragedies, and trying to attain some sense of normalcy while dealing with the impossible. World Made of Glass is a coming of age tale like none other, focusing on Iris, a 13 year old losing her father to AIDS during the height of the crisis in 1987

2025-10-08 20:30:52 UTC

"Creepy Carrots" By Aaron Reynolds and Pictures by Peter Brown is perfect for the Halloween season! Jasper Rabbit has a problem... there are creepy carrots following him around! How can he get rid of them? are they even real? Check out the book to find out more!

2025-10-09 20:48:43 UTC

Just Ask! Be Different, be Brave, be You by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Video by: Myranda Foether

"The President Sang Amazing Grace" by Zoe Mulford

bethwiggins — 2025-10-10 17:26:22 UTC

crystalr0608 — 2025-10-11 21:48:24 UTC

Written by Carrie Lara, "Mango Abulea and Me" is a beautiful story about family, culture, and love.

What if someone you loved spoke a language you didn't understand? In this story, we learn that love is more than just words; it's a bond and an understanding of each other.

Zinn_C

The Last Cuentista by Donna Higuera

2025-10-12 15:04:48 UTC

2025-10-12 15:17:09 UTC

Do you love escape rooms, books, and games? I have the perfect book for you! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein is the ultimate escape room competition in book form. Do you think you have what it takes to escape Mr. Lemoncello's Library before Kyle and his friends?

2025-10-12 16:17:04 UTC

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas is about a girl named Bree who moves to a new school and is scared to join the swim team. With help from her kind neighbor and new friends, she learns how to swim and starts to believe in herself. It’s a fun and inspiring story about courage, teamwork, and never giving up.

BookTalk - Unico: Awakening

2025-10-12 20:30:29 UTC

Unico: Awakening is by Samuel Sattin and illustrated by Gurihiru. It is a retelling of the manga series Unico by the late Osamu Tezuka, originally published in 1976.

Padlet is echo-y on my computer, so link will take you to the video in my Google Drive.

2025-10-12 21:41:54 UTC

Book Talk

2025-10-13 00:12:09 UTC

Watch Out! Do you know someone who is a picky eater? Will you be a victim of eating smelly socks? Check out, Tales for Very picky Eaters by Josh Schneider.

Katie the Catsitter Book Talk

2025-10-13 01:47:47 UTC

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to cat-sit a gazillion suspicious cats? How about a gazillion different cats with unique and special abilities. Katie the Catsitter could tell you exactly what that's like!

01landon56 — 2025-10-13 02:11:04 UTC

Have you ever felt uncertainty from others when engaging in new adventures and experiences? Have you ever gone out of your way to take risks even when you may have felt a bit uncomfortable? If that’s the case, then I have something that you may love a lot. Hello everyone. My name is Landon Santino, and today I am displaying a book that not just one specific audience would gratify towards, but something many would enjoy reading. If you love books that are humorous, adventurous, kind-hearted, and full of friendship, then Clifford the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell, is just for you. The story tells about the love between Emily Elizabeth and her lovable red dog, Clifford. Clifford is a dog full of wonder, love, warmth, tenderness, and joyfulness. The two go on numerous adventures together, but there is one problem. Clifford is enormous and is over twenty feet tall. The one question is, will this affect how he perceives himself or how others will view him, that the two meet along the way? If you would love to know, check out your nearest library or order online this amazing, simple, yet important read. I guarantee you will love it.

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus Book Talk

2025-10-13 03:10:33 UTC

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

By: Barbra Park

Cover Picture Credit: Penguin Random House

There are many reasons you should read this book, especially to connect with our main character, Junie B. Jones. It’s relatable to feel nervous about trying something new such as riding a school bus for the first time. Some of us can relate to the sass that she brings to real world feelings and experiences. You should also read this book for the humor because this story captures Junie B. Jones’ real feelings, perspective of a kindergartener, and straight up funny situations. According to Time, “Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year old with an endearing penchant for honesty.”

Book Talk by Micah Stevens

2025-10-16 01:24:46 UTC

The book I discuss is Mexikid by Pedro Martin. If you want to improve your Spanish, reminisce about the 1970s, or remember family roadtrips, this is the book for you.

R. J. Palacio’s White Bird

2025-10-21 01:23:25 UTC

You may know R.J. Palacio from her Wonder series with Auggie, the kind boy with the unforgettable face. This is Palacio’s debut graphic novel, White Bird. Sara, a young Jewish girl living in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, has her entire world turn upside down when she must hide alone in her neighbor’s barn until the war is over. In this coming of age story about survival and friendship she meets a hero, Julien, a former classmate whom she’d regretfully never paid any attention to because of his disability. Still Julien looks past her prideful past and teaches Sara what a good neighbor truly is. Fans of Anne Frank’s heroic memoir will enjoy this tale. Palacio entices and enthuses the readers with vivid storytelling and imagery, and as she always does, she centers kindness and empathy with an open request to be kind to our neighbors.

The Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln

clj34 — 2025-10-25 23:57:21 UTC

As many reviews will state, The Night Librarian is a lot like if Night at the Museum happened in a library. Watch the book talk to hear more about Page & Turner's venture into a whole new world at NYPL ...at night.

Apologies for the delay in submitting!

