About Me
- MLE and PLE Library
- This is a photo of me (under the whipped cream). Our school met the Summer Reading Challenge and turned me into an ice cream sundae. I have been a teacher for 20 wonderful years. I taught 3rd & 4th grade for 16 years and have been a teacher librarian going on to 4 yrs.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
and the Winner is....Check out the Missouri Readers Award Winners
Truman Readers Award (Grades 6-8)
1st Place: The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic Press
2nd Place: Gone, by Michael Grant. HarperTeen.
3rd Place: Jump the Cracks, by Stacy DeKeyser. Flux.
Mark Twain Readers Award (Grades 4-6)
1st Place: Stolen Children, by Peg Kehret. Dutton.
2nd Place: Found, by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Simon & Shuster.
3rd Place: Go Big or Go Home, by Will Hobbs. Harper Collins.
Show Me Readers Award (Grades 1-3)
1st Place: Two Bobbies, A True Story, by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery, illustrated by Jean Cassels. Walker and Company.
2nd Place: For the Love of Autumn, by Patricia Polacco. Philomel Books.
3rd Place: Titanicat, by Marty Crisp, illustrated by Marty Papp. Sleeping Bear Press.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Announcing the 2011-2012 Show Me Nominees
About the Show Me Readers Award
Age Level
The Winner of the annual Show Me Readers Award is selected by students in grades one through three.
Vision
The purpose of the Show Me Readers Award is to promote literature, literacy, and reading in Missouri elementary schools for grades one through three and to promote recognition of authors and illustrators of books that are favorites of Missouri children in these grades.
Desert Rose and her Highfalutin Hog, Jackson, Alison.
Finding Lincoln, Malaspina, Ann.
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library! Myron, Vicki and Bret Witter.
Stars Above Us, Norman, Geoffrey.
Testing the Ice: a True Story of Jackie Robinson, Robinson, Sharon.
Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class, Spinelli, Eileen.
Twist of Fate, Stuckenschneider, Chris.
Itsy Bitsy & Teeny Weeny, van Frankenhuyzen, Robbyn Smith.
Minnow and Rose: an Oregon Trail Story, Young, Judy.
Age Level
The Winner of the annual Show Me Readers Award is selected by students in grades one through three.
Vision
The purpose of the Show Me Readers Award is to promote literature, literacy, and reading in Missouri elementary schools for grades one through three and to promote recognition of authors and illustrators of books that are favorites of Missouri children in these grades.
2011-2012 Show Me Nominees
Nubs: the True Story of a Mutt, Marine, & a Miracle, Dennis, Major Brian; Larson, Kirby; and Nethery, Mary. Desert Rose and her Highfalutin Hog, Jackson, Alison.
Finding Lincoln, Malaspina, Ann.
Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library! Myron, Vicki and Bret Witter.
Stars Above Us, Norman, Geoffrey.
Testing the Ice: a True Story of Jackie Robinson, Robinson, Sharon.
Peace Week in Miss Fox's Class, Spinelli, Eileen.
Twist of Fate, Stuckenschneider, Chris.
Itsy Bitsy & Teeny Weeny, van Frankenhuyzen, Robbyn Smith.
Minnow and Rose: an Oregon Trail Story, Young, Judy.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
2011- 2012 Truman Nominees Have Been Announced!
About the Truman Readers Award
Age Level
The winner of the annual Truman Readers Award is selected by students in grages six through eight.
Vision
The Truman Readers Award encourages students in the early teen years to express their unique voice through exploring new literary genres, communicating with their peers about young adult literature, and honoring authors writing for young teens.
-MASL: Missouri Association of School Librians-
Invisible Lines Amato, Mary.
Double Eagle Collard III, Sneed B.
If the Witness Lied Cooney, Caroline.
The Maze Runner Dashner, James.
Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog's Gold Foreman, M.L.
The Shifter. Hardy, Janice.
The Cupcake Queen Hepler, Heather.
The Last Thing I Remember Klavan, Andrew.
Pop. Korman, Gordon.
Jane in Bloom. Lytton, Deborah.
Farwalker's Quest. Sensel, Joni
.Bull Rider. Williams, Suzanne Morgan
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