I Hate Picture Books!

I really don't - I LOVE picture books, but Timothy Young's "too cool for school" character Max "HATES" them! I can't even begin to imagine what that's like.

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Author: Timothy Young ihatepicturebooks.com

Illustrator: Timothy Young 

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.

4880 Lower Vally Road Atglen, PA 19310 schifferbooks.com

Hook: "I HATE picture books!"

Cute (and frustrated) Max hates picture books. Mainly, because each time he tries to mimic something that a picture book character does HE gets into trouble. For example, after his mom read  Harold and the Purple Crayon to Max, HE drew on the wall and got sent to bed without dinner! When HE tried eating "green ham" he threw up all over the kitchen. I guess I can see where he's coming from =)

My favorite part of the story is when Max is retelling the story "Are You My Mother" and he says "So you know what this book made me do? It made me cry! Like where you think the 'snort' is going to eat the bird, but then puts it back in it's nest...I LOVE THAT BOOK! I MEAN I HATE THAT BOOK! It was the first one I threw away. Wait...I do love that book.
I GOTTA FIND THAT BOOK!"

Cute story, cute illustrations, cute idea.

rating:  12345 (5 books)

The Miniature World of Marvin & James

The Miniature World of Marvin & James - The Masterpiece Adventures, Book 1

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Author: Elise Broach elisebroach.com

Illustrator: Kelly Murphy kelmurphy.com

Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books  Henry Holt and Company LLC

175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010  mackids.com

Hook: "Marvin is sad."

I would be sad too if my best friend was leaving me for a whole week! 

We met Marvin & James in Elise's novel, Masterpiece. I LOVED that book, so I was thrilled when I discovered this new little series! I say "little" because it's only 104 pages of large print and darling illustrations, just right for your "comfortable with reading" first grader, or your more reluctant second or third grader. This book does have chapters, so they can feel like they are reading a more "big kid" book, but at their vocabulary level. Cute story about friendship, missing important people when they are absent from your life, and the wonderful feeling you experience when they return. PLUS, you get a fantastic adventure inside a pencil sharpener! How can you beat that?

rating: (5 beetles)

 

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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!

We are introducing another of our Beehive Book Award nominees this week! Hooray for Amanda and Her Alligator!, by Mo Willems. This is a darling book about friendship & silliness, I love this story!

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My favorite quote from this book?  "Books beat boredom!" <3 a="a" and="and" br="br" cute="cute" do="do" give="give" read="read" start="start" super="super" them="them" they="they" this="this" try...="try..." with="with">

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.

Bears

We've been learning the difference between fiction and non-fiction, and this week we discussed "real" bears, and "pretend" bears... =)

REAL bear books are found in 599 of the non-fiction books in our library. We found books about black bears, grizzly bears, panda bears, and polar bears. We also talked about hibernation, and how nice it would be (for me at least) to sleep through winter =) Then we read a super cute story about one of MY favorite bears...

 

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I LOVE Bear...

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!

This week...

In The Wild, by David Elliott ... one of our Beehive Book Award nominees in poetry, is our book of choice this week.  Can YOU guess what animal each poem is describing?

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Don't forget - ballots are available on the circulation counter when you are ready to vote for your favorite books!  We will be tallying up votes in the next couple of weeks to submit to CLAU (Children's Literature Association of Utah)

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.

More love...

'Tis the month of "LOVE" so we continue the theme with a Beehive Book Award Nominee for 2012...

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Such a cute story!  I always knew that cows had good taste... =)

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This week in the library we will be GIVING AWAY NEW BOOKS!!  I don't know about you, but I LOVE new books!  If you have participated in our "Be a Team Player - READ!" Jazz reading contest, you can put your name in a drawing for a new book.  One new book per class will be given away, and at the end of the competition we will be giving away TWO books that have been autographed by two Jazz players, #25 Al Jefferson, and #8 Josh Howard!

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Yahoo!  I LOVE new books, and I LOVE giving them away! 

Summer Reading...

 So, I've been busy reading (surprise!) and I would like to share with you some of the books I've read already this summer...

    The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan.
I will be honest.  I've tried reading this book a couple of times, and got distracted each time.  I'm determined to get through it this time =)  I have loved Rick Riordan's other books, and was surprised that I struggled to get into this one.  I think it was the Egyptian/Greek Mythology that got me all confused.  I'm currently reading it again, and WILL finish it!





The Summer of Moolight Secrets by Danette Haworth.
I want to be Allie Jo!  What a cool place to live! This is a fun story about hidden rooms, summer friends, and secrets.  I enjoyed it and think you will too!

 The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall by Mary Downing Hahn.  I love Mary Downing Hahn.  Spooky enough to keep you reading, not so spooky that you need the light on after you've read =)  I of course enjoyed this one as well.  Part of me would like to actually have a ghostly experience, you know, the cold chills, feeling of being watched.  Sounds exciting!  Great book!

Peg Kehret is another "spooky" author, whose books I enjoy reading.  The Runaway Twin isn't exactly "spooky," but it is adventurous!  You will enjoy reading about Sunny, and her adventures as she searches for her long lost sister.  Just watch out for the tornado!