Cedar Rapids Public Library Sale...

ILA Conference in Cedar Rapids

I was able to do some great networking as well as get some new books, bookmarks, and posters for both schools!

Getting ready for the book fair at AHS!

Look at the awesome sword Mrs. Flockhart made to countdown the days to the book fair and then count the amount of books we sell!

We have many students working on the decor- cant wait to see the final products!

Teen Read Week AHS- Edible Books Today

What a huge success!   We had over 100 people vote and more than that come in for samples.  cannot wait to see the entries next year!

My entry The Selection by Keira Cass

Ashfall by Mike Mullin

Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Nemo: Friends to the rescue

Pooh Bear and the Honey Pots

The very hungy caterpillar by Eric Carle

Boots from Dora

Olaf!

Made from paper reams and Alex made him robotic arms!

Progress through October

Teen Read Week -Part 2

Teen Read Week: Book character dress up day!

Official 2014 Teens Top Ten Titles!

Teens all over the world voted starting Aug. 15, with voting lasting through Teen Read Week™ (Oct. 12-18, 2014). Altogether, over 12,000 votes were cast for the 25 nominees.
The official 2014 Teens’ Top Ten titles are as follows:

1. "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell (Macmillan/St. Martin's Griffin)
2. "Splintered" by A.G. Howard (ABRAMS/Amulet Books)
3. "The Rithmatist" by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Teen)
4. "The 5th Wave" by Rick Yancey (Penguin/Putnam Juvenile) 
5. "Monument 14: Sky on Fire" by Emmy Laybourne (Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends)
6. "Earth Girl" by Janet Edwards (Prometheus Books /Pyr)
7. "The Testing" by Joelle Charbonneau (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
8. "Steelheart" by Brandon Sanderson (Random House/Delacorte Press)
9. "Siege and Storm" by Leigh Bardugo (Macmillan/Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
10. "The Eye of Minds" by James Dashner (Random House/Delacorte Press)

A video featuring Hunger Games actress Willow Shields, who plays Primrose Everdeen in the franchise, announcing the winning titles can be found on the Reads 4 Teens page.
A digital image of a Teens’ Top Ten seal for the official titles is now available to publishers for licensing. Arrangements can be made through ALA's Rights and Permissions office for publishers who need permission to reproduce the seal on a paperback edition or book jacket. Contact permissions@ala.org or Mary Jo Bolduc, (312) 280-5416 or (312) 944-8741 (fax) for information.
The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Celebrate Teen Literature Day, the Thursday of National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year.

It's Fall!

Star Wars Reads Day! Woot woot!

 

Thanks to Shanda for letting us borrow the life-size Yoda AND Mrs. Mineart for all the other awesome memorabilia  and helmets!  So very cool!