Bookhive is an amazing resource to help you find just the right book. The site includes 24 different genres, including beginning chapter books and realistic fiction, and six age groups, from baby to adult. Each book is reviewed by a librarian and/or a reader. Check it out!
http://www.plcmc.org/bookhive/books/
Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Lois Lowry's Birthday
Tomorrow is Lois Lowry's birthday and I am going to booktalk her books today to the 8/9s! Her web site is at:
http://www.loislowry.com/
Check it out with your children!
http://www.loislowry.com/
Check it out with your children!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
New Books for Parents
Thya has donated a copy of Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen in honor of her son, Julian, as well as versions for our students.
Another recent acquisition is Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent by Paddy Greenwall Lewis and Jessica G. Lipman.
Parents, please come by! You can check out up to 4 books for two weeks!
Another recent acquisition is Helping Children Cope with the Death of a Parent by Paddy Greenwall Lewis and Jessica G. Lipman.
Parents, please come by! You can check out up to 4 books for two weeks!
What's Up?
What are your students doing in library classes?
2/3s:
Charles/Suzanne/Betty’s class are working through the George and Martha stories, by James Marshall. Patti/Sara/Deb’s class had fun participating in a reading of: Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around, by Claudia Rueda.
4/5s:
Dorrey and Andrea’s class got involved in the Rotten Ralph stories by Jack Gantos, based on a real-life cat. Sarah and Alice’s class have been sampling books on babies and growing up. Amanda’s and Kristi’s class has been questioning gender stereotypes and we have been helping by reading fairy tales such as Princess Knight by Cornelia Funke and Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne.
6/7s:
Val and Chelsea’s class have been reading the book, Rosy Cole’s Worst Ever, Best Yet Tour of New York City by Sheila Greenwald to support their realistic fiction and mapping units in school. Patricia and Sarah’s class have just started a biography on Ida B, Wells-Barnet, a famous African-American journalist from the 1800s, to support their newspaper theme.
8/9s:
Both classes are finishing up their science/library joint project on biographies of scientists and inventors, culminating with PowerPoint presentations. We are also reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis and I am thrilled that some students have checked the book out in other venues to read ahead.
2/3s:
Charles/Suzanne/Betty’s class are working through the George and Martha stories, by James Marshall. Patti/Sara/Deb’s class had fun participating in a reading of: Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around, by Claudia Rueda.
4/5s:
Dorrey and Andrea’s class got involved in the Rotten Ralph stories by Jack Gantos, based on a real-life cat. Sarah and Alice’s class have been sampling books on babies and growing up. Amanda’s and Kristi’s class has been questioning gender stereotypes and we have been helping by reading fairy tales such as Princess Knight by Cornelia Funke and Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne.
6/7s:
Val and Chelsea’s class have been reading the book, Rosy Cole’s Worst Ever, Best Yet Tour of New York City by Sheila Greenwald to support their realistic fiction and mapping units in school. Patricia and Sarah’s class have just started a biography on Ida B, Wells-Barnet, a famous African-American journalist from the 1800s, to support their newspaper theme.
8/9s:
Both classes are finishing up their science/library joint project on biographies of scientists and inventors, culminating with PowerPoint presentations. We are also reading The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis and I am thrilled that some students have checked the book out in other venues to read ahead.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Newbery Award Announced!
Newbery Medal:
"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins Children's Books
Newbery Honor Books:
"The Underneath" by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, Henry Holt and Company, LLC "Savvy" by Ingrid Law, Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC
"After Tupac and D Foster" by Jacqueline Woodson, G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers
"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins Children's Books
Newbery Honor Books:
"The Underneath" by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, Henry Holt and Company, LLC "Savvy" by Ingrid Law, Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC
"After Tupac and D Foster" by Jacqueline Woodson, G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers
2009 Caldecott Awards Announced!
2009 Caldecott Medal:
Beth Krommes, illustrator of "The House in theNight," written by Susan Marie Swanson, published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Three 2009 Caldecott Honor Books were named:
"A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever,"written and illustrated by Marla Frazee and published by Harcourt, Inc.
"How I Learned Geography," written and illustratedby Uri Shulevitz and published by Farrar Straus Giroux
"A River of Words: The Story of William CarlosWilliams," illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant The book is published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Beth Krommes, illustrator of "The House in theNight," written by Susan Marie Swanson, published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Three 2009 Caldecott Honor Books were named:
"A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever,"written and illustrated by Marla Frazee and published by Harcourt, Inc.
"How I Learned Geography," written and illustratedby Uri Shulevitz and published by Farrar Straus Giroux
"A River of Words: The Story of William CarlosWilliams," illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant The book is published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
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