Mark Twain and Truman voting

If you have read at least 4 of the Mark Twain or Truman nominees, please make sure to vote between March 1-10 here.

Make sure to take all quizzes for the final level of the West Readers' Achievement Program by April 26. Go to the Quia website to take the quizzes.

3rd Level W.R.A.P.

Don't forget to take your quizzes for the West Readers' Achievement Program before Jan. 18!

Next Suzanne Collins project

I'm always interested in what my favorite authors are doing next, so when I heard that Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games) is putting out a children's book next, I was intrigued.
The book, Year of the Jungle, is based on her experiences as a child while her father was serving in Vietnam. I'll be looking forward to it in June!
Suzanne Collins’ Next

Want to Win a Copy?

The new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book is coming out in November. We're giving away a copy of the book the week it comes out.

Want to enter the contest? Enter here to be in the drawing. Winner will be announced the week of November 13.

The Maze Runner trailer

August already?!?!

Is it me or did the summer go by WAY to quickly? We're gearing up for a new school year already, and there are some things to get excited about:

• I just unpacked 6+ boxes of NEW BOOKS! I hope we have enough shelf space!
• We are starting the year with more Mark Twains and Truman nominee books than we had last year. This year's list is pretty darn good. I liked almost all of them. 
• We got some new computer tables for the library. They will make group work and study time in the library so much better! Plus, the chairs are comfy.
• The activity on the Quia website for the West Readers' Achievement Program is up. Keep reading and taking those quizzes if you want to get prizes. First deadline is August 17!

Eoin Colfer @ SLCL

Ridley Pearson @ Headquarters

Ridley Pearson, author of many books (The Kingdom Keepers, Peter and the Starcatchers, Steel Trapp, etc.) will be a the St. Louis County Library Headquarters on July 2 at 7:00 p.m. to discuss his book The Risk Agent.

It's a Book

Reading is Fundamental

Check out this cool video done by Book People Unite. If you are a Book Person, sign the pledge to tell the world you support literacy and love books. Everyone should be allowed to enjoy the magic of books!

Missouri Book Award Winners!

The winners of the Missouri Book Awards for 2011-2012 were announced at MASL.
We're exited to hear that the winner of the Mark Twain Award is Runaway Twin by Peg Kehret and the winner of the Truman Award is The Maze Runner by James Dashner.

Librarians and Google

I just read Phil Bradley's blog post about Google and Librarians.

Sometimes Google isn't the first place you should go!

New Ruzicka

In case you haven't heard, Mrs. Ruzicka had her baby boy Collin on January 21, 2012. Stop by the Media Center after Spring Break to see pictures!

Congratulations to our Spelling Bee practice winners!

Congratulations to the students who completed the Spell Check practice and won brand new books so far: Haran K., Angela T., Caroline W., and Taylor T.

There will be more practice puzzles starting next week. Turn in your puzzle to Mrs. R for a chance to win!
The Spelling Bee is coming up in Communication Arts classes, so make sure to keep practicing!

2011 World Champions

Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals on their 11th World Championship!
In honor of the Cardinal win, we have a display of Cardinal and baseball books for every baseball fan. Come check one out today!

Book Trailer for Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick, the author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, has an awesome new book out! Listen to him talk about what Wonderstruck is about, and what he likes about creating new books.

Wonderstruck video

More in the 39 Clues series!

I thought that the idea of having multiple authors each write a book for the 39 clues series was genius! Apparently, they did too, because now they're coming out with a spin-off of the series- Cahills vs. Vespers.
The first book is already out, but check out the website at http://www.the39clues.com/areyouready . The video is really awesome, and it looks like there are some fun games to play on the site.

Hunger Games Trailer

Here is the newly released Hunger Games trailer. It is pretty good, but I wish it were longer! I only hope the movie can live up to the awesomeness of the book!

Welcome Back

Welcome back Jr. Longhorns! We are excited to see you in the Library. We look forward to seeing 7th and 8th grade students this week and 6th grade students next week for Orientation.

Don't forget about the W.R.A.P. Readers' Incentive program. You can take quizzes for the books at http://www.quia.com/pages/kruzicka26/page1
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Hunger Games movie