More New Titles For You!

We had another awesome book club meeting at lunch today! Anyone who missed out can pop by to see what's new and exciting. I thought I would post a couple of trailers for new books that may have been overlooked because they don't have a very "descriptive description" or perhaps I just haven't talked them up enough to the students who have come in looking for reading material... Anyway, some of you might be too young to remember Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, but it was VERY popular and he has now published another novel - the first in a series - called Who Could That Be At This Hour?
Have a look:


The other book I WISH more students would read is Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I have read this one and it is an excellent book about SO MANY THINGS - from not fitting in to the true nature of friendship and courage, I WANT YOU TO READ IT!!!
Here's the trailer:

Hello again!

Such a long time and SO MANY GOOD BOOKS since my last blog post! All of you book clubbers know that we have had a steady influx of new reading material over the past months and lots to talk about at our weekly meetings. As always, I love to hear your suggestions and requests and enjoy seeing your artwork on the ends of our bookshelves :) I also thought I would post a very belated photo from our book club Christmas party:

It's hard to believe we are getting close to Easter already!  

So, as we discussed at last week's meeting, the Newbery Award winner this year is a book    called The One and Only Ivan, which I just purchased and it is still available to be signed out if anyone is interested.

The story is told from the perspective of Ivan, a gorilla, who does not really miss his life in the wild until a new baby elephant enters his life and he begins to realize what he might be missing.  (Or at least that is what I am getting from the reviews I've read - I haven't read the book yet!)  

For those of you who don't come to book club - you may not always see the newest books because they are snapped up by the book club students first!  Keep checking those shelves over the encyclopedias for new titles, and never hesitate to ask me if we have a title you are after in our library!  I can put you on a waiting list if we do, and if I we don't already have it and I think it would be a good addition, I will put it on my "to order" list!