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From YouTube: Well Read | Best Books 2014 (Board, Picture, Easy to Read, and Easy To Read nonfiction)
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In this episode, Jerri, Danielle, Brianne, and Christina discuss the Best Books of 2014 in the Board, Picture, Easy to Read, and Easy to Read nonfiction categories.
A
Hi,
I'm
gerry
hide
you
services,
manager
at
the
Ames
Public
Library.
Welcome
to
a
special
program
of
well
read
a
little
bit
about
this
and
a
little
bit
about
that
and
Shh.
We
have
a
plan.
Our
plan
is
to
share
with
you
the
best
books
of
2014,
at
least
according
to
the
services
staff.
So
this
morning,
I
have
with
me
Bree
and
Chris
and
Danielle,
who
are
the
experts
in
our
board
books
and
picture
books
and
our
etrs.
So
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
board
books.
A
Now
we
use
that
term
in
an
interesting
way,
so
bored
books
are
kind
of
a
hard
covered.
You
know
nice
pretty
covered
cardboard
that
toddlers
and
babies
can
chew
on
and
turn
the
pages
without
having
a
lot
of
issues,
but
there's
also
some
really
exciting
things
with
our
board
books,
so
I
have
with
me
and
all
fall
down.
What?
What
would
you
like
to
talk
about
this
one
I.
B
Love
this
there's
actually
yet
to
out
by
Mary
Bridget
Barrett
this
year
and
illustrated
by
Leo
and
fam,
and
me
and
fam
is
I.
Think
this
year
is
my
favorite
illustrator
she's
done
some
board
books
and
some
picture
books.
It
just
has
some
amazing
things,
but
this
is
about
they
each
take
a
little
spin
off
of
common
nursery
rhymes.
B
So
this
is
ring
around
the
Rosie
and
all
fall
down,
and
so
each
page
and
each
set
of
pages
kids
are
taking
something
familiar
like
building
blocks
or
something
like
that:
they're
building
it
up
and
then
they
all
fall
down.
And
so
this
she
builds
a
tower
out
of
her
mashed
potatoes
and
it
all
falls
down
and
pees
and
all
kinds
of
things.
And
then
you
get
to
do
a
little
bit
more
of
the
ring
around
the
Rosie
kind
of
a
thing.
B
The
pudding
lots
of
alliteration
pad
a
Kiwi
Pat,
a
peach,
pat
a
plum
tomato,
so
you
or
that
papa
they're,
really
using
the
phonemes
and
reinforcing
that,
along
with
the
rhyme
as
it
goes
throughout,
but
beautiful
illustrations,
multicultural
kids,
which,
in
lots
of
times
in
board
books,
you
don't
get
as
much
of
that,
because
it's
very
very
simplified
black
white,
bold
images
and
stuff
like
that.
She
does
a
really
good
job
of
bringing
tons
of
color
in
and
lots
of
those
multicultural,
kids
and
they're.
B
All
having
so
much
fun
like
the
joy
on
their
faces
is
just
great
and
kids
are
familiar
with,
like
you're
familiar
with
patty
cake
and
you're
familiar
with
ring
around
the
Rosie
and
then
to
pull
in
this,
but
then
they're
all
so
familiar
with
stacking
blocks
and
having
them
tumble
down.
So
just
a
really
easy
thing
for
them
to
get
into
we've.
C
Now,
let's
go
ahead:
oh
I
was
just
gonna
say,
but
not
only
that
it
works
so
great
with
the
little
kids.
But
this
is
one
of
those
board
books,
that's
great
for
those
kids
who
are
just
sometimes
in
board
books
and
then
sometimes
over
in
picture
books
as
well,
because
there's
so
much
going
on
in
the
pictures
in.
A
C
Girl
power.
Well,
this
is
one
that
I
just
love,
because
superheroes
are
so
big
right
now
they
are,
you
know:
I
get
kids
all
the
time
asking
for
Batman
spider-man
I
can't
let
I
worked
saturday
and
a
kid
listed
off
about
eight
superheroes
that
were
his
favorite
and
he
wanted
books
on
those.
