Lisa Graff Competition 04/09/2012
Authors' Day is in ONE WEEK! I can hardly believe it. It's going to be a GREAT day here at SIS, and it won't have to end there either! Lisa Graff is running a competition to celebrate her new book (buy your own copy from the PTA and have it autographed on Authors' Day!). Add Comment Authors' Day Competitions! 03/27/2012
Are you getting excited about Authors' Day yet? How about entering an Authors' Day Competition to get ready? You can write 3-5 interview questions for Lisa Graff, Peter Lourie, or Brian Pinkney to maybe win the chance to do a TV interview with them for real! Or you can create a nametag for one of our special guests using an index card! Authors' Day is on April 16th! 03/21/2012
I'm so excited about our upcoming Authors' Day Celebration! I hope you're getting ready by reading as many of these authors' books as you can get your hands on! And don't forget, you can get any books you own autographed on our big day! Don't have any of their books yet? You can always buy a book from the PTA - in fact, here's the preorder form! Be sure to get it to your teacher by March 27th. Origami Yoda 03/16/2012
 Have you read the Origami Yoda books by Tom Angleberger? The third book is scheduled to come out later this year, but which Star Wars character will be featured on the cover? What do you think? WORLD READ ALOUD DAY! 03/07/2012
 Celebrate World Read Aloud Day by reading with your friends, family, pets, etc.! Visit litworld.org for more information. 100 Best Books 03/06/2012
The 100 "Greatest Books for Kids" ranked by Scholastic Parent & Child magazine 1. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 2. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 3. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 4. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jacks Keats 5. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 7. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 8. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 9. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein 10. Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel 11. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 13. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans 14. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 15. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds 16. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 17. Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt 18. When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan 19. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems 20. Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 21. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 22. Corduroy by Don Freeman 23. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 24. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper 25. The Giver by Lois Lowry 26. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin 27. Black on White by Tana Hoban 28. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems 29. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume 30. My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco 31. The Mitten by Jan Brett 32. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown 33. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 34. Swimmy by Leo Lionni 35. Freight Train by Donald Crews 36. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 37. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don & Audrey Wood 38. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 39. Zen Shorts by John J. Muth 40. Moo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra Boynton 41. Matilda by Roald Dahl 42. What Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry 43. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 44. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann 45. The Composition by Antonio Skarmeta 46. Not a Box by Antoinette Portis 47. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle 48. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 49. Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport 50. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan 51. Sylvia Long’s Mother Goose by Sylvia Long 52. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 53. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne 54. Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges 55. Smile! by Roberta Grobel Intrater 56. Living Sunlight by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm 57. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 58. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull 59. Dear Juno by Soyung Pak 60. Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes… by Annie Kubler 61. The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 62. Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin 63. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 64. My Truck Is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis 65. Birds by Kevin Henkes 66. The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan 67. Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan 68. Counting Kisses: A Kiss & Read Book by Karen Katz 69. The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole 70. Blackout by John Rocco 71. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 72. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman 73. Tea With Milk by Allen Say 74. Owl Moon by Jane Yolen 75. Holes by Louis Sachar 76. Peek-a Who? by Nina Laden 77. Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold 78. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien 79. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney 80. What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page 81. Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman 82. Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows 83. Yoko by Rosemary Wells 84. No No Yes Yes by Leslie Patricelli 85. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume 86. Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein 87. Rules by Cynthia Lord 88. Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard 89. An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston 90. Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault 91. Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh 92. What Shall We Do With the Boo Hoo Baby? by Cressida Cowell 93. We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States by David Catrow 94. I Took the Moon for a Walk by Carolyn Curtis 95. A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 96. Gossie by Olivier Dunrea 97. The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey 98. First Words by Roger Priddy 99. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman 100. Animalia by Graeme Base What do you think? It was a dark and stormy night... 02/07/2012
ALA BOOK WINNERS! 02/07/2012
Have you seen our graphic novel section? 12/14/2011
I don't mean to brag, but we have some really awesome graphic novels (that's comic books to some of you) in our library. Whether you're a fiction fiend (a person addicted to a habit), or a nonfiction natural, there is a graphic novel just for you. Check out the book trailers below, and visit the Graphic Novel section of our library to check out the books! New book club! 11/02/2011
 If you love to read and/or listen to public radio with your parents, you need to know about a new book club being offered by NPR! Every month your family can read a book together and hear special programs on NPR about what you're reading. In November, NPR is featuring one of my all-time favorite books, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Let me know if you read it... | Library Lines
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