POLAR EXPRESS 2006
Talking Book narrated by Garrison Keillor
Our annual library holiday tradition!

Happy Holidays:
John Henry Faulk's Christmas Story

NPR.org, December 9, 2005 · The gifted storyteller and former radio broadcaster John Henry Faulk recorded his Christmas story in 1974 for the program Voices in the Wind.

Great, heart warming tale of a "poor boy" in Texas and his Christmas orange.
It captures the True Spirit of the Holidays!

Click here to listen or read: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5028755

NPR Holidays
Chanukah Lights: Stories of the Season
by Susan Stamberg
Celebrate the Jewish holiday with the perennial NPR favorite,
Chanukah Lights, now in its 14th year.
NPR's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz of AFI present stories exploring the traditions of the season by writers Allegra Goodman, Gloria DeVidas Kirchheimer, Laura Krauss Melmed, Ariel Dorfman and Lesléa Newman.

'Moishe's Miracle' Fun and great!

Thomas W. Radcliffe
Author: Laura Krauss MelmedNPR stalwarts Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz play a pair of benevolent cows that bring about a miracle to the people of a small village and its modest milkman. With illustrations by David Slonim, Moishe's Miracle is published by HarperCollins.
Listen to 'Moishe's Miracle'
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4195423

Shirin reads "Winston the Book Wolf"
to KS (in Farsi, too) ! SALEM
 

Author Kat Michaels discussess
Willow's Bend with KC and KS kids.
 

Author Kat Michaels Reads
Willow's Bend to Kindergarten to
Celebrate Children's Book Week

 

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK 2006
BOICEVILLE MARKET BAGS 

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK & BOICEVILLE MARKET 2006 

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK 2006:
BOICEVILLE MARKET
DECORATED BAGS 

Children's Book Week 2006
Boiceville Market
Decorated Bags

 

WELCOME BACK 2006 - 2007!

SUMMER VACATION 2006:

SUNSET BEACH, NC

"SWINGING BRIDGE"

 

CONGRATULATIONS 6TH GRADE GRADUATES!
YOU DID IT! HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. CHECK OUT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR GREAT BEACH READS. ALSO, SIGN-UP FOR NYS SUMMER READING PROGRAMS AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY OR GO TO
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GREAT LIBRARY THEMED GAMES

Reshelving Shuffle (a hangman game)
No more questions! (a skeet-shoot game)

Bibliozine's Flash Games
Bookcatcher: Catch as many books as you can.
Scanner Lander: Scanning books was never this hard! Use arrow keys to control scanner. Watch your speed and don't bump into anything.
If action is jerky or slow, reduce the size of the popup window.
If you don't have Flash player, download it for free from Macromedia.

The 6th Grade will be visiting the HS/MS Library during Library Classes on Monday and Tuesday mornings for a brief orientation. Students will meet Mrs. Massee, the Library Media Specialist. She will give them a tour of the facility and let them know the library procedures for Middle School students. It should be fun and informative!

Get Caught Reading to Your Pet!

Mrs. VanBaaren ----------------Ms. Allen & Emmelee
& Junior


Mrs. Carboni & Suzy & Mandy

Weekend Edition - Saturday, February 26, 2005 · Daniel Pinkwater and Scott Simon are joined by Daniel's cunning canine Lulu to discuss Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog by local High Falls Resident Sara Swan Miller. Listen to Daniel, Scott and Lulu read this charming story which is one of the books in a wonderful series of Stories You Can Read to Your Dog/Cat/Teddy Bear... Click to hear the story read aloud: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4513343&ft=1&f=4506027
The following comments appeared on The P-Zone after the above radio show aired:
February 26th, 2005
From: Sara Swan Miller
I want to thank Daniel for reading from my book, Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog, and for your kind words about it. Too bad listeners couldn't see the great illustrations. This is the tenth anniversary of the publication of the book. Since then there have been more: Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Dog, Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Cat, and Three Stories You Can Read to Your Teddy Bear. Thanks to you and Lulu the sales ranking for Three Stories...Dog went from #160,725 to #65 in a few hours. And the others moved way up, too. Just goes to show that listeners listen to you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Daniel replies:
We had SO much fun with that book! Lulu really was looking at the pictures and enjoying it as we recorded the radio piece. I think quite a few of the illustrations are on the NPR website.

Mrs. Spada, Baxter & Reilly read Wild About Books

MAY IS GET CAUGHT READING MONTH!

We will be creating a " Read to Your Pet" display.