Isaacs Book Evaluation Portfolio

2025-11-06 13:33:24 UTC

Fall 2025 Book Evaluation Portfolio-Isaacs

Thalias Book Evaluation Portfolio

2025-11-12 14:11:34 UTC

Fall 2025 Book Evaluation Portfolio- Thalia Sansspree

Beth Wiggins' Book Evaluation Reading Portfolio

bethwiggins — 2025-11-14 04:29:05 UTC

2025-11-14 20:02:26 UTC

Fall 2025 Children's Literature Book Evaluation Portfolio

LeeAnn Pennington

Alyssa Williamson Book Evaluation Portfolio

2025-11-14 22:37:43 UTC

2025-11-15 01:21:12 UTC

Fall 2025 Children's Literature

Book Evaluations - Angelia S. Jackson

2025-11-15 03:35:15 UTC

Fall 2025 Book Evaluation Portfolio- Sean T. Jackson

Zandrea Frazier's Reading Portfolio

2025-11-16 16:07:25 UTC

Fall 2025 Children's Materials - Book Evaluation Reading Portfolio

crystalr0608 — 2025-11-16 21:29:37 UTC

Zinn, Crystal Book Evaluation Portfolio.

2025-11-16 23:39:49 UTC

Book Evaluation Portfolio - Brousseau

Toro Book Evaluation Portfolio

2025-11-17 00:27:25 UTC

clj34 — 2025-11-17 00:35:27 UTC

Myranda Foether

2025-11-17 01:18:37 UTC

sarahkumacdonald — 2025-11-17 02:51:52 UTC

McKenna Kusemark's Book Evaluations

2025-11-17 03:26:13 UTC

Hello is the link to my Canva with all my book evaluations from this Semester!

Wortman Book Evaluation Portfolio

2025-11-17 05:07:37 UTC

Fall 2025 Book Evaluation - Wortman

Top 5 reads this semester (no particular order):

The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry

Unico

Swim Team

Bunnybirds

Monster Hands

Book Evaluation Portfolio - Emma Rewis

2025-11-19 15:27:29 UTC

Sean Jackson's book trailer for The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day

2025-11-21 01:40:03 UTC

This was a hand drawn frame by frame animation for "The Mona Lisa Vanishes," by Nicholas Day

crystalr0608 — 2025-11-22 02:32:00 UTC

"Martina the Beautiful Cockroach" by Carmen Agra Deedy

The Last Kids on Earth Book Trailer

2025-11-23 18:37:59 UTC

Would you survive if you were one of the last kids left on Earth? Join Jack Sullivan and his friends in The Last Kids on Earth, written by Max Brallier and illustrated by Douglas Holgate, and find out if they make it through or will fall victim to the Monster Apocalypse?

"Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands" by Katherine Roy

2025-11-25 18:10:45 UTC

Thalia Sansspree's Book Trailer for Leave Me Alone written by Vera Brosgol

2025-11-26 14:39:38 UTC

Please disregard for the first video I posted, this is the correct one!

The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers Video Book Trailer

sem77 — 2025-11-26 17:28:48 UTC

LibraryGoddess_SC — 2025-11-27 03:41:52 UTC

2025-11-28 15:15:59 UTC

Emma Rewis - Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos

Including the link to the online Google version, just in case.

All images and sound come from the stock supply available through Google Vids.

We Dream of Space

2025-11-28 23:25:31 UTC

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

bethwiggins — 2025-11-29 03:11:01 UTC

All images were gathered using Canva's media features. The background song "Slap Happy" by The High Jynks was sourced from the free music in Canva.

Book Trailer Project

2025-11-29 06:49:28 UTC

Landon Santino

All images were googles images under usage rights create commons

"Winter Dance" Book Trailer by Patricia Wortman

2025-11-29 20:08:01 UTC

Video and assets were provided by Canva Pro (30-day trial).

Pilu of the Woods Book Trailer

2025-11-30 07:31:53 UTC

Images, sounds, videos all sourced from Canva's free-to-use materials

The Talk by Alicia D. Williams

2025-11-30 16:28:28 UTC

Trailer by Alyssa Williamson

Balloons Over Broadway Book Tailer

2025-11-30 16:30:59 UTC

Balloons Over Broadway: Written and Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Sam Isaacs Book Trailer

Book Trailer References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HEh8WKuBcUXjGt-MAqpIrXPNlZ_q8RXG3PjjDJEFu6U/edit?tab=t.0

Book Trailer Google Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nW0to6iEC9yQlfjaUibLd_OwH-9bGL0GCrFPC0iVonM/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p

Book Trailer Canva:

https://www.canva.com/design/DAG6L9UTODA/Q3oeaqa-naR_uDFlPm3R2w/edit?utm_content=DAG6L9UTODA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Book Trailer Isaacs Voiceover:

https://drive.google.com/drive/home?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto

The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

2025-11-30 18:46:36 UTC

All video and music came from Canva's stock videos and music!

History Smashers: The Mayflower

2025-11-30 21:08:49 UTC

Here's my book trailer for Kate Messner's History Smashers: The Mayflower! It felt fitting for the season.

The Road to After by Rebekah Lowell

clj34 — 2025-11-30 23:32:27 UTC

I am a little disappointed in my execution for this! Nothing I tried seemed to work and none of my "actors" (kids) were available. But I got it done the best I could. Enjoy.

Invisible By Christina Diaz Gonzalez

2025-12-02 01:39:03 UTC

Reading Portfolio by Micah Stevens

2025-12-03 00:40:19 UTC