The Red Cedar Book Award Club will soon be up and running!

Thanks to a generous grant from our Parent Advisory Committee, for the purchase of all the books, we will be starting the Red Cedar Book Award Club this week. A select group of students from grades 5 to 7 will read at least five books from the selection of either the fiction, the non-fiction or both. This will give the students the opportunity to vote for the book that they liked the best. We will also be blogging about the books we read, doing other special activities and writing book reviews.

Check out some of the titles here:

To find out more about each book click here to access the Red Cedar Book Award website's bookshelf. Click on the book that you want to access.

I'm looking forward to another exciting Red Cedar season!

Mme Hunter

November is picture book month! C'est le mois de l'album!

We've been having lots of fun reading picture books in both French and English this month.

Here are two of our favourites:

 

Grognonstein is about a little boy who turns into a Crankenstein when asked to do certain things. I think we all can relate to these situations! The students certainly enjoyed the book!

This is a fun story about a panda who is planning a party and is figuring out who to invite. The ink and watercolour paintings are delightful. Watch the trailer to find out more:

What is your favourite picture book? Come in and share it with me!

Bonne lecture,

Mme Hunter

Welcome back!

Finalement, c'est la rentrée! J'ai hâte de vous voir tous et toutes à la bibliothèque. Venez feuilleter de bons livres! Nous en avons des nouveaux!

We have lots of new books in the library. Come take a look!

Bonne lecture!

Mme Hunter

What's happening with the Red Cedar Book Award Club?

We are a group of 25 to 30 students in grade 5 to 7 who meet each Wednesday morning at 9:35 to discuss, blog about and write book reviews for the current Red Cedar books. There are 12 fiction and 12 non-fiction books on the list. If you would like to find out more about the different titles click here.

This  year we have teamed up with a class from Aberdeen Elementary. We are excited to share our ideas with them on our blogs and look forward to writing comments on their blog posts. We plan to meet up with them via Skype or video-conference later on in the spring.

In May each student will vote on which book he or she thinks should win the Red Cedar Book Award for this year. The organizers will tally all the votes and announce the winner at the end of May. It is all very exciting as there are some excellent titles again this year.

Freedom to Read Week In Canada Feb 23 to Mar 1

Come to the library to view our display of books that have been banned in some place or another for a number of reasons in North America. You might be surprised by some of the titles you see.

Le Chapeau par Jan Brett

Cette semaine, nous lisons Le Chapeau par Jan Brett avec les classes de maternelle.

 Ici, elle nous montre comment dessiner un hérisson. Il y a une petite surprise dans la vidéo.


Bonne semaine et surtout, bonne lecture! Mme Hunter

How much do you read a day?

Reading is fun and it can also help you be more successful. What are you reading right now? If you are looking for a new book (French or English) and need some ideas, come see Mme Hunter in the library!

Bonne lecture!