Submit your favorite photo via email to Mrs. Spada or bring to school.

All photos will be put on display on the LMC Bulletin Boards.

Staff photos will be posted on the BLOG.

I wonder what book Dr. Cassel will read to her pet?

http://www.getcaughtreading.org/index.htm

CONGRATULATIONS TO GALE VANBAAREN:
SAM'S CLUB 2006 TEACHER OF THE YEAR!!!
WAY TO GO GALE ...NICE PRESENTATION AND GENEROUS
GIFT FROM SAM'S CLUB: $1,000.

Tiger Woods' father died yesterday. Earl Woods was Tiger's first Golf teacher and a terrific Dad. Earl got Tiger to appear on the Mike Douglas Show at age 2, where he putted against Bob Hope! Rest in Peace.

The movie version of the Terrific book HOOT by Carl Hiassen is coming out May 5. Check out the great website for all kinds of cool stuff http://hootmovie.com/

Grade 2 - 3 Read Aloud
From Kirkus Reviews: The two-time Caldecott winner continues the didactic vein of Just a Dream (1990). Captain Hope records the eerie events during a voyage of the Rita Anne. His crew is hard-working and ``accomplished in other ways''--they enjoy reading, music, and storytelling. Even so, after they stop on an island and bring back a mysterious rock with one smooth face that gives off a ``peculiar light,'' the men do nothing but watch it. Mesmerized, they sit transfixed until they are transformed into apes who don't even help when the ship is disabled in a storm. So, fortunately, is the stone, and Hope finds that the men are gradually returned to themselves as he reads to them. The artist's elegantly structured, richly shadowed paintings suggest more enigmatic depth than the story delivers, while the starkly boxed text interrupts the visual flow of each spread. Even so, a handsome setting for a valuable message, presented with some imagination and humor. (Picture book. 4-10) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

READ ALOUD GRADE K - 1
Book Description: When Mama Bear decides her family spends too much time in front of the TV, she bans it for a week. Then the Bear family finds other ways to have fun and keep busy, so they watch less when TV is allowed again--and they don't even miss it.

Grade 3-6 Read Aloud for Turn Off TV Week:
From School Library Journal: A cautionary tale that will appeal to anyone who believes in the power and magic of books. When the town of Triple Creek first built a huge TV tower, Aunt Chip took to her bed, promising, "there will be consequences." Now, 50 years later, the townspeople are so obsessed with their televisions that they are oblivious to everything else. Of course, people still "use" books-as furniture, to fix crumbling walls, to patch up tattered roofs-but no one knows how to read. Finally, Aunt Chip, who used to be the town librarian, pops out of bed to do something about it. Beginning with her nephew, Eli, she teaches the children to read. Hungry for books, they take them from wherever they can be found. When Eli and his friends pluck a copy of Moby Dick from the dam, they unleash a wall of water that destroys the TV tower and changes the future of the town. A master storyteller, Polacco flavors this modern fable with the language and cadence of a traditional tall tale. Filled with amusing details, interesting characters, and unexpected twists, this enjoyable story clearly makes its point without seeming heavy-handed. In perfect harmony with the text, the illustrations add dimension and resonance to the words. Enslaved by TV, Triple Creek is colored in dismal grays and imprisoned by imposing power lines. Afterwards, the town is blooming, bustling, and brightly colored. Watch out. Polacco's passion for books and reading is contagious.?Joy Fleishhacker, New York Public LibraryCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Check out this Cool Video of a Guy Juggling to the Beatles via Google
Bliss Diss - Juggler 5 ball routine

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. -Groucho Marx

Television is a chewing gum for the eyes. -Frank Lloyd Wright

Break Free of TV-
TV-Turnoff Network

TV-Turnoff Week 2006
April 24 - 30, 2006

Our National Library Week Staff Trivia Contest Winner: Ms. Susan Rosen
Congratulations Sue!

Dr. Cassel reads to 1C:
Atlantic by G. Brian Karas.
They were a terrific audience and really enjoyed having "the owner" of the school read to them!

MYSTERY READER: 4D

Today Elmo did a fantastic job reading Hudson Talbot's Sword and the Stone to 6W. It is a wonderful story of Arthur becoming king and Elmo read straight for 40 minutes to an enthralled audience. Then Leah did a wonderful job reading to KC a clever story Tiny's Big Adventure. Everyone really enjoyed having "a big kid" read aloud!!

