The new school year, 2012/2013, has started and the St. Monica Library would like to heartily welcome you back!! Mrs. Meakin has missed you students and parent volunteers! It's also wonderful to see all of the teachers and co-workers - yes, I missed you too! Can you tell that I'm happy to be back?!
I hope that you continued with your reading over the summer and found some great books to share with the rest of us. If you would like to submit a book or story review, I'd be happy to post it for others to enjoy! Please let me know if you would like to contribute a review.
I spent many an hour reading fantastic books this summer and would like to tell you about a few of them. I'll categorize them by age group.
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For Pre-schooler and Kindergarteners:
"Me Hungry!" by Jeremy Tankard
Such a fun book! Guileless wording makes it easy for young people to relate. Illustration are bright, strong and engaging! Kids will be able to help read this book quite quickly!
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For Grades 1-3:
"The Gruffalo" by Julia Donaldson and Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
One of my and my children's all-time favourites, The Gruffalo packs a lot of excitement in one little book. It's scary, it's fun, it combines bravery, cunning and keeping your wits about you altogether in one fun adventure!
This book was so good that they actually turned it into a short movie back in 2009. A story that is considered (by some) even better than Maurice Sendack's "Where the Wild Thing Are". I guarantee that you'll love it! Oh, and your kids will too!
It's so good!!!!!!
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For Grades 4-6:
"Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitshugh
A fun, short, easy to read novel that many people talk about as being one of the favourite first novel they ever read is: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. This book won the Sequoyah Book Award and the New York Times Outstanding Book Award in 1964.
Fitzhugh's story incorporates love, friendship, interpersonal struggles, curiosity and the consequences that come with satisfying it, adventure, courage, making amends, and takes a thoughtful look at how one person's actions can affect others.
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For Grades 7-9:
"The Artemis Fowl" series by Eoin Colfer
"Artemis Fowl is a series of eight science fiction fantasy novels written by Irish author Eoin Colfer, featuring the titular character, Artemis Fowl II. A teenage criminal mastermind, Artemis captures a Fairy, Holly Short, in the first book and holds her for ransom to exploit the magical Fairy People and restore his family's fortune. In the sequel, Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, he allies with the Fairies to rescue his father from the Russian Mafia. The series introduces Artemis as an anti-hero and the fairies' enemy, but as the series progresses, he assists the Fairies in resolving conflicts with worldwide ramifications. Artemis develops a strong sense of morals, and by the final book, he is willing to sacrifice his life for his friends. The series concluded with Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian, released July 2012"
Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_Fowl_(series)
The Latest in Artemis Fowl Series released just this summer 2012:
"The Last Guardian"
Seemingly nothing in this world daunts the young criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl. In the fairy world, however, there is a small thing that has gotten under his skin on more than one occasion: Opal Koboi. In The Last Guardian, the evil pixie is wreaking havoc yet again. This time his arch rival has somehow reanimated dead fairy warriors who were buried in the grounds of Fowl Manor. Their spirits have possessed Artemis’s little brothers, making his siblings even more annoying than usual. The warriors don’t seem to realize that the battle they were fighting when they died—a battle against Artemis—is long over. Artemis has until sunrise to get the spirits to vacate his brothers and go back into the earth where they belong. Can he count on a certain LEPrecon fairy to join him in what could well be his last stand?
New York Times best-selling author and comic genius Eoin Colfer will leave Artemis Fowl fans gasping up to the very end of this thrilling finale to the blockbuster series.
Source: Good Reads http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9307674-the-last-guardian
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Enjoy!
