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The final results are in for Livromanie! At Seaforth, in first place was La Coupe Stanley, and tied for second place was Les Legendaires #1: La pierre de Jovenia and Le petit livre des affaires degueulasses. The final tally for Continue reading Livromanie voting results
The results are in for the voting at Seaforth and it is very evident that graphic novels are very popular! In the Junior Division, the winner was Amulet:The Stonekeeper. Tied for second were The Maze of Bones and Swindle. In Continue reading YRCA voting results
Div. 1, 2 & 6 had their first battle yesterday morning. It was very exciting as there were some very easy questions which all the teams got the correct answers to, and then there were a few challenging ones that Continue reading First Battle was exciting!
Knut, the world-famous polar bear from the Berlin Zoo died on Saturday, March 19th at the age of four. The library has the book, Knut: how one little polar bear captivated the world, which details his early life. It also has the French Continue reading Sad news about Knut
It’s voting time in the library for all you avid readers! Remember these voting dates: YRCA vote is next week, April 4th- 8th. Red Cedar is the week of April 25th-29th. Livromanie is the week of May 2nd – 6th.
Attention Div.1, 2 & 6! Are you ready to do battle? Our first Battle of the Books has been re-scheduled to Thursday, April 7th at 10:45 due to Monday’s gymnastics demos. Be ready to answer twenty questions about this year’s Continue reading First Battle of the Books postponed to Thursday!
Welcome back readers! I hope you all read some good books over Spring Break. While I was in Arizona for spring break, I found two wonderful picturebooks about javelinas. The first one is called The Three Little Havelinas and it’s even Continue reading What is a javelina?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The library had a book character limerick writing contest this last week. Thank you to all the students who entered the contest. Today at 1 pm, we announced the winners and read the prize-winning limericks. There Continue reading Book Character Limerick Contest
Top of the morning! Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day! Be sure to wear green! Did you know Ireland has produced some of the most famous writers of English Literature? They haven’t done too shabbily at writing KidLit either. Some of Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day
Attention Intermediate French Immersion students – Livromanie begins today, Tuesday, March 15. I will be presenting the books to Div. 8 & 10 first and then to Div. 3,4, &5. There are 10 titles of which you need to read 3 Continue reading Livromanie Launch