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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick - Review by Teresa Bunner. This sounds like an interesting book. I think I will read it and then decide if it is a good selection for our library. I would love to know if any of you have read the book and what your impression was.
Yesterday the Newbery and Caldecott medal winners were announced at The American Library Association's Mid Winter Meeting. I was beyond excited to hear that The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate took top honors, winning the Newbery Medal. It is the story of Ivan, a silverback gorilla living at a run down circus themed... Continue Reading →
There is a cool new app for the ipad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Check it out!
Stop by and check out what books our birds are tweeting about. How many can you guess?
I have tallied the first round of Reading Challenge points and there are a few people who have earned the first or second point level prizes. Congratulations to the following winners. Please come to the library to receive your level prize. Keep up the good work. Remember to complete the challenge you need to earn... Continue Reading →
Students have begun to enthusiastically sign up for the Reading Challenge! I love seeing the classes come into the library to look for books that meet the challenge tasks. Here, some fourth graders have logged into schoology.com to begin taking the quizzes that will record their points. If you have no idea what I'm talking... Continue Reading →
I hope you are all enjoying the reading challenge. I have had fun interacting with the participants on schoology.com. We have had a few students complete some tasks and many more making plans and deciding on books to read. If, by chance you have no idea what the reading challenge is please go read all... Continue Reading →
Calling Falcons of all grades! Take the mid-winter reading challenge to help chase those after Christmas Blues away. Inspired by The Mighty Little Librarian's January and February Book Challenge The Details: The challenge is open to all grades but you must join the Mid-Winter Reading Challenge Course on schoology.com To join go to the website... Continue Reading →
Watch the book trailer for Dog Gone by Leeza Hernandez. Do you think we need this book in the library? http://vimeo.com/53712691
http://youtu.be/kWq60oyrHVQ The story of Christmas as told by the children of St Paul's Church, Auckland, New Zealand.
Thank you St. Eugen School Library for this blog post. In it the question is asked, which children's book author has sold more books than any other author? My guess was Dr. Seuss but I was wrong. Drum roll please.... Yep, that is right! R.L. Stein has sold more than 220 million books since his... Continue Reading →
You have until the end of Christmas break to complete your Falcon's Fables library quiz. You can find the quiz under the classes tab at the top of the page. I suggest opening The Falcon's Fables in a new tab while you take the quiz so you can look at it to help you out.
The Falcon's Fables 