The Contest

By: Gordan Korman
Call Number: F KOR

Four climbers, winners of an American Junior Alpine Association contest, vie to become the youngest person ever to reach the peak of Mount Everest.

Eleven

By: Patricia Reilly Giff
Call Number: F GIF

When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings forth memories from his past, and, with the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are eventually answered.

Sent

By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
Call Number: F HAD

Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, and discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by Richard III; but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging.

Taylor Book Club

The Taylor Book Club met for the first time today. Our book club has sixteen fifth grade members. Students received the first book that we are going to read together. We will meet weekly to discuss the books that we are reading together. Our meetings take place in the library during fifth grade lunch and students eat in the library while we talk. How fun is that!!

Frisco Storytelling Festival

Though the weather this year was not ideal, we still had a great time at the Frisco Storytelling Festival. This is an amazing event put on by the Frisco Public Library every year. We heard two professional storytellers, as well as four student storytellers.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

During storytime second grade classes listened as I read Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Caralyn Buehner. As I read the book a student from each class used the Goldilocks and the three bears doll to act out the parts. They did a great job and it was a lot of fun!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

By: Jeff Kinney
Call Number: F KIN

Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.

Flipped

By: Wendelin Van Draanen

Call Number: F VAN

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

New Wimpy Kid Book Coming Soon!

Have you seen Greg in the library? He is generating lots of excitement for the newest Wimpy Kid book coming out soon. Dog Days by Jeff Kinney will be available for sale at our fall book fair the last week of October.

Greg Heffley's Journal

By: Jeff Kinney

Call Number: F KIN

Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.