But
we
don't
have
very
many
girl,
superhero
books,
so
I
saw
this
one
and
I'm
like
this
is
fantastic,
so
it
just
has
all
these
these
superheroes
and
you're
going
to
recognize
a
lot
of
them.
C
A
D
A
C
A
B
A
B
We
do
have
them
on
order
here
at
the
library,
and
it's
also
like
it's
one
of
those
things
worth
like
little.
Kids
often
just
want
to
keep
up
with
their
older
siblings
and
if
older
brother
sister
are
into
superheroes
and
they're
into
this,
like
they
want
to
be
too,
and
so
this
kind
of
gives
them
that
that
that
niche,
dad
that
connection
that
here's
a
book
for
me,
that's
at
my
level
but
I
can
still
be
like
big
brother
movie.
A
C
A
C
And
I
thought
this
would
be
so
fun.
This
is
going
to
be
a
great
one
just
to
use
as
a
cop
teen
book,
but
you
can
also
take
it,
and
I
know
I
like
to
do
art
projects
with
my
son
and
you
can
also
take
it,
and
you
know
even
the
very
littlest
one
will
love
to
make
fingerprints
and
as
they
get
older
you
know
you
can
add
those
little
drawings
see
what
they
can
make
their
fingerprints
into.
So
this
book
is
not
only
a
book
but
kind
of
a
gateway
into
so
much
more
so.
D
D
Front
these
are
three
newest
from
Fiona
wat
and
illustrated
by
Rachel,
wells
and
I.
Don't
know
how
she
keeps
coming
up
with
so
many
titles,
because
everyone
is
different,
but
it's
always
about
that's,
not
my
Pig.
Its
nose
is
too
fuzzy
or
in
this
case
the
fox
and
then
you
go
through
the
book
and
see
all
the
different
textures.
So
it's
very
good
for
for
sensory
and
the
colors
and
the
kids
can
go
over
these
Oh
as
many
times
as
they
want.
C
A
Well,
so
many
let's
go
ahead
and
transition.
You
know
we're
kind
of
growing
our
reader,
just
like
we
do
in
our
department
and
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
move
to
the
picture
books
and
now
a
picture
book
is
typically
a
32-page
book.
Although
publishers
have
changed
all
of
that
for
us
in
many
many
ways
for
the
better
I
would
assume,
but
you
know
that
that
organizing
that
the
libraries
like
to
do
makes
it
more
difficult
so
having
it
that
way,
but
some
really
fantastic
books
out
this
year.
D
B
D
D
So
sarvin
der
in
this
case
she
had
come
up
with
this
wonderful
story
and
these
ideas
about
illustrations
and
she
actually
got
the
chance
to
tell
the
publisher
about
that.
And
then
they
gave
it
to
Margaret
kodos
irvine
who's,
a
caldecott,
honor
illustrator
super
cool.
To
have
her
do
that
and
she
works
so
well
with
so
many
different
textures
and
so
on,
and
the
placement
on
the
page.
D
And
it
was
her
idea
than
to
come
up
with
this
multicultural
preschool,
which
just
adds
so
much
dimension
to
whole
book
and
there's
even
a
little
underlying
story
in
there
about
the
shy
little
boy
and
this
little
girl
that,
in
the
end,
become
very
good
friends.
But
so
you
can
sort
of
see
that
if
you
keep
reading
through
it
and
it's
just
a
lovely
book,
so
yes.
D
So
here
is
a
little
coup.
Little
panda
bear-
and
this
is
the
same
author
that
did
Zen
shorts
and
Zen
ties
and
he
was
introduced
in
Zen
ties
as
the
city
nephew
I
was
going
to
say
of
the
larger
panda
bear.
So
in
this
case
the
author
was
a
little
liberal
in
his
form
of
haiku,
which
they
say
more
and
more
is
happening.
D
It's
not
official
haiku
because
they
get
that
little
bit
of
license
to
change
things
up,
but
it's
just
a
very
sweet
book
where
he
meets
these
friends
and
it
turns
out
it
goes
through
the
season
and
behold
it's
an
alphabet
book
too.
