the bookfair is coming, the bookfair is coming...

I'm a winner!!

Ya know, it really pays to check author's blogs... (links available on the side bar) I just won a copy of Frank Cole's book "Hashbrown Winters and the Mashimoto Madness" !! I'm SO excited, I can't wait to read it! image from franklewiscole.blogspot.com

hashbrown winters book TWO!!

THE 2nd BOOK IS OUT!! "Hashbrown Winters and the Mashimoto Madness"
THE FINALISTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PICKED IN THE CREATE-A-CHARACTER CONTEST!

Come join in the fun on Monday January 11th at 6:00 PM
Sandy (Southtowne) Barnes and Noble 10180 S. State Street

Find out who the winner is and get your signed copy of the book.

If you are unable to make this event I will also be doing a signing at the Orem Barnes and Noble (330 East 1300 South) January 12th at 6:00 PM.

The first 100 to buy a book will get a free imagination journal.

Thanks,
Frank Cole
Author of the "Adventures of Hashbrown Winters" Series
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We are currently reading "The Adventures of Hashbrown Winters" in our Library, and
WE ARE LOVING IT!! it's TOO FUNNY!! We are anxiously awaiting the "Mashimoto Madness"!

Welcome back!

Can you believe it? The break is over! Why do the breaks go by oh so quickly??

Welcome back!

We've got loads to do in the next few weeks...including a book fair! I LOVE, love, LOVE bookfairs! I hope you have been keeping track of how many "just right books" you've read over the break...so you can add a few popcorn kernals to our buckets. Over the break I read "Shadow Thieves" by Anne Ursu...

...it kinda started slow, but boy did it pick up the pace! I'm glad I stuck with it, because I've completely enjoyed it. My next reading adventure will take place within the pages of "Into the Woods" by Lyn Gardner. (image from www.valorebooks.com)
I can't wait!!

Have i mentioned that I LOVE reading?? =)

MERRY CHRISTMAS! HAPPY HANUKKAH!

It has been SO incredibly busy in the Media Center this month, that I haven't even posted! How crazy is that? We've had our 12 Days of Reading, and our recognition parties, read lots of Christmas stories, and had SO much fun! Today, SANTA is here! I love it!

We've also been collecting our pennies for Pennies for Peace...today we are putting all our jars together...and it's so fun to see how many pennies our students have donated! I love the sound of the coins as they are added to our big bucket! Our students are wonderful and have been SO VERY generous with their donations! We are very proud of our students and all that they are doing to help students in other countries learn. We are helping to promote peace one penny at a time. Thank you to all who have donated!

Enjoy the Christmas break, and we will see you all NEXT YEAR! =)

More new books!

We have a few more new books! They keep trickling in... =)

-Al Capone Shines my Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
- Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- Dragons of Blueland by ruth Stiles Gannett
- Ghostsitters by Angie Sage
- If You're Reading This, it's Too Late by Pseudonymous Bosch
- Ish by Peter Reynolds
- Ivy and Bean - Doomed to Dance by Annie Barrows
- Mercy Watson Something Wonky This Way Comes by Kate DiCamillo
- Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
- Mysterious Benedict Society and The Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Twice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris
- Sisters Grimm: The Everafter War by Michael Buckley
- Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman
- Wyrm King by Tony DiTerlizzi

... and even more are on their way! Enjoy!

Also...as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving...our book this week:by Rhonda Gowler Greene and illustrated by Susan Gaber

Happy Thanksgiving!

new books!

We have received a handful of new books...with MORE ON THE WAY!!
(I LOVE new books!)

- Oggie Cooder, Party Animal by Sarah Weeks
- Mudshark by Gary Paulsen
- The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt (Judy Moody & Stink)
by Megan McDonald
- Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
- Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
- Cam Jansen and the Basketball Mystery by David Adler
- The Christmas Magic by Lauren Thompson
- J is for Jack-o-lantern by Denise Brennan-Nelson
- S is for Story by Ester Hershenhorn
- Miss Smith and the Haunted Library by Michael Garland

ENJOY!!