John Scott

Jan 14, 2025 | buffalonews.com | John Scott

There is a gem of sports and entertainment in this city that offers you the opportunity to relax, enjoy some good competitive Division I college basketball and feel good about life for at least two hours. I recommend that you drive to the Northtowns and watch team sports at its finest. That gem is the UB women’s basketball team. This eclectic group will show you the total effort and the spirit it takes to make a team run effectively and efficiently.

Oct 29, 2024 | slj.com | Rachel Payne |Rachel S Mulligan |John Scott |Jessica Schriver

When librarian Cheryl Wolf meets new elementary students each fall, she teaches library etiquette with the help of visual aids that show what not to do. “What do you think happened?” she asks students, holding up a water-damaged book with wrinkly, warped pages. “What would you do to prevent this?”For the past 20 years, Wolf (pictured above) has served the Neighborhood School and STAR Academy, which share a building and library on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

Oct 2, 2024 | slj.com | Betsy Diamant-Cohen |Rachel Payne |Kimberly Olson Fakih |John Scott

Celebrate the Jewish New Year by sharing these board and picture books. A Turkish Rosh Hashanah by Etan Basseri. illus. by Zeynep Özatalay. Kalaniot. ISBN 9781962011976. PreS-Gr 2–Three cousins in traditional Turkish garb meet their grandmother at a market in Istanbul to shop for food for Rosh Hashanah. Later that day, the family gathers at Nona’s house for the holiday, and Nona reinforces the meaning of each of the foods on their plates.

Sep 30, 2024 | slj.com | John Scott

PreS-K–Working dogs are featured in rhyming verse that celebrates their unique capabilities and the many roles they can play in our lives. Starting with a water rescue dog photographed in a life vest, standing proudly at the water’s edge, the book will encourage children and their caregivers to examine the photographs and the text to find out what each dog does. The answers to the riddles are provided at the bottom of each page, encouraging discussion.

Aug 1, 2024 | slj.com | John Scott |Jess deCourcy Hinds

Join three librarians on August 26 for some show-and-tell as they discuss and demonstrate brain-building read-alouds, tantalizing tech tools, and crowd-pleasing crafts and activities. Looking for sure-fire ways to interest and engage students this year?  On August 26, Join three librarians for some show-and-tell as they discuss and demonstrate brain-building read-alouds, tantalizing tech tools, and crowd-pleasing crafts and activities.