So
if
you
start
at
the
beginning
with
IA
for
autumn
and
then
as
you
keep
going
through,
they
even
have
a
note
at
the
beginning.
D
D
D
Although
it's
not
full
seasons,
it's
definitely
about
weather,
and
so,
in
this
case,
I
had
Jerry
turn
to
this
page.
It's
all
a
rhyming
text
and
it's
scratchboard
in
watercolor
illustrations.
This
is
my
favorite
phrase,
gray,
on
gray,
dark
and
gloomy
black
on
black
storm
is
looming
and
in
this
rings.
D
And
yet
it's
not
a
scary
story,
it's
just
very
descriptive
and
everything
that
it
does
and
this
this
is
just
one
of
my
favorites
and
then
when
the
Sun
comes
Sun,
sneaks,
back
warm
Zia
and
look
at
that
beautiful
illustration
and
there's
little
details
as
you
can
find
throughout
the
book.
So
it
was
just
just
beautifully
done
well.
C
D
D
B
Yes
and
a
couple
years
ago,
we
were
all
raving
about
blackout,
which
is
what
he
did,
and
this
is
just
is
beautiful.
So
this
is
about
a
little
boy
in
the
Northeast
who
they
start
in
school
and
the
snow
starts
so
they
get
out
early
and
they
head
home
and
like
it
keeps
snowing
and
it
keeps
snowing
and
it
keeps
snowing
they
wake
up
in
the
morning
and
they
can't
get
out
the
front
door.
B
They
have
to
go
out
the
window
and
here
is
going
up
with
it
because
they
have
so
much
snow
and
I
love.
How
like
you
track
the
days
if
you
go
back
page,
you
track
the
days
by
like
Tuesday
up
front
like
the
a
little
animal
of
making
the
prints
and
stuff.
So
he
has
these
subtle
ways
of
like
tracking
the
book
throughout,
and
it's
just
beautiful,
because
him
and
his
brother
just
really
want
to
go
out
to
play.
B
They
come
inside
and
they
have
hot
cocoa
with
milk
and
it's
just
a
perfect
snow
day
and
stuff.
But
then
it
just
keeps
going
and
going
and
pretty
soon
their
dire
circumstances,
because
they're
running
out
of
food
I
mean
they're
trapped
in
their
home,
because
they're
hot
cocoa
is
now
made
with
water
instead
of
milk,
and
this
cannot
happen.
He.
D
B
B
Some
need
cat
food
and
some
need
and
he
gets
a
little
lost
because
you
can
see
he
has
to
turn
around
at
some
parts,
because
all
of
his
his
sight
lines
and
stuff
are
all
changed
because
there's
so
much
snow,
he
can't
see
the
corner
where
the
sign
was,
or
this
rock
was
or
something
like
that.
So
he
eventually
gets
to
the
store
and
he
picks
up
some
things
on
a
sled
and
he's
the
hero
of
the
day
was
he
delivers
it
all?
B
He
gets
to
come
back
home
and
tell
it
was
a
perilous
journey
and
and
and
tell
all
about
how
you
know
he
had
this
amazing
adventure.
While
the
snow
was
going
on
until
the
snow
plows
finally
came
and
they
they
had
to
go
back
to
school.
The.
A
In
it
and
it
actually,
it
was
the
snowstorm
that
he
reminisces
is
the
1978
snow
storm
out
there.
So
some
of
the
skin
rumor.
D
A
Think
we'll
go
ahead
and
go
with
quest,
which
is
a
second
Oh.
D
Aaron
Becker,
second,
in
a
trilogy
that
was
going
to
be
a
girly.
Yes,
I
had
to
look
that
up,
but
so
we
started
out
with
journey
where
it
was
very
subtle,
colors
in
the
background,
and
then
these
splashes
of
the
purple
and
the
red
of
these
two
children
that
meet
at
the
end
and
now
they've
got
a
quest
they're
out
on
their
bikes.
D
It's
raining
and
through
the
door
comes
a
wizard
or
kid
he's
sort
of
wizard
King,
like
I,
think
he's
got
both
going
on
there
and
they
follow
through
this
quest
and
again,
if
it's
more
colorful
I
think
than
journey
I
think
there's
more
color
throughout
the
page.
