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Essex Elementary School

Library Media Center

EES Library Media Center
Our Vision:

To ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information:

Our vision is to provide a warm and nurturing environment that encourages all students to embrace literature and develop a lifelong learning ethic. Integration of emerging technologies will be incorporated in a library program that will prepare our for the future. Study skills integrating online research and retrieval as well as traditional reference resources will be an integral part of their learning experience. Our students will be confident in their ability to use any library as a resource to accomplish their educational goals.

Deborah A. Giaconia, MLS
Library Media Specialist

Library Links: May/June 2012 Book of the Month Hey Little Ant by Phillip & Hannah Hoose; illustrated by Debie Tilley
		Hey, Little Ant is a song-based children’s picture book. The story of Hey, Little Ant is a negotiation between an ant about to be flattened and a child (the “Kid”) about to flatten it. We will explore the book and examine the content as we teach our students about empathy and alternatives to bullying behavior. We will also emphasize the worth of all living things and our responsibility as a living creature to care for one another regardless of size or perceived importance in our living world. The story was written as a song in 1992 by Phillip Hoose and his then nine-year-old daughter, Hannah. They deliberately left the outcome of Hey, Little Ant unresolved, ending the story with the question, “Now what do you think that Kid should do?” This question will be a great springboard for discussion and integration of social development themes. We will explore that question as we take responsibility for our own ‘ant’ for a day... So, what to do? Should the ant get squished? Should the ant go free? What would you do? We hope you will enjoy our book of the month. Copies are available in our library. We will strive to become an empathetic community -- building trust, mutual respect, and kindness for all at EES! Read... Enjoy... Explore... Discuss... Learn... Grow... as together we put literacy at the Heart of EES and build Heart into our culture through literacy!