Engaging Readers & Life-long Learners!
The Seaforth Library Monitor Club is holding a book drive for near-new, pristine books to donate as gifts for children in the Edmonds school community. These books must be in very good condition. They mustn’t be worn,torn, damaged or have Continue reading Book Drive – Give the gift of books and reading!
A reminder to all students and their families that there will be a Scholastic Book Fair on Wednesday, Nov.28th and Thursday, Nov. 29th in the School Library. The book fair will be held from 12-1 pm and 3-6 pm on Continue reading Scholastic Book Fair – Nov.28th and 29th
This week, classes heard stories of war and peace. One touching book about Remembrance Day is titled Why We Remember which was written and illustrated by a class from Graysville elementary School in Manitoba. Students also heard the song, Let Continue reading Remembrance Day
This Halloween, there are some great new books to read to the students. Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown was a big hit with the primaries because it had a great mix of imagination and humour. Here is a video Continue reading Happy Halloween!
Grade 1 and 2 students are invited to a Halloween Lunchtime Storytime on Tuesday, October 30th at 12:15 in the library. The Library Club will be presenting a reader’s theatre of The Hallo Wiener by Dav Pilkey, reading Good night Goon and singing Continue reading Lunchtime Storytime
National School Library Day was this week on Monday, October 22nd. It’s a day to celebrate the importance of school libraries in making students literate and lifelong learners. We are very fortunate in Burnaby to have ‘ the cadillac’ of Continue reading National School Library Day
Congratulations to Team 1, The BookBusters who represented Seaforth at the North Zone District Finals at Gilmore School on May 17th. After coming out on top of the 9 teams competing at Seaforth, they went on to come in 2nd Continue reading Battle of the Books – North Zone District Finals
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
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!
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