Get Goosebumps with R L Stine!

Today students listened to a portion of a 33 minute webcast with Goosebumps author R L Stine.  Due to time restrictions, we were unable to catch the entire webcast.  Here is the link to watch the rest...
http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/webcast/

Enjoy!

October is International School Library Month

October is International School Library Month.  CCRSB libraries are celebrating with the theme "Food for Thought".  If I said the library will be offering free food all month, I would have students lining up at the door each day, right? 

Well here goes...The library will be offering free food this month.  Food for thought. Hmmm...what does that mean?  Read a book, feed your brain! 

Our school library has an amazing buffet of fiction, non-fiction, magazines and access to online resources and databases that will not only entertain students who love to read for pleasure, but make life easier for those who struggle with research. 

Stop in and see what's on the menu! Let your librarian know how much you appreciate the school library, and don't leave hungry!



Mr. Smith to wear white and blue!

Is it true?. Yes it is. If we reach our sales goal of $2100 at our Back to School Scholastic Book Fair, Mr. Smith has to wear a Leafs jersey for a day!

Remember, for every $10 in sales, our school earns $6 in books for our library and Mrs. Schmidt shares that profit with classrooms, boosting classroom libraries.  So, not only will you be supporting the Maple Leafs by giving them a fan for a day, you are supporting literacy in our school.  Two great reasons to buy a book this week!

The fair is open to the public Wednesday September 14 6-8 PM. Interesting in volunteering? Contact schmidta  for more info.@ccrsb.ca

BOOK FAIR!!!!

Student Shopping: Tuesday September 13 (class visits)
All welcome: Wednesday September 14

Every $10 in sales earns our school $6 in books for our library and classrooms. Help us reach our sales goal of $2100!

Back to School!

Wow, where did the summer go? Considering we had many rainy days this summer, I hope students spent at least part of that time curled up with a great book.

The library is starting the 2011-2012 school year in full gear. Not only are there hundreds of new books just waiting to be read, we will host a Scholastic Book Fair on September 14!

Stay tuned for more updates including contests, special events, new book titles and more!

Something to look forward to!

Wimpy Kid fans will be thrilled to hear that in November, 2011 Jeff Kinney's new book will be released.


 In the new book, the Heffley family is kept indoors by a major snowfall, and Kinney said his inspiration was, in part, the "tough New England winter" that just passed.



How Many Days Left?

If you are counting, you will know that there are only 13 days of school left.  All school library books should be returned by June 9.  If you have not finished your book, keep reading and try to get it in as soon as possible.

Classes will continue to visit the library for fun literacy activities for another week.

Just because school will soon be over doesn't mean you should stop reading though!  Check out the public library for details about their 2011 Summer Reading Program themed "SPLASH" and find out how you can earn some great prizes! Visit  http://cehlibrary.ednet.ns.ca/branches/branches-tata.htm  to learn more.  They tell me they have some very cool prizes up for grabs this year!

Thank you to everyone who supported our Scholastic BOGO Book Fair last week.  We had over $2000 in sales which translates to approx. $1000 going to two charities: IWK and Big Brothers Big Sisters.  It was great to see so many families stocking up for summer reading!