This week in the library

This week, we are reading three books by some authors from our "Faculty-Favorites" list.

For K-2 we are reading "I Wanna Iguana" by Karen Orloff. (This is one of Mrs. Wadsworth's favorites.) This book has a unique style--all the text is letters between a son who wants a pet iguana and a mother who isn't quite sure about it.

For 3-4 we are reading "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day", by Judith Viorst. (This is one of Mr. Sharp's favorites.)

5-6 heard "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelson This is a favorite for three of our faculty members: Mr. Butler, Mrs. Cope, and Ms. Green. This is an edgy tale about a boy who must choose between prison and Native American Circle Justice, where he must spend a year alone on an Alaskan island.

Next week, we will have the Scholastic Book Fair in the library! So keep your pocketbook prepared!

Read-a-thons

Today will be the last of our read-a-thons to try and boost our reading minutes for the Jazz "Read to Achieve" contest! We will call in our final tally of reading minutes next Tuesday, so READ, READ, READ over the long weekend! Take your book with you everywhere and whenever you have a minute to sit, pull out the book and read!

Meet the Author

This week, we talked about three authors in our library!

K-2 read books by Kevin Henkes. We read "Old Bear" to the Kindergartners and talked about hibernation and how much we look forward to spring! We created a PowerPoint presentation of "Chester's Way" and read it to our first and second graders. This book teaches about making new friends and finding great qualities in different people.










3rd and 4th grades read "The Year of the Dog" by Grace Lin. This novel was especially fitting to read this week since the Chinese New Year is on February 14th, and this novel begins with the celebration of Chinese New Year. Grace Lin is great at providing a peek into Chinese-American culture!












5th and 6th graders heard about Jerry Spinelli. We read two chapters from his book "Wringer", which teaches that you don't have to do what everyone else is doing. Spinelli has a great way of writing his character's point of view! Spinelli has also shown up a couple of times on our faculty favorites list, for "Stargirl" and "Maniac Magee".

To learn more about these authors and their books, click on the authors' names!

Enjoy!