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Are you enjoying Summer Vacation so far? What did you do with your first week off? Have you been to the public library yet?Take a look at this year's Summer Reading video.Catch the Reading Bug at your local library!Do you recognize the illustrator?[Hint: he's drawn pictures for three Diaries of Bugs...] To participate in Summer Reading 2008,sign up online or at your closest branch.To sign up

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Title: Who was Marco Polo?Author: Joan HolubGenre: BiographyReview:This book is about the life and times of Marco Polo. Marco Polo lived from the year 1254 to 1332. When Marco Polo was fifteen he traveled from Italy (where he was born) to China! In China he met a man named Kublai Khan and became very good friends with him and then Kublai ordered Marco to stay in China 30 years. Marco was with

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Some of you are already familiar with Linda Sue Park. Upper Elementary read Single Shard the year before last. And Fourth grade students will soon be reading Seesaw Girl!For those of you not yet familiar, you have a pile of great books waiting for you.Tonight at 7pm, Linda Sue Park is reading at BookCourt, right around the corner!Keeping Score is her newest book. It takes place right here

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The Willoughbysby Lois LowryLois Lowry's newest book has arrived! Meet the Willoughbys: Jane, who wishes for a longer name, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, the twins who have to share everything, including their one sweater, Tim, the oldest brother, very bossy, and Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby, the rottenest parents ever.Do you love Lemony Snicket and the Baudelaire orphans? Do you like old-fashioned

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From Lower Elementary to Upper Elementary, students are clamoring for Babymouse!And guess who else has been reading Babymouse? Dane Peters, himself! Dane borrowed Camp Babymouse the other day, to see what the fuss was about. I think he's a new fan.I'm pleased to announce that several more Babymouse books have joined the 741.5 shelf, including #8, Puppy Love. Come to the library, and check

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This week Julia and Clare discussed the Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini. Paolini recently announced that the third book, Brisingr, will be released later in 2008. The news rekindled reader-interest in the first two books, Eragon and Eldest. In their conversation, J. & C. tell you about the first two books, what the name "Brisingr" means, and more.According to the experts, if you

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Julia M. and Nathan returned to the library, before break, and discussed Garth Nix's Keys to the Kingdom series. Fascinating stuff!BHMS Library Podcast -- Keys to the Kingdom (mp3)[Right-click the picture or link, to download themp3 to your computer, or just double-click to begin streaming it.]Share your thoughts in a comment.

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On Wednesday, the Middle School students who do service in the library sat down and began discussing The Golden Compass. They recorded the lively discussion for the school community.Here it is!BHMS Library Podcast - The Golden Compass (mp3)[Right-click the picture or link, to download themp3 to your computer, or just double-click to begin streaming it.]Do you have any thoughts on The Golden

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Room 5 came to the library on Wednesday. We read That New Animal, by Emily Jenkins, and The Baby Goes Beep, by Rebecca O'Connell.Room 5 has a few students who are beginning to read, which is exciting! Everyone joined in and read along with The Baby Goes Beep.

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were the planets of our solar system....until last year.Last year, scientists decided that Pluto doesn't count as a full-fledged planet. That means that any of our planet books that were published before mid-2006, are a bit wrong! It's a good thing that a few new planet books have come out since then.When Is a Planet Not a

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1. I'm a big fan of wordless picture books.2. I'm also a big fan of robots.One of my favorite new books is Robot Dreams, by Sara Varon.It has robots and tells a wordless story! [Well, almost wordless... a few pictures have funny word details, such as titles of books, postcard messages, and shop names, but that's about it.]A lonely dog builds himself a robot friend. When robot and dog get

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When Room 3 & Room 5 came to the library this month, we read Leaf Man.I could look at Lois Ehlert's leaf collages forever! In Leaf Man, you get to watch as Leaf Man shifts in the wind, from a man into chickens, ducks and geese, pumpkins and winter squash, fish and turtles, and a spotted cow. All the while, you wonder: Where does a Leaf Man go when the wind blows?If you like Leaf Man, be sure to

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What To Do With Autumn LeavesKick them.Catch them.Pick them.Snatch them.Romp them.Stomp them.Hurl them.Heave them.If you want to,Even leave them. -Douglas FlorianThat is a poem in Autumnblings, a collection of fall poetry with terrific paintings, by Douglas Florian.Julie borrowed Autumnblings from the library, and did autumnal action poems with the Lower Elementary dance class. The class read

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Little Room Yellow visited the the library on Friday. Everybody loved listening to Leonardo the Terrible Monster, a fun picture book by Mo Willems.Poor Leonardo can't scare anyone. He's a terrible monster. At last, he finds the perfect scaredy-cat kid, Sam, to frighten. Sam bursts into tears and Leonardo is thrilled! But Sam quickly explains that he's not scared at all, he's been having a

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When the sixth graders and I met, earlier this week, we discussed what they like to read, what makes a good book, and we shared some of our favorite titles.

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Sorry it's been so quiet around here! I had the best intentions of posting regular reviews. Alas, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry...Let's see if I can turn it around for the second half of the summer.Things have been busy here at school. Camp is in full-swing. While songs and games, art, movie-making, and cooking swirl around me, I spend most of my time cleaning up the

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Uncover the World!Be sure to check out Brooklyn Public Library's summer reading program website.It offers reading lists for all ages, reviews (written by readers of all ages!), and online events like live author chats, throughout the summer. It's also where you can find out what's happening at your local branch library, throughout the summer.

