Scrabble Board

I returned from lunch one day to find this scrabble board on my desk. My are currently in the midst of our scrabble unit in 4th grade.

Children Book Choice Finalists Annouced

This week the finalist for the Children's Book Awards were annouced.

K-2 Finalist are:
The Donut Chef by Bob Staake
Katie Love the Kittens by John Himmelman
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
Sort It Out! by Barbara Marinconda
Those Darn Squirrels by Adam Rubin

3-4 Finalists are:
Babymouse: Puppy Love by Jennifer L Holm
One Million Things by Peter Chrisp
Underwear: What we wear under there by Ruth Freeman Swain
Willow by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan
Spooky Cemetaries by Dinah Williams

5-6 Finalists are:
100 Most Dangerous Things On the Planet by Anna Claybourne
Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
The Big Field by Mike Lupica
Swords An Artist's Devotion by Ben Boos
Thirteen by Lauren Myracle

Voting is open from March 16-May 3. Kids can vote on their favorites through the website: BookWeekOnline.com

Check out the new website I made for the library

Mrs. Peterson's Favorite Author?

Students are always asking me who my favorite author is. I have quite a few favorite authors, but I think at the top of my list is Jack Gantos and his Joey Pigza books. I love the books because they are so funny but at the same time are so realistic. I can see a little Joey Pigza in a lot of students at Butte des Morts School. Joey Pigza is a good kid, he always tries really hard to be good, but somehow he is always finding himself getting into some kind of mess.

Newbery winning author, also author of the current movie, Coraline

Newbery winning author, Neil Gaiman, is also the author of the book and current movie, Coraline. The movie has some really good reviews and is rated PG. I highly recommend you read the book before going to see the movie:)

Are You Greg Heffley?

Have you read Diary of a Wimpy Kid and thought you were just like Greg Heffley? Well if so, it's time to send in your audition tapes to 20th Century Fox. They are looking for someone to play Greg Heffly in the upcoming Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie.



Go to: www.iamthewimpykid.com to find out how to send in your audition tape!

And the Winner is....

The 2009 Caldecott and Newbery awards were announced this week. Winning the Caldecott award was The House at Night by Susan Marie Swanson.
The Newbery award went to Neil Gaiman for The Graveyard Book.

Here is the complete list:
Newbery Medal
"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean, HarperCollins Children's Books

Newbery Honor Books
"The Underneath" by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

"The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom" by Margarita Engle, Henry Holt and Company, LLC

"Savvy" by Ingrid Law, Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media, LLC

"After Tupac and D Foster" by Jacqueline Woodson, G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers

Caldecott Medal
"The House in the Night," illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin Co.
Caldecott Honor Books
"A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever" by Marla Frazee, Harcourt, Inc.

"How I Learned Geography" by Uri Shulevitz, Farrar Straus Giroux

"A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams," illustrated by Melissa Sweet and written by Jen Bryant, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.