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Dragon's Fat Cat by Dav Pilkey

We enjoyed Dragon's Fat Cat by Dav Pilkey. Dragon rescues a fat cat from a snow storm, but soon encounters the unexpected problems of a new cat owner: how to train his cat, what to feed his cat, how to manage the yellow puddles.

Don't Bet Against Me

The HS Library Lady writes: Don’t Bet Against Me is by Deanna Favre, wife of professional football player Brett Favre. Deanna talks about the obstacles and tragedies that she has faced and how she has gotten through her struggles. Her hardest fight has been with breast cancer. The support of faith, family and friends has kept her going strong. Check it out at the HS IMC.

A Book Fair

This week I publicized our upcoming book fair. We have a selection of books coming from Scholastic Books. The books will arrive on Friday, September 19th and I will set up the fair. The official opening is Monday, September 22. Each of the classes will visit to hear a story or two and have time to browse. Parents are encouraged to visit, especially during the PTO Picnic in the Park on September 26. The fair will move from the library to the gym for that event.

Watch for comments from the students about the books they like. The signs and the video have already generated lots of excitement about the Dinosaur Cove series, and the kids were abuzz when a shots of Star Wars and Pokemon books lit up the screen.

Visit our book fair homepage.

A Love Story

From the high school library lady: If you love a love story then Nicholas Sparks', The Choice, is the book for you. Neighbors Travis and Gabby meet because of Travis’s barking dog. After young love, marriage and family Travis is forced to make a choice that will affect him and his family for the rest of their lives.

Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens To His Heart

In this week's installment of the Howard B. Wigglebottom, we learned that having heart is more than just the muscle that goes THUMP THUMP in our chest, it means doing things that make us happy.

Dictionaries and Reading

Third grades heard the book The Yellow Star: the Legend of King Christian X of Denmark. Although no documentation has been found, the legend says the King and his subjects wore yellow stars to mask the Jews who were forced to wear the yellow stars during World War II.

Third graders listened to the book and wrote down words they didn't know or understand (i.e., stout, Danes, gentile, defiance, resistance) and then used the dictionary to read the definitions and check spelling.

Another Dav Pilkey Adventure

We read Dragon Gets By this week in first grade. First graders enjoyed the morning mix-up of sleepy Dragon and the adventures in cleaning and of grocery shopping.

Kindergarten Reads Howard B. Wigglebottom

Howard Binkow wrote a delightful book for kindergarteners called Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen. Howard is a young rabbit who doesn't listen to his teachers or friends as they try to warn him of hazards ahead. However, Howard B. Wigglebottom thinks about his actions during a time-out and tries to listen better.

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Book 4 in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos’s army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth–a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Full of humor and heart-pounding action. ~from the MS Library Lady

Check out A LONG WAY GONE by Ishmael Beah from the READ FOR A LIFETIME list

Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered Sierra Leone, Africa rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, forced to be a soldier and found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At 15 he is brought to a rehabilitation center sponsored by UNICEF and is on his way back to civilian life only to be caught up in the war again. ~from the HS library lady

First Grade is Reading Dav Pilkey

Although the most successful of Dav Pilkey's books are the Captain Underpants series, the first grade have heard me read Dog Breath and A Friend for Dragon. The students learned a new word, halitosis, so they could enjoy the illustrations and the story better. In A Friend for Dragon they were introduced to the series of Dragon's Tales. While reading and discussing, we learned four important secrets of friendship:

• A good friend is a good listener.
• Good friends have things in common.
• Good friends share.
• good friends care about each other.