more new books!

including an autobiography by author Jon Scieszka, called Knucklehead;

the newest offering from Spiderwick author Tony DiTerlizzi, Kenny & the Dragon; Andrew Clements' latest book, Lost and Found; and Judy Moody Goes to College by Megan McDonald, just to name a few!

The latest additions to the very popular middle-school series The Warriors by Erin Hunter, have also arrived: Eclipse and Long Shadows.

Happy Thanksgiving ...

These are some of the books from Storytime this week:

and some others that you may want to check out:




The Magic Tree House series has a Thanksgiving book:
and also a non-fiction Research Guide:

Just a reminder that there will be NO STORYTIME sessions held next week, as the Library will be CLOSED on both THURSDAY & FRIDAY, Nov 27-28, 2008. The Library will be open on Saturday, November 29. See you in December!

More New Books .... phonics!

Some of you have checked out this book, wet pet: a flip-a-word book and requested more! soooo..... here you go! I just received these books today, and they should be on the Beginning Reader shelves next week! Here's a review from School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2: Children will be instantly attracted to the bold, colorful pictures in these books. Each title focuses on three different word families. Pig looks at words containing the letter combinations ig, ug, and at, while Snake features ake, oat, and ant. Peek-through pages transform illustrations to match the changing consonants (e.g., jig becomes dig ). While most of the pages feature only one or two words, the last page of each section is a review of all the words from the family. The bright, flat illustrations outlined in black are reminiscent of the artwork in Dick Bruna's Miffy books (Kodansha America), but are more colorful. These titles could be used with beginner readers or as an introduction to rhyming words. Each one includes a page about word families that adults might find helpful.

This week's newest DVDs ...

These titles just hit the shelves this week ... and are already OUT ... place your request today!

And don't forget about these new Christmas movies:
Barbie in a Christmas Carol & Shrek the Halls!

new books...

Last Friday, I accompanied ULTRA on a field trip to Barnes&Noble in Millbury, to purchase books for our Young Adult collection. While there, I picked up a few books for the younger kids as well. I've gotten several requests recently for a series by Henry Winkler, called Hank Zipzer, so I grabbed the first 5 books in that series.

You can read a review from School Library Journal, of the first book in the series by clicking here:

I also picked up the first 3 books in the BabyMouse series by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (which will be shelved w/Graphic Novels).

Read a review here:

Also new in this section: Nancy Drew full-color Graphic Novels!

Hibernation ...

At last week's PreSchool StoryTime sessions, we read stories about Bears getting ready for Winter .... and learned about HIBERNATION!

After the stories, the kids made a little craft to take home, using a brown pompom, a cardboard tube and some brown paper: A bear sleeping in his cave!

For some coloring/activity pages that go with one of the books, Bear Snores On, visit the author's website: http://www.karmawilson.com/teachers.htm#bear

The books we read:

• Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
• Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
• Old Bear by Kevin Henkes

We will be reading some more books by Kevin Henkes this week, since that author's birthday is later this month ...

Please remember to wear something purple-ish!

New additions to a few favorite series ...

The 15th and final installment in The Guardians of Ga'Hoole series has arrived! War of the Ember by Kathryn Lasky.

Book 5 of a very popular new series: Ivy + Bean: Bound to be Bad is available in book and Audio CD!
Book 4 in the Annie & Snowball series by Cynthia Rylant, author of the popular Henry & Mudge and Mr. Putter & Tabby series.

more new movies on the way ....

Getting ready for the holidays ...
2 new Christmas DVDs are about to hit the shelves in our children's area ...
Shrek the Halls
and
Barbie in A Christmas Carol