Book Fair Book Give-Away

We gave away over $300 worth of books during the Book Fair. You can see the online signup we used by clicking here. Watch the Book Trailer that shares the titles we gave away. they will be featured here so remember to sign up to be notified when new postings happen. Remember, all the titles you see will be entered into the Extremely Popular binder so that you can sign up for your chance to check out one of them soon! And when you read one of the books be sure to talk about it on our website, here, or on the Voicethread we will be creating together soon!

Ready, Set, Read!

Our Fall BookFair may be over but the reading has just begun! Be sure to check back here to find out about the terrific titles we have added to our Library/Media Center shelves from our Book Fair profits! Here's the link to our Reading Saves the Day website where you can learn more about the great titles from the BookFair! As you get a chance to read these titles be sure to comment on what you have read so others can learn more about the new books in our library...but don't spill the beans!

And Happy Reading!

Can't Wait to Read it!

Can't Wait to Read it!

Click Here to go to our BookFair website to see student comments about books they can't wait to read!

During the last few days of the fair, students chose a book from the BookFair cases, read the back/jacket, then after a demo on how to use Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Scholastic's book reviews and ratings, students used these sites to read more about their chosen book.

Then they used our website comment box to write a "Can't Wait to Read it" Review. Using Wallwisher they commented in a twitter like manner the title of a book they can't wait to read.

Take a look! Not bad for a first time ( and voluntary response) assignment!

Scholastic Book of World Records 2010

 The wait is over! This year's Scholastic Book of World Records 2010 is here! Look inside and you will see a Table of Contents full of interesting trivia, famous people, and historical events. Major contents headings include Pop Culture, Sports, Science, Nature, Money, Human-Made, and US. The book has a Table of Contents, Index, and Page topic headings to help students navigate the content of the book. Each year Scholastic publishes a new version for the year that you can use to compare against other years in the past.

Take a look at the category Pop Culture Records...further broken down into Television, Movies, Music, Magazines, Theater, Art. You'll be able to see who is the highest paid movie actor, most popular TV show, the show that won the most Emmy Awards,  the actor who has won the most Oscars, MTV awards, or has the highest average Box-Office Gross, and top recording artists.

Read about the world's largest diamond, largest library in the world, and the world's longest insect migration, just to name a few. More than 300 Amazing records are in this book!

Scholastic Book of World Records
by Jenifer Corr Morse
ISBN: 978-0-545-16065-0