LOVE it!

Is this not the coolest rug?? It's perfect for that reading nook of yours (and mine =)

 

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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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Disclaimer =)

Before I set out to "review" books for you, I feel I need to let you in on a little secret about me. I love books and reading. Ok, that's not the secret, but it's part of it. Because I love books and reading, it's hard to find a book I don't like in one respect or another. So...with that said, my "reviews" won't be full of technical lingo and book jargon. Either I love a book or I don't. I might love it because the illustrations are wonderful; I might love it because it reminds me of something from my childhood; I might love it because it's just cute =). If you are looking for technical reviews you've come to the wrong place. I'm just going to tell you I love it, and why. I read books for entertainment; if it's something I have to work to understand I will quickly put it down. Pretty easy and straightforward, right? That's what I hope to share with you.

I'll be working on my rating system...

New Chapter!

It's been quite a while since I posted on this fun blog of mine...lots of changes in my life have happened in the last year! After 11 years as a Media Specialist with a wonderful school district, I made the HUGE jump to university librarianship! I am currently part of the wonderful world of the Harold B. Lee Library on the campus of Brigham Young University! I've had quite the learning curve, and miss my elementary friends greatly, but all in all it's been a great move for me. I've discovered that I am missing children's books immensely, though, so I've decided to revamp the blog a bit and use it to keep myself up to date with what's happening in the realm of children's books. If others enjoy it as well then that's all the better!

Stay tuned for some updates on what I've read, how I liked it, and if I would recommend it to others. I am also working on my MLIS, so I'm struggling to find a balance between studying and reading for fun...bear with me as I slowly work my way into this new chapter of my life!

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There are posts on this blog that I would like to keep (fond memories) so I will just be building up the "new" blog around the "old" blog. Hopefully you find something here that will be of benefit to you.

Read for the World Record...New Record!

This summer we once again, participated in Scholastic's Read for the World Record! reading challenge! Once again we made it to the TOP 20 in the WORLD! We also placed FIRST in the state of Utah! Amazing job Otters!!

Our school goal was to read 1,000,000 minutes over the summer - not only did we make our goal, we surpassed it! We read 1,495,565 minutes! This year was more difficult than last year... the winning school read over 6,000,000 minutes! Next year we will really have to step it up, but for right now we are celebrating!

Congratulations Otters!!
New record: 176,438,473 minutes world wide

Our Library Dragon

 

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Such a fun story! Do we have a dragon in our library? 

I hope not! My job is not to "guard the books," but to teach YOU to guard the books while you have them checked out. To enjoy them AND keep them safe. Media Center manner #3, Be Responsible, right? Be responsible with the library books you have checked out.  Nope, no dragon here in OUR library... =)

Really?

I am in SHOCK. Seriously... is summer over?

For me it is =( but YOU have ONE. MORE. WEEK. That's it? Isn't that crazy? Can you tell my summer just FLEW by? Hope you've had a great one, I sure did!

It's always nice to have a break from school, and it's ALWAYS great to come back! We have some super fun things in store this year, and I can't WAIT to get started!

We will chat all about our summer adventures the first week of school, I have some fun things to update you all on... see you soon!!