Showing posts with label what the kids are reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what the kids are reading. Show all posts

Sunday, July 22, 2012

What Are You Reading This Summer?

I (Ms. Moore) want to know what you're reading! List your summer books in the comments section below (you may need a Google account) or sign in to the library catalog and write a review! Here are a few books I've read this summer that I think would be good additions to the Halliwell library collection:*

Fangbone! Third-Grade BarbarianFangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian by Michael Rex: Eastwood Elementary has a new student, and he's nothing like the other kids in 3G. Fangbone is a barbarian warrior from another world! And he's been charged with the task of keeping a deadly weapon from Skullbania's vilest villain, Venomous Drool. Can Fangbone's new classmates team up to help him triumph over hound-snakes, lava-ferrets, and his first pop quiz?

RemarkableRemarkable by Lizzie K. Foley: In the mountain town of Remarkable, everyone is extraordinarily talented, extraordinarily gifted, or just plain extraordinary. Everyone, that is, except Jane Doe, the most average ten-year-old who ever lived. But everything changes when the mischievous, downright criminal Grimlet twins enroll in Jane's school and a strange pirate captain appears in town. Thus begins a series of adventures that put some of Remarkable's most infamous inhabitants and their long-held secrets in danger. It's up to Jane, in her own modest style, to come to the rescue and prove that she is capable of some rather exceptional things.

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart: Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome must unravel clues relating to a nefarious new plot, while their search for answers brings them closer to danger than ever before. Filled with page-turning action and mind-bending brain teasers, this wildly inventive journey is sure to delight.

* summaries courtesy of Goodreads

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Do You Have Questions for
Jeff Kinney?

National Public Radio (NPR) has an online kids' "book club" each month, and the June pick is Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  

The attached story includes links to previous questions for Jeff Kinney as well as your chance to ask him what YOU'VE been wondering about!

P.S. The next book in the series will be out on
November 13!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Spring Book Fair Results

The library now has $1,200 to spend on books, magazines, supplies, and other materials thanks to all the families who made purchases at the bookfair. We can't wait to buy RICBA 2013 nominees, more graphic novels, nonfiction about topics on which the kids haven't been able to find information, and some fantastic new stories like The One and Only Ivan.

Nothing sold as well as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever did back in the fall ... we sold 86 copies of that! But there were definite favorites this time around, including Big Nate, Bad Kitty, Flutter, The Loser List, Glory Be, Eye Bogglers, and, of course, The Guinness Book of World Records. 

 

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Most Held Titles - Q3

Did I mention that Amulet was the top search term this quarter?

1. Amulet 1: The Stonekeeper
2. Amulet 3: The Cloud Searchers
3. Amulet 4: The Last Council
4. Boston Bruins
5. Big Nate: In a Class By Himself
6. Big Nate Strikes Again
7. Amulet 2: The Stonekeeper’s Curse
8. Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
9. The Lost Hero
10. Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Most Held Titles - Fall/Winter 2011-12

1. What’s New, Cupcake? (cookbook)
2. Turtle in Paradise (RICBA*)
3. Lulu and the Brontosaurus (RICBA)
4. The Dancing Pancake (RICBA)
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #1
6. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (RICBA)
7. Bink & Gollie (RICBA)
8. Rapunzel’s Revenge
9. Into the Wild (Warriors series)

* Rhode Island Children’s Book Award nominee