Friday, May 22, 2009

Happy Summer!!!

Summer is a great time to read some of those books you didn't have time to read during the year. If you rising 4th - 6th graders would like to get ahead reading the Alabama Emphasis on Reading book, here's the list: 42 Miles, The Dragon in the Sock Drawer, The Groundbreaking, Chance-Taking Life of George Washington Carver and the Science & Invention in America, Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars, Howard's Thurman's Great Hope, It's Only Temporary, My One Hundred Adventures, Skylar, Space (written by Roger Reid who will be visiting our school in October), The Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail Book I.

For rising 2nd and 3rd graders the Emphasis on Reading list includes: Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter; Buffalo Music,;For the Love of Autumn; Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig; The Moon Over Star; Please Don't Wake the Animals; Puppy Power; The Queen of Style; The Wolves Are Back; You Can't Do That, Amelia!You may want to read these during the summer so you can tell us about them when school starts.

Parents, why not select Emphasis on Reading books to read to your rising kindergartners and first graders. The list follows: A Visitor for Bear; Fanny; I'm Really Not Tired; Kitchen Dance; Mary Had a Little Lamp; One is a Feast for a Mouse:A Thanksgiving Tale; Our Library; Priscilla and the Great Santa Search; Two Bobbies; Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

LSA now has World Book Online

The library has subscribed to World Book Online for our school and students. You may use it from school or from home. The website is www.worldbookonline.com Come by or call the library to get the login and password to use from home. There is much more than just one encyclopedia in our subscription! There are three World Book Encyclopedias in English, two in Spanish, one in French, one Discover Encyclopedia which will translate articles to other languages, Living Green, Early Peoples, a citation builder, dictionary, atlas, primary sources, and other resources as well. Give this resource a try!

Alabama Emphasis on Reading Winners

And the winners are.......Statewide winners in the Alabama Emphasis on Reading for 2008-2009 are Llama Llama Mad at Mama for Grades K-1; Pssst! for Grades 2-3; and Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam for grades 4 -6. All these are available in our LSA library.

In Llama Llama... a young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead. He isn't happy about that, but the story does end on a happy note. Pssst! describes the unusual requests the animals at the zoo have for a little girl who goes to visit there. The ending is a surprise! Cracker tells the story of one of the U.S. Army's most valuable weapons: a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell.

We already have the list of books for next year's Alabama Emphasis on Reading program. If you'd like to get a head start on reading them over the summer, stop by the library for a copy of the list!