More photos from the TRW luncheon

Wow!! Someone with imagination made the cupcakes that the winners had for dessert. But before dessert came that wonderful ziti - and that was reality - not imagination!

Teen Read Winners Dine in Style

(Left) Coach M. and Mrs. A. serve two of the Teen Read Week winners a delicious luncheon from Provino's.
Pictured far left are the other three winners. Each of the winners collected clues in the TRW Scavenger Hunt and on Friday put those clues together to come up with the answer - imagine. An imagination is definitely required to Read beyond reality @ your library (the TRW theme).

More photos from our author visit

Left: Mr. Hainds shows us the longleaf pine.

Right: Students see the Hodges Meteorite.

Author Roger Reid visits LSA!

Our 5th - 8th graders enjoyed a visit by author Roger Reid and his colleague Mark Hainds, from the Longleaf Alliance, on October 6. Mr. Reid told the students that he began saving all his writings in the sixth grade, and he shared with us about his research for his books Longleaf and Space, the writing process for his books, and excerpts from the books. Mr. Hainds told us about the longleaf pine and the longleaf ecoysystem. Mr. Reid also showed us a replica of the Hodges Meteorite and a real iron-nickel meteorite and fossil-containing rocks. We look forward to his next book about Jason and to finding our where it will be set! We know it will be in Alabama!

New Reading Club for High Schoolers Meets

At the organizational meeting of our high school book club, we decided to read Space by Roger Reid and It's Only Temporary by Sally Warner for our October discussion. All high school students are invited to read these and join us on Tuesday, October 13 for our second meeting. At that time we'll also make our final decision on what to read for November.

More Third Grade Book Recommendations

Mrs. Moore's class visited the library today and shared their book recommendations. Two students, E. and P., liked the Great Illustrated Classics, The Red Badge of Courage and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Animals were a popular topic - both in nonfiction and fiction books. R.J. recommended Slinky, Scaly Snakes. B. shared her book, Sea Snakes. Rattlesnakes was the book recommended by K. The Magic School Bus book, The Great Shark Escape, was pronounced "amazing" by M. Polars on the Path in the Animal Ark series was a favorite of R. Other students making recommendations were B#2 (Lake Superior), S. (Speedboats), C. (Ships and Submarines), and K#2 (The Starving Time from the My America Series). We hope you will take a look at some of these books and find one you will enjoy reading too.

Third Graders Make Book Recommendations

Today's third grade library students shared book recommendations with their class. Series books are popular: M. and T. recommend Carnival at Candlelight and Summer of the Sea Serpent and R. says that Day of the Dragon King is awesome - all three are Magic Tree House books. Geronimo Stilton is also popular. E. recommends The Phantom of the Subway, and A. says that A Cheese Colored Camper is great. The Magic School Bus book, Amazing Magnetism, is highly recommended by H. Security Dogs and Guide Dogs, two books in a nonfiction series about dogs as helpers are recommended by R. and A.L. For those who like scary stories, C. recommends In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories. A different H. and B. selected military books as their recommendations: The U.S. Army Special Operations and The U.S. Navy Seals. Maybelle in the Soup is the recommendation of another E., and J. says that Llama, Llama Mad at Mama is perfect for reading to a kindergarten book buddy.

So, if you are third grader or a parent of a third grader, here's your list of LSA's recommended books for third graders. Happy Reading!