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Feb 7 – Feb 11 Read-a-Louds

Posted on February 8, 2011 | Leave a comment

This week we are celebrating Black History Month. The Kindergarteners and the Grade 1’s will be reading “Peter’s Chair” by famed African American writer Ezra Jack Keats. All other grades will be reading “Back of the Bus” by Aaron Reynolds. “Back of the Bus” is an account of Rosa Parks’ arrest in December 1955, for sitting at the front of a public bus with the white folks. There are also many books on display in the Library relating to African American history, or stories written by African American authors. To learn more about African American history, especially in Canada, visit the following website:

Black History Canada

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January 31 – February 4 Read-a-Louds

Posted on February 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

In recognition of Chinese/Lunar New Year on February 3rd, this week the Kindergarten classes will be listening to “My First Chinese New Year” by Karen Katz. Grade 1 students will be listening to “Bringing In the New Year” by Grace Lin. Grades 2 thru 7 will be listening to Jane Yolen’s “The Seeing Stick,” a folktale from China. This is the year of the Rabbit, and any students born in 1999 have the Rabbit as their lucky Lunar animal.

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New Books for February

Posted on February 2, 2011 | Leave a comment

More new books will be on display during the first week of February. This time there are mostly Easy picturebooks, and Nonfiction books to browse through.  The new books will be available for borrowing on Friday, February 4th at 3:00 pm.

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New Books Coming

Posted on December 13, 2010 | Leave a comment

Stop by the library in January as a plethora of new books will be available for borrowing. There will be new books by Rick Riordan, Suzanne Collins, and Jeff Kinney, among many others.

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