This Weeks Author Birthdays & Bookfair Preview

Our school's bookfair will be in 2 weeks.
Items bought at the bookfair help the library get more books for students to check out!

Books to watch for are:

For younger readers-
Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris by Jane O'Connor
The Puppy Place: Princess by Ellen Miles
Spiders by Nic Bishop
Lily Brown's Paintings by Angela Johnson; Illustrated by E.B. Lewis (beautiful!)
Other titles
Dinosaur Cove, Planet Earth, Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble, Pokemon, Pirates Don't Change Diapers, Star Wars, Pinkalicious, Camp Rock

For Older Readers-
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day by Meg Cabot
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Elijah Of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Newberry Winner)
Other Titles
a Crooked Kind of perfect, Deep Dark and Dangerous, Seekers, Listen!, The Missing, Elephant Run, Hannah Montana, Goosebumps

There will be many more titles! A flyer will be coming home next week. THANKS!

This week's author birthdays, interesting facts & wacky holidays include:

21-H.G Wells
Taro Yashima
International Day of Peace

22-Esphyr Slobodkina
1789-US Post Office opened
1862-Abraham Lincoln makes Emancipation Declaration
Dear Diary Day
Hobbit Day
Family Day
Elephant Appreciation day
Narional White Chocolate Day

23-1846-German Astronomer Johann Galle discovers Neptune

24-Jane Curry
Wilson Rawls
Jim Henson
World's 1st toy store opened

25-Shel Silverstein
1971-The game Uno debuted
National Comic Book Day

26-John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) I'm related!
1887-The Record Player was released.
National Pancake Day

27-Bernard Waber
Paul Goble
R.E.A.D. in America Day
Crush a Can Day

It's Just an Expression!

Some of my favorite moments from this past week :

When showing the new books, hearing the whole class gasp with excitement...THAT is a great sound.

I shared some new books with everyone that were full of idioms.
I taught the Kindergarten Classes to say, "It's Just an EXPRESSION!".
They learned one or more of these idioms:

'you let the cat out of the bag'
'cold shoulder'
'spill the beans'
'paint the town red'
'got up on the wrong side of the bed'
'egg on your face'

We had a great time!

On Friday, every class that came in got a mini lesson on how to talk like a pirate.
So, I figured you might now need a mini lesson in case they come home and speak pirate at you.

Ahoy! - Hello
Avast! - Stop and pay attention
Aye! - in agreeance
Aye aye! - I'll do it captain
Nay! - No
Me - My
Booty - Pirate Treasure
Shiver Me Timbers - an expression of surprise
Mate or Matey - a friend of a pirate or a fellow pirate
Hearties - Friends
Lubber or Land Lubber - someone who wants to stay on the land
Smartly or Handsomely - Quickly
Savvy? - You know?

NEW BOOKS!

I am happy to announce that we just received a shipment of new books!

This week I will be showcasing them to each class and they will be ready for them to check out next week.

This Weeks Author Birthdays
15th-James Fenimore Cooper; Last of the Mohicans
Robert McCloskey; Blueberries for Sal (Caldecott Honor)
16th-H.A. Rey; Curious George Series
17th-Gail Carson Levine; Ella Enchanted, Fairest, etc.

This Friday, September 19th, is National Talk Like A Pirate Day!
I felt it was appropriate to include this wacky holiday since we do have a PIRATE LIBRARY!

BE A LIBRARY PIRATE! HOOK A BOOK!

This Saturday, September 13th, is Roald Dahl day

This week in the library... we are celebrating Roald Dahl's birthday.

Roald Dahl is a beloved author of many children's books. He lead a very interesting life. The students are learning about his experiences, likes and dislikes, and about his writing.

*Interesting Fact:
Dahl wrote the screenplay for the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

Check out his fantastic, kid-friendly website at www.roalddahl.com.

September is...
Classical Music Month
National Library Card Sign-up Month
Read A New Book Month