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    Fun Friday: Windblown

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    Whoosh! This month’s Fun Friday was a wind theme (I’m sick of snow and winter!). We talk about wind, especially about how the wind is created and the kids had some great answers to my questions! Afterward, I gave them the Windblown activity paper and had them cut out the seven shapes…

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    Diary of a Wimpy Kid Event

    There’s not much to say about the phenomenon of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.  Jeff Kinney has created a series of books that kids are dying to read; epseically boys and that’s awesome!  We decided to host an event at this time of the year because the last…

  • Reviews

    What the Heart Knows

    What the Heart Knows: Chants, Charms & Blessings by Joyce Sidman is a beautiful collection of poetry that touched me in many ways and I think that is what good poetry should be able to do – touch your soul.  I don’t often go out of my way to read…

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    Fun Friday – Informational Text

    Last week I offered our last “Fun Friday” program of the year.  We started this brand-new program in January. Because once a month our elementary school students have a half day of school.  Geared toward kids in 1st – 4th grades, 25 students descend on the library from 2:00 –…

  • Reviews

    The 14 Fibs of Gregory K.

    I began The 14 Fibs of Gregory K. without too much information about the book, I normally have read a few reviews, read the flap on the inside cover, or had someone mention it to me, but none of this happened.  I saw the cover, was intrigued, and began reading.  I…

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    The Adventures of a South Pole Pig

    There hasn’t been a pig like this since Wilbur!  Flora, is a farm pig who dreams of life outside of the pigpen.  Her biggest dream is to pull a sled like the sled dogs being trained on the farm.  Soon she has her chance when she is taken with the…

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    Barbara Park & Junie B. Jones

    Sadly, Barbara Park passed away over the weekend after a long battle with ovarian cancer.  She is best well known for her beloved series, Junie B. Jones, but was also the author of a number of other chapter books including Mick Harte Was Here, the Skinnybones series, as well as…

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    National Origami Day

    Yesterday was National Origami Day and we were able to provide a program for 20 children in grades 2 – 4 for an hour in the evening. I first shared the story, The Origami Master written by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer and illustrated by Aki Sogabe.  It’s a relatively short story about…

  • Reviews

    Little Red Writing

    Joan Holub and Melissa Sweet are paired together in this beautifully executed story about writing a story.  This is such a fun way to introduce children to writing stories.  Little Red Writing takes a familiar story and remakes it to include tried and true rules for writing a story.  Our…

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    Zombiekins

    Over the weekend I was traveling and grabbed Zombiekins by Kevin Bolger as an audiobook to listen to in the car.  It was a great choice (especially around Halloween)!  It’s definitely the perfect book to give to kids looking for something a little scary, but funny too!  And it’s definitely…