CELEBRATE SEPTEMBER

Students in Grade 1 viewed a display of books by author Jon Scieszka whose birthday was September 8. They saw copies of the Stinky Cheeseman, The Robot , and The Frog Prince Continued, which of just some of the famous titles. Then they listened and laughed to the story of Amelia Bedelia's First Day of School by Herman Parish.

The Shelf Elf and the Bookerpillar were the two new characters that students in grade 2 met during their library class. While reading The Shelf Elf Helps Out by Jackie Mims Hopkins students traveled through the library neighborhoods of the library. They learned where the books addresses are found and were introduced to the Dewey Decimal System.

In K students saw displays of three September authors: H. A. Rey, Tomie de Paola, and Robert McCloskey. In honor of their birthdays each was discussed and then students listened to Tomie de Paola's book entitled Strega Nona's Harvest.

Third graders were introduced to the Sunshine Young Reader's Award contest by seeing a slide show of all the previous winning titles. They also viewed book trailers of some of the titles from this year's list. Any student who reads at least three titles from this year's list will be eligible to vote for their favorite book. Later this month a list of all the books will be given out to students in grades 3-6 along with an order form from Inkwood Books.
Students will be able to purchase copies of the books at a 15% discount.

Jr. K students heard the story of Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola who celebrated his 76th birthday on September 15. Alpha students enjoyed Bill and Pete by this famous author, too.
Ask them what Bill used for a toothbrush in this hilarious adventure of the brave crocodile and his best friend Pete, a very special bird.

5th grade students were taught research skills used in searching for library books using the computer. Terms discussed included the branch, status, location for Caldecott, Newbery, Sunshine State winning books, author searches, title searches and keyword searches. Hopefully, with these new skills their time in the media center will be well used.

Last, but not least...another great big thank you to all of our library volunteers. They have helped the children find books, return them, check them out and shelf them. We could not do these jobs without them. Jodi Gayoso has been working hard at keeping the busy times filled with parents. We do appreciate all of your help. WE LOVE YOU!!