M O R N I N G   O P E N I N G S                                                                       

The Library is open to students Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Students are asked to arrive between at 8:30 and 8:40 only and are expected to work quietly.  This is a great time to finish homework, read or have a look at our collection of pop-up books.

 T H I S  W E E K                                                                                

This week the focus is on poetry.  Students are invited to browse through our collection of poetry books.  We will be studying the poems of Dennis Lee and Shel Silverstein.http://www.shelsilverstein.com/indexSite.html

 B A C K   F R O M   T H E   B R E A K   C O N T E S T!!                           

Write the title of a book you read over the Spring Break along with your name and division.  Pop your entry into the jar on the Library desk! 

Good Luck!

 B O O K S   T O   M O V I E S                                                                                 

Rodrick Rules, the latest movie from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, is in local theatres now.  There are many wonderful books in our Library that have also been made into movies. 

Did you know that the movie Shrek is based on the book by William Steig?  He also wrote Sylvester and the Magic Pebble and The Amazing Bone.  How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Katherine Lanky and Coraline by Neil Gaiman were all made into successful movies.  Dr. Seuss's books-to-movies include How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears a Who and Cat in the Hat.  My son, Thompson's  favourite books, A Series of Unfortunate Events, were made into a movie as well.  He enjoyed the movie but thought that the books were better.  I felt that way the first time I saw the movie, Gone with the Wind...

Many readers anxiously awaited  the release of the  Harry Potter movies and were not disappointed.  However, some of the movies are rated PG-13 and are not suitable for young children.  It is important to note that just because of movie is based on a children's book doesn't mean that it is family friendly.  Please take the time to check out the movies your child watches.

 L I N D S A Y   L I B R A R Y                                                              

 

I have always been an avid reader.  I remember reading James and the Giant Peach with a flashlight under the covers when I was in grade four.  I loved The Secret World of Og by Pierre Burton and all of the Anne of Green Gable books. I was also a fan of the Little House on the Prairie series.

I love to read and belong to two book clubs.  My favourite books include Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery and The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. 

I just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak which I would highly recommend for grade 9 and above.

Zusak has created a work that deserves the attention of sophisticated teen and adult readers. Death himself narrates the World War II-era story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken, at age nine, to live in Molching, Germany, with a foster family in a working-class neighborhood of tough kids, acid-tongued mothers, and loving fathers who earn their living by the work of their hands. The child arrives having just stolen her first book–although she has not yet learned how to read–and her foster father uses it, The Gravediggers Handbook, to lull her to sleep when shes roused by regular nightmares about her younger brother's death. Across the ensuing years of the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Liesel collects more stolen books as well as a peculiar set of friends: the boy Rudy, the Jewish refugee Max, the mayors reclusive wife (who has a whole library from which she allows Liesel to steal), and especially her foster parents. .–Amazon.ca

 I F   Y O U   L I K E   H A R R Y   P O T T E R                                                  

You might like:

Children of the Red King, better known as the Charlie Bone series, is a popular series of children's fantasy novels written by British author Jenny Nimmo.

Charlie's aunts had given up all hope that he would show signs of having some of the mysterious and magical powers of the Red King, which are passed down through his descendants. Some of the gifts are evil and some are good. Some of them turn up unexpectedly...as in the case of Charlie Bone. After years of living life as a normal little boy, he begins to hear people talking in photographs. His horrible aunts are delighted to discover that he takes after their side of the family. They immediately enroll him in the gloomy Bloor's Academy for gifted children. As Charlie struggles to master his magical gifts and to fit in with his fellow classmates, he begins to uncover old clues to more than one mystery...                                                                                   -AllReaders.com

http://www.scholastic.com/charliebone/books.htm

The Secrets of Droon, is a fanasy series written by American author, Tony Abbott. 

Eric, Julie, and Neal discover an enchanted stairway in Eric's basement, which turns out to be a portal to the magical and troubled world of Droon! It's a wondrous place where adventure is always close at hand. It is world inhabited by the wizards, sorcerers, purple lumpies and pilkas. Adventure is always close at hand...

http://www.scholastic.com/droon/series.htm

 S T.  P A T R I C K ' S   D A Y                                                                                

Did you know that St. Patrick was born in Britian and was captured by Irish raiders at the age of 16 and sold into slavery?

This week, we watched a PowerPoint presentation and learned the history and traditions of St. Patrick's Day. 

Maewyn Succat was born in Roman occupied Britain to a wealth family.  At the age of 16 he was captured by Irish pirates and sold to a cheiftan in Ireland as shepherd. After six long years, Succat managed to  escape  back to England and was re-united with his family.  He then travelled to Gaul (France) to become a priest and he changed his name to Patrick.

At the age of 60, Patrick returned to Ireland where he built monastaries, churches and schools. According to popular legend, Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.  He died on March 17 but St. Patrick continues to be honoured in Ireland and around the world.

Wear GREEN on Thursday, March 17!

 D O G S   V S   C A T S                                                                                     

It’s good news for dog lovers!  

So far the canines are beating the felines.  More McBride students are choosing to check out hound books than kitty books.

If you are a cat lover, make sure you take our a cat book soon.

  L I N D S A Y   L I B R A R Y ’ S   P E R SO N A L   P I C K S                                          

Students are invited to check out my personal favourites! So far my picks have included Katie Loves Kittens, Go Dogs Go, The Great Brain, Harriet the Spy and Little House in the Big Woods.  Many of these wonderful books are my childhood favourites.

HAVE A WONDERFUL SPRING BREAK & REMEMBER TO READ!