New Books

During the month of March, our library added 89 new books to our collection.  This week in K-5 we read some of our most notable new picture books.  The kids were excited to know that we've added new books to our collection and really enjoyed hearing the new books.

Most notable was The Dark by Lemony Snicket (author of the Series of Unfortunate Events series) and illustrated by two time Caldecott honoree Jon Klaussen.  It was one that I thought would win either the Caldecott award or the Newbery award last year when it was published, and I was SHOCKED to see that it was not included on either list.  I shared it with 3-5, and they agreed that it was a very interesting read.

Newbery Award Winners

This week with grades 3-5, we are discussing the Newbery award winners for 2015.  We are also viewing the book trailers for those books.  I love seeing students get so excited about award-winning books.

Caldecott Winners

This week in library for K-5 we have been discussing the Caldecott winners for 2015.  The kids have been very exited to see the selections and have had many good observations about the illustrations in the books.

Theme for 2015/2016

I have chosen a library theme for the next school year...Readers Are Superheros.  My talented daughter and I will work feverishly this summer to pull this theme off and have it ready for the first day of school next year.  Exciting stuff!

Our new books are processed and displayed.  The kids are going to be SO excited next week!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss

We are celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday at GVES today.  I'm seeing lots of Cat in the Hat hats in the halls, am eating some green eggs and ham at lunch and am hearing lots of Dr. Seuss books being read.

In the library, we are talking about Dr. Seuss this week.  We are reading some of his books and, we are participating in a One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish estimation activity (MORE math in the library).

New Books! New Books!

Our library got 70 new books last week.  Opening the boxes was like Christmas in February.  I am working on processing them and getting them shelf ready now.  The kids are going to be SO excited.  Who doesn't love new books???