The Connected Librarian

Awarded Newbery, Caldecott and others

2012-01-24T17:10:00.003-06:00

follow the link to the article from the School Library Journal.

It's Time for School! Tales for Sharing Aloud

2011-08-30T17:23:00.001-06:00

It's Time for School! Tales for Sharing Aloud

The School Library Journal has compiled an annotated collection of some new Back to School books. Click to read the article and I'm sure, make a wish list.

Children's Authors and Illustrators against Bullying

2011-08-29T19:33:00.000-06:00

There is a movement call It Gets Better Project in the stand against bullying. This is just one video created by Children's authors and illustrators.

New Dr. Seuss!

2011-08-29T19:14:00.001-06:00

Random House to Publish Lost Dr. Seuss Stories

Although not lost in the true sense of the words, these stories were printed in magazines, but never published in book form.

"Cohen, who notes that there are some 30 stories from Geisel’s “magazine period,” explains that the selections in The Bippolo Seed mark a pivotal transitional point in the author’s career. “This is Dr. Seuss exactly when he was becoming Dr. Seuss,” he says. “From a chance encounter with a three-year-old who couldn’t yet read but had memorized his Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose, Geisel had realized the importance of using rhyme as a read-aloud, auditory experience. He’d observed German and Japanese children reared on propaganda during World War II and began to realize that, instead of that negative influence, he had a skill that could make a positive difference. He started writing with the rhythm and rhyme for which he’s now known, and it tickles me to see the way that style and his expertise develop in this story collection, and to know that others will now be able to appreciate and enjoy it, too.”" quote from the article (to read the rest) Publisher's Weekly

Book Anniversaries

2011-08-29T18:31:00.002-06:00

Librarians and readers; publishers, too, of course, will be excited to learn that several classics/series are reaching milestones. Babar is turning 80, The Phantom Tollbooth has spent five decades in print, and the Magic School Bus has been zipping along for a quarter-century. Some we enjoyed as children, some we remember introducing to children. For the complete article from Publisher's Weekly Celebrating a Flock of Children's Book Anniversaries.

Pleasure Reading Leads to Professional Careers, Study Says

2011-05-10T18:03:00.003-06:00

This is a fairly interesting article. Of course, as library personnel we already knew the benefits of reading. Now there is a study that proves it.

Zombies and learning library skills

2011-04-26T15:20:00.001-06:00

Zombie Attack at the Library!

"Clever staffers at McPherson College's Miller Library, KS, are using the public's current penchant for everything zombie to teach information literacy by creating a 23-page library guide in graphic novel format called Library of the Living Dead. " [LJXpress, Library Journal online e-letter, April 5, 2011]

Not real gory and not a great story line (it's zombies in the library, afterall), but it takes the reader through various parts of the library - any library, really- but of course, the areas are specific to McPherson College's Miller Library - Reference is upstairs, etc....

Website

2011-03-08T21:26:00.001-06:00

I was searching for library skills and came across this webpage for Bennett Elementary School (in Boiceville, NY). http://www.onteora.k12.ny.us/bennett/site/default.asp If you check out the Library Media Center under Our School, you can see how bright and full of graphics the links are. Even better are wonderful links on the left hand side, including one on Library Skills and Activities. This takes you to a page full of links to little games and online activities that reinforce basic library skills. For a treat, or in reward of good behavior, or to finish off an area of learning this is an excellent way for the students to have fun and learn.

We Give Books

2011-01-20T18:10:00.003-06:00

Off to the side on something I was reading was this link to We Give Books. It sounded interesting enough to check out. Wow! You need to sign up, but it looks well worth it. It was created by The Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation and offers free online books to read. In return, for every book read online, a book will be donated to the various site designated charity partner. There are charities like books for Haiti, some that are low-income schools or libraries in the US, and others are in various parts of the world. You can also change which charity you are reading on behalf of.

The website, http://www.wegivebooks.org/, says "All of the books available for online reading are children’s picture books appropriate for children through age ten. There is a mix of fiction and nonfiction, a range of authors, and an equal balance between read-alouds and books for independent readers. We’ll be adding news books every month, together with special seasonal offerings."

Book Summaries

2011-01-14T09:46:00.002-06:00

Have you ever wondered how that concise book summary was written and by whom?
Well wonder no longer - read about how fiction, especially children's fiction summaries are written at the Library of Congress
http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=3107

Eleanor Coerr dies

2011-01-14T09:26:00.008-06:00

Did you know that Eleanor Coerr (author of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes) was born in Kamsack?
Follow this link to read about her career...
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/newslettersnewsletterbucketextrahelping2/888243-477/eleanor_coerr_author_of_sadako.html.csp

Grade 5 Library:

2010-03-12T14:31:00.004-06:00

Use this link to access a St. Patrick's Day trivia quiz.

http://arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/stpthunt.htm

Good luck, and happy searching! May the luck of the Irish be with you.

2010-01-31T23:21:00.000-06:00

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/hunt/hunt021.shtml

April 29

2009-05-01T16:17:00.003-06:00

The Grade 5's began to learn about the internet and the proper way to use it. Again, the webquest to follow is Mrs. Kelly's Media Centre.

The Grade 4's have learned all about encyclopedias and are now ready for any report you give them. They have learnt how to find topics, how to put the information into point form (make notes), and finally most are starting to make a report from their notes. They have been really working hard and are excellent research students.

Kindergarten students listened to the story: Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley. They are starting various activities to go with this hilarious story of farm animals running away to the city to avoid Mrs. Wishy-Washy's washing. The first thing they are doing is creating Mrs. Wish-Washy.

Grade 5 Library Class

2009-03-10T15:49:00.003-06:00

The Grade 5 class has been starting to learn the Dewey Decimal system. I found a wonderful website that the students are really enjoying. Mrs. Kelly's Media Center http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/finalweb/Index.html has the student follow directions, learn about all parts of the Resource Centre and at levels, achieve a piece of the puzzle. Following the Media Centre, she also instructs them on using the internet.

I supplemented each section of the Dewey Decimal system with a handout explaining the breakdown and a short quiz or activity.

Welcome

2009-01-29T15:35:00.000-06:00

SES Library class is offered to each Grade at the SES.