The SWM Library will be sponsoring a Book Fair February 8 – 11, 2010. New spring releases will be at the fair along with pencils, pens and erasers. For every item purchased enter a ticket for cool prizes awarded at the end of the fair. For more information on the February Book Fair visit the Book Fair Website.
The SWM library will be hosting a book club second semester. Our first meeting is Wednesday, January 6, 2010, during After School Activity time in the library. This will be an informational meeting, we will discuss dates, books, and activities. All interested students are welcome, but must sign up during lunch on the 6th. If you love to read and discuss books, stop by and see what the book club has to offer.
Eastside Pride students will soon be starting an American Revolution project. To support their research I located some websites on the American Revolution. I am using a tech tool I learned about called a mash page. I will be using Middlespot to create the American Revolution mash page. See below.
Can you guess the theme of our bulletin board behind the circulation desk? If you can, come to the library and tell Mrs. Burger or Mrs. Murrel and win a prize.
I missed seeing you all at the Big Read this weekend. I received many free books, pens and other items. I met three outstanding authors and speakers. Jody Feldmen the author of The Gollywhopper Games was there speaking about her book. She is from St. Louis and attended the University of Missouri as a journalism major, although this was not her original major. She started out in the advertising field. After she started a family she decided to get out of the advertising field and work in the school library! Yea! There she met a boy who was a relectant reader but fell in love with the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He wanted another book that was similar. As the boy’s teacher and librarian scurried around to found Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, she sat and thought that she could write a book this boy would like, and so began the manuscript for The Gollywhopper Games. She was a delight to meet and listen too. For more information on Jody Feldman and her books visit her website at http://www.jodyfeldman.com/flash.html
Next, I met Cynthia Lord the author of Rules. Cynthia lives in a small rural town in Maine and has an autistic son and a daughter (not autistic). Her inspiration for Rules obviously came from her own family. Her son, just like David in Rules likes to drop toys in the fish bowl. She said they were always “people” toys, like Barbie, GI Joe, or a Power Ranger. She wrote the book through the perspective of her daughter. Cynthia passed around her Newbery Honor Award Plaque and copies of Rules written in Korean, Japanese, Italian, and Braille. I really enjoy listening to her. For more on Mrs. Lord visit her website at http://www.cynthialord.com/
Finally, I met Heather Brewer, also a St. Louis resident, from the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Series. What fun! She had black and purple hair, a great smile and casual way. She loves that you all are reading her books and have some great things in store for Vlad in Eleventh and Twelfth Grade. Hey, if you were there you could have won a copy of Eleventh Grade Burns! One lucky girl in St. Louis is walking around with Eleventh Grade Burns and she has been sworn to secrecy to not let the ending out! If you ever get a chance to meet Mrs. Brewer do it, you won’t be disappointed. Vist Heather Brewer’s website at http://www.heatherbrewer.com/ or visit her blog and ask her questions at http://heatherbrewer.com/blog/. She promises to respond to your comments or questions if you post to her blog. If you’ve gotten this far in my blog post, come to the library and tell me “I’d like to be a member of the Minion Horde” and you will get a prize.
All three authors said persistence, time writing and rewriting are the key to getting published. They also said anything is possible and if you aspire to become a writer…. write! and write! and write!
I’d love to read any of your writing if you would like to share.
Have a great week! Mrs. Burger
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 9am – 4pm The Big Read will be taking place. What is the Big Read? It’s a free book festival that celebrates authors and promotes literacy. The Big Read is packed with events and performances for adults and children. The festival includes author readings, panel discussions, book signings, workshops, storytelling, hands-on activities, costume characters and even a spelling bee. For more information you can visit http://www.bigread.net. Here are some to fthe events I plan on attending:
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm “Freestyle writing circle for girls ages 12 & up”
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Jody Feldman, author of The Gollywhopper Games
2:10 pm – 2:40 pm Cynthia Lord, author of Rules
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm “Books in Motion” – Performance of The Invention of Hugo Cabret
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Heather Brewer, author Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod
Complete Big Read Schedule of Events
I hope to see you there. Mrs Burger
Our new friend finally has a name. Now it is time to have some fun. Poemu will be playing Hide-n-Seek with the students. Watch for Poemu in the book stacks. Anyone who finds Poemu and brings her to Mrs. Burger or Mrs. Murrel will receive a treat. Have fun.
Please welcome our newest addition to the SWM Library. Our Panda will be playing Hide -n- Seek with the students. But first we need to give our cutie a name. Vote for your favorite name in the sidebar.
When the polls closed on Friday we had a tie between Poemu and Pandita. The polls to the break the tie will remain open until Wednesday. Good Luck
Mrs. Burger has been working hard over summer vacation ordering lots of interesting books, adding Twitter to the blog, rearranging furniture, moving the audio books to a new location in the main library and much much more. Stop by the library and say Hi. We would love to see you.
Mrs. Murrel
Mrs. Burger