MYSTERY READER

reads to KC

Mystery Reader

reads to 6W

Whew-busy day Monday with great readers. Zach read Arthur's pet business / Marc Brown. Boston : Little, Brown c1990 to Mrs. VanBaaren's class. They really enyed it-GREAT Job! Evan read Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Illustrated by Ray Cruz. New York, Atheneum,1972 to 1H. He really knew this book and read it with FEELING-terrific!

THE MYSTERY READER
reads to 1H

National Library Week off to a Great Start with 6th Grade fans & Library Helpers reading to all classes-VERY BRAVE. Eli read Master man : a tall tale of Nigeria / retold by Aaron Shepard ; illustrated by David Wisniewski to 6S : very cool! Then Taylor read Little red ink drinker / story by Eric Sanvoisin ; illustrations by Martin Matje ; translated by Georges Moroz to 5M- good job! All completed scavenger hunts for "deluxe" prizes!

STAFF LIBRARY TRIVIA CONTEST: Post answers by Thursday, 4/6/06 PRIZES

1) The White House Library was established by which President's wife?
a. Martha Jefferson
b. Abigail Powers Fillmore
c. Abigail Adams
2) The marble lions who stand guard over the entrances to the New York Public Library are named
a. Leo and Leonora
b. Patience and Fortitude
c. Rex and Regina
3) What is the oldest national library in the world?
a. The National Library of Russia
b. The National Library of France
c. The National Library of Austria
4) The oldest library in the Americas is in which country?
a. United States
b. Canada
c. Mexico
5) This person established the first PUBLIC library
a. Julius Caesar
b. Asinius Pollio
c. Mark Anthony
6) The first circulating library (checked out books to patrons) in the United States
was founded by
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. John Adams
7) The Army Medical Library became what great library?
a. Library of Congress
b. Library of the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army
c. National Library of Medicine

CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK: April 2 - 8, 2006
* Lots of activities and events in SLMS*

LIBRARY TIDBITSSocrates Quote/ / Humor for librarians

"Students visit school library media centers some 1.7 billion times during the school year - about twice the number of visits to state and national parks."

Americans make some 3.5 billion visits to school, public, and college libraries each year - about 3 times the attendance at movie theaters."

"A recent Colorado study found that the highest achieving students come from schools with good library media centers."

Americans spend nine times as much on home video games ($1.5 billion) as they do on school library materials for their children."

YOUTH TODAY by Socrates, 450 B.C.(I guess life was no different even in Ancient Greece...)
"Our youth love luxury. They have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for their elders and love idle chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants not the servants of the household. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up their food, and tyrannize their teachers"

CARTOONS
"Excuse me, I'm lost. Can you direct me to the information highway?"

Overheard outside the library: "They've got this great software. They call them paperbacks!"

Today we are previewing our new program "TUMBLEBOOKS" - E-BOOKS for kids. Books can be readaloud to you or you can read alone. Also, there are related puzzles/games, too! Check-it out, the kids love it! Soon we will have a direct link on our page but for now, use the name and password listed: name: casper pw:trial

RESEARCH STEPS (in order)
* ACCESS ALL FROM LIBRARY HOMEPAGE*
1. BOOKS: Use Library Catalog
2. ENCYCLOPEDIA (print & online)
ALMANAC
ATLAS
3. STUDENT RESOURCE CENTER: In school only
Reference Books
Magazines
Newspapers
Primary Sources
Multimedia
4. NOVEL Databases
5. KID’S CLICK SEARCH ENGINE
6. VISIT YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY, too!
· ASK FOR HELP!
· Get permission to print: select print preview!
. Complete MLA WORKS CITED
Also, Project Links on Library Page, too!

Mandarin Catalog and Circulation Databases now "fixed". We had some "issues" with searching on the web and with book checkout- BUT it is "fixed" now!! WHEW! Go to our library catalog search and see our new book cover display-it is way cool and shows summaries and reviews, too.http://64.75.73.18/m3/apps/m3opac/OnteoraBennLibrary

Busy day at CDEP meeting yesterday-very interesting and productive! Thanks kids and Mrs. Suozzo and Mrs. Barringer for doing a great job! Today I am presenting a powerpoint to 4th and 5th grade on Effective Internet Searching. REMEMBER: use quotes around Phrases and names!

FYI: This a school BLOG-adhere to our Onteora Policy regarding Internet Use. Thanks!

