{"id":19502,"date":"2021-04-14T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T16:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/?p=19502"},"modified":"2021-04-15T08:59:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T13:59:58","slug":"mpa-book-festival-agenda-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/2021\/04\/14\/mpa-book-festival-agenda-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"MPA Book Festival Agenda & Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"twoThe MPA Book Festival is a beloved tradition and the Parents Association is looking forward to making it possible virtually! The annual Book Festival provides our MPA community with opportunities to participate in reading activities, purchase great books, and support our local booksellers. The MPA Library will use the donations from the booksellers to purchase books for teachers, classrooms, and the library. Books will be available for purchase from two local booksellers, Usborne Books and Valley Bookseller. Since our event is virtual, you have the ability to purchase any books available through their distributors. You can even purchase a gift certificate for a teacher! Our theme this year is Earth Day, which occurs on April 22. There will also be opportunities to participate in book and Earth-related fun activities, including prize giveaways! If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Mick at michelle_wessely@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Valley Bookseller and Usborne Books<\/strong><\/p>\n

Valley Bookseller will donate back to us 20% of all sales! Delivery options include free delivery to MPA. Families can also choose free pickup at Valley Bookseller as well as USPS delivery to home. Priority mail is $8.00 and Media Mail is $4. www.valleybookseller.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Usborne Books will donate back to us 50% of all sales! Books will be shipped from the Usborne warehouse. The cost of shipping is $6.95 up to $75, then 8% of the order after that. www.BookBizLiz.com<\/a> (click on ‘Shop’ to choose Mounds Park Academy)<\/p>\n

Book Festival Special Events<\/strong>
\nIn addition to the opportunity to shop for and purchase books 24\/7, we have something fun scheduled each day of the week for MPA families and students alike.<\/p>\n

Monday April 19
\nKick-off during Monday Morning Meeting, wildflower seeds and bookmarks sent to MPA community across all divisions<\/p>\n

Tuesday April 20
\nVirtual Picture Book Review: Mrs. Lage\u00a0& Mrs. Petrich<\/p>\n

Wednesday April 21
\nVirtual \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d From Usborne Books<\/p>\n

Thursday April 22
\nEarth Day<\/p>\n

Friday April 23
\nStudents can take the Water Protector Pledge<\/p>\n

Monday April 26
\nDrawing for Dav Pilkey Basket<\/p>\n

Tuesday April 27
\nWater Protector Drawings on display in the Lower School hallway<\/p>\n

Wednesday April 28
\nUsborne Bedtime Storyhour on Facebook Live at 7:30 PM<\/p>\n

Thursday April 29
\nStorywalk in the MPA garden<\/p>\n

Friday April 30
\nStorywalk in the MPA garden<\/p>\n

Saturday May 1
\nMay Day<\/p>\n

Monday May 3
\nLast day to place your online book orders!
\nDrawing for a book-themed fairy garden<\/p>\n

Earth Day Reading Recommendations<\/strong>
\nby Valley Bookseller<\/p>\n

Picture Books
\nLast Tree,<\/em> by Emily Haworth-Booth
\nChase the Moon<\/em>, Tiny Turtle, by Kelly Jordan
\nThe Tree In Me,<\/em> by Corinna Luyken
\nZonia\u2019s Rain Forest,<\/em> by Juana Martinez-Neal
\nMy First Day,<\/em> by Phung Nguyen Quang
\nEmma On Mars,<\/em> by Billy Dunne
\nZee Grows a Tree,<\/em> by Elizabeth Rusch
\nWonder Walkers,<\/em> by Micha Archer
\nWelcome Home, Whales<\/em>, by Christina Booth
\nWhen Cloud Became a Cloud,<\/em> by Rob Hodgson
\nDrop: An Adventure Through the Water Cycle,<\/em> by Emily Kate Moon<\/p>\n

Middle School
\nA Child\u2019s Introduction to the Environment, <\/em>by Michael Driscoll
\nSave Your Planet (Activists Assemble),<\/em> by Ben Hoare
\nHow To Change Everything: The Young Human\u2019s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other <\/em>by Naomi Klein *(appropriate for young adult readers)
\nBeneath the Waves: Celebrating the Ocean Through Pictures, Poems, and Stories<\/em> by National Geographic
\nGreta\u2019s Story: The Schoolgirl Who Went On Strike To Save the Planet,<\/em> by Camerini and Giovanonni<\/p>\n

Adult
\nFull Ecology: Repairing Our Relationship With the Natural World<\/em>, by Mary M. Clare
\n50 Ways to Help Save the Bees<\/em>, by Sally Coulthard
\nFootprints: In Search of Future Fossils,<\/em> by David Farrier
\nThe Future We Choose: The Stubborn Optimist\u2019s Guide to the Climate Crisis<\/em>, by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
\nHow To Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need<\/em>, by Bill Gates
\nRescuing the Planet: Protecting Half the Land to Heal the Earth,<\/em> by Tony Hiss
\nUnder a White Sky: The Nature of the Future<\/em>, by Elizabeth Kolbert
\nBeloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction<\/em>, by Michelle Nijhuis
\nSecond Nature: Scenes From a World Remade<\/em>, by Nathaniel Rich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The MPA Book Festival is a beloved tradition and the Parents Association is looking forward to making it possible virtually! The annual Book Festival provides our MPA community with opportunities to participate in reading activities, purchase great books, and support our local booksellers. The MPA Library will use the donations from the booksellers to purchase […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":19507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28,24,9,12,18,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-school","category-current-families","category-featured-posts","category-lower-school","category-middle-school","category-parents-association","category-upper-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19502"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19515,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19502\/revisions\/19515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moundsparkacademy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}