Author visit!!

One of the Texas Bluebonnet Award list authors visited our school today!  Peggy Eddleman is visiting our school district from her home state of Utah and we learned a lot about her, her books Sky Jumpers and The Forbidden Flats (Sky Jumpers #2).  We also learned about her writing process and some interesting personal facts as well.

View the Sky Jumpers book trailer:

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Do you know how to find...?

Almost any answer that an elementary student might be looking for can be found in our library databases.  You can find the databases on the library webpage and I hand out bookmarks with the login information on a regular basis.  So what are you waiting for?  Start searching!!

http://holt.mansfieldisd.org/page.cfm?p=4136

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Dead City #3: Dark Days is out!!

One of our favorite visiting authors, James Ponti, has just released the last book in the Dead City trilogy.  We can't wait to read it!! Read carefully - there may be mention of certain Mansfield teachers and librarians inside.

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Giant pumpkins!!

I found this link on Twitter about giant pumpkins:

https://twitter.com/i/moments/653544227352256512

Here are more links if you click on the yellow circles:

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Our year in numbers

I met a new librarian friend during a webinar (online training or workshop) this week and saw something similar to this on her library blog - check it out here.

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Summer is coming soon! Are you ready?

Summer will be here before you know it.  Do you have plans?  I hope so!  Be sure to read lots of books and join in as many summer reading programs as you can.  Look here for that information as well as other fun things for you and your family to do.

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Children's Book Week is coming soon... did you vote?

The Children's Book Council celebrates Children's Book Week every spring.  Now, they also have an awards ceremony for books voted as favorites by different groups of children and children's book reader. We like to celebrate reading all year long but especially during Children's Book Week!

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And the winner is...

Our school is part of a super cool reading program called "And the Winner Is...".  We are one of 14 MISD campuses to participate in the program this year.  The program is featured in our local magazine, Mansfield Now.

We vote for our campus winners over the next couple of weeks. Our ceremony will take place at the Mansfield ISD Center for Performing Arts on April 29.  We are so excited!
Check back here to find out which books, authors, illustrators, and characters win our votes!

NOTE: Miss Caddell is the queen of the library but not the Internet so be careful when looking around and always get your parent's permission before you go online.  Please don't sign up for ANYTHING without letting an adult know about it.