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I received a terrific terrarium from LE Atlantic, as a Happy End-of-the-Year gift. It's exactly what the library needed. I love it!Already, over the few days it's been on my desk, it has started many conversations. There are small green shoots, with little brown seed-heads, growing out of the dirt; and the moss is lush. I don't think it's my imagination that the wooden cheetah is getting furrier.

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A few elementary students know of my love for Owen and Mzee. If you're not already familiar, let me tell you a little about Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship.Three years ago, when a big tsunami hit Malindi, Kenya, a baby hippo lost his mother. Naturalists found the baby, whom they named Owen, and brought him to a sanctuary for animals.Owen, the hippo baby, wandered until he

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Did you know that BHMS has a database called EBSCO Kids Search?Sophie and I decided to do a Kids Search public service announcement for all the eager researchers and readers out there who might not know about this tremendous resource.Kids Search is a database of magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, and images.If you’re looking for information about simple machines, dinosaurs, or even candy,

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by Jenny HanShug is a great book about a teenage girl entering middle school. She has a great big sister and a mother who only cooks when her husband is home (which isn’t very often).I think that any teenage girl with an amazing, caring, and sometimes annoying family would really like this book. Every girl in middle school should read this book.Review by Sarah JShug trivia: Jenny Han is a local

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By Mary Pope OsborneThis book is a great book for people who love adventure stories. This book is about two kids named Jack and Annie who have a magic treehouse filled with books. The treehouse takes them to the places in the books when they point to a picture. In this adventure, they went to China to try and rescue a book before the emperor, called the Dragon King, burned all the books. It

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By Liz KesllerThis fantastic story is about a girl named Emily Windsnap. She one day finds out she is a mermaid when she is taking swimming lessons with her class. Then one day as Emily was swimming by her house, she noticed another mermaid named Shona. They got to know each other and became friends. Most of the time Emily would sneak out and meet Shona at Rainbow Rocks and they would go on

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What are you reading?I've been reading The Sisters Grimm: Fairy Tale Detectives this week.A reader from LE highly recommended it to me, and so I bumped it up to the top of my reading list! I'm about halfway through, and enjoying it quite a bit.Sisters, Sabrina and Daphne, find themselves living with a grandmother they never knew they had...in a peculiar enchanted forest... They're not sure what

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This might be my favorite book in the whole school, right now. An Egg Is Quiet, by Diannna Aston and illustrated by Sylvia Long, is a non-fiction picture book all about eggs. It tells you about all the different animals that have eggs, how animals take care of their eggs, shows what's inside eggs, and finally what comes out of eggs! I could look at it for hours. Did you know that ostrich eggs can

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If you had a machine that could do all your homework for you, in minutes, would you use it?I just finished reading one of our new books, The Homework Machine, by Dan Gutman, and I loved it.The D-squad is a group of four fifth graders whose desks are grouped together by their teacher. They couldn’t be more different. Ordinarily, they’d never be seen in public together. There’s Brandon, the natural

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Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan is a heartfelt story about a girl who lives in Mexico and has to move to California. This book is best for girls who are into some tragedy and a little bit of adventure. Each chapter's title is a name of fruit in Spanish. In the back of this book there are fun arts and crafts, recipes that are mentioned in the book, and a Q&A with the author, Pam Munoz

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All About BabymouseBook interview withRebecca & SophieREBECCA: When did you start reading Babymouse?SOPHIE: I was in BookCourt and I wanted to get a new book, but I had nothing in mind. I was just looking all around, and couldn’t find anything. Then I looked at the top of the shelf and I saw Babymouse!REBECCA: What do you like about Babymouse?SOPHIE: I think that Babymouse is just a typical girl…

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Middle School Humanities with Sandy.Looking for a book for your project?Try these titles.I limited this list to titles that are available at the Grand Army Plaza/Central branch of Brooklyn Public Library, in order to make a simple one-branch-library-stop possible.Many of these titles are also available at other branches. Search for the specific titles to see if they are in a branch even closer to

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Doing some research? Wondering why the dinosaurs died? Wishing you knew more about tea? or the planets? or Versailles?Check out Brittanica--one of the best encylopedias around--for free--thanks to homeworkNYC.orgMiddle Schoolers go to: http://school.eb.com/comptonsLower and Upper Elementary students go to: http://school.eb.com/elementaryUSERNAME: homeworkPASSWORD: homeworkAnd if you haven't yet

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“One key to children's reading success is making their reading experience entertaining, relaxing, and enjoyable. Allow children to choose their own reading materials and be aware of what their reading interests are. Help them find books that pique their interests.” American Library AssociationHere are some booklists for readers who are searching for a book that fits!Summer Reading 2006 at the

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The American Library Association offers articles on the importance of summer reading and tips/resources for parents.

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Summer seems as good a time as any to start up our library blog. I'll be at school working on the shelves and at home reading...I should have plenty to tell you about.Hopefully you'll be reading too! Tell me if you've found a book the library must have. Tell me about comics and magazines and movies too. ...and websites. ...and anything else.

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