Christmas in the library is always magical! And this year is really special because we got an elf,  Heather. Her favorite thing to do is read so she loves our library!! Thank you Santa and his special helper Piper sending her to us along with a wonderful book Elf Magic! 

It's beginning to look like Christmas in the library!
This week we read The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Bret. We got to listen to the story inside the gingerbread house!!!

Pajama day in the library!!! What fun we had, in our robes, reading llama llama red pajama by Anna Dewdney.  Oh, it's beginning to look like Christmas in the library.

We are bully free at BSLK! On line and live in person, we are a great group of peacemakers. Don't believe me, just ask any student.

Cyber Bulling, Internet Safety & Digital Citizenship

We learned to to never give out personal information when we play on the computer. Always have a grown help you get on computer games. When in doubt just 'X' out! 

No bullies allowed! This week we read llama llama and the bully goat by Anna Dewdney. We learned that being a bully is not a good choice. We want to make good choices and pledge to play nice with others every day!

What a fun, busy, exciting week in kindergarten!!! It was Red Ribbon Week and Halloween, so we learned to just say NO to drugs and heard some funny Halloween stories. Super Library Girl shared her  super power...READING!

Bats, bats, bats we love bats! We really love when our favorite authors write us back. Thank you Brian Lies.                                                                            
                                                                       

 Ms Creeper visited the library this week and read Miss Smith and the Haunted Library by Michael Garland. Wonder if there really is an Incredible Storybook?

Check out these cool Halloween specials!
Curious George
PBS Halloween Games

This week we talked about fire safety and read No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons) by Jean E. Pendziwol. The Albertville Fire Department visited our school. The firefighters put on their turnouts, mask, helmets and oxygen tanks so the students could see and hear how firefighters sound when they fight fires. Please talk about fire safety at home and check your smoke detector.

Let's go GREEN! We read Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel and decided we all need to do our part and recycle. We have recycled art in our library, Recycle Can Man. Please let your child tell you what he/she learned about recycling.

We are pledging to be green! 

We kicked off our recycle unit this week! Did you know Albertville has a recycle center, go pick up your 'beautiful blue bag' and start recycling today. It is easy and you will be amazed at how much you can recycle.

 "Bat Girl" visits the library and reads Bats at the Library by Brian Lies. A great book! The bats enjoy visiting the library and getting lost in great stories. I wonder if the bats will visit our library?

Whew what a week! We ha a super star visitor in the library for our Book Fair and Grand Open House. Curious George stopped by to read a few books and get in a little mischief!

In our library classes Mr. Wiggle taught us about fiction and non-fiction books. And Franklin the Turtle also reminded us how to take care of our library books.

The library is always fun and we are always learning new and exciting things!!!

We had a special visitor this week in the library, Llama Llama! We read the book llama llama time to share by Anna Dewdney.  Did you know that even grown ups have to share? Llama Llama and Nelly Gnu were fighting over a toy and 'broke' the toy. Mama Llama put the toy up so neither one could play with it until they could share. Ms Millwood thinks that is a great idea and is going to do the same thing in the library with the cool library toys and games. Sharing can be hard at times but it is more fun to share than to do without.

 Not love books?! This week we read one of my favorite books Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don't) by Barbara Bottner. When I explained that I was the little girl in the book, my favorite quote from a student was, "I thought you loved books, Ms Millwood". I love that I can bring these characters to life and make them so believable. This book is so much fun to read!!

Was great to have all my kindergarten kidos visit the library this week! We got to meet Marion and learn about book care and the best places to read our library book at home. We covered a few basic library rules and saw a few sick books, which made us sad. I am looking forward to next week when my kindergarten kidos will check out books! And rumor has it we will have a surprise visitor!!!

Well summer vacation has officially come to an end. But I can't wait to meet 400 plus smiling new faces who will enter the library door! The adventures that await and the characters we will meet in the library this year will surely be memorable!

Hope you have been enjoying your summer and doing a lot of summer reading, I have! 

Hola from Mexico! We have started out last journey of the year. We are finally back in North America. What fun journeys we have had and learned a lot of interesting facts along the way!

 What fun we had in France this week! We were artist and read Bridget's Beret by Tom Lichtenheld. Wonder where our journey will take us next?

 Bon Jour, France is a wonderful place to visit. We saw very interesting places, animals and games, and learned interesting facts about France. Can't wait for more of France next week!

 We wrapped up our Australia trip by learning about kangaroos and actually getting to touch a kangaroo skin. We traveled around the island with Mem Fox in Possum Magic. A fun way to end our trip.

 We are off again! We are visiting the beautiful country of Australia. Outback, Great Barrier Reef, rain forest...oh wow. We read Kola Lou by Mem Fox. The children's reaction to the story was priceless. What fun we had creating Kola Lou and the Australian flag.

This is one of my very favorite books to read each year and one of my very favorite characters! Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don't) by Barbara Bottner is a must read for any librarian or teacher. The little girl in the story stole my heart, as you can see. She is so much fun to be and the possibilities with this story are endless.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Book Fair, Daddy Days and Read Across America, OH MY!

Albertville High School students read to us via Skype!

Wacky Teachers love Dr.Seusss

 "Ni-Hao" from China! We are now on a journey through China for the next several weeks. Chinese New Year is February 10th  and it is the year of the snake. We have already learned many fascinating facts about China and we just got here!