Engaging Readers & Life-long Learners!
Rick Riordan was in Vancouver on Thursday, May 3 to release his new book, The Serpent’s Shadow, the third book in the Kane Chronicles. His presentation was engaging, informative and humourous! He told the audience about how he became a Continue reading Rick Riordan Author visit
On Thursday, May 3, the final battle to see which team would go to the North Zone District final was held in the afternoon. Team 1, the Book Busters won by a few points after getting the correct answers on Continue reading Battle of the Books – School Final
In April, we celebrated Poetry Month in the library. Students in the Primary classes read and shared poems from a wide range of poetry books. There are some wonderful poets whose poetry resonate with the kids, Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, Continue reading April was Poetry Month!
Last week, I showed Intermediate classes non-fiction and fiction books about the Titanic. It was amazing how much some students knew interesting facts about this tragic event. To say the least, nearly all the books about the Titanic are checked Continue reading The Titanic
This week, the primaries have listened to one of two stories, The Easter Egg by Jan Brett or Piggy Bunny by Rachel Vail. I’ve also read Bunny, Bunny Catkin to the Kindergarten classes as it ties in with last week’s Continue reading Happy Easter!
On March 23, the movie of The Hunger Games will be released. Once again, readers will have to decide which do they prefer – book or movie, or both? It should be interesting to hear what the film critics will Continue reading The Hunger Games – book vs. movie
Top of the mornin’! This Saturday is St.Patrick’s Day so the library is festooned with shamrocks and everything else Irish! We have lots of books about St.Patrick’s Day, leprechauns and shamrocks. We also have books on traditional Irish folklore and Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day is this Saturday, March 17th
Last week, and for some of this week, I will be reading Goodnight ipad: a parody for the next generation to all the classes except the Kindergartners and grade 1s. It is a parody of Margaret Wise Brown’s 1947 classic, Continue reading Goodnight ipad by Ann Droyd
Mrs. Letford’s class is reading Amish Adventure by Barbara Smucker for this term’s novel study. Students in her class can go to the following websites to find out more about the Amish people: Amish, Hutterites , The Amish & Plain People. Continue reading Div.5 – Amish Adventure
On Wed.Feb.29th, the Vancouver Opera Society will be at Seaforth to perform Hansel and Gretel. The library has many different illustrated versions of this fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm in both French and English. But did you know that Continue reading Books that are Grimm!