Quote of the day

From Julien Lennon

Quote of the Day:

In honor of the Caldecott, Newbery
and many other award winners:

Caldecott Winner Announced!

The Caldecott winner was announced yesterday. I was very excited to share the results of our Mock Caldecott award and of the real Caldecott award to the first graders today!!

They cheered as I told them the winners for their class and for all of first grade. It was a very close race! 

I showed them the sticker gold seal of the Caldecott award that I will place on the winning book:

Locomotive by Brian Floca! There were many cheers, especially from the boys! This is a non-fiction book about the creation of railroads across the U.S. and what early train rides were like. 

Next I showed them how at the Astor library I label all Caldecott winners with a special sticker on the spine so they can easily find other Caldecott books. I even placed stickers on the books. It was as if I was at an award ceremony, awarding each book it's label! I also announced the three Caldecott Honor books:

Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner

and Journey by Aaron Becker.

There were many more cheers. Another Honor winner was Flora and the Flamingo, a book that I did not purchase and we had not read. I said that we would get it in the library and we could read it at a later time.

I think our Mock Caldecott was a success, the students enjoyed it and announcing our winners with the true winner was a real treat. They were so excited! Perhaps one year our choice will also be the winner! I can't wait to do it again next year! 

Mock Caldecott Award

The first graders have been reading Caldecott books. I decided to try holding a Mock Caldecott award this year. I chose 4 books that had been highly praised to read to the first graders. We read:

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner

Journey by Aaron Becker

Locomotive by Brian Floca

Last week each first grader voted Caldecott style. They gave their favorite book 4 points, their next favorite 3 points, then 2 and 1. I totaled them up and the Astor winners are:

1st place: Journey with 105 points! 

2nd place: Mr. Wuffles with 104 points!

3rd place: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild

4th place: Locomotive

Quote of the Day

Quote of the day:

Extra Yarn

I read this book to the Kindergarten classes today and they all loved it. One class applauded at the end! It warms a librarians heart when that happens!
 It is my new favorite picture book. Look for it and share with a friend. It will make you smile.


Everybody - E BAR

New in the readbox:

Check out these great new books! These are all Middle School only books.

Book Review:

Jasper John Dooley - Star of the Week

I LOVED this book! Jasper is excited because soon he will be the Star of the Week in his class and have special privileges. He brings his treasured lint collection in when it is Share Day but doesn’t get the response he was hoping for. Plus his best friend steals some of the attention when he shares about his new baby sister who won’t stop crying. Jasper decides he wants a new baby in his small family and even makes his own baby brother. Jasper is a kid you like right away and this story made me laugh out loud. It is all about family, friendship and being yourself. Lint collections and all.
I can’t wait to read more books in this new series! 


(For 1st-3rd grade, CHAP ADD)

Hooey Higgins

Hooey Higgins and the Shark

This chapter book (grades 1-3) is a funny story about Hooey and his friend Twig. After seeing a giant chocolate egg that they really want but costs a lot of money, they decide they need to make some money! What better way than to try to catch a shark so they can sell tickets to see it! In the process they discover something amazing that might help them get their chocolate. A fun book to read.

(CHAP VOA)