Looking for a good book to read?

The Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network puts together great lists of recommended books for Preschoolers through 12th graders. Need an idea of a good book to read? Why not check it out?

Summer Reading!

We are getting ready for summer reading! The students will be getting their logins for the Scholastic Read for the Record site next week in library class. The website to track their minutes is http://www.scholastic.com/summer/. There is also a cool Reading Timer app that you can download on your phone, iPad, or other tablet, where you can time how long you read and track your minutes directly from the app! Click here to download it!

An article worth reading!

Did you see James Patterson's Op/Ed piece on cnn.com? It's called, "How to get your kid to be a fanatic reader." It's definitely worth reading http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/opinion/patterson-kids-reading/index.html?hpt=op_t1

His main point is that the more kids read (no matter what they are reading) the better readers they are! So if your kid loves Captain Underpants or Junie B. Jones or the Guinness Book of World Records or The Vampire Diaries, but doesn't want to read the classics, it's okay. They are still improving their vocabulary and becoming better readers.

Patterson has a website - ReadKiddoRead - with lots of great book recommendations. Check it out and help your child find a book that he or she will not want to put down. I will be looking it over to find new books to add to our library collection.

New Library Catalog!

Not sure if you've heard, but you can now access the library catalog from home. Just go to http://swain.follettdestiny.com and you can see all the books we have in the library. Soon you will be able to see what books you have checked out as well. Let me know what you think!

Have you tracked your minutes?

We have read over 270,000 minutes this summer! That's amazing! I'm so proud of all that you have read so far - keep it up! We are currently in 34th place in the entire country. Wow! Keep tracking your minutes until the end of August: www.scholastic.com/summer

Hunger Games Movie!

It's coming in March. Check out the motion poster and some details about the movie:

http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/hunger-games-exclusive-motion-poster-revealed-155258074.html

We have all three books in the trilogy in the library. Come in on Wednesday between 11:00 and 12:00 to check them out!

Read for the World Record!

Wow! You have read over 200,000 minutes. That's amazing! Keep up the great reading and keep tracking your minutes. We are currently in 30th place in the whole country! If we can crack the Top 20, we will be listed in the 2012 Scholastic Book of Records. Together, we can do it!