Wednesday, May 13, 2009

At Your Library Song

To be sung at the Friday Assembly:

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/initiatives/kidscampaign/kidssong.cfm

Enjoy and sing often!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature

This is from the Bank Street College Children's Library:

The winner is:

Mail Harry to the Moon by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberely.

For more info, go to:

http://streetcat.bankstreet.edu/children/winners1.html

Monday, May 11, 2009

NY Library Association announces:

The Youth Services (YSS) and School Library Media (SLMS) Sections of the New York Library Association (NYLA) proudly announce: The 2009 3 Apples Children's Book Award goes to:

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (Harry Abrams).

Those of us who at the Corlears School Library are not surprised! and volume 3 is on it's way to the library!

Monday, May 4, 2009

Top Ten Check-Outs This Year to Date

1) Katie the Kitten Fairy by Daisy Meadows
2) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules by Jeff Kinney
3) Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman by Dav Pilkey
4) Bella the Bunny Fairy by Daisy Meadows
5) Amy the Amethyst Fairy by Daisy Meadows
6) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal by Jeff Kinney
7) Emily the Emerald Fairy by Daisy Meadows
8) I Spy Super Challenger: A Book of Picture Riddles by Walter Wick
9) 101 Cataclysms: For the Love of Cats by Rachel Hale
10) Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey

Sunday, May 3, 2009

School Librarian speaks at NYAIS Teaching with Technology Conference

May 1, 2009. I gave a workshop on creating a virtual school tour with 6/7s, from my afterschool specialty classes. thank you Kristi for taking pictures and to Chelsea and Mary Ellen for attending.