But
again
you
can
see
those
little
spots
of
illustration
and
then
full
spreads
and
you
you
have
completely
wordless,
so
you
have
to
figure
out.
D
What's
going
on
and
so
much
detail,
so
many
cool
things
going
on
I
love,
the
use
of
the
bird
and
I
couldn't
figure
out
that
those
are
fins
on
the
page.
You
were
back
I
kept
thinking.
What
are
those
but
I?
Think
that's
what
makes
you
want
to
turn
the
page
and
then
you
see
Oh
fans
and
a
helmet.
You
know
so
it
just
keeps
going
and
of
course,
at
the
end
they
saved
the
day.
But
there
obviously
is
something
else.
A
There's
so
many
wordless
books
this
year,
I'm
going
to
sneak
in
one
of
mine
that
I
liked
and
that
was
draw
by
roll,
a
colon
and
another
one
of
those
wordless
picture
books
that
you
can
read
and
read
into
the
picture
to
read
the
pictures
and
our
young
boy
here
is
on
whether
or
not
he's
singing
at
home,
sick
or
staying
at
home.
Just
because
he's
in
bed,
you
know
whatever
the
reason
is
he
decides
to
go
on
a
safari
and
and
again
this
is
another
one
that
it's
based
on
the
author's
life.
A
D
C
A
That's
the
cover
that
rhinoceros
is
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
than
he
expected
him
to
be,
but
then
we
have
some
fun
things
with
the
gorillas
or
any
of
the
monkeys
who
draw
him,
and
they
have
these
wonderful
sandwiches
that
you
have
to
kind
of
go
through
and
watch
where
they
all
go,
because
ever
all
each
sandwich
gets
eaten,
but
then
kind
of
reminiscent
of
where
the
wild
things
are.
We
end
up
back
in
the
bedroom
where
he's
drawing
his
pictures,
so
I
love.
A
D
A
B
C
B
Home
yeah,
so
this
one
is
almost
wordless
and
there's
just
like
a
couple
phrases
on
each
thing,
so
we're
in
a
very
important
part
of
our
world
right
now
and
the
political
scene,
the
wars
and
stuff
that
are
going
on
and
I
think
everybody
can
relate
in
some
way
to
waiting,
knowing
somebody
who's
deployed
somewhere
and
waiting
for
that
person
to
come
home.
And
this
is
about
a
little
boy
who
is
at
the
airport
and
he's
obviously
waiting
for
somebody
important
to
come
home.
B
B
And
stuff
like
that,
so
you
really
get
this
like
personal
child
viewpoint
of
what
this
waiting
is,
and
he
can't
he
can't
find
his
person
and
he
can't
find
his
person
and
your
heart
is
just
breaking
for
him
and
he's
looking
her
all
around
the
airport
and
he
cannot
find
his
person
and
I.
Think
and
I.
Don't
know
how
everybody
else
draws
conclusions
two
things
but
I'm
drawing
a
conclusion
here
about
who
he's
waiting
for
and
then
you
turn
the
page
and
you
mom.
D
B
B
Yeah,
that
part
is
it
I
mean
like
being
a
mom
and
knowing
that
I
would
be
away
from
my
child
for
that
long.
I
can
only
imagine
a
mom
is
feeling
like
to
so
it's
just
this
beautiful
story
very
emotional,
but
it's,
I
think
so
many
people
can
relate
to
it
right
now,
because
so
many
of
our
troops
are
coming
home
right
now
and
more.
C
C
Library
jargon
and
she
was
there
and
I
made
her
sign
things,
and
it
was
fantastic,
but
this
is
about
a
very
grumpy
grumpy
farmer
and
all
of
a
sudden.
This
colorful
circus
train
goes
through
it
and
something
falls
off
and
it's
a
baby
cone
and
so
that
this
baby
clown
is
very
cheerful.
So
he
tells
you
know
what
he's
been.
What
happened?
Oh,
my
goodness,
I
fell
off.
