Happy New Year 2015!

What a great week we have had at Randerson library.  Books, books and more books came back from students after a heavy dose of holiday reading :)   We shared book talks, shelfies and great books 'we' got for Christmas.  From K-7 there were non-stop discussions on books, connections, enjoyment and recommendations. There were students sharing books with friends, others recommending series, others speaking of their trips to the public library over the break.  Remember if you want to see a book in our library that we don't have, stop by and write it on the "recommended books" list.  I will be putting an order in next week. :)  Yeah to the power of FREE READING!!!

Some of the top reviewed books included;
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Long Haul
Smile & Sisters
Cherub (the series is hugely popular with our Gr. 7 boys)

Shelfies & Book Talks

We used the Pic Collage app for our shelfies

Mr. Nixon's Gr. 5/6, Mr. Rosenau's Gr. 4/5 and Ms. Burnham's Gr. 4 classes shared their shelfies this week, prompting a run on certain books in our library. Top books reviewed include Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne,  A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass and Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney. Students book-talked their favourite books and discussed why their classmates might enjoy them. They shared their shelfies using the Pic Collage app on the iPad.

 What are shelfies?  Shelfies are a picture of

• three great books you have read recently
• stacked up like a book shelf
• in alphabetical and/or dewey order
• a picture of a book you want to read

Students led discussions on favourite authors like Wendy Mass and Kenneth Oppel, favourite series like Warriors and DOWK, and favourite genres ~ comedy, adventure, drama. Other students introduced their classmates to the mysteries of The Hardy Boys,  Inkheart and Conspiracy 365.  Various non-fiction books were also shared including 365 Things to Make and Do by Usborne and The Audubon Field Guides.