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🌱 How Abbot’s school librarian turns story time into empathy lessons

Abbot, Maine Patch AM: a 3 min read

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  • How Abbot’s school librarian turns story time into empathy lessons

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 63 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Sunday: A sun-and-cloud mix, temps: high: 61, low: 46.
  • Monday: A shower; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 60 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• A minute in the room: Abbot School Librarian Christina Nielsen welcomes an enthusiastic group of third graders (a2schools.org) — Abbot families get a close-up look at their school library through a new feature that drops in on librarian Christina Nielsen working with third graders. Now in her second year at Abbot, she focuses on helping students see themselves in stories, build empathy, and discover books that inspire them to learn about the wider world.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Abbot

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Abbot

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