Author Blogs

Anyone checked the author blogs/websites in the right sidebar??  NO?  You REALLY should because every now and again they do something even more fun that posting... they have C O N T E S T S !!  Yup, contests!

Check out author Frank L. Cole's blog in the right side bar... he's amazing as you all know!  Remember Hashbrown?  Yup, this is the guy that created him... go check it out!

OH!  And he has a new book out...

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It's  A W E S O M E !!

Beehive Book Award Winners!

We've been reading the nominees for the 2012 Beehive Book Award, and the winners were announced Friday, April 20, 2012!  I thought you might be interested to know who won in each category... =)

Children's Fiction

Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

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Informational

Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael O. Tunnell

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Picture Book

Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton

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Poetry

The Dancing Pancake by Eileen Spinelli

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Congratulations to all!  All the nominees were spectacular this year!  

If you are curious... the nominees have been announced for next year, too =)

www.clau.org

100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic

This week in the library we will be commemmorating the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912.  We will be looking through this book -

 

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and looking through our Titanic display.  An amazing ship, and such a tragic turn of events.  We will learn about some of the survivors, and also about Morse Code.  This site provides some great help in learning and understanding Morse Code, we will even practice with it! =)

(most of the information for our display came from this website)

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This fun book, is also about a ship that sank, and is based on a true story.  

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It's a very cute story about circus animals that sought refuge in a coastal town after their ship sank, and how the townspeople come to their rescue.  Love it! The illustrations are AMAZING, thank you Chris!

Poetry

Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles by J. Patrick Lewis is our last of the Beehive Book Award Nominees for 2012.  See if you can guess what book each poem is talking about...

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Voting for the nominees ends THIS WEEK!  We need to get our votes tallied and into the Children's Literature Association of Utah, so we will finish up gathering votes this week.  CLAU announces the winners on April 20th!  Stay tuned to see if your favorites are selected as the winners!

ALSO...

April 15, 2012 is the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the TITANIC!  Come visit our display in the Media Center, and check out our books on the Titanic...

Kaspar, the Titanic Cat by Michael Morpurgo

Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on Titanic by Gregory Mone

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady by Ellen Emerson White

Titanic by Will & Mary Pope Osborne

The Titanic Disaster by Peter Benoit

Titanic by Simon Adams

These are GREAT reads!