Hi All: I will be out on Thursday at a CDEP meeting. Mrs. Barringer will be substituting for me in the library. I know ALL will be cooperative and be the BEST library kids for her! Science Projects: go to the link on the library website-also check out Student Resource Center (click on the Icon on the Homepage!) Get ALL of your print resources FIRST (books, encyclopedias, magazines...) BEFORE you go online. Ask your teacher or Mrs. Souzzo for HELP and GUIDANCE! Make sure YOU HAVE AN IDEA of what you are looking for before you do ANYTHING!!! ie. size, atmosphere. gravity, visits etc. (use the worksheets for info in the LIBRARY !)

Library Lessons today : 2006 Caldecott Books, 4D: The Picture of Morty and Ray by local author Daniel Pinkwater(very funny!), 3A Zen Shorts (Caldecott honor2006) by local Illustrator Jon Muth and Basho and the Fox by Tim Myers (both very Zen), KS my Favorite storyteller Joseph Bruchac's How Chimpmunk got his Stripes- we were all "bears" or "grey squirrels" too! Great to be able to read aloud!!

I am adding a set of 6 new series books to our non-fiction section in the Bennett Library called American Symbols and their Meanings. The titles are: "The Liberty Bell", "The American Flag", "Ellis Island", "The Statue of Liberty", "The White House", and "The Constitution". Come check them out.

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Bennett Elementary School Library Media Center

Baxter Reading 

Reilly Reading his Favorite Book

he New York Library Association has announced the winners of the Books of the Season program for winter 2006.
The winner of the children's category is "Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick" by Roz Rosenbluth, published by Flashlight Press. The winner of the young adult's category is "Art Geeks and Prom Queens" by Alyson Noel, published by St. Martin's Griffin. The winner of the adult's category is "The Shame of the Nation" by Jonathan Kozol, published by the Crown Publishing Group.
Here is just a sampling of the spring 2006 nominees:
Children's Category:
An Egg Is Quiet By- Dianna Aston
Harlem Hellfighters When Pride Met Courage By- Walter Dean Myers
Young Adult Category:
Johnny and the Dead By- Terry Pratchett
Skybreaker By- Ken Oppel
Adult Category:
Apostle Paul By- James Cannon
Good Women By- Jane Stevenson
The Space Between Us By- Thrity Umrigar
For the entire list of nominees be sure to go to http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1041

Hannaford Supermarkets is partnering with the Hudson Valley Chapter of
the Books for Kids Foundation to promote literacy in our geographical
area. The nine stores in Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties will
collect (preferably) new books for children Pre-K through middle school.
The stores are located in Pawling, Wappingers Falls, Red Hook, Kingston
(2 supermarkets), Highland, New Windsor, Pine Bush, and Middletown. All books and monies donated during the Book Drive will be distributed
throughout the Hudson Valley to schools and organizations in need.
This initiative will run from April 1-30, 2006.
For more information go to http://www.dotdash.org/bfk/
Please support us by visiting your local Hannaford's in April and
donating one or more books!
To help "kick" off this drive, Hannaford's, Ariel's Child and the Hudson
Valley Chapter of the Books for Kids Foundation is sponsoring an Easter
family fun event with a live radio show (WBWZ FM 93.3), 1-3 pm on
Sunday, April 9th, at the Wappingers Falls supermarket on Route 9. There
will be face painting, costumed characters, cupcake decorating, and,
most importantly, renowned author/illustrator Iza Trapani will be there
to autograph her books-all of which are being donated by Hannaford's.
There will be a limited quantity of free books available for
autographing, and they will be given out on a first come, first served
basis.

The playground was very cold today. Very COLD wind. Many books to return and shelve.

Great Website: International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)-it is a "public library" for the world's children. Read over 862 free children's books written in 32 different languages. VERY COOL- will be using it for grades 1-3 this week! http://www.icdlbooks.org/index.shtml

Teaching "Effective Internet Searching" to grades 4-6 this week using a powerpoint. Going very well and showed off our BLOG!!

FYI - This will effect our public libraries.
Ulster County Legislature reduces funding to public libraries by 50 percent
http://pojonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/NEWS01/603170329/1006/NEWS01

I am working today as a reference librarian at Newburgh Public Library. Check out the NFL website: http://www.newburghlibrary.org/
I really enjoy working with so many different kinds of people and kids. Lots of school state projects and college research papers going on. It is great to show how to get great information from a variety of places: not just "the internet."

My Favorite Book to Read to Bennett Kindergarten Classes!
The Moon takes a bath and magical crystals fall off. These
can be found on the shore of "Moon Lake" or maybe even
"The Ashokan Reservoir!"