Up, Down and Around!

I had the opportunity to invite the Preschool 4 year olds into the library to participate in Kansas Reads to Preschoolers. This project emphasizes the importance of reading to our very young children. This year's featured book was Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres. We had lots of fun acting out parts in the story. The children stood up when they hear the word "up", crouched down when they heard "down" and spun around in place when they heard "around and around". Since I had so much fun with the 4 year olds, I also shared the book with the kindergarten students.

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

The second grade students listened to the story, A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting. They colored a picture of a turkey and wrote a caption asking everyone to "Eat some ____". There were many clever options such as Eat some chicken, Eat some corn, Eat some hot dogs, Eat some pizza, Do not eat me, eat some cow, Eat a casserole, Eat some ham, Eat some duck, and Eat some chicken or some fish, please! Just not turkey!

Ten Apples Up On Top

After listening to the story, Ten Apples Up On Top by Theo LeSieg the kindergarten students challenged themselves to hold ten apples on top of their heads.

Scholastic Book Fair

Thanks to all the parents, students and parish members who purchased books! I couldn't have done it without the help of the many volunteers! Thank you for helping make the book fair a successful event! We are now able to purchase new titles for our school library!

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Scholastic Book Fair

The Scholastic Book Fair begins tomorrow. All the students are excited to see all the new titles. Hope to see you there!

Parade of Books

We had a fantastic afternoon! The students in grades 4 through 6 dressed up as their favorite book characters. We had quite a variety of characters as you can see in the slideshow.

Media Squad

The Media Squad is composed of several sixth grade students who volunteer to help out in the library. They help by reshelving books, dusting, creating displays and helping with special projects. They are learning about the library and having fun. Thank you, Media Squad!!

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Parade of Books

October 29th the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students will be dressing up as their favorite book character. This will be our first Parade of Books! I can't wait! Even I will be dressing up as one of my favorite book characters. I wonder if anyone will be able to guess who I am???

Authors

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One of the interest aspects of being a Library Media Specialist is having the opportunity to meet authors of children's books. Through the years I have met Laura Numeroff, Beverly Buller, Nolan Carlson, Jane Kurtz, Mark Crilley, Toni Buzzeo, Gordon Korman and of course our local author Suzanne Arruda. What amazing adventures they provide for our children!