It
was
awful
in
the
clown
in
the
farmer
spend
the
day
together
and
the
farmers
very
dour.
C
You
know,
as
you
can
tell
from
the
colors
it's
not
until
they
washed
their
face
at
night.
Oh
and
then
he
washes
off
his
face
and
the
clown
makeup
is
gone
and
he
wasn't
smiling.
He
doesn't
have
a
smile
on
his
face.
He's
sad.
So
then
it
becomes
a
really
good
friendship,
because
the
farmer
realizes
this
is
a
baby,
and
so
it's
about
them,
making
friends
and
being
friends
together
and
then
in
the
happy.
C
A
A
It
kind
of
reminded
me
of
the
story
reminded
me
of
my
childhood
memories,
but
so
you
know
we're
growing
a
reader,
so
we
have
our
picture
books
and
now
we're
going
to
go
into
our
beginner
readers,
those
readers
that
are
reading
it
starting
to
read
independently
and
we
just
have
a
few
of
those.
So
does
anyone
have
one
particular
one,
because
we
have
just
a
couple
minutes
left
I,
really.
C
That's
by
Pam,
Munoz
Ryan
and
she
I
Tony
baloney
is
a
macaroni
penguin
and
he
has
an
older
sister
and
two
younger
twin
siblings,
and
this
is
just
a
great
book
because
Tony
baloney,
just
the
series,
does
tend
to
go
with
those
feelings
that
kids
do
have.
This
particular
one
has
some
great
sibling
interaction.
C
B
D
C
B
To
kids
every
kid
understands
what
it's
like
to
have
to
wait
for
something
we
just
got
done
with
the
holiday
season
and
Christmas
and
stuff
like
that
birthdays
all
kinds
of
things.
The
first
day
of
school
I
mean
that
build
up
and
that
anticipation
is
part
of
growing
up
as
a
child
and
Mo
Willems
in
his
new
one
is
perfectly
captures
that
I'm
Peggy
says
to
Gerald.
I
have
a
surprise
for
you
and
he's
like
Oh.
What
is
it
he's
like?
B
Well,
I
can't
tell
you,
is
it
so
it's
a
surprise,
and
so
the
whole
time
gerald
is
like.
Is
it
pretty?
Is
it
big?
What
is
it?
Can
you
tell
me,
can
I
have
it
now?
No,
you
have
to
wait.
You
have
to
wait
and
it's
this
I
mean
the
whole
time.
It's
he's.
Building
that
emotion,
oh,
oh,
well,
I
wish
I
could
give
it
to
you
now,
but
I
can't
wait
wait,
but
I
don't
want
to
wait.
B
I
don't
want
to
wait
in
this
whole
time
and
he's
groaning
and
he's
throwing
a
fit
which
we
all
know.
Children
do
and
here
becomes
nighttime
and
he's
like.
Oh
we've
wasted
the
entire
day
like
and
he's
kind
of
getting
mad
you'd
have
waited
and
waited
in
pieces.
It's
because
it's
what
you
know,
what
have
I
waited
for
him
and
piggy
says
because
it's
worth
waiting
for-
and
he
says
it's
for
that-
and
it's
this
beautiful
night
sky
and
all
the
stars
and
everything.
B
So
you
had
to
wait
until
night
I
mean
you
couldn't
have
given
it
to
him
during
the
day
and
I
think
this
just
really
resonates
with
kids,
because
they
wait
and
they
wait,
and
it
can't
understand
why
can't
I
open
this
present
hour.
Why
can't
I
go
to
school
now
because
there's
a
time
and
a
place
for
when
those
surprise
have
to
happen
and
when
those
things
have
to
happen.
B
D
C
A
A
Well,
waiting
is
not
easy,
but
we're
going
to
wait
a
few
minutes
to
go
on
to
our
next
group.
So
thank
you,
ladies
for
coming,
and
sharing
our
board
books
and
our
picture
books
and
are
easy
to
read
or
beginner
reader
books
and
we'll
wait.
Just
a
few
minutes
and
you'll
be
able
to
see
the
next
set
and
growing
into
our
independent
readers.
Until
then,
thank
you
for
watching
this.