Welcome New Books!

This week we welcome two new books to our library which were donated and written by Andrea Gianopoulos. Andrea Gianopoulos is our very own Mrs. Gianopoulos's sister-in-law! Be sure to check them out on the new book shelf!

Tale of Despereaux

Over the holiday weekend I saw the first commercial for the movie adaptation of Tale of Depereaux by Kate DiCamillo. I like that it's animated, and hope that they kept true to the book. Kate's other books include: Because of Winn-Dixie, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and the Mercy Watson series. If you haven't read Tale of despereaux do that before you see the movie!

Babymouse #9 Monster Mash is here!

All you Babymouse lovers out there who have been waiting for the new book to arrive in our library, your day is here!! Babymouse Monster Mash has arrived at the Butte des Morts Library.

39 Clues is here!

The first book in the "39 Clues series" has arrived in the Butte des Morts Library this week. The series will feature 10 books written by all different authors. The first book "The Maze of Bones" is written by Rick Riordin, who is the author of the Percy Jackson series.

An online game will allow readers to search for the 39 clues themselves, while solving puzzles and playing mini-games that will be refreshed daily.

Each book will come with six collectors’ cards that can be used to find further clues in the online game. Players can also win cash and other prizes.

Battle of the Books

The list has been posted for Battle of the Books on the Battle of the Books blog.

Battle of the Books

The meeting for Battle of the Books will be Tuesday, Nov. 11th during the 5th grade lunch recess. If members of your team cannot attend please gather hand-outs for them. You will need parent permission to be Battle of the Books, and permission slips will be due Thursday, Nov 13th.

New Book in the Doll People series

This October the new book in the Doll People series came out titled, "Runaway Dolls". We will soon have it here at Butte des Morts school and I am very excited to read the new installment in the series. Here is the description of the book:

Best friends Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are back, and this time they've got an unexpected visitor, a new doll named Tilly May. She's arrived in a mysterious package from London, but her face looks so familiar... . Could she be Annabelle's long lost baby sister? Annabelle is convinced it absolutely must be so--but her parents refuse to believe her. With time running out before the package is at risk of being sent back to England, Annabelle and Tiffany resort to the only course of action they can think of--running away. But life on the road is fraught with its own pitfalls, from a foreboding wooded park to a close call in a department store. How will Annabelle and Tiffany find their way back home...and what's going to happen to Tilly May if and when they do?

I can't wait to find out!

Help us collect memories of our school!

Mrs. Tegge's 5th grade class and I are going to be working on a living history project of Butte des Morts School. We are looking for staff and students who went to Butte des Morts in past to share special memories with our class. We have started a blog which is located at:

We will also be making a video to go along with our project.

Young Bacon Brothers Blog

Arthur and Henry Bacon are 11 and 9 years old. They have written a book called

I Hate Reading

which is really a book about even if you hate reading there are books that you will love to read. Their family is traveling around the United States and the boys are keeping a blog of their travels.

http://www.baconacrossamerica.com/BaconAcrossAmerica/Boys_Blog/Boys_Blog.html

New Computers

If you haven't seen the new iMacs in the library yet, stop in! I am very excited about our new computers, and look forward to all the new things students will be able to do with them!

Cookbooks are Very Popular!

Cookbooks have been very popular this year! Maybe more families are cooking together at home because of the high cost of gas? Maybe it's Rachael Ray? Or maybe it's because cooking is fun! We have lots of kids cookbooks in our library, and the most popular are our Halloween, Star Wars, and Roald Dahl themed cookbooks.

Have you ever tried Google cooking? It's when you put ingredients you have in the house into a google search and see what recipes it comes up with for you. For example if you put this in a google search box:

chicken rice cream of mushroom soup cheddar cheese

you will gets recipes for chicken cheddar cheese soup, rice chicken bake, and much more. Try it some time!

All You Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fans!

Do you love Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Have you always wanted to make your own graphic novel or comic? Well then you are in luck! There is a Do-It-Yourself Comic contest from Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of Wimpy Kid! All you have to do is:

Create an original comic made by YOU on one side of an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper

The winner will receive a visit by the author to their school, Jeff Kinney will "wimpify" your family, and more!

I will announce more details during the 4-5th grade library times, and I will hand-out rules to your teachers.

For more information visit the website: www.wimpykid.com/contest

Jon Scieszka was very funny last night. He read from his new book Knucklehead. He grew up with 5 brothers and has all kinds of gross, funny boy stories. I read half of it last night already! The copy in the picture is the copy I bought and he signed for Butte des Morts.

Jon Scieszka at Conkey's Bookstore Tonight

Author Jon Scieszka, know for books such as The Stinky Cheese Man, The True Story of the Three Wolves, Time Warp Trio, etc. will be at Conkey's Bookstore on college ave tonight. The event starts at 6pm and is free.
For more information visit: http://www.conkeys.com

City of Ember

The City of Ember movie comes out tonight. Reviews have said that it's a great movie for children, with lots of special effects.

I vote for clean shelves

Coming soon...our video for the clean shelves campaign.