Library News – February 10, 2012
February is here with all the happenings it brings! Please take a look in the display case outside the library – filled with quotes and words of wisdom from our Presidents and First Ladies.
Our Kindergarten through 5th graders are so excited about their upcoming visit from Kevin Henkes. The author of Chrysanthemum, Owen, Kitten’s First Full Moon, Olive’s Ocean and many others will be visiting with our K – 5th grade students on February 29, thanks to Hicklebees. Order forms for autographed copies of Penny and her Song and other Henkes books will be coming home. I am so pleased that we are able to offer a couple of the Kevin Henkes books in paperback, making them much more affordable. As always, our library receives back 25% of the purchase price of the books from Hicklebees.
And speaking of Hicklebees, it is almost time for our magnificent Springtime Hicklebees Book Fair. The Fair is being delivered on Friday March 2 and our sales will take place Monday March 5th through Thursday March 8. If you are interested in helping with this book fair, please let me know. Sales will take place 7:45 – 6 every day.
We had a terrific turnout for our 2nd annual Build A Valentine for Mom event. What fun to see our Dads and their children creating masterpieces for Mom!
Our Middle School Book Club is meeting Friday Feb 17 to compare and contrast the 2 books they have read this month. All middle school students are welcome to join the Book Club.
It is my hope that we can inventory our library collection between now and the end of the school year . This is process that requires many hands – please let me know if you would like to help. With a school library collection that is only 6 years old, this should be a pretty straightforward task – and a very necessary one.
Children’s literature may be the most important literature you will ever read. This is the stuff you read before you’ve figured out who you are, before you’ve made your mind up on all sorts of subjects. This is the reading that shapes you.
— Unknown author
Happy Reading
Mrs. Taylor, Librarian