WELCOME BACK 2006 - 2007!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Monday, September 04, 2006
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
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.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
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!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
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/
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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.
Sunday, April 23, 2006
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.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Check out this Cool Video of a Guy Juggling to the Beatles via GoogleBliss Diss - Juggler 5 ball routine
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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