Merry Christmas!

Well,  as all of you who visit the library know, I have a new assistant.

Lupo has been learning the loops of the library and life in general here at Rivier for the past few weeks AND making our life much more interesting at home!  So far he has not swallowed any hamsters, lizards or fish and has only drooled on the cats a little bit.   Luckily for me, Mrs. Bonneau gives me tips on being a good "dog mom" so hopefully he will grow up to be a polite canine citizen.

Last week was our "Santa's workshop" for both book clubs in the library.  We decorated Christmas sugar cookies and had several craft tables on the go.   We worked on recycled book Christmas trees, snowflake ornaments, popsicle stick snowmen, beading and ribbon crafts.  Lots of supplies are leftover for more crafting today -  homemade gifts are always the best!

Happy Saskatchewan Library Week!

Library week is upon us and I hope some of you have created "Book Spine Poetry" to enter in the provincial contest.  Visit  Book Spine Poetry to enter and see the work of others!  Just for fun I pulled a few books as I was shelving and came up with this:

And in exciting home news, we had a visit from Mrs. Bonneau and one of the new puppies this weekend AND my cats did not freak out.  So...it looks like we may be adding this little guy to our menagerie!

My first choice for a name was Thor, followed by Sherlock or Archer, but it looks like I am going to get outvoted and he will end up as an Angus, Nitro, Fargo, or Harley.  Opinions?

This would put our household livestock at:  2 cats, 1 dog, 2 robo hamsters, 1 lizard, 1 piranha, and a big tank of assorted fish.  The more, the merrier, right?

Autumn crafting...

Senior Book Club members tried out a new craft today - wrapped wire words and letters.
They turned out very well and we will do the same activity with juniors tomorrow!
Here's a sample of some of the finished products:

Our next senior meeting will be on Tuesday, October 14 at 11:40 so that we don't miss out due to the Thanksgiving long weekend.  After that we will be back to Mondays again (October 27.)

Our Scholastic order has arrived, so there will be new books out within the next week or two.  Keep your eyes on the usual shelf!

Possible times for Senior Book Club

It has been suggested by the Grade 10s that we try Mondays at 11:40 for Senior Book Club.  What do you think Grade 12s?  Let me know how you would like to proceed and we will get started!

Junior Book Club will remain on Tuesdays at 12:05 unless otherwise announced.

Starting another awesome year!

Welcome back to school! I am super-excited to begin another great year of awesome books and fun stuff in the library!
We had our first Book Club meeting this week and it looks like we may be having Senior Book Club too - it's been a few years but I am looking forward to having two groups once again.
There are a few new books ready to go - a couple already have short waiting lists, including Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern.

I talked about this title at Book Club - it was probably my favourite book this summer.  I think if you enjoyed The Fault in our Stars you will like this one too.  OR another really good read (a close second on my favourites list) is Zak and Mia.  It's set in Australia (shout-out to Crysta) and tells the story of two teens who meet in the hospital.

Anyone still interested in Book Club is welcome to join us.  Junior Book Club will remain on Tuesdays at 12:05, and Senior Book Club time is still being decided - let me know your preference!

Hand them over... Please!

I know it is hard to believe, but another school year is ALMOST over!
Please, please bring me your library books AND any textbooks you are no longer using and will not need for final exams.

All Book Club members are invited to the library at lunch hour on Thursday, the 19th for a small wrap-up celebration for this year.  Listen to the announcements or check back here for an update on the exact time.   If everyone is present, we will see about having a group photo taken at that time too.

Remember to check around for those stray books!

Twinkle, Twinkle, Goodbye Tree!

Well, sadly the great big library tree lovingly nurtured by the Sisters has dropped its leaves for the last time.  There was no big comeback for it this time BUT Chandra had the brilliant idea of decking the "skeleton" out with twinkle lights and giving it a second chance at life - so to speak.

Meanwhile,  even though I firmly stated that there would be only ONE annual Library Cupcake War (thus, the annual part) , I decided to relent and bake up some cupcakes for Book Club and wanderers-in to decorate with our guests from our sister-school in Japan.  Fun for all and a great lunch-time treat!

I am thinking it might be minion-making time as per Lilly's suggestion, now that all of the plastic Easter eggs are out!  I will be on the look-out over the next few days and see what I can find for supplies.

There will be LOTS more great books to look forward to over the coming weeks - I will portion them out so the excitement is spread out!

Congratulations to Syndney Duncan, Hunter, and Hayley Remus who were the winners of the "Blind Date with a Book" draw and each received a tub of candy and  a pick from the book stack.  If you are curious how people rated their dates,  have a look at the display board in the library.  I might add the key to my clues too (unless I decide I want to use them next year!)

And then it happened...

Today in Book Club we browsed through the Scholastic flyers and decided to write a progressive story while chatting about what we wanted to order for the library.  Working from a story starter and a folded-over paper that was passed from student to student here is the result:

The day dawned cold and clear over Rivier Academy.   Students freshly rested from a long weekend filed through the doors, unaware of the danger lurking within.  Indeed, none could have guessed what was ahead on this seemingly normal day as those doors closed behind them and they headed to the auditorium for morning assembly.

As they walked down the halls they heard a slithering within the walls.  As they continued to walk, the Chosen One felt something.  It was cold and unforgiving.  He knew he shouldn't tell anyone because they would just give him bad looks, so he just kept walking and being alert.

Meanwhile, in the air vents thousands of vipers were ready to invade the school.  Thick white fog began to trickle out of the larger wooden doors.  Then, the scariest thing of all crashed through the doors!  It was...

Hunter running through the halls with a sword while Lilly rode Glenn Forestwood, the library unicorn!

And that was the end of  noon hour and so the end of our story - fun!

Clipping Right Along!

It was craft AND book club time again in the library today!  We took Jessie's suggestion and created some VERY elegant paperclip bookmarks to fancy up the pages of our novels.  Super swanky.  Mai and Crysta even got in on the action later during their study time.  Who could resist boxes full of buttons?  Out of a box of 80 large paperclips I am left with around 35 - so I think a good time was had by all.  

And now,  just because I feel like it and it has been over three years (can you believe it!) since I first posted this on the blog - lets have another look at my favourite:

It does have a literary connection, after all!

Be My Anti-Valentine?

Instead of the traditional Valentine's Day blah, blah, blah, I thought we would celebrate our awesomeness and independence with a Book Club Anti-Valentine's Day Party on Tuesday!

And the party WAS awesome!  Lots of candy - maybe too much, teachers?

Lots of heart and broken heart cookies to decorate and EAT!  And THEN messing up
copies of romance novel covers and mad-lib love poems added to the ANTI-VALENTINE fun!
We are awesome all by ourselves!

YOU ARE ALL HAVING WAY TOO MUCH FUN OPENING THESE UP!

Magnetic Forces at the Library!

Today we began a new project in the library - gemstone magnets!  I made mine with an eyeball photo and grabbed some steampunk-themed books for us to discuss while our group got to work on an impressive variety of attractive refrigerator and locker decor!  We ranged from eyeballs to miniature animals, flowers and even Jack from the Nightmare Before Christmas, thanks to our collection of recycled magazines.

I will replenish our supplies for those of you interested in making more!

A reminder that Scholastic book orders are due this Friday, January 17th.  If you have noticed any books in the flyers that you think should be added to the library collection, please point them out to me so that I can be sure to add them to our school order.  

Today's chuckle: