Welcome back to the St. Anthony Learning Commons. Our 2014-2015 school year is off to a great start and the LC is looking great!

We have many new books, including the latest Dork Diaries: Tales form the NOT-SO-Glam TV Star, generously donated by Andrea Silva from Mrs. Hubert's grade 5/6 class. Thank you Andrea!!
I've already created a Waiting List to deal with the popularity of this new release.



We also have a new series in our LC. The very popular 39 Clues is here!! Although the series has been around since 2008, it remains a very popular choice, especially for boys. Borrowers will also be able to use the clue cards (which I have removed from each book and keep in my desk) and use them to log into the 39 Clues Website to search for clues to each mystery.




Have you seen our new Wonder Wall?
Ever wonder how many teeth a shark has?? Or, how many eBooks we have availble in Destiny/Follettshelf?  You can now put these "wonderings" on our Wonder Wall and I will help you find the answers, either using books, websites, Google etc... You can ask me directly or send me your requests in DestinyQuest.

New!! We now have a chess Board available in our LC! Feel free to have a quick game after you've done your book exchange.



Be sure to check out our What's New shelf often, as I am constantly adding new material.



Watch for my next posts in October.
Thanksgiving and Halloween are just around the corner

:) Mrs. Iverson

50 Of The Best Kids' Books Published In

The Last 25 Years



http://www.pinterest.com/pin/153474299776504858/

Did you know?

Did you know that the following books are celebrating anniversaries this year?

75 years – Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

 

 

45 years – The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

 

 

25 years – The Mitten by Jan Brett

 

 

20 years – Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

 

                      Book clubs

As promised, here are a few suggestions for starting a reading/book club:

1.   You will need members of course. Two to six members would be good but ideally four.

 2.  A place to meet. It could be your house, backyard, the park, local community centre or library.

 3.  A book selection. You could decide all the books your going to read in the first meeting, or simply decide at the end of each book.

 4.  A library card. It would be much better if you could borrow the books instead of buying them.
 
5.  A snack would be great also.
 
6.  And finally a love of reading.

 

These are just a few of the books found on TumbleBooks from the Ottawa Public Library.

 

 

This is a collection of children's books that have been animated and had sound added to them to allow you to read them on-line. No username or password necessary.

So, no time to get to the library? Have access to a computer? You can spend as much time as you like reading great books, playing games, doing quizzes and puzzles.

This service is free and all you need to do is go to:
 
 http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/book_details.asp?Category=Story+Books&isflash=1&offset=40

Today's post will be the first of my new blog section called DID YOU KNOW?


Did you know, that we have 83 Dual-Language books in our Learning Commons?
We do indeed.  They consist of books in the following languages:
Vietnamese
Tamil
Tagalog
Chinese
Mandarin
Bengali
Spanish
French
Arabic


Why not borrow one?
Happy reading:)