Today at the Library

We enjoyed reading Pumpkin People by Sandra and Ron Lightburn.
Find it in our library, call number: UNI E LIG.

For some home and school extension activities for this book check out the following link:

https://handsonaswegrow.com/40-pumpkin-activities-for-kids/

Happy Thanksgiving!!

TRCA'17 Winning book is 'Wolf by Wolf'

The countdown:

TRCA'17 Winning book is 'Wolf by Wolf'

The winner of the Kane Chronicles collection is Sydney H. in 7-M.

Hackmatack 2017 Winners Announced

Hackmatack Announces the Winners of the 2017 Awards The winners of the Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award 2017 were announced at a ceremony on Friday, May 5 at the Central Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Vivien Gorham, the author of Touch of Gold, was the winner in the English fiction category. Joel A. Sutherland received the English non-fiction award for his book Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories. The winner of the French fiction category was Maxim Cyr for Victor et Igor : Robotique 101. Sylvie Roberge received the award in French non-fiction for her book Le vol TS-236.

Touch of Gold is the story of a shy 13-year-old girl named Jamie who moves with her mom to rural Nova Scotia after her parents’ divorce. She forms a bond with a neglected horse, and gets drawn into the exciting world of competitive horseback riding. Touch of Gold is Vivien Gorham’s first novel. Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories contains more than 25 terrifying new tales of ghostly encounters and mysterious phenomena that are guaranteed to keep kids across the country awake and screaming. His book Haunted Canada 4: More True Tales of Terror won the Hackmatack English non-fiction award last year.

     

We have had a great time exploring different books, some old, some new this year.  We have talked about imagination and what to do with an idea. We have talked about rhymes and themes.  We have even talked about schemes (Shhh).

Now we are 'gettin' groovy' with Groovy Joe, a new character by the co-creator of Pete the Cat.

Today at Uniacke District School LIBRARY

we enjoyed reading together:
‘Groovy Joe: Dinosaurs and Ice Cream’
by Eric Litwin.

Listen to the story song and get groovy: http://groovyjoestories.scholastic.com/songs

     

We are nearing the end of the TRCA '17 Reading Program.  Get your ballots for the books you have read and submit them for a chance to win a boxed set of 'The Kane Chronicles.'  Also make sure you vote for your favourites at the TRCA website.

https://ccrsbteenchoice.wordpress.com/

Read to Win

TRCA ‘17

READ to WIN

check-out and read one of the books on the TRCA list and get a ballot for a draw to win 

Kane Chronicles Boxed Set

by Rick Riodan

Contest open to students in grades 7 - 9.

This Week at the Library

One more week has gone by in April and it is raining great books at the Uniacke District School Library.  Last week we featured 'The Knight Who Took All Day'

a playful reading of a young knight who took all day to get dressed and ready to battle a dragon and win the princess' favour but finds out that the princess is not all that impressed with his approach.

A read-alike book for this title would be Robert Munsch's 'Paper Bag Princess'

The library also has a few Nonfiction books to help explore the world of real knights, click the links below to find out more.

1.	Kids draw knights, kings, queens & dragons by Hart, Christopher, 1957-

2.	In the time of knights : the real-life story of history's greatest knight by Tanaka, Shelley.

3.	Knight's castle by Eager, Edward.