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GLGB

2010-01-18T06:12:00.000-08:00

The Great Lakes' Great Books Award will be coming to a close on Jan. 29th. The choices that the students are reading this year are:

Grades K - 1st

The Chicken of the Family by Mary Amato
Stick by Steve Breen
Pink by Nan Gregory
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
Look Out, Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek
The Cheese by Margie Palatini
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Story Blanket by Ferida Wolff & Harriet May Savitz

Grades 2nd - 3rd
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne
Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale by Deborah Hopkinson
When the Wolves Returned by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford
How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz
Nurk by Ursula Vernon

Grades 4th - 5th
Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley
Marco Polo by Demi
Who’s Jim Hines? by Jean Alicia Elster
The Porcupine Year by Louise Erdrich
Our White House: Looking In Looking Out Editied by the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance
Blue Like Friday by Siobhan Parkinson
Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex
Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold by James Rumford

23 Things

2010-01-18T06:10:00.000-08:00

The library staff at GHAPS is participating in 23 Things. We will be reviewing and practicing various 2.0 tools, including blogging.

2009-03-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

District Votes For the Great Lakes Great Books

1st Grade: 1st Digby Takes Charge 2nd On Meadowview Street
2-3 Grades: 1st. Robot Dreams 2nd John Paul George & Ben 3rd Where it the Wild
4-5 Grades: 1st Lawn Boy 2nd Dog for Life

The state winners will be announced on March 16th.

Opportunity to Make a Nomination

2008-10-03T13:45:00.000-07:00

Recognize your valuable school library media specialist. For the first time, school library media specialists can be nominated for The New York Times/Carnegie Corporation of New York's "I Love My Librarian" Award. The award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public and academic librarians and school library media specialists. Up to ten winners will be honored and receive a $5,000 cash reward, a plaque, and a $500 travel stipend to attend the awards reception on December 9, 2008, in New York hosted by The New York Times. Nominations for school library media specialists will be accepted until October 15.
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/home.cfm

2008-09-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

Michigan Reads

Kindergarten and First Graders are reading and sharing “Raccoon Tunes” by Nancy Shaw. The Library of Michigan selected this book and a free copy was sent to all schools in Michigan. This is part of the One Book, One State program. Last year’s book was “Big Chickens” by Leslie Helakoski. Watch for bookmarks about reading at home coming home with your kindergarten and first graders.

Great Lakes, Great Books

The Michigan Reading Association picks eight books in five categories: K-1st, 2nd –3rd, 4th –5th, 6th –8th and 9th –12th grades. Students read at least five of the eight books in their category and select a winner. The list of this year’s nominees can be found at: http://www.michiganreading.org/cms/images/stories/PDFs/glgb%20bookmarks2008.pdf

In library media lessons this year we are reviewing the books and will be voting for our favorites in January. At least one copy of each of these books is available in the library media center. These books make great gifts too.

Last year’s winners were:

Grades K-1
Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski......................Dutton, 2006
Honor Books
Belinda and the Glass Slipper by Amy Young............................Viking, 2006Mammoths on the Move by Lisa Wheeler............................Harcourt, 2006

Grades 2-3
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker.........................Hyperion, 2006Honor BooksCaptain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O'Malley................Walker, 2005The Magician's Boy by Susan Cooper......................Margaret K. McElderry, 2005

Grades 4-5
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DeCamillo ...................................................................Candlewick, 2006
Honor Books
Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters by Patricia C. McKissack.................................................................Schwartz & Wade, 2006Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together by Herb Shoveller...............................................................................Kids Can, 2006