We're Back!

I'm starting my 17th year as Paideia's Elementary Librarian. It's been so peaceful here for the last three weeks as I order, catalog, plan projects with teachers and create lessons. And now the deluge! Books! And kids! I missed them.

Lauren and I, along with several parent volunteers, have begun checking in and shelving some of the 4500 or so books that went out for the summer. If you want to drop by during the first week and help us shelve, you will be welcomed with gratitude.

Postcards from the edge: a last batch of student book reviews from summer reading, spelling intact.

Cole, age 6: When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry by Molly Bang:
"Because she was like a volcano!"

Audrey, age 6 3/4, Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins: "It is very funny with the talking toys. I like to think of it like my toys. I like when Lumphy falls of the big high Bed and lands on his buffalo but."

Owen, age 7, Commander Toad by Jane Yolen: "What about guns and glory was my favorite line. I like the dialog."

Gabriel, age 8: Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Waterson. "Calvin and Hobbes is the funniest book I have ever read! Nothing is funnier than Calvin and Hobbes!" 7 stars, with two for "extra credit."

Eliza, age 10: Rules by Cynthia Lord. "I thought the book was very interesting because I never knew having autism was so hard."

John, a.k.a. Jack, age 10: Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne. "I liked it because of how Milne wrote it. He spelled the words as Christopher Robin would have. I also love the diversity of the characters. It brings out the technical side of stories."

Jack C., age 10: The Dagger Quick by Brian Eames. "I liked it because Kitto seeks adventure but is stuck in his father's workshop. Kitto sees his uncle for the first time and that changes his life."

Analia, age 11: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis. "An amazing book filled with humor. It teaches you how not to be sensetive (Elijah was called fragile) in every sisuation. It also teaches you to be thankful that you born free compared to another child born a slave....In the end, he saves a baby."

And here is the first animated video I ever created, of the Library Rules. The class who saw it laughed very hard. Click here if the embed doesn't work.


GoAnimate.com: Paideia Library Rules by PithyPython