April Displays

Our newest displays...

5th Grade Book Club

Our 5th grade book club met over lunchtime today. We just finished reading Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. We all agreed that we liked it so much better than our last book. We are just starting our sixth book for the year, The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn.

Think Pink!

Maybe our most popular display ever

The Shadows

Author: Jacqueline West Call Number: F WES When eleven-year-old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old Victorian mansion, Olive finds herself ensnared in a dark plan involving some mysterious paintings, a trapped and angry nine-year-old boy, and three talking cats.

Wild Times at the Bed & Biscuit

Author: Joan Carris Call Number: F CAR Ernest the mini-pig does his best to help the other animals at Grandpa Bender's boarding house get along and have fun, but the arrival of a hyper Scottish terrier puppy who wants to be a fox disrupts life.

March Displays

Eagles

We have eagle fever in the library! We have been watching a pair of bald eagles in Iowa through this site: http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/decorah-eagles

Two of their eggs hatched over the weekend, with one still to come. We have read eagle books and learned amazing facts like bald eagle nests can weigh up to two tons! Check out the site at home, and come by the library to check out some bird books today!

Out of My Mind

Author: Sharon Draper

Call Number: F DRA

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Author: Tom Angleberger Call Number: F ANG Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.

Operation Yes

Author: Sara Holmes

Call Number: F HOL

In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.

***Note: Our 5th grade book club just finished reading this book. We are disappointed to announce that we did not like it. As a whole we were confused by the writing, uninterested in the plot, and let down by the book in general. We thoroughly disagree with Booklist which gave the book a starred review. For us, Operation Yes was a definite "NO".