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
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
It was a great day for the 141st May Day (except for a few sprinkles). Our folk and Maypole dancers performed beautifully and it was wonderful to see them all dressed up, proudly representing Richard McBride. Our relay team was ready to run but unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate and the relays were cancelled for safety reasons. 
Division 5 won a runner-up prize in the May Day Free Lunch Contest and will be enjoying delicious Tim Horton donuts! Congratulations!
We are getting ready for next year! The students are making their own Library cards with their pictures and barcode. 
Hockey books are on display in the Library and are very popular! 
We have inventory on June 23 & 24. That means that all the books must be back on their shelves and ready to be scanned by June 22. This is a big job!
The Library has been overrun by pirates! The last two weeks we have been learning about pirates. The students used their mapping skills to do an excellent job of their treasure maps. I was also very impressed with the guided drawings they did of their peg-legged buckaneers! 
This week, we have been looking at the various novel series in the Library. There are over 60 series in a variety of reading and interest levels. Genres include science fiction, fantasy, humourous, historical and realistic fiction. 
Graphic novels continue to be the students' favourite and our priority is to add to this collection. 
What's on my night table? I have just started Any Human Heart by Scottish author, William Boyd. Far more my cup of tea than Wicked...
In Gibbons's classic tale, a resourceful young heroine finds herself in the gloomy, overwrought world of a Hardy or Bronte novel and proceeds to organize everyone out of their romantic tragedies into the pleasures of normal life. Flora Poste, orphaned at 19, chooses to live with relatives at Cold Comfort Farm in Sussex, the dour Starkadder family, are tyrannized by Flora's mysterious aunt. - Amazon
Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain wants to become a writer. Trouble is, she's the daughter of a once-famous author with a severe case of writer's block. Her family is barely scraping by in a crumbling English castle they leased when times were good. Now there's very little furniture, hardly any food, and just a few pages of notebook paper left to write on. Bravely making the best of things, Cassandra gets hold of a journal and begins her literary apprenticeship by refusing to face the facts. - Amazon
What did your parents like to read when they were your age? 
Three classes focused on the novel series, Geronmino Stilton, a mouse journalist who would like nothing better than to live a quiet life, but keeps getting involved in far-away adventures. This series originated in Italy and has been translated into 35 languages. Intended for ages 8 to 12, it is also an excellent read aloud for younger children. http://www.geronimostilton.com/
Watch for our new books coming out the next two weeks! Mrs. Edgar is busy processing our last batch of books. Take out a new book and get a book mark!
Last week, I wrote about Books to Movies. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is a classic example of this! As a child, I found this movie disturbing and I still don't like it. I have met an equal number of people who love and hate this film. Weren't we all a bit scarred by the flying monkeys, though?
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! 
I just finished The Book Thief by Markus Zusak which I would highly recommend for grade 9 and above. 
