MEDIA MEMO

Johnny Appleseed Day is September 26. Why not check out a biography book about this famous storybook character?

Author Stan Berenstain's birthday is September 29. There are many Berenstain bear books in our media center.

Come and visit our SPOOKTACULAR Halloween books!! Looking for a special book...come and see all the great ones we have in the media center this month.

Do you know the book character "Jigsaw Jones"? On October 12, there will be a performance in the Janet Root Theatre at 1:00 p.m. for students in grades 1-4. There is a series of Jigsaw Jones mystery books in our media center. Why not check one out and read it before seeing the show.

Teachers and students in grades 3, 4 and 5 were given a Sunshine State Young Reader's Award list of this year's 15 titles and heard a book talk in the theater about each one. They saw an iMovie on previous winning books and even cheered for their favorites. If they read at least 3 books from this year's list they will be eligible to vote in April. This is a reading program from the Department of Education and Shorecrest has been participating in it for 22 years. I am looking forward to many participates this year. Parents are more than welcome to read the books and vote in the spring, too.

The award-winning creator of the beloved Strega Nona series, as well as countless other classics Tomie dePaola's 75th birthday was September 15 and in Alpha we read Strega Nona. The Jr. K classes enjoyed Bill and Pete. In K we used the document camera and read The Art Lesson. Students saw pictures of him and a display of his many books is in the media center. We also are looking forward to his new book Strega Nona's Harvest which is on order and is a heart-warming story about the importance of sharing. If you would like to read some of the wonderful books by this beloved author and illustrator just stop by the media center and check some out.

Last, but not least ...another great big thank you to all of our library volunteers...they have helped our children check out 2,750 books since school started. They also have checked in and shelved over 1,524 books and renewed 96.....so you know they have been very busy and are very much appreciated.



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