In Honor of Earth Day-This Week in the Library

It's Earth Day today! In honor of this great day, and wonderful earth, here's what we are reading this week...

 

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I LOVE Peter Brown's books! We have several copies of his books here in our library, he's a favorite around here! Children Make Terrible Pets was a Beehive Nominated book this last year!

 

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This is one of my favorite illustrations from The Curious Garden, I wonder why...

I'm all ready to plant MY garden... how about you??

Also, at the end of the story, there is an author's note that mentions The High Line in New York City... (which I believe was the inspiration for this story) 

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Isn't it beautiful!! I'm traveling to New York City in June, and this is DEFINITELY on my list of things to see. I can't wait!!

Library Mouse

We have a mouse in our library!!!

And he's SO cute, don't you think?

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We've started writing our own stories as well, just like cute Sam...

 

and we have our very own library mouse, although no one has seen him yet...

(you can get your very own "mouse hole" HERE)

The best part? There are MORE Library Mouse books for us to read!!

Our Library Mouse

We have a new resident in our library...

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I can't WAIT to see what happens in our library now... stay tuned!

One of my favorites...

Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (Robert E. Barry) is one of my all-time favorite Christmas stories! I have loved it since i was a little girl. This week I want to share it with all our students...

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I LOVE it!!

Dinosaurs

To continue our comparison of fiction vs. non-fiction, we talked about dinosaurs this week! Dinosaur books are found in 567 of our non-fiction, and we talked about some giant dinosaurs and the smallest dinosaurs. Then we read this great story...

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We love that the illustrator included pictures of ACTUAL dinosaurs and shared their name. That way we can look them up and learn more about them.  My favorite dinosaur in this story is the Dimorphodon.

This Week in the Library...

Everyone has a "Cousin Ed" in their lives... someone who tells outrageous stories, and you aren't sure what to believe and what NOT to believe!  This is a super fun story about the stories Cousin Ed tells, and how the tables get turned on Cousin Ed. =)  

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Also this week, we will begin voting for our favorite Beehive Book Award nominees!  We've been reading them all year, and now we need to count the votes and send them in!  Ballots are available at the Circulation desk.  If you would like a reminder about the books that have been nominated, please visit www.clau.org for more information.