Hello,
This week I have been unpacking new books--some were books that were donated to us from great library friends. Others were ordered right before school ended and I also got a lot of books when I went to the American Library Association meeting in June. It is pretty exciting--I've unpacked about 225 books so far and there are more coming. We have lots of new animal books, all the new Baby Mouse books, some more Shredderman books, tons of new chapter books, and more. It is hard to know where to begin. I bought lots of books that kids asked for in the book request box this year (so we have a lot of Rainbow Magic books now). I am going to be pretty busy trying to read through all these!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Off the movies
Hello!
A few weeks ago all the school librarians in Massachusetts got an invitation to go to a sneak preview of the new Beezus and Ramona movie. I LOVE Beverly Cleary (and have been reading these books since I was in 3rd grade), so I was not sure if I wanted to see a movie version. Like many people, I always worry that they will wreck the book, but I trusted the people who made this one (Walden Media--they also made the Winn-Dixie movie, Charlotte's web, Narnia movies, etc) so I took my niece and her friend and we went. It was so cool! The movie company gave out free tickets, snacks, and all sorts of books, posters, etc. They raffled off prizes before the movie and told us we were the first people seeing this movie! The movie was good! It combined parts of 5 different books, but in a way that made sense. The movie is based mostly on the later books when Ramona is in 4th grade and Beezus is starting high school. There are lots of really funny parts and it made me want to go and re-read the books. It was nice to see a GOOD movie based on a book! So, what movies from books do you like?
A few weeks ago all the school librarians in Massachusetts got an invitation to go to a sneak preview of the new Beezus and Ramona movie. I LOVE Beverly Cleary (and have been reading these books since I was in 3rd grade), so I was not sure if I wanted to see a movie version. Like many people, I always worry that they will wreck the book, but I trusted the people who made this one (Walden Media--they also made the Winn-Dixie movie, Charlotte's web, Narnia movies, etc) so I took my niece and her friend and we went. It was so cool! The movie company gave out free tickets, snacks, and all sorts of books, posters, etc. They raffled off prizes before the movie and told us we were the first people seeing this movie! The movie was good! It combined parts of 5 different books, but in a way that made sense. The movie is based mostly on the later books when Ramona is in 4th grade and Beezus is starting high school. There are lots of really funny parts and it made me want to go and re-read the books. It was nice to see a GOOD movie based on a book! So, what movies from books do you like?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Audiobooks
Even though I'm old and I'm a pretty good reader, I love to listen to books. I don't care if a real person is reading to me or if it is a book on a CD player. I ALWAYS listen to books when I am in my car. This summer I've noticed that tons of kids are taking audiobooks out of the library. Kids are really enjoying playaways (those books that look like they are on an ipod). Books on tape are great for listening to on long car rides--it keeps you from getting bored. I'm going to New York next weekend. Does anyone have any good recommendations for what I can listen to on my ride there?
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Summer School
Hello!
In the summer some kids come into school for a few hours in the morning from a bunch of different schools (though lots of Plympton kids are here) and we do lots of fun things with books and math. It has been really fun to be back in the library. This week some of the kids took the Goldilocks story apart and re-wrote it in funny ways--we had The Scuba Diver and the Three Dolphins, The Soccer Player and the Three Football Players (the soccer player breaks the seats in the football stadium), and the Clown and the Three Dogs. It got me thinking about how much I love fractured fairy tales. They are usually nice and short and funny--perfect summer reading. Some of my favorites are Jim and The Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs, The Stinky Cheeseman by Jon Scieszka, and And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens. Do you have a favorite fractured fairy tale? What are you reading right now?
In the summer some kids come into school for a few hours in the morning from a bunch of different schools (though lots of Plympton kids are here) and we do lots of fun things with books and math. It has been really fun to be back in the library. This week some of the kids took the Goldilocks story apart and re-wrote it in funny ways--we had The Scuba Diver and the Three Dolphins, The Soccer Player and the Three Football Players (the soccer player breaks the seats in the football stadium), and the Clown and the Three Dogs. It got me thinking about how much I love fractured fairy tales. They are usually nice and short and funny--perfect summer reading. Some of my favorites are Jim and The Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs, The Stinky Cheeseman by Jon Scieszka, and And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens. Do you have a favorite fractured fairy tale? What are you reading right now?
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Back from Washington
Hi Kids,
I was in Washington DC all week at the American Library Association, which is a meeting of all the librarians in America. There were 26,000 librarians there! I met tons of authors, including Jon Scieszka (Stinky Cheeseman, Time Warp Trio), Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud, Not Buddy), Lauren Myracle (Eleven, Twelve), and Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret). I found out about all kinds of cool new books and shipped two boxes of books back to Plympton! I also got some great ideas for projects we can try at school next year. AND--PLYMPTON LIBRARY WAS NAMED THE OUTSTANDING LIBRARY IN MASSACHUSETTS!!! This was super exciting and I got meet President Obama's Secretary of Education because of this. His name is Arne Duncan and he said that he likes school libraries because it is where kids find their passion (that means you get to read about what you like best).
Today I'm going camping and have my books all packed but need to find my tent.
Also, if you stop by the Rockland Trust Bank on Main Street, they will set up a bank account for kids who are reading this summer. They will add $2.50 to a bank account for you for each book you read up to 10 books--that's 25 dollars just for reading!
Check the link on my blog to read more about this.
So what are you reading?
I was in Washington DC all week at the American Library Association, which is a meeting of all the librarians in America. There were 26,000 librarians there! I met tons of authors, including Jon Scieszka (Stinky Cheeseman, Time Warp Trio), Christopher Paul Curtis (Bud, Not Buddy), Lauren Myracle (Eleven, Twelve), and Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret). I found out about all kinds of cool new books and shipped two boxes of books back to Plympton! I also got some great ideas for projects we can try at school next year. AND--PLYMPTON LIBRARY WAS NAMED THE OUTSTANDING LIBRARY IN MASSACHUSETTS!!! This was super exciting and I got meet President Obama's Secretary of Education because of this. His name is Arne Duncan and he said that he likes school libraries because it is where kids find their passion (that means you get to read about what you like best).
Today I'm going camping and have my books all packed but need to find my tent.
Also, if you stop by the Rockland Trust Bank on Main Street, they will set up a bank account for kids who are reading this summer. They will add $2.50 to a bank account for you for each book you read up to 10 books--that's 25 dollars just for reading!
Check the link on my blog to read more about this.
So what are you reading?
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