7th April International Beaver Day

I would really like to see a beaver. While I was in Seattle visiting a friend, I saw a dam they had built and I was amazed at the amount of trees they had cut down, but despite sitting there for a long time I never did spy a beaver. I have written about beavers before and suggested some books here,  and again here, but we have added a few other beaver books to the library since then, such as:

• The Grizzly Itch  by Victoria Cassanell

• The Busy Beaver by Amelia Cobb and Sophy Williams

• Coming this year By the Beaver Pool  by Catherine Ward

Two series that are popular in the library are Life in the Wild  which features a beaver, a moose and a bear  by Canadian author, Nicholas Oldland. There are six stories

Big Bear Hug ; Making the Moose Out of Life; The Busy Beaver ; Up the Creek ; Walk on the Wild Side; Hockey in the Wild

And the The Flying Beaver Brothers, a graphic novel series for young readers by Maxwell Eaton III. Meet  Ace and Bub, the flying beaver brothers who  live on Beaver Island and get involved in adventures, usually fighting eco-villains and saving the environment.

So They Build - Beavers

So they build...the library display initiated by planning for  NSS and the book Bowerbird Sings the Blues listed Beavers first in the list of animals that the library will highlight. Each of the animals will have their own short-term display.

The library doesn't have an abundance of books about beavers. We don't have beavers in Australia so they are a novelty for my students that they see mainly in story books. It is International Beaver Day on the 5th April and I have written about this day before so, here I propose to only list what is on display.

And for your graphic novel fans, my students enjoy the Flying Beaver Brothers series.

7th April International Beaver Day

It is nice that there is an International Beaver Day, but I do wonder why because not everywhere has beavers. We certainly don't in Australia. For me they fall in the same category as otters and raccoons, cute looking and make great book characters, but I've never seen a real one. I'd like a plush toy one to go with the books in the library. It is always easier to get a book to leave the library if it has an accompanying toy.

We have these books and all have a good story with a message to impart that is worthwhile, but not heavy handed.