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"In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends
imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Our library, the Colleen Nicholas Resource Center, is open each school day from 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All students attend weekly classes at their designated library period. Weekly classes include library and research skills, literature appreciation, reading comprehension skills, and the structure of expository writing. All students have access to library materials and can check out books during any school day. .JPG "Image") A new, expanded library space allows for a larger library collection, space for entire classes to sit comfortably under natural lighting, and two computers with concurrent access to the school’s network and the internet. Birthday Books Honor your child with a gift. The Birthday Books program encourages families to give the gift of a new book to the library to celebrate their child’s birthday. Book lists are available at target.com and whippersnapperbooks.com. The following books would be welcome additions to the library collection. Title | Author | | Title | Author | Amazing Grace | Mary Hoffman | | Storm in the Night | Mary Stolz | Aunt Isabella Tells a Good One | Kate Duke | | Lost in the Storm | Carol Carrick | Tom, Babette, and Simon | Avi | | Four Dollars and Fifty Cents | Eric Kimmel | The Accident | Donald Carrick | | The Three Little Pigs | Paul Galdone | Feather for Lunch | Lois Ehlert | | Purple, Green, and Yellow | Robert Munsch | A Toad for Tuesday | Russell E. Erickson | | Annie and the Old One | Miska Miles | Earthworms | Keith Pigdon | | Dynamite Dinah | Claudia Mills | The Gold Coin | Alma Flor Ada | | Sunken Treasure | Gail Gibbons | Cousins | Virginia Hamilton | | Dealing with Dragons | Patricia Wrede | A Girl Called Boy | Belinda Hurmence | | Where the Lilies Bloom | Vera and Bill Cleaver | Duncan and Dolores | Barbara Samuels | | Brave Irene | William Steig | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | William Steig | | The Best Place | Susan Meddaugh | The Tin Heart | Karen Ackerman | | I am the Dog, I am the Cat | Donald Hall | Talking Walls | Margy Knight | | The Big Field | Mike Lupica | Butterfingers | J.M. Trewellard | | Eleven | Patricia Reilly Giff | Glass Slipper Gold Sandal | Paul Fleischman | | The Great Doughnut Parade | Rebecca Bond | The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll | Patricia C. McKissack | | Stardust from Space | Monica Grady |
Book FairThe Resource Center holds a Book Fair during the first full week of November. Profits from the Fair help renew and expand the Center’s collection of books and videos. National Poetry MonthNational Poetry Month is observed each year with a student poetry-writing contest. All poems are displayed in the Resource Center and bound into a book added to our library collection. Winning poems are published in the Blue & Gold newsletter. Volunteers are Key.JPG "Image")
Volunteers are key to the operations of our library. If you would like to share your love of books and reading with children, please contact us. We would love to have you join our group of dedicated volunteers. Summer Reading List Click here for your summer reading list. " Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books -- they
are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past." (1940)
~ Esther Meynell ~
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