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Nov 1, 2024 | 
slj.com | Tiffany Coulson |Caroline Nieto |Margaret Kingsbury
Illustration and SLJ November Cover (below) by Beatrice Cerocchi Librarians across the map are finding ways to get kids out of the classroom and into nature to experience the benefits of outdoor learning. When students plant or preserve trees and forests on school grounds and in their communities, they promote environmental awareness and stewardship of trees firsthand.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
slj.com | Tiffany Coulson |Caroline Nieto |Margaret Kingsbury
Books: Trees, Green ForestsThe Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming & Nicola Slater. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. 2021. PreS-K–A confused squirrel gets help from his forest neighbors when he finds the leaves are falling off his tree in this humorous picture book sure to get laughs from young learners. When Tree Became a Tree by Rob Hodgson. Penguin Workshop/Rise X. 2025. PreS-K–Simple illustrations of personified trees, seeds, clouds, and more fill this comprehensive look at trees.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
slj.com | Tiffany Coulson |Caroline Nieto |Margaret Kingsbury
Books: Trees, Green ForestsThe Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming & Nicola Slater. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. 2021. PreS-K–A confused squirrel gets help from his forest neighbors when he finds the leaves are falling off his tree in this humorous picture book sure to get laughs from young learners. When Tree Became a Tree by Rob Hodgson. Penguin Workshop/Rise X. 2025. PreS-K–Simple illustrations of personified trees, seeds, clouds, and more fill this comprehensive look at trees.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
post-trash.com | Caroline Nieto
by Caroline Nieto (@caroline.nieto)Each year, hemlock’s Carolina Chauffe picks a month where they write a new song each day. A hot dog from home depot, the first signs of a Midwestern winter, and the last oat milk carton are among the daily mundanities that serve as hemlock’s muses. The practice takes the pressure off of mannered, cautious songwriting, yielding a “first thought, best thought” process, as Chauffe stated in their interview with MAPS earlier this year.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
post-trash.com | Caroline Nieto
by Caroline Nieto (@caroline.nieto)Chicago-based artist Morpho just released the second single from her debut EP, a tantalizing indie rock track called “Half of Two.” The artist behind Morpho, Kristyn Chapman, leans into a 90s sound reminiscent of her guitar inspirations Yo La Tengo and Smashing Pumpkins. She falls in with the female-headed slacker rock revival, joining newer artists like Blondshell and Slow Pulp.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
slj.com | Catherine Masrour |Kara Yorio |Caroline Nieto
On Tuesday, September 17, Norman (OK) North High School library will host a voter registration drive on National Voter Registration Day. Teacher librarian Molly Dettmann has run the event annually (with a COVID closure disruption) since her local chapter of the League of Women Voters reached out to her when she arrived at the school seven years ago. That first drive, she recalls registering “maybe 10” students, but the event has grown.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
post-trash.com | Caroline Nieto
by Caroline Nieto (@caroline.nieto)On their debut single, “Water,” Facing establishes itself as a band to be watched. Made up of Nathan Whitman, Kirk Rawlings, and Claudia Ferme, they’re bold, with a sound that carves its own space in today’s music landscape. Driven by electronic percussion, the song starts with just a bass drum and the voice of Ferme stating, “I watch the water.” The clean beginning quickly falls to disarray as extraneous noise strikes like a machine breaking down.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
post-trash.com | Caroline Nieto
by Caroline Nieto (@caroline.nieto)Eliza McLamb discovers her roots on her latest single, “God Take Me Out of LA”. Or really, she finds where her roots aren’t, which is in the bustling, eternally sunny Los Angeles. The singer-songwriter explores a new sound in this song, which feels more reminiscent of her childhood in North Carolina than anywhere else. There’s a homegrown feel reminiscent of southern folk or alt-country.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
post-trash.com | Caroline Nieto
by Caroline Nieto (@caroline.nieto)After a self-described “autumnal heartache,” Gabriela McBride fled her New York City dorm room to go upstate. On the ride, the first semblances of a song sparked, and throughout her freshman year of college, “The Garrison” took form. The song is her debut single as a solo artist, following the 2023 release of her band Saint Seether’s first EP. Where this last project channels 90’s grunge, “The Garrison” is stripped down in bare honesty.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
post-trash.com | Caroline Nieto
by Caroline Nieto (@caroline.nieto)In their June 2024 profile, Stereogum described Water From Your Eyes as “a weird band for weird times.” It only takes a quick browse through their discography to see that they’re right. The duo, consisting of Nate Amos and Rachel Brown, doesn’t fit into a clean genre, and incorporates elements of pop, new wave, folk, and indie rock. Brown is lauded for their unpolished voice, a speak-singing hybrid reminiscent of anti-folk artists like Kimya Dawson.
