Two Weeks Away!

The official back to school date for teachers is only two weeks away, on August 13, 2012.  I know all of our teachers at Brookhaven have been working hard to prepare for the new school year.  It's just one of the many things teachers do on their own time to help make the school year better for our students.  I am certain when I begin venturing back into the library I will find many teachers already there, preparing their classrooms for Day 1.


We have received about 250 new books so far for this school year.  Several are replacement titles for copies that have been worn out. An example of these is the Wimpy Kid and Harry Potter series.  Others represent new series that I hope you enjoy, including the Katie Wu books and Field Trip Mysteries.  New titles have been added to many old favorites, including Jake Maddox and Debbie Dadey titles.  Lots of sports biographies and pet books are also included in this year's selections.


Sad as it is to say, sometimes our students don't get the opportunity to come to the library each and every time they want new materials.  Hopefully our online titles will be beneficial to them.  TumbleBooks offers many books, quizzes, activities and even National Geographic videos.  FollettShelf offers readers more than 150 titles that are also all testable in Reading Counts. These ebooks can be opened on a computer, smartphone or  tablet operating iOS or Android 3.0 and higher. For the Destiny Quest app, go to Google Play or iTunes app store.

Help Decorate the Library with Our New Reading Theme

This year our Reading Counts theme is Blast Off into Reading.  Would you like to help decorate the library with stars and planets?


If you would, here's what you need to do:

1. Buy a package of foam craft balls.  These come in multiple sizes, so you have a lot of choice.  You can find these foam balls at Michael's or WalMart, among others.  You can also purchase these online.  
2. Next, pick out the paint color for your stars and planets. According to Kid's Astronomy stars are known to be blue, blue/white, white, white/yellow, yellow, orange and red.  The blue and blue/white stars are smaller but hotter than the others; The orange and red stars are the biggest but not as hot as the smaller stars.
3. Paint your planets and stars.
4. Plan on coming to the library on the evening of August 10 to hang your stars.
5. Get ready for a great year of reading!

These are the stars I painted today!