http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary Resources and News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:10:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wolf Rider by Avi The Sisters Grimm: Once Upon a Crime by Michael Buckley The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein Running Out of Time by Maragret Haddix Flush by Carl Hiaasen The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler Stormbreaker by ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/11/10/do-you-know-books-2010-the-mystery-dozen/ Welcome back and welcome to the 4th graders who started their life at Big Dalton today! We have a lot of exciting things going on at Dalton in the 2009-2010 school year. All of the middle school students will have a chance to work with Mr. David Macaulay, children's book creator and ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/09/14/welcome-back/ Come to the MS Library and check out a stack of books for your summer reading pleasure! The due date for the summer reading materials is September 22nd.  Please take good care of the books! http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/06/04/summer-loan/ The Summer Reading Lists are published!  Click on the link in the sidebar and find your list.  Don't forget to check out the Reading Requirement Letter from your next year's English teachers! You can also click right here for the lists page. http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/05/20/summer-reading-for-current-4th-and-5th-graders/ Yesterday afternoon, we held the 2009 DYKB Show.  All the fourth graders who entered their names got a chance to go on stage and gave their best shots at answering some pretty tricky questions. These are the students who answered at least 3 questions correctly in a row: From Edinger House: Dara, ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/04/07/do-you-know-books-4th-grade/ We are having our first of two Do You Know Books?! 2009 Game Show today.  Today's show will be for 4th graders only.  Wednesday, April 8th, the 5th graders will have a chance to test their book knowledge. The fifteen books are The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander Crispin: The Cross of ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/04/06/do-you-know-books-2009-news/ Former and current Dalton administrators, teachers, parents, and students gathered to celebrate the art, poetry, music, and life of Ashley Bryan on February 3rd. This school wide event took place on a snowy and cold day, but inside the library, we had warmth and brilliance: from the genius of ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/02/10/ashley-bryan-celebrated/ I'm back from the American Library Association's midwinter conference.  This was the second year of my Notable Children's Books Committee assignment.  After a 5-day-deliberation-and-voting process (and a year of reading and thinking about hundreds of books), we finally made our decisions and annotated the list yesterday. The results have been posted ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/01/28/notable-childrens-books/ Children's Book Winners were announced this morning in a Press Conference at Denver.  (I am sitting in the Convention Center and reporting this post-Press Conference.)  For a step-by-step, at the moment report of my reactions to the announcements, go to: http://www.fairrosa.info/rj Follow this link to see part the titles. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/2009medawardwin.cfm A ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/01/26/the-winners-are/ We looked at How A Book Is Made slideshow and made up a story and published it on the Web in December, 2008.  We made some observations and comments: Similar: 1. Both have to go through editing. 2. They both have text. 3. Both books and web pages can be written by multiple people. 4. ... http://blogs.dalton.org/mslibrary/2009/01/07/edinger-house-comments/