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And so it begins…again

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ONE of our Favorite times of the year in the library starts tomorrow. 4th and 5th grade are up first!

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Books to Eat Competition Information

*Think of a book, and make something edible to go with the book.

*You could bake a cake, and frost/ice it to look like:

-the cover of the book

-a character from the book

-a scene from the book

*You could make a cake shaped like a character/scene in the book

*You don’t have to make cakes, or cupcakes, or even sweet things…some of our entries have been

-ice cubes (for the book Frozen)

-vegetables (for the book Little Pea, for the book Green)

-cereal (for the book The Infinity Ring, for the book Cornflakes)

-popcorn (for the book Popcorn)

-meat (for the book I smell like Ham)

-bread (for the book The Princess and the Pea)

-pasta (for the book The Pasta Factory)

-jello (for the books Alice the Fairy, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish)

-turkish delight (for the book The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe)

-liquid (for the book Chemical Chaos)

-milk (for the book Fortunately the Milk)

-pancake (for the book If you give a pig a pancake)

*Please make something on the Sunday at your house, or with a friend.

*Bring it in on the Monday morning

*We will all look at it, photograph it, reward it and eat it on the Monday afternoon.

Monday April 13th – 4th and 5th grade 

Monday April 20th – 2nd and 3rd grade

Monday April 27th – PreK, K and 1st grade

 

 

Books to Eat 2015

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Hooray, it is almost that time of the year… the time where cake and books come together in the Elementary Library for our Annual Books to Eat competition.

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Take a look at some former Books to Eat competitions here at SAS, this is our 3rd year and we’ve had many amazing entries. You can either just go to my blog’s home page and type in Books To Eat in the search button, or check out the images in posts like this, or this.

The ‘competition’ goes something like this…students bring in an edible creation to do with a book; it could be a cake with the cover of the book frosted on to it, a character from the book made into a cake, the setting for a book… you are ONLY limited by your imagination. Many entries are cakes, however, feel free to think outside the box, some of my favorite entries include a block of ice from former SAS teacher, Mrs Toa, representing the book ‘Frozen… a plate of ham for the book ‘I smell like Ham’… and a lonely little pea on a plate to complement Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book of the same name… What about ‘Green Eggs and Ham’? How about ‘Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs’ by another SAS family who have left us, the Rekate family.

So… start looking at books in a whole new way and get ready to create and bake.

Monday April 13th – 4th and 5th grade 

Monday April 20th – 2nd and 3rd grade

Monday April 27th – PreK, K and 1st grade

There is so much research to show that eating lots of cake in the library is beneficial for children’s brain development and helps get them into Ivy League Colleges. Nah… just kidding, we do it because it is FUN!

 

Favourite Time of the Year

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Some people love Spring, some Summer. Others love days like Valentines Day or Halloween. I know some people who are mad about horse racing season, TV award show time or sales after Thanksgiving.

For me, the absolute, hands-down most exciting time of the school year is the 8 weeks leading up to the ALA award season. For the uninitiated, that is the American Library Association and their awards are given on February 2nd 2015 next time around.

As an Elementary Librarian, my two favorite awards are for the Newbery, and the Caldecott Medal and there is plenty of excitement being generated about them already at sites like these.

Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott is my go-to place for reading about who is on the ‘maybe’ list…
I just did a lot of book-buying on our library kindles here, after seeing this great list from Goodreads.

After viewing this lovely slideshow declaring winners of the New York Times Best Illustrated Books, I was very interested in Travis Jonker’s informative post breaking down the ratio of how books fare on New York Times Lists vs Caldecott. Below are some of Travis’ observations. You can see why I like following him so much, he is always very informative.

  • There has been only one year (2012) where none of the books on the Best Illustrated list won a Caldecott Honor or Medal. So 90% of the time at least one of the Best Illustrated books has won a Caldecott Honor or Medal.
  • On average 1.5 books on the Best Illustrated list each year go on to win a Caldecott Honor or Medal.
  • Seven times out of 10 a book on the Best Illustrated list has gone on to win the Caldecott Medal. Yes, 70% of the time a book on the Best Illustrated list has won the gold in the last decade. That’s an impressive figure.
  • The best illustrated list contains the Caldecott Medal winner almost as much as it contains Caldecott Honor winners, with a total of seven Caldecott Medal books and eight Caldecott Honor books.

I was thrilled to see The Promise written by Nicola Davies @nicolakidsbooks and illustrated by Laura Carlin on the NYT list, but don’t think it is eligible for Caldecott…happy to hear differently from anyone out there.

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Congratulations Cool Cooking Cake Kids

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Thanks so much to the over 60 students involved in presenting the 4th and 5th grade Final Books to Eat Competition yesterday. When I say competition, I mean it very loosely… when asked “who won?” my responses included “you did” “we all did” and “when eating cake, everyone’s a winner”. Some of the certificates I gave out yesterday (every entry gets one) were ‘best brother-sister’ ‘most colorful frosting’ ‘best theme display’ and ‘most original idea’…

Have a look at the amazing entries below, I’m sure you’ll agree, they are inspired, creative and clever. Thank you so much teachers, parents and students for all your support of this annual fun event. See you next year!

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Books to Eat 2014

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A bit of a reality check for me today with only 7 entries from 2nd and 3rd grade It’s a busy time of year… however those entries were interesting, clever and heart felt, and made by families who care. Thank you so much to Elin, Sophia, Elaine, Jacob, Milo, Jessie, Sean, Jasmine, Saskia and your families for your time and effort. We’re all looking forward to the grand finale next week with unprecedented numbers entered by 4th and 5th graders. Get ready for a feast for the senses!

 

 
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Free Pizza

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Do you like pizza?

Do you like books?

Do you like meeting famous, wonderful, clever authors?

YES? Then return any overdue books as soon as possible and if YOUR class has ALL of their overdue items returned FIRST  YOUR WHOLE CLASS will get to have a FREE pizza lunch with our visiting author Kenn Nesbitt during his visit; 24th-28th of February.

Your time… starts… NOW!